Product Range
(Types of Cylinders)

Apart from any standard cylinder types SHB offers special, custom-made hydraulic cylinders for special fields of application.

The features of our cylinders are adapted to the special requirements of our customers. A high in-house production depth and a high quality of the material is also the base for a long service life.

Here you can find a little selection of our products from different fields.

Pressure ranges
up to 1200 bar (120 MPa)
Piston diameter
up to Ø 800 mm
Stroke length
up to 6000 mm
Working temperatures
between -60°C up to +200°C

Selection of Our Product Range

ZD-Ge... (top screwed and reverse side welded)

ZD-Ge... (top screwed and reverse side welded)

ZD-Ge/E... (flange on both sides, end-of-stroke damper)

ZD-Ge/E... (flange on both sides, end-of-stroke damper)

ZD-ZMI/GK... (trunnion mounting)

ZD-ZMI/GK... (trunnion mounting)

ZD-GIK... (high-pressure cylinder)

ZD-GIK... (high-pressure cylinder)

ZD-FK/GK/Wi... (position measuring system, internal)

ZD-FK/GK/Wi... (position measuring system, internal)

ZD-FK... (flange, on top)

ZD-FK... (flange, on top)

ZD-FB... (flange, on base)

ZD-FB... (flange, on base)

ZD-Ge... (position sensor, on both ends)

ZD-Ge... (position sensor, on both ends)

TK... (flange, on base)

TK... (flange, on base)

TKA... (flange, on piston rod)

TKA... (flange, on piston rod)

TKA-FR... (spring return)

TKA-FR... (spring return)

TKA-BK... (flat cylinder)

TKA-BK... (flat cylinder)

ZE-FK... (single acting, flange on top)

ZE-FK... (single acting, flange on top)

ZE... (counter-nut)

ZE... (counter-nut)

ZE-FR... (spring return, counter-nut)

ZE-FR... (spring return, counter-nut)

ZE-FB/Wi... (position measuring system, flange on base)

ZE-FB/Wi... (position measuring system, flange on base)

ZE-GBO/Wi... (position measuring system, flange internal)

ZE-GBO/Wi... (position measuring system, flange internal)

GL... (rod cylinder)

GL... (rod cylinder)

TEL-ZD... (2 levels)

TEL-ZD... (2 levels)

TEL-ZD... (4 levels)

TEL-ZD... (4 levels)

Type Codes

1. Operating pressure

Operating pressure in MPa

2. Type of cylinder

DUE : Booster cylinder
GL : Rod cylinder
TEL : Telescope cylinder
TK : Plunger (ZE)
TKA : Plunger (ZE) with stop
TKA-FR : Plunger (ZE) with stop and spring return
ZE : Single acting
ZD : Double acting

3. Mounting method

BK : Piston rod turned spherically
Ga : Gab on both sides (with drill hole)
GaB : Gab on base (with drill hole)
GaS : Gab on rod (with drill hole)
GIK : Internal screw thread on piston rod
GAK : Thread on piston rod
F : Flange on both sides
FB : Flange on base
FK : Flange on top
S : Swivel eyes on both sides
SB : Swivel eyes on base
SK : Swivel eyes on piston rod
TA : Tangential base
Za : Tie rod
ZMI : Trunnion mounting

4. Finish

Bz : Bronze bush (pin diameter in mm)
GBO : Joint bearing on base (pin diameter in mm)
Ge : Joint bearing on both sides (pin diameter in mm)
GK : Joint bearing on piston rod (pin diameter in mm)
— : Drill hole only (pin diameter in mm)

5. Bar stock

Description not applicable by KS material 20MnV6-Cr
N 57 : N 57 Niro-Cr (1.4057-Cr) [material-no. with the last two figures]
N 62ge : N 62ge Niro grinded (1.4462 grinded) [material-no. with the last two figures]
V 25 : V25 heat treatable steel-Cr (1.72span class="shb-underline">25-Cr) [material-no. with the last two figures]

6. Treatment of rods

A : Armored
Cr : Hard chromium plated (lamination strength in µm)
H : Hardened
N : Nitrided

7. End-of-stroke damper

E : End-of-stroke damper on both sides
EB : End-of-stroke damper on base
Ek : End-of-stroke damper on top

8. Position measuring system

Wa : Position measuring system, external
Wi : Position measuring system, internal

9. Companion dimensions

M : Thread, metric
G : Thread, G-Withworth