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Why do pneumatic valves need both a Safety Relay and an Air Dump to be safe?
If air dumps safely release pneumatic pressure from an industrial machine when an E-Stop is pressed, why is it also standard practice to cut electrical control power from the valves with a safety ...
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What is the name for a low pressure, low volume air reservoir?
I'm working on a project that requires very precise, but low pressure controls. I'm using a pump to charge a chamber to <15kPa, then a manifold of proportional valves to control output pressures ...
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What is the difference between side-channel/regenerative/ring/vortex blowers?
I am looking to write a Wikipedia article for side-channel blowers, but I have some big confusions that are not being alleviated by my attempts at research.
There are certainly two distinct ways that ...
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