• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Pneumatic Tips

Tips, Trends, Resources, News and Information

  • Pneumatics Blog
  • Industry News
  • Air Preparation
  • Engineering Basics
  • Equipment
    • Actuators
    • Cylinders
    • Fittings
    • Gears
    • Grippers
    • Pumps
    • Air Compressors
    • Tubing
    • Vacuums
    • Valves
  • Pressure Sensing
  • Design Guides
    • Design Guide Library
    • Electro-Pneumatic Regulator & Flow Controller Design
    • Hydraulic Cylinders
    • Hydraulic Filtration
    • Hydraulic Hose Assembly
    • Hydraulic Pumps
    • Pneumatic Actuators
    • Pressure Gauges
  • Videos

Pneumatic Equipment Components

Pneumatics is the use of pressurized gas to enable motion.  Pneumatic movement can be achieved through the use of various components.  A sustainable supply of compressed air can be made by compressing atmospheric air, which is why pneumatic components work so well in fixed installation, such as factories.

Pneumatic Equipment Components

Pneumatic systems use a variety of components to affect movement, as well as for control purposes.  For efficient movement and control, the following pneumatic equipment components are used:

  • Pneumatic Actuators:  Basic pneumatic actuators are used to trigger control valves to cause motion.  Pneumatic actuators are most commonly used in assembly lines or for loading and unloading purposes.
  • Pneumatic Cylinders:  Cylinders are a mechanical device in a pneumatic system that produces force via compressed air.  Once pneumatic cylinders are actuated, compressed air enters into the tube at one end of the piston and imparts force on the piston, which causes the piston to move.
  • Pneumatic Fittings:  This pneumatic equipment component provides control for your process by connecting to valves and providing leak-free pneumatic movement.
  • Pneumatic Pumps: As an air exhausting mechanism, this pneumatic equipment component sucks in outside air, compresses it and harnesses the air for use in your process.
  • Pneumatic Seals: Primarily used in pneumatic cylinders and valves, pneumatic seals prevent air leakage.  This pneumatic equipment component is best suited in low pressure instances.
  • Pneumatic Tubing:  This pneumatic equipment component provides protection from leakage throughout the pneumatic device.
  • Pneumatic Valves:  Controlling air flow and preventing leakage in your pneumatic device is paramount in ensuring that your process runs efficiently.  This pneumatic equipment component achieves both of these goals.

Pneumatic Tips is dedicated to providing engineers and industry professionals with the most comprehensive articles about pneumatic equipment components and other pneumatics topics.  We pride ourselves on using our industry experts’ knowledge to pass along the information engineers and manufacturing professionals need in order to get their job done.  Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay current on the latest pneumatics news.

Primary Sidebar

Fluid Power World Digital Edition

Fluid Power World Digital EditionBrowse the most current issue of Fluid Power World and back issues in an easy to use high quality format. Bookmark, share and interact with the leading design engineering magazine today.

RSS Featured White Papers

  • eBook: Practical Guide to Pneumatics
  • Saving energy and service cost with electric linear systems
  • White Paper-How to Design Efficient Pneumatic Systems!
Subscribe Today
Hose Assembly Tips

Follow Paul on Twitter

Tweets by @DW_Editor

Follow Mary on Twitter

Tweets by @DW_MaryGannon

Footer

Pneumatic Tips

Fluid Power World Network

  • Fluid Power World
  • Hose Assembly Tips
  • Mobile Hydraulic Tips
  • Sealing and Contamination Tips
  • Fluid Power Distributor Lookup

PNEUMATIC TIPS

  • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Advertise with us
  • Contact us
  • About us
Follow us on Twitter  Add us on Facebook  Follow us on LinkedIn  Follow us on YouTube  Follow us on Instagram

Copyright © 2022 · WTWH Media LLC and its licensors. All rights reserved.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media.

Privacy Policy