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Joseph R. Cohn, Jr., Senior Group Training Specialist, Motion and Control Training Department, Automation Group, Parker Hannifin Corp., Cleveland, OH.

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Vision and Discrete Sensors March 10, 2004

12 steps to troubleshooting pneumatic systems

Troubleshooting a pneumatic system has been considered an art, a science, or just hit-or-miss luck. In the minds of maintenance personnel, production managers, and plant managers, the word troubleshooting conjures up images of hours of downtime and lost production. However, when reduced to its basic elements, troubleshooting a pneumatic system is a step-by-step procedure.

By Joseph R. Cohn, Jr., Senior Group Training Specialist, Motion and Control Training Department, Automation Group, Parker Hannifin Corp., Cleveland, OH.