Pneumatic actuating systems for automatic equipment : structure and design / Igor Lazar Krivts, German Vladimir Krejnin.

Contents
1. Structure of pneumatic actuating system
1.1 Pueumatic positioning systems
1.2 Pneumatic systems fro force control

2. Pneumatic actuators
2.1 Linear actuators
2.2 Rotary actuators and pneumatic actuators
2.3 Mathematical model of pneumatic actuators

3. Electro pneumatic control values
3.1 Electromechanical valve transducers
3.2 One stage valve
3.3 Two stage valve
etc

4. Determination of pneumatic actuators state variables
4.1 Position and displacement sensors
4.2 Measurement of velocity, acceleration, pressure, force and torque signal
4.3 Computation of state coordinates
4.4 Observer technique for state variable

5 Open loop pneumatic actuating system
5.1 Position actuators
5.2 Pneumatic actuators with constant velocity motion
5.3 Adjustment of acting force in pneumatic actuators

6. Closed loop pneumatic actuating system
6.1 Control system and control algorithms
6.2 Pueumatic positioning actuators
6.3 Actuators for the velocity control
6.4 Pneumatic system for acting force control

Bibliography : p.321-33 and Index : p.335-345.