Airpot introduces its updated website at www.airpot.com with all the latest Airpot low- and zero – friction actuators, air cylinders, dashpots, piston – cylinder sets, snubbers, air treatment components, and optimized systems. The new site includes detailed specifications and information on Airpotโs Accurate Force บฺมฯณินฯs (AFP) packages. These optimized systems aid design engineers in selecting […]
Cylinders
Festo Introduces the DSBC บฺมฯณินฯ Family of Cylinders
Festo introduces the new DSBC family of ISO 15552 standard pneumatic cylinders, all of which feature the companyโs unique PPS self-adjusting cushioning capability. PPS ensures that cushioning into the end position is dynamic, but gentle, and requires no manual intervention. PPS eliminates the time consuming back and forth typically required during the adjustment stage of […]
บฺมฯณินฯs โ ole reliable
Every few years, Cedar Point โ which is renowned for its roller coasters being the tallest, fastest, etc. โ launches a new ground-breaking ride. As an editor on different engineering magazines, Iโve had several opportunities to visit the park, which is less than an hour from my home, to learn more about the technology that […]
IVAC Drives Down Installation Time for Leading Manufacturer
A highly innovative range of pneumatic cylinders from Norgren, is bringing substantial operational and commercial benefits to a major manufacturer of surface finishing equipment and its customers. US-based Corrotec Inc. designs and manufactures custom-build process systems for the surface finishing industry, including zinc, chrome, copper, POP, nickel plating and anodising. The company builds system modules […]
Bimba Manufacturing Releases the Original Line Electric Thruster
Bimba Manufacturing announced the release of the Original Line Electric Thruster (OLET), the newest addition to the electric motion control line. This guided electric cylinder provides the precision of the Original Line Electric cylinder (OLE), combined with the strength of the T/TE pneumatic thruster. With speeds of up to 24 inches per second and thrusts […]
Solid-State Cylinder Switch from Festo
Festo is introducing the new SMT-8M-A solid-state cylinder switch for T-slot applications on pneumatic drives. The companyโs new switch is fully optimized, harmonized, and tested for Festo pneumatic drive packages, which ensures high reliability and fast set up. Features of the SMT-8M-A: โขย Protection class IP 65/68/69K โขย Extended temperature sustainability range from -40ยฐF to185ยฐF (-40ยฐC to […]
AutomationDirect expands บฺมฯณินฯ Cylinder Position Switch offering
The NITRAยฎ line of pneumatics products now includes nine styles of position switches for pneumatic cylinders, including round, dovetail, t-slot, square, and D-shaped; additional dovetail accessories are available to accommodate larger dovetail slots. The new styles are solid-state electronic switches available in normally-open 3-wire DC PNP and NPN configurations, and can be purchased with an […]
Emerson introduces online thermowell calculation tool
Emerson Process Management announced it has introduced an online thermowell calculation tool that incorporates the new ASME PTC 19.3 TW standard. Emerson is the first to make available an online tool offering a more automated approach to thermowell calculation as opposed to the traditional way of utilizing spreadsheets. In addition to the tool, the web […]
6 mistakes engineers make in mounting and specifying air cylinders
1. Inappropriate sizing When it comes to air cylinder sizing, bigger is not necessarily better. A cylinder that is larger than necessary will cost more to purchase and end up costing more money to operate, because oversized cylinders require more air capacity to function. On the other hand, a cylinder that is undersized will be […]
Bimba and PARTsolutions release 3D CAD Glasses
Bimba Manufacturing and CADENAS PARTsolutions announce the addition of 3D functionality to Bimbaโs online CAD models. The CAD configurator allows all configured and generated CAD models to be viewed by Bimba customers in 3D. Once the model has been generated in the online configurator, users will see a 3D glasses icon in the upper left […]
