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Actually we did a study on how oil affects high speed pneumatic applications and found oil ( both synthetic and non ) to be detrimental to the speed and operational life of the three types of cylinders we were using. It gathers in cylinders and tubing, reduces cross section of ports , plugs up exhaust filters , and is non compressable by nature and reduces working volumes. The lubrication properties it has ( and therefore speed and "performance" gains ) are lost on the fact that all cylinders are speed limited by the reduced size of the ports. They build in a flow control to keep peeps like us from blowin the things apart by crankin 'em too fast. I think the standard SMC max speed is something like 10"/sec. Take a look inside that 1/8 npt fitting and you'll probably see a tiny orrifice no bigger than .070. I promise you, check with the manufacturers sites on this one, no oil.
Hope this helps
Mez
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