Industries Powered by SMC
Pneumatics are easy to use, clean, safe and relatively quiet - creating better working environments – whilst saving energy and making a minimal impact on the environment.
Today, pneumatic components are found in virtually all industry sectors, and the demand for cost effective, automated solutions continues to grow.
Automotive Industry
SMC offers a comprehensive line of pneumatic products which both meet and exceed the automotive industry's demanding manufacturing requirements. The result is a robust pneumatic system capable of continuous 24/7 operation, efficient production ramp up and operating in extreme temperatures & weld environments.
SMC products address the challenge of providing maximum performance while minimizing energy costs and downtime. The sampling of products below demonstrates how SMC continually innovates to meet the evolving needs of the automotive industry. Featured products are categorized for body and powertrain assembly.
Semiconductor Industry
In semiconductor manufacturing processes, etching equipment, sputtering equipment, ion implantation equipment, and CVD equipment generally process wafers in a vacuum chamber. Precision equipment is needed to exhaust air from and supply atmospheric pressure to the vacuum chamber. High quality SMC products such as valves, regulators, pressure switches, cylinders and gate valves meet strict requirements such as nonleakage, clean specification, and corrosion resistance.
The featured products below are categorized for reference under: N₂ Gas/Air Supply Line, Cooling Water & Temperature Control Line, Transfer Line, Process Chamber Exhaust Line, and the Load-Lock Chamber Exhaust Line.
Food, Beverage & Brewery
SMC products support efficient automation for processing and packaging applications. They feature hygienic and environment resistant designs, with energy savings and safety in mind. Our pneumatic systems are capable of meeting diverse food/beverage processing and packaging requirements such as, continuous 24/7 operation, stringent hygiene regulations, continual wash down, and operation in extreme temperatures.
Natural Resource Industries
SMC has been providing pneumatic solutions to the resources sector since 1968, including development of products to withstand the harshest environments. This results in pneumatic systems that are capable of meeting stringent resource industry requirements like operation in dirty environments, continuous 24/7 operation and withstanding extreme pressures and temperatures.
SMC products address the resource industry's need to provide maximum performance while minimizing energy costs and downtime. The featured products below are categorized for reference under six primary sectors.
Life Science Industry
SMC is a world leader in innovative design of automation components specifically suited to the Medical Device and Life Science Industry.
Our global network of sales and services, covering over 83 countries, is supported by an expansive manufacturing capacity in order to meet our customers’ needs. We offer over 700,000 products that include technologies for pneumatic and robotic automation, microfluidics, thermo control, high purity liquid and gas, among many others.
Custom design, total solution and component quality are part of our DNA.
Our components… for the life of your device.
Machine Tool Industry
SMC manufactures a wide array of automation technologies for machine builders. Compressed air, coolants, and other fluids must be filtered, monitored, distributed and temperature controlled. We offer a complete range of world-class actuators, valves, sensors, industrial filters, fittings, regulators, temperature control devices, and more.
The sampling of products below demonstrates how SMC continually innovates to meet the evolving needs of the machine tool industry. Featured products are categorized by compressed air line, coolant line, and hydraulic line application.