Sub-$500 electric cylinders challenge pneumatics
20 January 2014 A US specialist in moving coil actuators, SMAC, has announced a family of electrically-driven linear actuators that, it claims, take the technology into areas that… Read More
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AUTOMATION FOR MANUFACTURING
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20 January 2014 
Advice on choosing pneumatic valves and terminals
27 September 2013 Festo has published a White Paper aimed at helping machine designers to improve their electropneumatic controls by choosing the right valves and valve terminals. The… Read More
China is causing a ‘shakeup’ in the pneumatics market
16 August 2013 A “teeming mass” of Chinese manufacturers of pneumatic valves and actuators is expanding aggressively into the US and European markets, causing a competitive shakeup, according… Read More
Functional integration can save time and boost efficiency
2 July 2013 Festo has published a White Paper that outlines how machine-builders and engineers can improve efficiency and productivity by integrating electrical and pneumatic functions. The paper,… Read More
Electric actuators can cut energy bills by 90%
9 April 2013 A study has shown that pneumatic actuators consume 10.3 times more energy than electromechanical devices. Piers Olsen, sales and marketing director for automation at… Read More
