Fluid Power Journal

Corrosion-Resistant Plating Technology

Guardian Seal™ corrosion-resistant plating technology is offered on carbon steel Walterscheid™ tube fittings, which gives industrial and mobile customers …

High-Flow Poppet Valves

The GV valves offer a bubble-tight design with high flow rates of 38 scfm @ 50 psig and 67 scfm @ 100 psig. These compact 2-way and 3-way valves are offered in …

“Jetson” – Age Tools Click with Big-Event Planners

Trade Shows Expert Shares 3 Cutting-Edge New Technologies Most of us think about technology on a mostly two-dimensional plane as we flick our way from screen …

Profile: Frank Fetty

When and where did your career in the fluid power industry start? My career started in 1992 as a private in the U.S. Army working as a heavy equipment …

Problem: Pushing the Button

What will the cylinder do if the push button is pushed and held? What will the cylinder do if the push button is pushed and released with a 50-psi load on the …

Perfect Reliability

Is it possible, in the 21st century, to build a hydraulic system that doesn’t break down? Mechanical devices will eventually wear out, of course, so by …

2014 Systems Integrator Directory

Download our 2014 Directory Listing and Product Matrix below. Click on the images for a PDF

Cracking the Code of Successful Maintenance Operations

How Color Coding Enables Best-Practice Lubrication Management The lube room can be the most unorganized place on the plant floor. Dozens of different types of …

Product Focus: Clean Seal System

Making the Caps and Plugs Industry More Efficient and “Fun” When most people hear about capping hoses, they roll their eyes. It’s just another step in …

QuickDesign Breaks the Time Barrier of Integrated Package Design

Sun QuickDesign is a web-based tool that automatically designs integrated hydraulic packages (custom manifolds) based on digital input from the user. There is …