After reciprocating, sliding vane compressors, also referred to as rotary vane compressors, are one of the oldest types of compressors. The first known description of a sliding vane pump was in a book ...

Procedures for calculating shoulder-fillet stresses should take multiaxial stresses into account, even if loading is uniaxial. The pneumatic VRX rotary-vane actuators from Tolomatic Inc., Hamel, Minn.

On average, compressed air is responsible for 10% of industry's electricity consumption, with peaks of up to 20% of total electricity use. In addition, electricity accounts for about 80% of the total ...

Rotary actuators produce oscillating power by rotating an output shaft through a fixed arc. They are compact, simple, and efficient. They produce high instantaneous torque in either direction and ...