Fluid Power Journal

Tour de Force: How to Get Much More Out of Your Customer Tours

Often a conversation with your customer isn’t enough. When you want to provide great new products that truly add value, you need to see what your customers …

Magnetic Gripper

The Magnetic Gripper EGM maintains high holding forces even in confined workspaces. It is lightweight, yet powerful enough to handle difficult applications …

CAN-2 Receiver

The Enrange™ CAN-2 receiver makes adding wireless control to any “CAN-bus” controlled machinery simple and easy. It has two redundant Machine Stop …

High-Pressure Coupling

An alternative to staple-lock couplings, the iLok™ couplings can be connected to long-wall mining machinery in seconds and disconnected in under two minutes …

Mid-Pressure Range Pump

The V40M axial piston pump has been designed for open circuits in mobile machines and has a displacement volume of 2.75 in.3/rev. Its swash plate design allows …

Electronic Pressure Switch

The MEP switch offers advanced control to improve safety, extend equipment lifecycles, and reduce maintenance costs. The single-switch output version features …

A Call To Action

As president of the International Fluid Power Society this year, I have had the pleasure of attending a large number of trade shows and national meetings, …

The Great Ascent

Continuous jacking system makes installing and maintaining offshore wind farms safer, more reliable, and more efficient. Offshore wind farm installations …

Energy-Efficient Hydraulics: Variable Frequency Drives as Pump Prime Movers

It is obvious what we want to achieve with variable speed pumps: to save energy and reduce noise and possibly increase the power density of hydraulics. To …

Basic Vacuum Schematics

In vacuum material handling, there usually are only a handful of separate components, such as a vacuum pump, inlet filter, control valves, and cups. This …