Single-Acting Hydraulic Cylinders
The workhorse of hydraulic lifting: pressure drives the ram out, and a spring or the load itself brings it back.
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Hydraulic Cylinders600 Ton 10″ Stroke, Single Acting, Load Return Cylinder (RGG60010) by Power Team
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How Single-Acting Cylinders Work
In a single-acting cylinder, hydraulic oil is pumped into one side to push the ram out and generate force. When you release the pressure, an internal spring, or gravity and the load, returns the ram to its starting position. It's the simplest, most economical cylinder design, and it handles the vast majority of lifting, jacking and pressing work.
When to Choose Single-Acting
Reach for a single-acting cylinder any time you only need force in one direction: foundation lifting, structural jacking, pressing, bending and general construction. With fewer moving parts, they're rugged, forgiving and easy to service in the field.
Why Crews Rely on Single-Acting Cylinders
- Fewer parts means less maintenance and lower cost
- Uses less oil, so a smaller pump can drive it
- Available from low-profile pancakes to 600-ton giants
- Standardized collars fit a wide range of accessories
Power Team Single-Acting Cylinders
We stock Power Team single-acting cylinders across a huge tonnage and stroke range, in both spring-return and load-return designs. Browse the models above for capacity and stroke, or call our Houston team and we'll match the right cylinder to your lift.
Frequently Asked Questions
Oil is pumped into one side to push the ram out and make force. Release the pressure and an internal spring, or gravity and the load itself, returns the ram to its start position.
Any time you only need force in one direction: foundation lifting, structural jacking, pressing, bending and general construction. Fewer moving parts makes them rugged, forgiving and simple to run.
What brings the ram back. Spring-return uses an internal spring. Load-return relies on the weight of the load pushing the ram back once pressure is released, which means it needs a load on it to retract.
No. Pulling needs hydraulic force in both directions, which is a double-acting cylinder. Trying to pull with a single-acting is the wrong tool for the direction of travel.
Power Team single-acting cylinders across a wide tonnage and stroke range, in both spring-return and load-return designs. Call 832-671-0978 with the load and the stroke and we will match it.
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