The international standard ISO 8573-1 (2010), “Compressed air β Contaminants and purity classes,” provides a classification system for the main contaminants in compressed air systems. The standard specifies a number of purity classes for compressed air with respect to particulates, water and oil, independent of the location in the compressed air system at which the […]
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Compressors meet shipboard air demands
Many engineers are familiar with plant compressed-air networks that pipe high-pressure air to pneumatic tools, industrial robots and countless types of production and packaging equipment. Perhaps not as widely known, but equally as important, compressed air also handles critical tasks on large commercial ships. Compressed air is used onboard in a number of ways. One […]
Time-honored process embraces food-safe pneumatics
Food-safe pneumatics automates traditional cheese production. Contributed by Bill Oliver, Sector Head Food & Beverage/Industrial Automation and John Bridges, Head of Marketing, AVENTICS Corp. Most everyone who enjoys a good bowl of pasta is familiar with Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano, the well-known Italian cheese varieties famous around the world. These types of parmesan cheese have […]
Should you use utility incentives to buy new equipment?
The purchase of air compressors can be expensive. Sometimes the untimely death of your equipment can stretch the maintenance budget, and repairing it can leave you with the same old tired and inefficient equipment.Β If and when problems happen, you should consider looking for assistance through various available energy incentives. For example, a small metal […]
Innovative pneumatics are realized in subsystem design
Innovation in pneumatics is often found in the way components are put together to create subsystems, instead of within the components. Contributed by Pat Phillips, PE, Product Manager for AutomationDirect, Fluid Power and Mechanical Product Div. ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟs have been used in industrial machines and manufacturing plants and facilities for decades, so most of the […]
Dry vacuum pump from Leybold maximizes efficiency in industrial settings
Short, reliable and clean production processes are more important thanΒ ever for the increasingly digital and globally active value chains, in addition to high-qualityΒ results. Vacuum technology provides a significant contribution to meeting theseΒ requirements. This is why Leybold has designed the new VARODRY vacuum pump series for efficient industrial vacuum processes. This oil-free, air-cooled vacuum pump as […]
A chat with the AICDβs Kasey Gould
The Association of Independent Compressor Distributors met last month in San Antonio for its 33rdannual convention. We took the opportunity to catch up with the groupβs Administrator, Kasey Gould, about her role in the organization and what the future holds for the AICD. Gould first became involved with the AICD through what she calls βpureΒ happenstance.β […]
How continuous position sensing will tie together the factory of the future
Contributed byΒ Tim Faillo, Global Program Manager – Factory Automation, Parker Hannifin Modern factories have come to rely on industrial networks to make their sensors and actuators βsmarter.β The use of smart sensors, such as Continuous Position Sensors (CPSs), offers a route toward realizing smart motion control in pneumatic systems. These intelligent devices offer more advanced, […]
Triton is selling Aventics to Emerson
Emerson, headquartered in St. Louis, still has pneumatics on its mind. After purchasingΒ ASCO in 1985, it bought Joucomatic a few years later and added it to the ASCO family. Later, in 2008, Emerson acquired Numaticsβand combined the two as the ASCO Numatics division of the company. Now Emerson, theΒ global technology and engineering company, is on […]
Virtual Engineer tool from Parker Hannifin gives users intuitive interface for simplified design processes
A new motion control design tool for engineers from Parker Hannifin Corp. aims to help with the proper selection of electromechanical and pneumatic linear motion. Dubbed Virtual Engineer, the free online tool is an intuitive interface where users can easily enter their application specifications, (for example, speed, load, external forces) and then quickly navigate to […]
