SMC MXQ12L-20 SMC Pneumatic Components

Razz Middle East supplies SMC pneumatic components into Saudi Arabia on an order basis. The family covers the working parts of a compressed air circuit: push-in fittings and speed controllers, filters, regulators and lubricators, solenoid valves and valve manifolds, and the EX600 fieldbus input and output system that puts a manifold on a network. Items are sourced to order against the exact model code and delivered duty-paid to your plant.

SMC MXQ12L-20

This page covers SMC part number MXQ12L-20 — SMC Pneumatic Components. Quote the full part number with your enquiry and the item is unambiguous: one part number identifies one exact product variant, including options that are not visible in the description.

About SMC Pneumatic Components

SMC model codes are built up from a series root followed by option blocks, and nearly every block changes the physical part. In the AS speed-controller range the digits after the series usually give the port thread first and the tube outside diameter second, so an AS2201F ordered as -01-06 suits a different pipe and tube combination than the same body ordered for another size, and a trailing S marks a further body variant. Air preparation units are ordered the same way: filter, regulator and lubricator bodies each carry their own port size, bowl type, drain type and bracket options, and modular versions are joined with spacers ordered as separate lines. Solenoid valves such as the VP range are coded with the valve function and port count in the root, then a block for coil voltage and electrical entry, then options for the manifold or sub-plate. A suffix beginning with X marks a made-to-order specification, which means the valve differs from the catalogue body in a documented way and cannot be substituted with the plain model. The EX600 system is a separate build: an SI unit selected for the network protocol, plus digital and analogue input and output units, end plates and cabling.

SMC Pneumatic Components in Saudi Arabia

SMC pneumatics are heavily represented on packaging and filling lines in the Kingdom: bottling and dairy plants, date and food packing, and the PET and polymer bagging lines around Jubail and Yanbu. Cement plants use pneumatic actuation on bag packers, gates and dust valves, and pneumatic positioners and actuators appear on process valves in petrochemical and water treatment service. Ambient conditions matter here more than in cooler markets. Compressed air arriving at a machine in summer carries a high moisture load once it cools inside an air-conditioned enclosure, so filtration, drainage and dryer capacity upstream of an SMC regulator affect how long the valve seals last. Airborne dust in cement and mining service works on the same seals from the outside. Coil voltage should be confirmed against the site supply, since panels in the Kingdom run from a 60 Hz mains at 380 or 400 V and control transformers feed either 24 V DC or 110 and 220 V AC coils depending on the panel builder.

Ordering and lead time

Send the complete model code as it appears on the body or the machine parts list, including any X suffix. A made-to-order valve quoted without its X block will arrive as the standard body and will not fit the application it was built for. For fittings and speed controllers, state the port thread standard as well as the size, because Rc, G and NPT are different parts, and give the tube outside diameter in millimetres or inches as the machine uses it. For solenoid valves, confirm coil voltage, electrical entry and whether the valve is sub-plate mounted, manifold mounted or direct piped. For manifolds and EX600 assemblies, the station count, the network protocol and the wiring method all change the order, so a photograph of the existing manifold end plate helps. Razz sources SMC parts to order with a lead time of about three weeks, delivered duty-paid.

Specifications are taken from the supplier's published catalogue data. Confirm against the manufacturer's current datasheet before ordering.