Fluid Power Journal

FRAI Robotic Technologies Powers Automation

From WFL Millturn Technologies. Different industries, series production, small batch sizes, a wide variety of machine tools and the uncertainty of many …

Parker Launches Axis Control System for Hydraulic Controls

Parker Hannifin recently announced the launch of two components – the Parker Automation Controller PAC120 and the electrohydraulic controller module PACHC …

Emerson to Automate Jotun Manufacturing Plants

Emerson recently announced a framework agreement with paint manufacturer Jotun to automate and digitalize its global manufacturing facilities. The five-year …

Boosting Productivity with Digitalization

By Kim Harper-Gage, Chief Operating Officer North America, Festo The good news: productivity in the U.S. manufacturing sector is up. The bad news: the rise is …

IIoT and The Automation of Cylinders in the Fluid Power Industry

By Linda Caron, Global Product Manager, Parker Hannifin Addressing the problem Cylinders have been the workhorse of industrial machinery since the late 1700s. …

4 Automation Advances Energize the Field of Pneumatics

SMART-SENSOR NETWORKS OPTIMIZED ELECTRIC AND PNEUMATIC ARCHITECTURES CONFIGURABLE DEVICES, AND IIoT ARE THE TRENDS HAVING THE GREATEST IMPACT By Frank Langro, …

Pneumatic Indexing Drives for Automation

By Norman Lane, President, Rotomation Indexing drives are an essential element of many automation systems which process parts in volume. They allow sequential …

Air/Oil Tandem Actuators: A Control-Emphasized Solution

By Travis Haynes, Application Engineer, PHD, Inc. As automation expands across a variety of industries, the performance required of actuators becomes more …

Sheet Metal to Egg Crate Foam – Selecting the Right Vacuum Cup

By Mike Parzych, Product Marketing Manager, IMI Norgren Vacuum – the difference in atmospheric pressure on one side of a vacuum cup and the other – has …

The Value of Connected Hydraulics

By Keaton Holappa, Applications Engineer, Connected Hydraulics & i4.0, Bosch Rexroth Corporation When people think about hydraulics as a fluid power …