Byย Ericย Cummings โข Global Industry Manager – Safety โข ROSS Controls While safety standards have been updated by safety controls engineers, pneumatic systems present a unique challenge. In following the ISO 13849 standard, which uses redundancy and diagnostics for higher-level circuits, it is important that designers and integrators understand the specifics of the valves selected for […]
Components
AutomationDirect adds compact modular valves to pneumatics line
AutomationDirectโs NITRAยฎ line of pneumatics products now includes compact modular valves which provide versatility and easy assembly. The compact modular valves are designed for performance, flexibility and modularity combined with sturdy mechanics. Each valve is enclosed in a reinforced technopolymer protective shell that acts as a shock-absorber and prevents the infiltration of dirt. The smooth, […]
Bimba introduces new composite push-to-connect fittings
Bimba Manufacturing Company, a provider of pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric solutions, and its subsidiary Pneumadyne Inc., an innovative manufacturer of pneumatic components and control systems, announced a new line of composite push-to-connect fittings. The broad new line, which combines plastic with existing metal barbed fittings, now includes specialty items such as union branches and tube-to-stem […]
Festo reimagines actuator control valve design
Festo design engineers reimagined pneumatic actuator control valve design to create multi-functional units that are less expensive to purchase than comparable solutions, more than 50 percent smaller in terms of height, save energy, and are easier and faster to install, troubleshoot, and maintain. Festo now offers the new space saving VFOF, VBNF, and VBQF multi-functional […]
MOCAP Grips
MOCAP’s line ofย Round,ย Flat orย Finger-Nub Style Vinyl Grips are also available with a dual-wall (Double-Dipped), whereas the grip can beย double-dippedย in various materials, colors or hardness durometers (soft, semi-rigid or hard) to fit your thicker wall or unique handle cover application.โจOurย Double Dip Gripsย provide maximum comfort and durability and are currently used on a wide variety of hand […]
Ceram pneumatic directional control valve free for customers to try
AVENTICS is announcing the Discover the Ceramic Advantage program to allow new customers in the USA and Canada to try a Ceram valve free of charge. The program requires minimal qualifications by the customer in order to receive a free valve. Unique, sliding ceramic plates (rather than standard rubber seals) form a near perfect seal, […]
New Robohand G100 Grippers
Robohand, a DE-STA-CO brand, introduces the G100 Series blue line of pneumatic parallel grippers. The G100 Series is designed to provide machine builders and OEMs with higher-quality, low-maintenance grippers for cost-sensitive applications. The G100 Series is priced the same as comparable competing grippers, but is built to higher standards to deliver longer-lasting performance with reduced […]
Stainless-steel pneumatic cylinders
SRG stainless-steel pneumatic cylinders from Parker Hannifin Corp. are ideal for caustic, corrosive environments all the way up to laboratory facilities. ย The SRG series is available in five bore sizes ranging ยพ to 2 ยฝ in., with four possible mounting stylesโnose, pivot, flange, and foot. They are rated for operating pressures to 250 psig (17 […]
Proportional valve series provides frictionless operation
A new line of proportional valves is available from Humphrey Products Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. The ProControl proportional valves, like all Humphrey deigns, are two-port, normally closed, direct acting spring return type flow controllers. They feature an inert construction for a variety of multimedia uses and a frictionless flat-spring armature design that results in long, trouble-free […]
New valve family opens additional application possibilities
By Paul J. Heney and Mary Gannon Cincinnati-based Clippard Instrument Lab created its EV line of valves in 1973. The companyโs workhouse pneumatic valves have seen a lot over their lifetimeโvideo games like Pong have evolved into lifelike realty games and mobile phones the size of loaves of bread are now compact, thin devices that […]
