Coalescing mufflers help pneumatics meet government guidelines. Oil reduces friction between sliding surfaces, which improves efficiency and permits higher operating speeds. It also reduces wear, which ultimately means longer component life and less maintenance.
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.
Pneumatic cylinders come in thousands of variations. Here’s a look at different types, how to calculate force, speed, and air consumptions, available options, and when to consider special designs.
A scrapped golf-club testing machine got a second life when Greg Kenrick, owner of R.G. Kenrick Co. Inc., an industrial-automation distributor in Flint, Mich., decided to restore it using pneumatic components
Capabilities of today’s valve terminals include controlling pneumatic and electric drives, handling hundreds of I/O, performing diagnostics and condition monitoring, and motion control.
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
