You see a lot of pneumatic actuators in industrial automation, and for good reason. They’re simple, powerful, reliable, and above all, cheap. Online sources and fluid-power suppliers carry a ...

• Pneumatic cylinders come in many basic versions. • All cylinders can be tweaked to better fit an application. • Custom designs can perform better and save money when standard cylinders don’t fit the ...

The goal of pneumatics-system design is often to run actuators as fast as possible without introducing excessive shock loads to the system. At low speeds, a cylinder piston can usually hit the end cap ...