The application relates to a surface throttling type frictionless air cylinder, which belongs to the technical field of air cylinders. The air cylinder has the advantages of simple structure, good stability, high precision, small
gas consumption, small size and convenient
machining. The front end of a
piston rod is supported in the inside of a cylinder
barrel through a gas static pressure bearing, the rear end of the
piston rod is connected with a
piston, the piston is arranged in the inside of the cylinder
barrel, the rear end of the cylinder
barrel is provided with a rear end cover, and the front end of the cylinder barrel is provided with a front end cover. The air cylinder only needs single-way
gas supply. High-pressure gas is subjected to surface throttling in the micron-level wedge-shaped gap between the piston and the cylinder barrel to form a pressure gas film. The piston is provided with a pressure relief groove, and the excess gas is discharged through the pressure relief groove. The gas film gap is different, and the
gas pressure gradient distribution is different, so that the gas
backflow can be avoided while the
bearing capacity of the gas film is ensured, the pipeline is simple, the
machining and
assembly are convenient, the
gas consumption is minimum in all frictionless air cylinder schemes, and the pneumatic
noise is minimum. According to the air floating principle, the frictionless movement is realized, the precision is high due to the self-centering characteristics of the
conical surface, and the reliability is improved.