1- Availability: Air is available everywhere in unlimited quantities.
2- Transport: Air can be easily transported in pipelines, even over large
distances.
3- Storage: Compressed air can be stored in a reservoir/tank and removed
as required.
4- Temperature: Compressed air is relatively insensitive to temperature
fluctuations.
5- Cleanliness: Unubricated exhaust air is clean.
6- The running cost is relatively inexpensive
7- Speed: Compressed air is a very fast working medium. This enables high
working speeds to be attained.
8- Overload safe: Pneumatic tools and operating components can be loaded
to the point of stopping and are therefore overload safe