1. Home
  2. Mechanics
  3. Mechanical functions and components
  4. Pneumatic Automation - Linear and rotary pneumatic drives

  5. Cylinder consumption

Article | REF: BM6100 V1

Pneumatic Automation - Linear and rotary pneumatic drives

Author: Frédéric MOULIN

Publication date: August 10, 2022

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

Français

7. Cylinder consumption

Each time it moves back and forth, the cylinder consumes the volume of air needed to carry out its movement. We can therefore calculate the air consumption for one cycle, and then, depending on the number of cycles per minute, the air consumption per minute, or per hour. This consumption value will be useful in defining the size of the distributor, the compressed air conditioning unit, right up to the compressor. Here's how to calculate it:

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!

The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Mechanical functions and components

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Cylinder consumption
Outline