Edited by Mary C. Gannon, Senior Editor Stopping a heavy industrial operation quickly and safely during maintenance operations is easily accomplished with air clutches and brakes. As machines get bigger, faster and smarter, maintenance remains a key challenge to many heavy equipment operatorsβthe expense and lost time it takes to repair a down machine can […]
Components
Bimba expands portfolio of switches
Bimba Manufacturing, an industry-leading innovator of actuation technology, today announced the introduction of a completely new Solid-State switch series to its family of switch products. These new switches add additional benefits such as a smaller operating window, smaller hysteresis, and tighter repeatability all as a result of a new, innovative and intelligent sensing algorithm that […]
New maintenance-free venturi vacuum pumps save time and money
Vaccon Company, a U.S. manufacturer of air-powered venturi vacuum pumps, introduces the new RTM Seriesβ’ of maintenance-free venturi cartridges at the Pack Expo Show in Chicago, November 2 – 5. Ideally suited for the packaging industry, RTM cartridges replace failed or clogged multi-stage pumps to maximize productivity and minimize downtime. Unlike multi-stage cartridges, Vacconβs single […]
New mini swivel fittings make precision blow off easy
EXAIR’s new Mini Swivel Fittings make it easy to adjust the position of our award-winning air nozzles. Using these Type 316 Stainless Steel mini swivels, even our mini Super Air Nozzles can be pointed exactly where you need it. Available in three sizes, these swivels provide our smallest nozzles a 50 degree total angle of […]
Mead Fluid Dynamics introduces the Manifold PowerStrip
Mead Fluid Dynamics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bimba Manufacturing, announces the launch of the Manifold PowerStripTM (MPS), a simple, cost-effective solution for wiring manifold valve stacks. The MPS eliminates individual valve wiring and costly molded cable sets by consolidating wiring to a single home-run cable. Because the MPS uses the existing DIN style solenoid […]
Herion pneumatically operated XSz series press safety valves
Norgren Herion Press Safety Valves are now available 24/7 at the Norgren Express webstore. HERION press safety valves conform to DIN-EN-ISO 13849-1 (performance level e, category 4). Press safety valves are used to control the air actuated systems/machines such as palletizing, wrapping, packaging, processing and power presses, which must always fail in an exhaust mode, […]
Miniaturization makes pneumatics the choice in medical applications
From ambulance to operating room, recovery room to discharge at home, patients today encounter any number of medical devices that must be lightweight, small, safe, and often, portable. To maintain these safe, hygienic designs, most medical device manufacturers rely on pneumatics because they are highly customizable and compact. As the demands for these types of […]
Selecting valves made easier with new white paper
Proportional solenoid valves offer important advantages in the right applications, and while theyβre considered more complicated than other valves, a new whitepaper makes their selection simple. Download the paper here from Numatics, Incorporated. Proportional valves β which change outputs in proportion to their input value β provide dependable, cost-effective, compact solutions for fast response and […]
IoT is the next big game-changer in pneumatics
If there is one topic that causes great concern in every industry, itβs downtime. Unplanned downtime of a machine can cost thousands of dollars depending on how long it stays down. In most electrical systems, and some hydraulic ones, diagnostic systems and sensors have been available to alert system operators that a critical component is […]
New series of powerful twin-piston semi-rotary drives
Festo introduced the DRRD, a new series of pneumatic twin-piston semi-rotary drives for handling and assembly operations. This new pneumatic rotary drive is precise, economical, and powerful. The DRRD received the international Red Dot Design Award for product design. The DRRD offers high load capacity at torques from 0.2 to 112 Nm and a high […]
