3. Answer the following questions:

1. What is pneumatics?

2. What do you know about pneumatic systems?

3. What is the difference between the hydraulics and the pneumatics?

4. What is air logic control?

5. What are the advantages of pneumatics?

6. What pneumatic devices do you know?

7. What industrial pneumatic applications do you know?

3. Translate the following words and word combinations into Ukrainian:

pneumatic systems, compressed air, inert gases, centrally-located and electrically-powered compressor, pneumatic devices, solenoid valves, flexible, reliable, actuator, cylinder, pneumatics, application, installation, sustainable, moisture, oil, to avoid corrosion of mechanical components, to lubricate, safety, storage, approximately, available, poisonous leakage.

3. Match the first part of the sentence (1-7) with the second part (a-g).

1. The gas in pneumatics absorbs excessive force, whereas …..

2. Pneumatic systems are extensively used in industry, where .….

3. Factory-plumbed, pneumatic-power users need not worry .….

4. Pneumatics uses an easily compressible gas such as air .....

5. Pneumatics is a branch of technology, which deals with the study .....

6. Pneumatic logic is a reliable and functional control .....

7. Most industrial pneumatic applications use pressures of …..

1. ….. about 80 to 100 pounds per square inch.

2. ….. method for industrial processes.

3. ….. and application of use of pressurized gas to affect mechanical motion.

4. ….. the fluid of hydraulics directly transfers force.

5. ….. factories are commonly plumbed with compressed air.

6. ….. about poisonous leakages as the gas is commonly just air.

7. ….. while hydraulics uses relatively incompressible liquid media.

6. Finish the following sentences:

1. Pneumatic devices are still used in processes …….

2. The air usually has moisture removed and …….

3. Any compressed gas other than air is …….

4. Pneumatic logic systems are often used to …….

5. Pneumatic systems in fixed installations …….

6. Compressed oxygen would not asphyxiate …….

7. In recent years, pneumatic systems have …….

7. The definitions of the words are given. Try to guess these words.

1. A type of substance like air, which is not solid or liquid and usually cannot be seen.

2. The mixture of gases which surrounds the earth and which we breathe.

3. A piece of equipment intended for a particular purpose.

4. An example of something leaking; something which has leaked in or out.

5. A substance which is not a solid or a gas, which flows, is wet and has no fixed shape.

6. A liquid; any fluid substance.

7. Something likely to cause damage or loss; a danger or risk.

8. Fill in the words from the list below. Use each word only once.

motion, mechanical, inert, logic, pneumatic, devices, method.

1. compressed ….. gases

2. pneumatically powered …..

3. to affect mechanical …..

4. industrial ….. applications

5. functional control …..

6. corrosion of ….. components

7. pneumatic ….. systems

9. Make up word combinations from the following words, translate them into Ukrainian.

1. pneumatic a) gas

2. digital b) valve

3. compressed c) processes

4. mechanical d) control

5. solenoid e) systems

6. industrial f) oil

7. hydraulic g) motion

10. Imagine that you are a graduating student and the topic of your degree work is «Pneumatics». Read the text once more and make a summary of the text in order to be ready for the defence of your diploma and for the questions that state commission members can ask you.