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2. Compressed air - Wikipedia

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   An early major application of compressed air was in the drilling of the Mont Cenis Tunnel in Italy and France in 1861, where a 600 kPa (87 psi) compressed air plant provided power to pneumatic drills, increasing productivity greatly over previous manual drilling methods. Compressed-air drills were applied at mines in the United States in the 1870s.

3. Gas duster - Wikipedia

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   A gas duster, also known as tinned wind, compressed air, or canned air, is a product used for cleaning or dusting electronic equipment and other sensitive devices that cannot be cleaned using water. This type of product is most often packaged as a can that, when a trigger is pressed, blasts a stream of compressed gas through a nozzle at the top.

4. Air compressor - Wikipedia

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   Air compressor supplies air into a nail gun.. An air compressor is a machine that takes ambient air from the surroundings and discharges it at a higher pressure. It is an application of a gas compressor and a pneumatic device that converts mechanical power (from an electric motor, diesel or gasoline engine, etc.) into potential energy stored in compressed air, which has many uses.

5. Work in compressed air - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, compressed air work was limited to maximum ambient pressures of between 3 and 4 bars (3.0 and 3.9 atm), but experience with offshore saturation diving shows that higher pressures can be managed at acceptable risk using the techniques developed in that industry, including saturation exposures and the use of breathing gases other than air.

6. Compressed-air energy storage - Wikipedia

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   Compressed-air-energy storage (CAES) is a way to store energy for later use using compressed air. At a utility scale, energy generated during periods of low demand can be released during peak load periods.

7. Pneumatic motor - Wikipedia

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   The first mechanically powered submarine, the 1863 French submarine Plongeur, used a compressed-air engine. Musée de la Marine (Rochefort). A pneumatic motor (air motor), or compressed-air engine, is a type of motor which does mechanical work by expanding compressed air. Pneumatic motors generally convert the compressed-air energy to ...