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The cushioning capacity chart is your roadmap to matching load mass and velocity with the right cylinder specifications, ensuring smooth deceleration, extended component life, and zero unexpected downtime.
Repeatability measures how consistently a cylinder returns to the same position across multiple cycles, while accuracy measures how close that position is to your intended target—and understanding this distinction is critical for specifying the right pneumatic solution for your application.
Hysteresis in proportional pressure control refers to the difference in system response between increasing and decreasing pressure commands, creating a loop-shaped graph where the output pressure lags behind the input signal—resulting in dead zones, positioning errors, and force control inaccuracies that can reach 5-10% of full scale.
Air compressibility introduces a nonlinear, pressure-dependent spring effect into servo-pneumatic control loops that causes phase lag, reduces natural frequency, and creates position-dependent dynamics—requiring specialized modeling and compensation strategies to achieve stable, high-performance control.
Deadband in pneumatic cylinders is a nonlinear zone where small input pressure changes produce zero output motion due to static friction forces. This dead zone typically ranges from 5-15% of the total control signal and severely impacts positioning accuracy, causing overshoot, oscillation, and inconsistent cycle times in automated systems.
