What does pneumonics mean?

Answer 1

The majority of automatic operators are stated to operate on the basis of pneumatics. A 'universal system of industrial pneumo-automation elements' was created by workers from the Institute of Automation and Telemechanics and the 'Tizpribor' factory. Devices made such universal elements are characterized by high technological efficiency and adaptation to automation. At first these devices operated only with the aid of mechanically moving parts, causing them to be slow in action, but later the pneumonic devices of the Institute of Automation and Telemechanics had their speed increased a thousand times. The operational dependability of the devices is practically unlimited; they are small and inexpensive. They perform well in an explosive or inflammable environment where electronics cannot be employed, and they are not subject to radiative emissions and vibrating loads.