Quote:
Originally Posted by IndySam
"It's a cylinder, not a piston"
|
The piston is the piece inside the cylinder which is pushed by the air and which in turn pushes and pulls the output shaft relative to the main cylinder body. P
4s (pernickety persons' pet peeves) aside, the term piston is commonly used for the whole thing because it won't be confused with the shape of a pneumatic tank, compressor, motor, wheel, or shaft.
OBTW, if the one in the render above is a cylinder, we can also include
any sort of extrusion as a cylinder by shape.