Festo DSNU-16-200-PPV-A Pneumatic Cylinder: Complete Technical Guide and Applications

11 januari 2026

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What is the Festo DSNU-16-200-PPV-A?

The DSNU-16-200-PPV-A is a Festo round-body pneumatic cylinder in the workhorse small-bore class: 16 mm bore, 200 mm stroke, double-acting with adjustable cushioning at both ends (the PPV-A build in Festo's coding), and an external male thread on the piston rod for direct coupling to tooling. The barrel is polished stainless with the rating laser-marked right on the tube — Pmax 10 bar (145 psi) — the end caps are machined aluminium with threaded ports sealed by O-rings, hex cushion-adjust screws sit on each cap, and the rod ships with its locknut and blue protective cap fitted. The label reads FESTO, DSNU-16-200-PPV-A, serial 19339/D303. The photo set shows four identical cylinders; the intake record books one, and both counts are stated as recorded. All 5 photos and 1 video below show these exact cylinders.

2 min readContent reviewed 7 October 2026

Part details

DSNU-16-200-PPV-A, as printed on the barrel label
Field	Value
Model	Festo DSNU-16-200-PPV-A
Type	Round-body pneumatic cylinder, double-acting, adjustable cushioning both ends, male rod thread
Bore / stroke	16 mm / 200 mm (from the DSNU-16-200 designation)
Max pressure	Pmax 10 bar (145 psi) — laser-marked on the barrel
Construction	Polished stainless barrel, machined aluminium end caps, O-ring sealed threaded ports, hex cushion adjusters
Rod end	External male thread with locknut; blue protective cap fitted
Label	FESTO, DSNU-16-200-PPV-A, 19339/D303
Quantity	4 units shown in the photo set; intake record books one — both as recorded

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Values are read from the barrel label, the laser marking and the photographed construction in the photo set.

The small cylinder that does the fine work

Pick-and-place heads, gate actuators, clamps, ejectors — the 16 mm round cylinder is the size behind them, because it trades raw force for speed, precision and a body slim enough to live inside a machine frame. The DSNU build adds the refinements that matter in service: double-acting operation so the return stroke is powered and predictable, adjustable cushioning at each end so a fast stroke decelerates over the last few millimetres instead of hammering the caps, and the stainless barrel that shrugs off wash-down and condensation where a painted body would corrode. At 10 bar maximum and a 16 mm bore the force arithmetic is simple — roughly 200 newtons of push per bar — which covers the small-work duty this class exists for. Mounting is the round-body standard: the end-cap threads and the circumferential groove accept the familiar clip-and-swivel hardware, and the male rod thread with its locknut couples straight to the tooling. The four identical units photographed — same label, same serial batch, blue caps still on — read as one machine order delivered; whether one or several are on the shelf, the page documents the full set as received.