Fluid Power Journal

IRONCLAD Marketing Promotes Luthi and Boerner

FARGO, N.D. (Jan. 3, 2024) — IRONCLAD Marketing, a full-service marketing agency specializing in business-to-business manufacturing clients, announces the …

Determining the Cause For A Cylinder Not Extending

There are three basic requirements to cause a double-acting cylinder to extend, as shown in Fig. 4.17:  Flow must be supplied to the cap-end of the cylinder …

Replacement Option for ControlLogix Motion Modules

December 15, 2023 – Battle Ground, Washington – All three of the Rockwell Automation ControlLogix analog motion modules, 1756-HYD02, 1756-M02AS, …

Simple Cylinder Circuit Starts To Overheat When the Directional Valve Was Changed

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. The circuit shown worked well for 6 months and …

Technician to President: Jeff Hodges Becomes the 64th of IFPS

Welcoming a new era, Hodges brings 29 years of experience in the Fluid Power Industry. By Jeff Hodges. I was awestruck and honored when I was asked to be the …

Spartan Scientific Inaugurates New Headquarters Before Year’s End

Spartan Scientific’s new facility just outside of Youngstown, Ohio, marks a strategic move towards innovation and expansion to meet global demand. …

What Blaise Pascal Never Told You

By Dan Helgerson. Blaise Pascal, the French physicist, found that a confined fluid transmits externally applied pressure uniformly in all directions and that …

Versatile QB3 meets pressure needs in higher flow situations

Manufacturing experts seeking precise pressure regulation for high-flow applications need look no further than the Proportion-Air QB3 proportional …

Sustainable Considerations for Fluid Power & Off-Highway OEMs

By Matthias Keck, Director of Technology, and Michael Cook, Global Segment Director, Fluid Power & Off-Highway In today’s environmental and economic …

What Are the Best Pressure Transducers for Semiconductor Applications?

By Adam Freyler, VP, Ashcroft, Inc. The semiconductor industry affects nearly every aspect of our lives today. Your cell phone, computer, television, car, and …