German engineers have a reputation for having more practical backgrounds than their American counterparts, but does that translate into more-fulfilling careers?
George Haithwaite and Jose Riofrio from Enfield Technologies demo several applications for pneumatic cylinders with proportional position control. 5:52
Lee Teschler looks at a 24-string guitar tree built to demonstrate electronic actuation of pneumatic systems built by Rob Clippard from Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc.6:52
As hard-chrome plating has fallen out of favor, hydraulic-cylinder manufacturers have developed alternative coatings and platings. Here is how they affect seal performance and life.
A new type of pneumatic-cylinder air cushion automatically adapts to changing operating conditions. It eliminates the headache of manual adjustments and offers the potential to increase productivity and reduce maintenance costs.
Although a hose’s high-tensile wire-reinforcement structure bears the brunt of internal forces, the inner tube itself has to bridge gaps in the braid formed when the hose bends and stresses.
Air actuators remove contamination that destroy traditional cylinders. Air actuators have no piston rods and cylinder barrels and differ from metal pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders .
