If you ever visit an automotive manufacturing plant, you will undoubtedly notice compressed air at work in various applications.
Typical uses of compressed air in automotive manufacturing include:
- Air-operated robots such as paint and welding robots
- Air tools
- Automobile finishing
- Breathing air filters
- Plasma cutting and welding
- Tire inflation
- Painting and coating – application, mixing, and spraying
- Sandblasters and polishers – to prepare and finish parts
- Electrophoresis tank (drive stirrer)
- Pneumatic conveyors, lifts, and hoists