Gast Manufacturing, Inc.: Smart Air Technology Overview

Smart Air® Technology is the marriage of electronics to pneumatics to achieve improvements in the performance of pneumatic systems and expand the range of applications. With both actual product and an engineering staff exclusively dedicated to developing creative electronic components to help address our customers' challenges, we have one main objective: to provide better, more complete pneumatic solutions, so our customers get superior products to market or on the job faster.

Provides dependable automatic restarting of pneumatic systems without adding significantly to the system cost
Monitors pneumatic system conditions in order to maintain peak system performance
A dedicated engineering staff that exclusively develops customized electronic concepts to interface with pneumatic systems.

Read an article written by one of our engineers for the May 1998 issue of Electronic Design - "Power Interruption Tester For Restart Circuit"

For a general overview of our Smart Air® line, download the Smart Air® page from our full-line catalog (71KB).

Want more information? Download our Smart Air® brochures to learn how electronics and pneumatics can work hand in hand.

Here are two examples of how Smart Air® products can work with your pneumatic applications:

Model/Description	Application/Smart Air® Solution
Electronic Restart Circuit (ERC)	PROBLEM: Unexpected power outages or planned on/off cycling on reciprocating vacuum pumps and compressors make it difficult to restart under load. SOLUTION: The ERC works in conjunction with a normally closed solenoid valve to relieve back pressure contained in the head of the pump. The industry standard I/O connector can be used to signal or initiate corrective action. BENEFIT: The result? Dependable, automatic restarting without adding significantly to the system cost.
System Monitor	PROBLEM: There are many applications where any loss of pressure, vacuum or performance degredation cannot be allowed. SOLUTION: The System Monitor is a high-low fault indicator that can be customized by application to monitor ambient conditions, system conditions and system performance. BENEFIT: You'll maintain peak performance while reducing total operating costs with a very modest investment.

Model/Description

Application/Smart Air® Solution

Electronic Restart Circuit (ERC)
Electronic restart circuit unit

PROBLEM: Unexpected power outages or planned on/off cycling on reciprocating vacuum pumps and compressors make it difficult to restart under load.
SOLUTION: The ERC works in conjunction with a normally closed solenoid valve to relieve back pressure contained in the head of the pump. The industry standard I/O connector can be used to signal or initiate corrective action.
BENEFIT: The result? Dependable, automatic restarting without adding significantly to the system cost.

System Monitor
System monitor unit

PROBLEM: There are many applications where any loss of pressure, vacuum or performance degredation cannot be allowed.
SOLUTION: The System Monitor is a high-low fault indicator that can be customized by application to monitor ambient conditions, system conditions and system performance.
BENEFIT: You'll maintain peak performance while reducing total operating costs with a very modest investment.

last updated April 30, 1999