PHD, Inc.
"Empowering Industrial Automation"
Fort Wayne, Indiana actuator manufacturer founded 1957; makes pneumatic and electric cylinders, grippers, and clamps across 136 product series.
PHD, Inc. is a manufacturer of pneumatic, electric, and hydraulic actuation components headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founded in May 1957 to build a small-bore pneumatic cylinder, the company's early product, marketed under the Tom Thumb name, grew into a broader actuator line serving industrial automation customers worldwide.
The current catalog spans 136 product series, including tie-rod, ISO, compact, and round-body cylinders, with an IP69K-rated line for washdown environments, linear slides and thrusters, rotary actuators, electric actuators, parallel, angular, three-jaw, and flexion grippers, sheet-metal and pin clamps, escapements, and blow-molding equipment. These components serve as end-of-arm tooling and motion elements in robotic cells used for pick-and-place, assembly, packaging, and material-handling work across roughly 100 industries, including automotive, food and beverage, medical, semiconductor, and glass manufacturing.
PHD holds ISO 9001 certification for its quality management system and maintains REACH, RoHS, conflict-minerals, and PFAS compliance statements. The company distributes through 98 partners worldwide and operates three international support hubs outside the United States.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Pneumatic Parallel Grippers
Parallel-jaw pneumatic grippers for robotic end-of-arm tooling in pick-and-place and assembly applications.
Contact PHD, Inc.
WEBSITE
https://www.phdinc.com/PHONE
(800) 624-8511HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
1957
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
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Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
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Funding Total
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