SMC recently updated the pneumatic system on the Boilermaker Special VII, the official mascot of Purdue University. According to the Reamer Club that cares for the train, the Boilermaker Special is the world’s largest, fastest, heaviest, and loudest collegiate mascot. Some of these accolades can be attributed to the train’s extensive pneumatic system, which controls […]
smcusa
Modular FRL units offer better visibility and environmental resistance
The new ACD FRL unit from SMC USA features a modular design with uniform body style, better visibility and environmental resistance. Featuring a 2-layer construction, the bowl is covered with a transparent bowl guard. The bowl guard with windows has been replaced with a polycarbonate transparent bowl guard. Now, even if the environment changes and […]
IFPE Download: SMC highlights safe and smart automation products
At IFPE this week, SMC Corp. will exhibit automation products focused on safety and controls at the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall 3 Booth S-82135. SMC is committed to automation, safety enhancement, and “smart” components focusing on the asphalt, concrete, fluid power, machine tool, material handling, mining, motion control, and utilities industries with U.S. […]
Best practices for industrial compressed air systems
Removing water from factory air and lowering the dew point protects automation equipment. One of the foremost causes of costly downtime and emergency maintenance in industrial automation systems is not oil or contaminants, which are easily removed with proper filtration, but water vapor and the resulting condensed water that is trapped in factory compressed air. […]
