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Article: Pneumatics Extend Reach into Packaging Applications.(Editorial)
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- Design News
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- October 1, 2009
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By Al Presher, Contributing Editor
New technologies deliver intelligent control, networking and inexpensive sensing solutions
Keeping in step with their electromechanical counterparts, pneumatics technology is developing at a rapid pace, now delivering modular designs, safety solutions, diagnostic capabilities, and sensing and control functions that reach beyond traditional packaging applications.
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