Pneumatic or Servo-Based System – Design Considerations

This paper shows how there has been a gradual increase in the use of servomotor and servo actuators in pneumatic and hydraulic system machines.
July 30, 2007

By Lee Stephens, Systems Engineer, Danaher Motion

The actuation of cams, detents, and levers has long been the forte of pneumatic or hydraulic systems in machines. Due to increased requirements and constraints on these systems, there has been a gradual increase in the use of servomotor and servo actuators in these applications.