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Upskilling in Fluid Power
By Ian J. Ford, Senior Product Manager, CFC Industrial Training. Why We Work “What gets you out of bed in the morning?” Let’s face it, this question is a …
Canfield Connector Develops Custom Design for Conveyance Technology
By Todd Harmon, Vice President, Canfield Industries. Countless industries across the United States rely on conveyor belt systems. Modern manufacturing and …
Entertaining Efficiency
By Dan Helgerson. Warning! Some new thinking may be required. I have a friend who was the sales manager for a company in an area where there are several large …
Space for Business
NASA chooses Lynch Fluid Controls for Hydraulic Motion Control Solutions By Kenward Mah In the space market, collaboration with innovative and reliable …
NFPA 2023 Industry Economic Opportunity Conference Recap
The NFPA 2023 Industry Economic Opportunity Conference took place on August 15th and 16th at the Westin Hotel in Itasca, IL. Drawing over 275 professionals …
Utilizing Pressure Sensors to Enhance Pneumatic Pressure Control in Robotics
By Carly Thompson, Marketing Communications Specialist, Merit Sensor Systems In the era of increased automation and Industry 4.0 advancements, robots are …
Case Study: Hundai Drives Ahead with Flexible and Efficient Control Valve Platform
By Edwin Harnischfeger, Senior Application Engineer Construction Machinery, Bosch Rexroth The decision to use the modular RS valve platform with similar …
Proper Filtration is Critical to Your Operation
By Don Krause, Business Development Manager, Ohio Fabricators Company. Proper filtration in hydraulic system design is a critical, yet often overlooked, …
Manufacturing Quality Parts While Protecting Workers’ Lives
By Michele Baker Thomas, Ph.D., Business Manager, York Precision Machining & Hydraulics. Many of the parts in the vehicles we drive are made using molds in …
Using Multimedia Monitoring to Optimize Energy Consumption
By Eugenio F. da Silva Neto, Product Manager, IIoT Applications, Emerson. Studies have demonstrated that a quarter of global emissions are generated by …
The Impact of Smart Manufacturing on Maintenance Practices
By Eric Whitley. Defining Smart Manufacturing The shift towards smart manufacturing is pivotal in the evolution of the fluid power industry, shaping how …
Duplex Filter Solutions for Power Generating Turbines
By Eric Rud, Global Hydraulic Filtration Product Manager, Eaton, Chanhassen, MN, USA and Nima Hamzehzadeh, EMEA Hydraulic Filtration Sales Manager, Eaton, …
The Next Step in Predictive Maintenance for Mobile Equipment
By Matt Peck, VP Sales & Operations NA, Webtec. Left to its own devices, most machinery or equipment will sooner or later go wrong. Sometimes it will fail …
Wandfluh Launches New Modular Product Series
Targeted for mobile and marine equipment, new series manages higher flow and pressure applications. Wandfluh AG has launched a new product series under the …
Compact Hydraulics Is on the Move
By Ben Dupré, Sr. Technical Writer, HydraForce, Inc. In today’s world, where innovation, sustainability and digitization are at the heart of new …
What Is a Deutsch-Style Connector and Why Is It Important To Pick the Right One?
By Todd Harmon, Vice President of Canfield Industries. While we live in a wireless world, many of the systems that we rely on require a dependable, wired …
Ensuring Stability in Mobile Missile Launchers
By Kyle Sendatch, Mechanical Engineer, York Precision Machining & Hydraulics Missile launchers are complex hydraulically powered machines used in various …
Failsafe Hydraulic Load Holding: Why a Rotary Lock?
By Michele Baker Thomas, Ph.D., Business Manager, York Precision. When it comes to hydraulic load holding and locking, the engineering community is likely more …
Texas A&M Named Grand Champion of the 2023 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge at Norgren
By Elexus Comyne. Texas A&M was named Grand Champion at the 2023 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge Final Competition hosted by Norgren in Littleton, CO, April …
The Dirty Truth: The Key to Efficient Hydraulics
Whether in wind turbines, mining equipment, or construction vehicles, the following applies to many types of industrial machines: Hydraulic systems are …
The Cost Effectiveness of an O-Ring & Back-up Ring Combination
By Michael Cook, Global Segment Off-Highway and Marketing Americas Segment Manager Fluid Power. Fluid power applications present challenges for Original …
The Do’s & Don’ts of High-Pressure Hose Care and Use
By Jerry Carter, Vice President of Sales and Chief Compliance Officer, Spir Star. While this article is rooted in the use of ultra-high pressure thermoplastic …
Case Study: Connecting the Hydraulics of an African Dam
By Wolfgang Zosel, Balluff. As an enabler of high-performance Industry 4.0 concepts, IO-Link has become indispensable in tool machine engineering and in …
Case Study: Making an Electric Drive Hydraulic
By Murali Kailasam, Product Application Engineer, and Regis Jose, Senior Account Manager, Danfoss Power Solutions. FLSmidth, a multinational engineering …
Efficiently Comparing Filtration Media
Not all hydraulic filters are created equal, and neither are the testing practices that helped create them. The international standard ISO 16889 used to be the …
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