Basics of Pneumatics
This branch of engineering uses pressurized gases for power transmission and control.
What is pneumatics?
This component converts compressed air energy into linear mechanical motion.
What is a pneumatic cylinder?
This is the product of a compressor's work.
What is compressed air?
This valve has two positions and three ports.
What is a 3/2-way valve?
This type of cylinder uses compressed air in one direction and a spring for return.
What is a single-acting cylinder?
This medium is most commonly used to transmit energy in pneumatic systems.
What is (compressed) air?
This component maintains a constant output pressure in a pneumatic system.
What is a pressure regulator?
A facility that generates and distributes compressed air for industrial use?.
What is a compressor station?
This type of valve is commonly used to control double-acting cylinders.
What is a 5/2-way valve?
This type of cylinder uses compressed air for motion in both directions.
What is a double-acting cylinder?
This unit prepares air by filtering, regulating pressure, and lubricating it.
What is an FRL unit (Filter–Regulator–Lubricator)?
This valve allows air to exhaust quickly from a cylinder to increase speed.
What is a quick exhaust valve?
This type of compressor uses rotating screws to compress air continuously.
What is a rotary screw compressor?
This valve allows air to pass to the output only when air flows from both sources.
What is a two pressure valve (AND valve)?
This actuator produces rotary motion instead of linear motion.
What is a pneumatic motor or rotary actuator?
This is the third most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is argon?
This valve controls the speed of a pneumatic cylinder by restricting airflow.
What is a flow control valve?
This type of compressor is used to achieve the highest air pressures in pneumatic systems.
What are piston compressors?
This is a timing element, consisting of a 3/2-way valve, normally closed and pressure-actuated, combined with a one-way flow control valve and an air reservoir.
What is a signal delay valve (valve with delayed actuation)?
For the same cylinder diameter and air pressure, this type of actuator can lift up to 10 times heavier loads than a conventional pneumatic cylinder.
What is a pneumatic muscle?
This law states that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature.
What is Boyle–Mariotte’s law?
This classic 5/2 or 4/2 directional control valve is used to control double-acting cylinders and can be arranged in a multi-stage configuration, used in a particular method in pneumatic systems to control multiple actuators in sequence or to achieve complex motion using a single control signal.
What is a cascade valve?
Compressors often have this component to prevent overpressure in the system.
What is a pressure relief valve?
These valves protect a pneumatic system by preventing the supply line pressure from exceeding a preset limit.
What are safety valves?
This component cushions the piston at the end of stroke to reduce impact.
What is end-position cushioning?