Write any four application of compressed air in automobile industry.

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1.Operating tools in factories

2. Operating drills and hammers in road building

3. Starting diesel engines

4. Operating brakes on buses, trucks and trains

5. Spray painting

6. Excavating

7. To clean the large workshops

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