One of the key developments associated with the emergence of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 is the expanding use of sensors throughout automation systems, including ...

Pneumatic motion control has been on the automation scene for decades and doesn’t appear to be heading for the exit ramp any time soon despite advances in technologies such as electric actuation.

In 2012, Automation World published an article looking at the decision factors faced when choosing electric or pneumatic actuators. More than a decade later, manufacturing engineers and OEMs still ...

Optimizing industrial pneumatics can reduce plant energy consumption. • Properly sized components are the first step to efficient systems. • Supplying actuators with more pressure than needed wastes ...

General Pneumatics’ valves and aspirators (pumps that create vacuums) have to work every time. No exceptions. Installed on commercial airliners and military transport planes, the company’s products ...

At the recent Fluid Power Conference in Cleveland, Phil O’Neil of Bosch Rexroth’s Pneumatics group in Lexington, Ky., offered these sensible tips for boosting the energy efficiency of pneumatics used ...