Mechanical parts production can meet the needs of many industries, including pneumatics. What role does precision engineering play in the pneumatics industry? Producing highly customised mechanical components for each industry is the goal of the best precision engineering companies. Mastering the properties of different materials and machining each one carefully according to the technical drawing makes it possible to produce high-precision mechanical parts. Many industries benefit from these components, including pneumatics.
What is pneumatics?
To understand the importance of precision engineering in pneumatics, we first need to define the field. Pneumatics covers all systems that are operated by compressed air, that is, by pressurised gas. More specifically, it is compressed-air technology at specific overpressures depending on the application, valued for being environmentally friendly. Using actuators and/or valves, compressed air from one or more compressors is directed to a particular point, converting stored energy into kinetic energy. The result is the mechanical work of the whole system.
Pneumatics: fields of application
Over the years, pneumatics has diversified considerably, covering not only pneumatic cylinders but also more complex systems (e.g. air springs and grippers). Pneumatics is used in many fields: medical technology, vehicle braking systems, tyres for materials handling equipment and so on.
The importance of precision engineering in pneumatics
Precision engineering, through the production of precise, custom components, plays an essential role in the pneumatics industry. However, only a company with many years of experience in machining various materials can guarantee purpose-made parts for pneumatics. And not just production: the best precision engineering companies also offer component assembly for the most complex projects.