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Pneumatic and Hydraulic Drive
Pneumatic and Hydraulic Drive
Pneumatic and Hydraulic Drive
Pneumatics is the discipline that deals with mechanical properties of gases such
as pressure and density, and applies the principles to use compressed gas as a
source of power to solve Engineering problems.
What is Hydraulic (from the Greek words hydra for water and aulos for a pipe)?
Hydraulics is the discipline that deals with the mechanical properties of liquids,
and applies the principles to solve engineering problems.
Pneumatic and Hydraulic Drives or Fluid Power?
Fluid power is the technology that deals with the generation, control, and transmission
of power, using pressurized fluids.
Thus fluid power is the general term used for both hydraulics and pneumatic&
Hydraulic systems
The terms “fluid power” and “hydraulics and pneumatics” are synonymous
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Fluid systems
Fluid transport systems have as their sole objective the delivery of a fluid from one
location to another to accomplish some useful purpose
Example
Example
1. Hydraulic systems
Advantages Disadvantages
The water contains additives to improve lubricity and rust protection and prevent
freezing where necessary.
B. Oil Hydraulic system
Why Liquids
-They can operate under high pressures to provide huge forces and torques to drive
loads with utmost accuracy and precision
Pneumatic systems
Pneumatic systems use air as the gas medium because air is very abundant and can be
readily exhausted into the atmosphere after completing its assigned task
Why Air?
Hydraulic cylinder
Physical components
ADVANTAGES OF FLUID POWER
Stopping
Starting
Speed control
Position
2. Multiplication of force.
A fluid power system can multiply forces simply and efficiently from a fraction of
an ounce to several hundred tons of output.
3. Constant force or torque.
- Only fluid power systems are capable of providing constant force or torque
regardless of speed changes.
- Instantly reversible motion