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In the first of our three-part series on pneumatic cylinders, we reviewed various cylinder types.

Panoz Auto Development Co. (Hoschton, GA) considers itself to be a renegade company that marches to a different drummer.

The benefits of epoxy have long been known throughout the boat building industry, particularly for medium- and large-sized hulls.

If you buy a lottery ticket in the United States, chances are it will be issued by a machine built by GTECH Corp. (West Greenwich, RI).

Before Steve Darmanin of Flextronics International (Palm Harbor, FL) reorganized workspaces in his production facility, visitors might have seen soldering irons piled on spools of solder, or a collage of cords, power strips, tweezers, pliers and rolls of labels peeking through transparent electrostatic dissipative packaging bags.

Spectrum Plastics (Ansonia, CT) is a stickler about quality, and it shows in every aspect of its operations.

Keller Manufacturing Co. (Corydon, IN) has evolved from its beginnings as a wagon spoke manufacturer to a fine furniture maker by making high-quality products and plenty of cost-saving choices.

Lack of working capital, government regulation, loss of market share, foreign competition and stagnant product development have all been blamed for business failures.

When choosing a cylinder for a motion control application, engineers must find the right combination of stroke length and bore size to get the job done.