Air, water, fuels, or various chemicals: Without suitable hoses, reliable transport of media of all kinds is impossible – and various processes in industry cannot be carried out. Responsible persons must choose different hoses depending on the industry, application, and medium. The result: higher co…

Low Particulate Generation, Compact Design, and High Operating and Backpressures – In numerous industries where chemical liquids are handled, valves face special requirements. To better meet these and achieve even lower particulate formation, SMC has developed the JLV20/30 series. The compact pure m…

Pneumatic applications such as coating processes with liquid substances, blow-off sorting procedures, or high-speed dispensing operations place special demands on valves in terms of response time. To accelerate performance, SMC has developed the pilot-controlled high-speed solenoid valve of series D…

Pneumatic processes are standard across all industries. At the same time, they consume a lot of energy – partly because compressed air is often wasted for various reasons. To address this and enable users to benefit from additional advantages, SMC has developed a new digital module for compressed ai…

Without a precise inspection of pressures, process safety cannot be guaranteed. This is especially true in highly automated industries such as automotive, packaging, or food industries, as well as in the life sciences sector. High pressures, as encountered in hydraulic applications, also pose a part…

For general transfer of workpieces, but also for special tasks such as press-in applications or precise workpiece positioning, engineers across the industry rely on electric drives. In cases of particularly tight space conditions or the development of compact machine designs, electric drives must be…

In many industries, pinch valves are used to control media when they need to be separated from the internal parts of the valve for hygiene safety reasons — for example, in analytical devices or liquid filling systems. The LPV series of pinch valves from automation specialist SMC not only effectively…

Medical technology occupies a special position across industries: the components used here are subject to the highest demands in terms of cleanliness and safety. At the same time, the topic of energy efficiency is increasingly coming into focus. How users can fully meet the requirements here is demo…

SMC, the leading manufacturer, partner, and solutions provider for pneumatic and electrical automation technology, is appearing for the first time in the Top 50 of the most innovative global companies by Forbes Magazine. The magazine annually highlights companies that possess a particularly strong c…

For palletizing or coating, in general transport systems or other two-axis applications, companies often rely on electric drives. When particularly high precision must be met and a high payload needs to be moved simultaneously, only electric drives designed for this purpose are suitable – such as th…