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Using compressed air hoses safely

June 24, 2022 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

A worker uses high air pressure to blow away small debris before assembly. Image courtesy Shutterstock

Compressed air is often disregarded as a common utility in factories, but risks are high with pressurized air running through pneumatic hoses. Learn how to use these tools safely. Contributed by Mindy Schoeff, Marketing Communications Manager and Ron Hibbler, Applications Manager, Proportion-Air Compressed air is nearly ubiquitous in factories. It’s part of the power behind everything […]

Filed Under: Engineering Basics, Equipment, Featured, Tubing Tagged With: proportionair

Festo develops innovative aluminum pneumatic tubing for welding cells

June 1, 2022 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Festo PM tubing utilizes standard push connectors (green center) for fast, lower cost installs compared to laminated tubing. The sleek aluminum tube requires minimal space.

Festo’s PM aluminum pneumatic tubing offers a weld-spatter resistant solution in welding cells that by every consideration outperforms both laminated and steel pneumatic tubing. Festo PM tubing is ideal for new welding cells as well as for cost-and-time efficient retrofit solutions for existing systems. PM aluminum tubing can be located closer to the welding process […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Featured, Fittings, Industry News, Tubing Tagged With: festo

Condition monitoring for compressed air piping

July 22, 2019 By Ken Korane Leave a Comment

The Transair business unit of Parker Hannifin has announced the next evolution in compressed air piping with its new Condition Monitoring Technology, which lets end-users track the status of their compressed air piping systems. The setup uses sophisticated wireless sensors to monitor a compressed air piping network, alert users to system changes, and provide critical […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry News, Tubing Tagged With: Parker, Parker Hannifin

Safe pneumatic system design

May 1, 2017 By Mary Gannon 4 Comments

Automation-Direct-Figure-1-filter-regulator safe pneumatic design

Consider the following safety and design choices for control of pneumatic systems in automated equipment. By Pat Phillips • Product Manager, Fluid Power & Mechanical Products at AutomationDirect A safe pneumatic system design starts at the connection to a machine’s air preparation hardware and continues to correctly pairing valves with cylinders. This article reviews the […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Air Preparation, Cylinders, Engineering Basics, Featured, Tubing, Valves Tagged With: AutomationDirect

Where do you use pneumatic hose and tubing?

June 27, 2016 By Ken Korane 2 Comments

THE basic function of pneumatic tubing and hose is to convey pressurized air to actuators, valves, tools and other devices. But there are countless types and sizes of tubing and hose on the market, so engineers should consider a number of important factors to select the right one for a given task. Start with construction. Tubing […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Tubing

AutomationDirect offers additional fittings and tubing

February 20, 2015 By Rachel Poling Leave a Comment

AutomationDirect’s NITRA line of pneumatics products now offers additional straight, branch, union, Y, reducer, elbow and bulkhead fittings in 1/8 in. and 5/16 in. tube connection sizes. Designed to work with flexible pneumatic tubing, select fittings are constructed with thermoplastic bodies and stainless steel tube gripping claws. Additional fittings with nickel-plated brass bodies are also […]

Filed Under: Fittings, Tubing Tagged With: AutomationDirect

NewAge Industries Offers Hose Clamps in Three Styles

July 24, 2013 By Stacy Combest Leave a Comment

Three Types of Hose Clamps

Available from plastic tubing manufacturer NewAge Industries are three styles of clamps to secure fittings to tubing. The three styles – double bond, ear type and worm gear – are used in a wide range of industries including food and beverage, chemical, laboratory, medical, OEM, MRO, aerospace and aviation, pool and spa, automotive, appliance, marine […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Tubing Tagged With: newage

Ark-Plas offers Polyurethane Tubing

February 24, 2013 By Pneumatics Editor Leave a Comment

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Polyether-based polyurethane tubing offers excellent resistance to chemicals, kinking, abrasion, hydrolysis, oxidation, and ozone exposure. The company’s polyether-based polyurethane tubing excels in maintaining exceptional flexibility, high-impact strength, and above average performance in cold temperature. Generally stronger than ether-based tubing, ester-based polyurethane tubing features above average chemical resistance, a high level of resilience, and adequate energy […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Tubing Tagged With: Ark-Plas Products

40% of NewAge Industries now owned by employees

January 24, 2013 By Pneumatics Editor Leave a Comment

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The recent holidays were a time for togetherness and gift giving, and together the team members of NewAge Industries received an unexpected gift. The company’s CEO and majority shareholder, Ken Baker, recently announced that in early 2013 he will sell an additional ten percent of NewAge’s shares to the company’s ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), […]

Filed Under: Air Preparation, Tubing Tagged With: newage

Customized Plastic Tubing from NewAge® Industries Eases Installations & Reduces Costs

September 27, 2012 By Pneumatics Editor Leave a Comment

NewAge Industries now offers eight ways to customize tubing. These products, made to an engineer’s or buyer’s specifications, offer benefits including improved ingredient compatibility, lower procurement and inventory carrying expenses, a refined appearance, and reduced assembly time and labor costs. NewAge offers the following tubing customization methods: Custom extrusions, where additives are blended with raw […]

Filed Under: Tubing Tagged With: NewAge Industries

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