People are always proposing pneumatic tubes for all sorts of far-fetched ideas (going back at least to the Jetsons!), but the folks are Greener Ideal think that pneumatic tubes are . Their interesting piece details some of what’s being done on Roosevelt Island area of New York City. 16 residential towers there are already part of the system.
If that wasn’t enough sci-fi news for pneumatics, some students at Brigham Young University recently made news when they created a that uses a compressed air cannon to shoot a grappling hook up several stories. Fun stuff!
There seems to be a lot of stuff happening in pneumatics the past few weeks. Tata Motors has been all over the news with the being completed. that CAGI, the Compressed Air and Gas Institute, has a re-designed website. Looks nice, check it out at . Airline Hydraulics Corp. and SMC Corp. of America recently covering New England. ChineseΜύPremier Wen Jiabao took a whirlwind tour of Europe recently, and ΜύFesto Corp. and Bosch Rexroth. British compressor manufacturer Mattei has ISO 11011, Compressed air β Energy efficiency β Assessment, will help compressed air users to save energy, while also standardizing energy audits. And, hey! ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ shipments are up, says the NFPA.
Product news includes extra large suction cups from PIAB, modular safety lockout valves from Ross Controls, a way-cool robotic hand from Festo Corp., and a gageΜύ“instrument doctor,” who is now on call from Ashcroft.
In the online realm, check out on the parts of a compressed air system. And Festo Corp. has been as of late. Look at this interesting developed at Harvard. And speaking of videos, here’s a fun one from the Engineering Exchange, a .
, president and CEO ofΜύRoss Controls Co., who is apparently also a big shot in the banjo world. Interface Devices on the “World’s Greatest!” TV show. And in the maybe-not-appropriate-for-work department, it was reported that opening in San Francisco includes a compressed air version of the, um, self-help devices, called The Detwiller ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ, from 1906.
Looking for a job? Steiner Electric Co.Μύin the Chicago area is searching for a . And Camozzi ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟs wants a in the Dallas area.
Lastly, we have a free webinar on lockout/tagout information for pneumatic systems on May 30th. Sign up now!
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