Industrial Automation by Industry

• Aluminum Smelting Equipment

  The aluminum smelting process consumes a high volume of electricity. You can cut your energy costs by reducing your air consumption. PHD designs cylinders that are specifically for aluminum smelting, utilizing proprietary cushion and seal technology for air savings and long life.

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• Asphalt Production Equipment

  PHD has solutions for hot mix asphalt facilities meant to withstand harsh environments. Our rugged cylinders are used on batchers, discharge gates, safety gates, conveyors, and other applications to extend service life and reduce maintenance.

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• Automotive Manufacturing Equipment

  From panel stamping to assembly, PHD has solutions to provide the motion automakers require. With millions of component variations, we can help move, turn, slide, lift, grip, reach, rotate, and clamp almost anything to turbocharge your productivity.

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• Battery Manufacturing Equipment

  PHD understands that dry rooms must meet or exceed the stringent requirements for lithium ion battery manufacturing. That’s why we developed a number of products that have proven to perform at optimum levels while in your dry room production. Many of our products have been thoroughly tested in our dry room chamber with controlled humidity levels of the ambient and actuated air that match or exceed industry dry room specifications.

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• Food & Beverage Manufacturing Equipment

  From IP67 slides designed of 100% corrosion resistant stainless steel for sanitary meat processing, to grippers made of PET and designed for picking and placing ice cream cones, PHD has extensive experience in engineering actuators to bear the rigors of caustic washdown solutions in the food manufacturing industry. And for your beverage manufacturing needs, PHD has a wide variety of components to automate the various sanitary processes that the industry requires.

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• Glass Products Equipment

  PHD offers drop-in replacement grippers and pusher slides designed to move extremely hot glass containers from a forming machine onto a conveyor. PHD has the actuators of choice to keep your glass bottle forming machines running while increasing productivity and reducing downtime and scrap.

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• Industrial Laundry Equipment

  PHD has solutions for commercial, industrial, and hospital laundry facilities to enhance productivity for unloading, transferring, washing, drying, feeding, pressing, folding, and sorting processes. Our drop-in drain cylinder replacements provide quick solutions to reduce downtime and increase productivity.

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• Industrial Printing Equipment

  Whether your application features low to medium volume of sheet fed printers or high volume web printers, PHD has solutions to increase your printing productivity from paper handling to press to bindery and packaging.

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• Medical Manufacturing Equipment

  PHD offers FDA-approved standard and unique components with high-precision, compact designs for manufacturing syringes, tubing, IV bags, lab testing, pharmacy, orthopedics, and more for hospitals, laboratories, and pharmaceutical markets.

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• Packaging Equipment

  PHD offers standard and unique products for OEM packaging equipment and machinery, processing equipment, conveyor equipment, and high speed palletizing.

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• Robotic Equipment

  PHD understands that as a robot integrator, you need to utilize the most reliable actuators and components in the creation of your systems. There are many requirements of a components partner to ensure your success, meet your deadlines, and deliver a system that meets your customers’ expectations. PHD offers the widest range of end effectors and actuators to provide the versatility essential for any automated process, while providing quality, fast delivery, and customer support.

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• Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

  The semiconductor manufacturing industry demands high precision, speed, and quality to be competitive in their market. From assembly and testing, to finishing and quality control, PHD actuators offer the high quality and provide superior delivery to meet your demands in your automated processes.

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• Stretch Blow Molding & Container Filling Equipment

  PHD offers standard component stretching, nozzle and needle cylinders, fillers, transfer arms, and a variety of unique solutions for your container filling and blow molding needs. PHD has the actuators of choice to keep your blow molding lines running while increasing productivity and reducing downtime and scrap.

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• Tire Manufacturing Equipment

  If rugged design and long life solutions are what you need for your tire application, PHD has the answer. With millions of component variations, we can help in the mixing, component prep, tire build, curing, and final finish areas to increase your productivity.

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• Workholding Equipment

  Reducing production downtime and costs is important, and PHD has many solutions offered for workholding applications. PHD clamps provide superior workholding and transferring for assembly and welding environments.

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