Pneumatics

The stem design of these push-in mufflers allows quick installation and removal.

Embedded diagnostics in pneumatic valves gives advanced warning of impending failures.

For small parts that need to be handled quickly, pick-and-place module from Festo Corp., N.Y., offers cycle times ranging from 0.6 to 1.0 sec, depending on size.

New ZSC slides feature a guided twin-rod pneumatic cylinder and ball-rail system, and are designed for vertical applications.

Tetra Pak Carton Chilled Inc., Minneapolis (tetrapakusa.com), recently introduced a new Gable Top Liquid Carton filling machine that incorporates cleandesign pneumatics to ensure washdown resistance, efficient operation, and low maintenance.

D-Series air-preparation units offer complete combinations of pressure regulators, filters, lubricators, distributor modules, and many other accessories, as individual units or in a variety of factory-assembled combinations.

Proportional pneumatics hold a sizable cost advantage over electric and hydraulic systems.

Buoyant-float designs have capabilities that go beyond the best bladder accumulators.

New SM Series vacuum cups are designed for pick-and-place applications. Standard cups are molded neoprene.

Custom-designed pneumatic gas springs are for virtually any type of equipment from automotive to satellite-delivery systems.

HBBY Series guided pneumatic actuators work for gantry-style, linear-motion applications including material handling, packaging, assembly, parts transfer, machine load/unload, clamping, and product testing.

The D-Series air-preparation units come in three body sizes and features optimized internal flow paths for high flow capacities from 24 to 406 scfm (700 to 11,500 l/min) depending on style and size.

The MPA Valve Series is a modular subbase system that can be modified and expanded from individual valves and multiple connection plates to fieldbus valve terminals.

The 100 Series line of pneumatically driven rack-and-pinion actuators are available in double-acting and spring-return designs, both providing a 90 degree rotation.

P200 and P290 pneumatic-to-current P/I transducers are designed to convert standard 3-15, 3-27, or 6-30 psig air pressures into a two-wire 4 to 20 or 10 to 50-mA signal with a total accuracy up to ±0.10%. Customized inputs as low as 0 to 20-in. w.c. or as high as 0 to 50 psig are readily available.