Vacuum Measurement
By Dan Pascoe Often missing from a vacuum system is something to measure the vacuum level such as a vacuum switch or a vacuum gauge such as shown in Fig. 1. A …
Don’t Follow The Crowd, Mount Your Hydraulic Pumps…For Life
By Brendan Casey An essential requirement for the optimum performance and service life of a hydraulic pump is that its pumping chambers fill freely and …
Cycle Rates
20By Daniel Pascoe In modern day manufacturing, quick cycle rates are key to profitability and eventual production facility success. This is no different in …
Hydraulic Oil vs. Seal Lip Material
By George Barbin In a perfect world, our bodies would be able to rehydrate with either fresh or salt water, our skin would not be affected by UV rays, and …
Beware of Getting HOSED
By Jamie Vokes, CFPCC Various kinds of mobile and industrial equipment use hydraulics in one form or another. While hydraulics is a very efficient use of …
Fluid Power’s Uncertain Future
By Brendan Casey In October 1991, at a meeting of the Buffett Group, Warren Buffett’s inner circle, Bill Gates was asked what he thought of Kodak as a …
Handling Large Loads
By Daniel Pascoe Most vacuum pick-and-place applications involve the handling of small parts such as semiconductor components or food packaging items, which …
What’s Your Standby Efficiency?
By Brendan Casey We are conditioned to think a variable displacement pump is more efficient than its fixed displacement counterpart. As a generalization this …
NFPA Foundation Awards 10 Fluid Power Research Supplements
NFPA Members Invited to CCEFP Summit to Review Projects and Presentations By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation is …
Compressed Air Systems: Are You Draining Away Your Profits
By Ron Marshall Air compressors create water, there is no way around it, the ambient air is squeezed, like wringing a sponge, and cooled, creating a constant …
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