Discussion

1. The application of basic pneumatics in industry.

Pneumatics system is basically a method to turn electricity into mechanical motion

using compressed gasses instead of motors or electromagnets. For many applications,
this is much more efficient and practical. Systems typically include an air compressor,
which stores compressed air in a cylinder and release it under electric control. The
compressed gas is almost always ordinary air because it is free and non- toxic. Often
the air is slightly modified by taking out some of the water vapor and adding a small
amount of atomized oil to make the gas more machine friendly.

The application that used pneumatics system on it were pneumatics valves island, it is
designed to provide maximum flow rate and save energy. Next, filter regulator that use
to clean dry air and to operate reliably. There are many type of filter regulator that using
pneumatics principles such as, combination FRL (filter regulator lubricators), dryers
and nozzles. Pneumatics system also used in fitting and tubing. It is provide leak-free,
efficient, easy to use system to supply air to industrial automations system. Lastly,
pneumatics principles also used in rotary actuators.

2. The advantages and disadvantages of pneumatics system

The advantages of pneumatics system is pneumatics system require air to operate successfully.
as the result, air being extremely abundant, and free and it easy to restock the system. After
that, the initial cost of manufacturing a pneumatics device is a minimal as a result of the low
cost design materials. Next, as the result of the system being powered solely by air, the
the pneumatics device typically requires limited cleaning. Lastly, in order for system
to properly operate it must be lubricated with oil consistently but they have less
plumbing.

The disadvantages of pneumatics system were, air is compressible gas, which make
control and speed in a pneumatics system more difficult. After that, pneumatics system
are less durable because due to moisture accumulation the system can freeze up. Next,
pneumatics system are the loudest type of design that power machines. Actuators that
run the system are the sources of the noise and are sometimes placed in a separate room
to limit sound pollution. Lastly, sometimes pneumatics systems use hazardous
chemicals in their design. This can result in accidental launches of chemicals into the
air which can be harmful to surrounding environment.