pneumatic

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Regulators also sought to require the use of electronically controlled pneumatic braking systems that are designed to rapidly halt trains by applying brakes across their entire span simultaneously, instead of each car individually.

From Seattle Times

On Jan. 18, an integration technician was “performing pneumatic pressure checks on a Raptor V2 Engine,” according to a report from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

From Los Angeles Times

In some ways, Musk’s view of the future borrows from the sci-fi imaginings of the 1950s: humanoid robots that do one’s bidding, colonies on Mars and high-speed transportation via underground pneumatic tubes.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a stack of red, green and yellow containers for a pneumatic tube system — like you might see at a bank drive-through — used for an interoffice message service before the advent of email.

From Washington Post

One of those pages — called “takes” — would be scrolled up in a canister and sent via pneumatic tubes to the composing room.

From Washington Post