A manufacturer of enclosures for telecommunications equipment wanted to speed up production in a cell with robotic welders and manual clamping. The cell under consideration used four horizontal handle ...

Double-acting pneumatic and hydraulic swing-clamp cylinders have single or double-sided clamp arms with CW or CCW rotation. The clamp arm extends straight up as it releases workpiece, then rotates 90° ...

You see a lot of pneumatic actuators in industrial automation, and for good reason. They’re simple, powerful, reliable, and above all, cheap. Online sources and fluid-power suppliers carry a ...

Those who hibernate in their workshops have a habit of re-imagining their relationship to tools. And [Marius Hornberger] is no exception, but the nine upgrades he’s added to his grandfather’s old ...