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How can you achieve cylinder flow reduction?

January 8, 2021 By Paul Heney 2 Comments

Looking for ways to further reduce your compressed air demand?  Consider investigating air cylinder actuation. Often times, air cylinders in production machinery only require significant force during a single power stroke, but still use full line pressure to return the cylinder to resting position.  Let’s compare the air consumption for double acting versus a spring […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Air Preparation, Cylinders

Compact cylinder reduces downtime, maintenance for building materials manufacturer

July 15, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Motion Industries SMC compact cylinders 1

A national building materials manufacturing company was needing to replace cylinders on a shingle palletizing machine three times per year. To make sure the shingles are straight and lined up, the side-pusher cylinders are activated as a set of shingles is added to a pallet. These cylinders had a male thread rod end that would […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Cylinders, Equipment Tagged With: motionindustries

Pneumatics: the go-to for food and beverage processing

April 22, 2020 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

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IoT-enabled pneumatic technologies ensure clean and reliable food and beverage design. Contributed by Amit Patel, Product Marketing Manager, Food & Beverage, Emerson Pneumatics has always been a go-to technology in food and beverage applications, and for good reason. Pneumatics technology is clean and reliable, and it’s safe and easy to maintain. It also has design […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Equipment, Featured, Valves Tagged With: emerson

Pneumatic cylinders that talk back

March 5, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Pneumatic cylinders that use noncontact magnetostrictive sensors can track piston position along the entire length of travel.

Air cylinders and actuators are renowned for simplicity, economy and long-time durability in countless motion-control applications. The devices typically provide basic linear motion and perform faultlessly and unnoticed for years. Increasingly, however, many newer equipment designs and automation systems demand a lot of data — even from components like air cylinders — to operate precisely […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Cylinders, Equipment, Positioning sensors Tagged With: bimbamanufacturing

Festo features sanitary pneumatic design solutions at Pack Expo

August 29, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

MPA-C valve terminals are rated IP69K and can be mounted directly on a machine. These terminals are designed for cleanability.

At Pack Expo September 23 to 25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Festo will be showing pneumatic and electric products compliant with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) guidelines on safely processing, holding, and packaging food. Visit Festo at Pack Expo Booth LS-6349 to see these technologies in person. It is vital that compressed […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Air Preparation, Cylinders, Equipment, Regulators, Valves Tagged With: festo

Festo launches DGST line of pneumatic mini slides

August 7, 2019 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

Festo has introduced the DGST pneumatic mini slide, one of the most compact pneumatic slides available. DGST slides are designed for precision handling, press fitting, pick and place, and electronic and light assembly applications. The DGST slide and yoke plate are machined from a single piece of aluminum, which ensures low torsion and accurate alignment. […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Featured Tagged With: festocorp

Custom pneumatic actuators available with fast turnaround

June 21, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

IMI Precision Engineering Norgren custom pneumatic actuators 2019-Actuator-Family

Proven IMI Norgren brand actuators can now be custom engineered with quicker quotes and lead times to meet specific needs for challenging pneumatic applications. By expanding engineering and support teams to work with distributors, Norgren delivers modifications to a variety of catalog pneumatic actuators and related products. Custom capabilities range from adapting existing products to […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Equipment Tagged With: iminorgren, imiprecisionengineering

Pneumatic actuator control options

June 13, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

More-complex machinery often requires position switches to interlock functions and provide alarming and indication capabilities. Image courtesy of iStockphoto.com

Pneumatic actuators are essential workhorses for machine and equipment motion. Here are some pointers about different styles for control and monitoring. Contributed by Pat Phillips, Product Manager, Fluid Power and Mechanical Product Division, AutomationDirect Pneumatic actuators are commonly used in countless types of equipment and machinery because they provide a simple, cost-effective and durable way […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Equipment, Featured, Positioning sensors Tagged With: AutomationDirect

Lightweight PA series NFPA actuator offers flexible mounting configurations

May 16, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Bimba PA series NFPA actuator

The PA series NFPA actuator from Bimba provides a versatile, cost-effective solution to a variety of applications. Its lightweight aluminum construction and modern extruded design are only matched by its flexible mounting configurations and a number of standard features. PA series actuators offer a highly consistent and reliable way to convert pneumatic energy into linear […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Equipment, Featured Tagged With: Bimba, iminorgren, imiprecisionengineering

Firestone demonstrates intelligent air spring sensor

October 10, 2018 By Ken Korane Leave a Comment

Firestone Industrial Products, a leading manufacturer of advanced air springs with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, has developed a system that helps eliminate vibration in transportation applications. In collaboration with Knorr-Bremse, it introduced what is reportedly the first-ever fully integrated intelligent air spring sensor at the 67th Bi-Annual IAA Commercial Vehicles Conference in Hannover, Germany. According […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Industry News Tagged With: firestone, firestoneindustrialproducts

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