pneumatic
Example Sentences
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In an attempt to improve efficiency, its designers got rid of numerous mechanical and pneumatic components, and replaced them with electrical ones, which were lighter.
From BBC
Murphy Road Recycling’s material recovery facility in Berlin, Conn., uses a largely unmanned system of conveyors, magnets, optical sorters and pneumatic blocks.
Otherwise, the system of conveyors, magnets, optical sorters and pneumatic blocks runs largely unmanned.
The DOT, as it is called, is almost comically outdated: It includes “pneumatic tube operator” but not web designer.
From Salon
It also used highly efficient modern engines from General Electric and Rolls Royce, and it replaced many mechanical and pneumatic systems with lighter electrical ones.
From BBC
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