Creating confidence with confidence. SMC is an innovative, reliable and strong partner for pneumatic and electrical automation technology. We accompany our customers throughout the entire life cycle of their plant and, for all relevant safety issues, we have competent and professional solutions at your disposal.

From individually designed machines to highly complex systems, we not only meet all the requirements for flexibility and productivity, but also for smooth user and operational safety.

To also ensure this in your company, we offer innovative and tailor-made safety solutions and ISO 13849-compliant safety components. Achieving the highest possible risk minimisation and protecting machine operators is the focus here.

The success of the whole lies in the detail. For all questions about your safety technology, we rely on personal commitment. We have a large customer care team throughout Europe and a wide distribution network. For you this means: Our competent team is directly in your area and is available for you by way of personal contact.

The focus is on the safety between man and machine.

Do you need to know how your installation is working?

Only by knowing what is happening at your machines, at all times, will you be able to take decisions that will lead to the increase in the productivity and efficiency of your processes. Simply because you can’t manage what you don’t know. It makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?

Data is the basis for all decisions you make about your system. The sensors from SMC give you the best possible insight into your processes - by precise pressure, flow measurement of various media and the determination of the position of workpieces or actuators, with flexible connection options to higher-level control systems.

Facilities that take advantage of data can pursue the optimization of their processes through the increase in assets such as efficiency and obviously productivity. In those terms, sensors turn out to be an ubiquitous element as a source of that valuable information.

Sensor measuring needs are as vast as the solutions we have to cater for them, with our range of sensors & switches you will:

• Expect a diverse range – Wide portfolio for a diverse range of fluids
• Ease your control – 3 screens with 2 colours to identify the set value
• Program them easily – 3-step setting: programming can be done in 3 simple steps – or just by IO-Link
• Get more from your sensor – Advanced functions for increased, easier operability

Would you be keen on an electric solution that adapts to you?

Electric actuators are, by definition, a flexible solution. It is precisely that adaptability which is behind our range of electric solutions; where you decide, you choose, but you don't adapt to them. They adapt to you.

The extensive variety of mechanics and controllers and their great adaptability, allow us to say, without doubt, that with SMC’s electrical actuators solutions, you can benefit from:

• Perform any movement, anywhere, in any way you want – A world of motion at your disposal
• Control it as suits you best – Digital I/Os or Fieldbus commands available
• Smart up your factory – SMC electric solutions are Industry 4.0-friendly.

Variety of mechanics:
With the SMC electric actuators range it is, amongst others, possible to transfer, push, pull, lift, rotate, position, align, pick and place, grip or stop workpieces.
Almost any pneumatic movement has its electric version thanks to the following electric actuator types:

• Slider type, high rigidity slider type
• Rod type, guide rod type, miniature rod type
• Guide rod slider
• Rotary table
• Slide table, miniature slide table
• Gripper
• Card motor.

Flexibility in the union between mechanics and control:
From Motorless actuators, with prefab motor flanges for several servo suppliers to SMC full equipped: a complete and preconfigured solution that includes the actuator, controller and necessary wiring.

High environmental resistance:
Whether Clean room specification, Secondary battery compatible or Dust-tight / water-jet-proof.

Variety of options for the motion control:
Digital I/O commands, direct parametrization at the controller:

• 24 VDC controllers/drivers – both programless and step-by-step programming
• AC servo motor drivers – high performance drivers, with smooth position, speed and force control with no need for further adjustments.

Fieldbus commands, direct connection to a fieldbus network through several communication protocols – available both in 24 VDC controllers/ drivers and AC servo motor drivers.

Get to know our large selection of electric actuators and controllers in order to find the optimal solution for your application.

Level up your compressed air management

AMS20/30/40/60 introduces the next generation of air treatment systems. With this combination of regulator, wireless hub, and residual pressure relief valve, you can monitor the temperature, pressure and flow of your system and program shut-off times and standby periods to save energy during low-activity times.

• Save energy and improve sustainability – Programmable automatic pressure reduction and shut-off times
• Enhance your maintenance capabilities – Measurement and follow-up of flow, pressure and temperature
• Digitalise your compressed air installation – Virtual control of parameters with fieldbus or OPC UA data collection
• Reduce labour and wiring time – Wireless connection up to 100-metre range and 10 remote units

Main features of Air Management System:

• Compatible with OPC UA, Ethernet/IP™ and PROFINET
• Air consumption: Max. 62 % reduction
• High security using encryption
• Flow rate up to 4000 l/min at 0.7 MPa

The automation experts at SMC make energy consumption transparent – and future production more efficient.

„If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.“ This quote by Peter F. Drucker is also highly relevant to industry when it comes to optimising energy efficiency and productivity.

The savings potential in production is enormous – many operators know little about the actual energy consumption of their facilities. Sustainable production is impossible without continuously
monitoring plants to identify leaks and comparing the compressed air consumption of similar machines.

With this in mind, SMC has developed a comprehensive energy transparency package. From hardware to webbased data processing – everything „as a service“.

Plug’n’play hardware makes integration easy
SMC provides deep insights into compressed airflows to facilitate sustainable energy strategies. All that is needed is a compact assembly unit, which is delivered by SMC ready for use. In less than 10 minutes (including installation), you will be able to see the consumption data for your desired measurement point on the IoT platform, where the data is sent through the mobile network.

Our real-time reporting for informed strategies
The IoT platform evaluates all collected data and takes care of reporting at the same time: operators receive a detailed report each month in addition to all raw data. Those looking to monitor their facilities in real time can do so online from anywhere.

SMC offers hardware, cloud services and reporting in an attractive package with a transparent coststructure – everything from a single source, from the sensor to the cloud.

Lay the foundations for sustainable production with „EnergyTransparency@SMC“.