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H&P Insights: Selecting the Right Pneumatic Actuator; A Blitz of Innovations

April 12, 2021

A review of the day’s top trending stories from Machine Design editors.

Select the Right Pneumatic Actuator

An April 13th webinar sponsored by Fabco-Air Inc. takes a look at the issues surrounding pneumatic actuators and their design applications. While designers tend to consider only basic functionality, an application may require specific design features to optimize them. The webinar will look at the various standards and form factors to which actuators are designed, as well as some of the technologies that can enhance their functionality or durability in an application.

New Innovations in One Blitz

The latest Product Blitz now is available at this link, and it offers the latest new products from Solenoid Solutions, WAGO, Thomson Industries, Beswick and Allied Motion.

All of these products and others are eligible to be entered in the 2021 IDEA! Awards, which will be presented at the 2021 IDEA! Conference in Cleveland in November. To enter the 2021 IDEA! Awards, go to this link.

About the Author

Bob Vavra | Senior Content Director, Power & Motion and Machine Design

Bob Vavra is the Senior Content Director of Power & Motion and its sister publication Machine Design. Vavra has had a long career in publishing, media and events. He has covered all aspects of manufacturing for the past 20 years and is a regular attendee at events such as IMTS and Hannover Messe. Vavra is also a sought-after webcast moderator and event emcee, and has presided over events in the U.S., Germany and China.