Efficiency analysis of the single-acting pneumatic cylinder

This paper work presents aspects related with the use of single acting cylinder. Besides of it, the single acting cylinder is a pneumatic actuator. In the manuscript there are presented two pneumatic circuits with single acting cylinder. The first pneumatic circuit contains of the following devices: compressed air supply, 3/2 way solenoid with spring and a single acting cylinder (Cl 1-1). Forward, the second pneumatic circuit contains of the following devices: compressed air supply, throttled valves, 3/2 way solenoid valve and single acting cylinders (Cl 2-1 and Cl 2-2). Besides it also contains: compressed air supply, air service unit, throttle check valve, 3/2 way solenoid valve solenoid, single-acting cylinder (Cl 3-1), relays, lamps and valves solenoid. The design and simulation of the both pneumatic circuits from this manuscript is done by FluidSim software from Festo.