For today’s newsletter, our top story provides a look at the benefits air actuation provides for a new Automatic Collet Closer for CNC machinery — a device necessary for keeping tools and parts to be machined securely in place. Automatic clamping of the collet closer eliminates manual setup work while use of pneumatics for actuation enables easy adjustability and repeatable clamping force.
Have you taken our latest fluid power quiz yet? If not, be sure to check it out in today’s newsletter to test your knowledge on the difference between Pascal’s Law, Boyle’s Law and Charles’ Law.
Other highlights in today’s newsletter include a case study that demonstrates the importance of circulating hydraulic fluid during maintenance operations. Circulating hydraulic fluid during preventative maintenance stops suspended contaminants in the fluid from falling out and settling at the bottom of the system’s oil reservoir — which could get into fluid lines and damage sensitive components once the system is back online, leading to further downtime and repairs.
What are some of the interesting uses for hydraulics and pneumatics you’re seeing in the industry? Any best practices you see customers not following and think there should be more education on? Have suggestions for topics in general you’d like to see Power & Motion cover in the future? Feel free to reach out to me any time at [email protected] and offer your thoughts.
Sara Jensen, Editor, Power & Motion
