New to the maritime industry is an updated line of rotating Active Heave Compensators (AHC). These systems increase workable hours at sea and make it safer to work under heavy weather conditions at increasingly lower depths. They also ensure accurate implementation of work in such environments. The AHC systems prevent unexpected and damaging reactions to […]
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Design aids for pneumatics
Whether you are picking a cylinder, designing a circuit, or choosing the right valve, you’ll find the help you need on the Internet. Need to create pneumatic circuit diagrams? FluidDRAW lets you work with a total of almost 700 pneumatic symbols ad more than 150 electrical symbols. Courtesy, Festo. Most pneumatics vendors offer one or […]
Pneumatic Cylinders Help Increase Palletizer Speed by 26%
Philip Vivirito is Industrial Distribution Manager for Parker Hannifin Corporation Speed is critical in material-handling operations. St. Louis-based FKI Logistex, a leading supplier of palletizers and depalletizers to the material handling industry, needed to increase speed rates on the case turner component of some of its palletizer products in response to customer specifications. These high-speed […]
Proper Seal Design Ensures Optimal Cylinder Operation
Larry J. Castleman is Technical Director, Product Development for Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Americas While pneumatic cylinders are often a preferred option for linear actuation in many applications, all portions of the cylinder design must be balanced and work together for efficient and reliable function. One of the more critical components that rely on good design […]
Air Service by Rexroth
(Lexington, KY) – With the AS5 series, Rexroth expands the AS family to the high flow range. The AS5 regulator offers a flow of up to 265 CFM (7500 l/min) with a width of only 3.3”. The AS5 is available with 3/4” and 1” thread connections in BSPP and NPTF forms. Series AS3 carries up […]
New Clippard In-Line Manifolds
(Cincinnati, OH) – Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc. introduces new aluminum in-line manifolds. This new line comes uniquely designed with a bottom T-slot which allows for fast and secure installation. Available in 4-, 6-, 8- or 10-station, these new manifolds provide easy access for grouping valves, fittings or other pneumatic components. www.clippard.com : Design World :
Texas A&M Partners with Bosch Rexroth to Establish New Fluid Power Laboratory
College Station, TX – Bosch Rexroth was honored recently at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas for its involvement in the creation of the Bosch Rexroth-R.C. Womack Fluid Power Laboratory. The lab, which was created in conjunction with Womack Machine Supply, is a newly renovated, state-of-the-art facility which will showcase […]
Long-lasting Pneumatics
When you specify pneumatics, do you wish you knew in advance how long they would give trouble-free service? As events are unfolding, you may see that wish come true. Nudged on by the automotive industry, fluid-power suppliers and standards-makers are tackling the linked questions of component longevity and reliability. Last May, the Industry published standards […]
How Suppliers Improve Quality and Reliability
Most vendors have ongoing efforts to improve reliability of the pneumatic components they offer, with the goal of providing long, trouble-free service to users. So while the reliability standards discussed above show promise for the future, efforts are underway now to improve the pneumatics you can specify today. Here are some of the programs we’ve […]
Bimba
Dedicated to providing well-engineered products to its customers, Bimba was the first North American cylinder manufacturer to achieve ISO 9001 certification. Bimba pushes product design and testing to ensure that the user receives the most durable product possible, using such techniques as rigorous Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and meticulous empirical testing. Virtual FEA, through EdgeCAM […]
