Pneumatic solutions for your applications

Pneumatics use compressed air or gases as their source of energy, whereas hydraulics use fluids that are under high pressure to do the work. The most common use for pneumatics technology is operating a cylinder to do some sort of job. That job could be something as simple as pushing a box, grabbing an object, lifting and lowering an object, or as complicated as your mind and the technology will allow. Pneumatics are used in an incredibly diverse array of industries; Medical, Food and Beverage, Equipment Manufacturers, Oil and Gas, Aggregate, Semiconductor, and the list goes on and on.

Contaminants are a common problem pneumatic air lines. Scaling, water, and oil all contribute to poor performance in the pneumatics system. Pneumatic systems with compressors, primarily reciprocating compressors, cause the most issues. How do you protect downstream cylinders and valves from contaminant damage?

Specifying a pneumatic cylinder isn’t as hard as it might seem. There are a lot of tidbits of information that goes into each and every cylinder, such as mounting. Is it a clevis, a double clevis, is it a tie rod, is it an aluminum body, etc. There are a lot of different variations and there are specials.

There are customized cylinders and many of our customers run into this all the time. The OEM of the machine will specify a cylinder, and it might be something as simple as a different type of metal in the rod. It might be food grade oil in grease inside the cylinder. So, often you can obtain a functional replacement without having to go through the pains of developing every single last piece of information that might be about that cylinder.