1993 Volume 1993 Issue 2 Pages 79-87
The automation and laborsaving in production factories becomes more and more important in the improvement of labor productivity.
This paper reviews the topics such as the progress in the automation and laborsaving of production factories by pneumatic components, the current situation and problems of the pneumatic components incorporated into electro-mechanical automation equipments, and the future problems of pneumatic components in production factories, mainly from an ecological point of view.