Applications of compressed air include: Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical Manufacturing, Electronics, Food and Beverage, General Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing, Hospitals/Medical, Mining, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Power Generation, Wood Products and many more. At Cisco Air Systems, we are able to serve a wide variety of customers with our parts and accessories, air filtration, air tools, fluid and materials handling, and vacuum pumps, as well as offering services such as air energy audits, installations and rentals.
Industries we serve:
Overview of Industry Applications of Compressed Air:
| Industry | Examples of Compressed Air Applications for Industrial Sector |
| Apparel | Conveying, clamping, tool powering, controls and actuators, automated equipment |
| Automotive | Tool powering, stamping, controls and actuators, forming, conveying |
| Chemicals | Conveying, controls and actuators |
| Food | Dehydration, bottling, controls and actuators, conveying, spraying coatings, cleaning, vacuum packing |
| Furniture | Air piston powering, tool powering, clamping, spraying, controls and actuators |
| General Manufacturing | Clamping, stamping, tool powering and cleaning, controls and actuators |
| Lumber and Wood | Sawing, hoisting, clamping, pressure treatment, controls and actuators |
| Metals Fabrication | Assembly station powering, tool powering, controls and actuators, injection molding, spraying |
| Petroleum | Process gas compressing, controls and actuators |
| Primary Metals | Vacuum melting, controls and actuators, hoisting |
| Pulp and Paper | Conveying, controls and actuators |
| Rubber and Plastics | Tool powering, clamping, controls and actuators, forming, mold press powering, injection molding |
| Stone, Clay and Glass | Conveying, blending, mixing, controls and actuators, glass blowing and molding, cooling |
| Textiles | Agitating liquids, clamping, conveying, automated equipment, controls and actuators, loom jet weaving, spinning, texturizing |
| Industry | Examples of Compressed Air Applications for Non-Manufacturing Sector |
| Agriculture | Farm equipment, materials handling, spraying of crops, dairy machines |
| Mining | Pneumatic tools, hoists, pumps, controls and actuators |
| Power Generation | Starting gas turbines, automatic control, emissions controls |
| Recreation | * Amusement parks – air brakes * Golf Courses – seeding, fertilizing, sprinkler systems * Hotels – elevators, sewage disposal * Ski resorts – snow making * Theaters – projector cleaning* Underwater exploration – air tanks |
| Service Industries | Pneumatic tools, hoists, air brake systems, garment pressing machines, hospital respiration systems, climate control |
| Transportation | Pneumatic tools, hoists, air brake systems |
| Wastewater Treatment | Vacuum filters, conveying |
Source: Introduction to Industrial Compressed Air Systems: A Sourcebook for Industry from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Best Practices and the Compressed Air Challenge (R).
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