Fluid Power Journal

PIRTEK Opens Fifth Location in Chicago as Mobile-Only

PIRTEK has added a mobile-only franchise to its four existing Chicago-area locations. The new location, PIRTEK Gurnee, operates under the company’s Tier 2 …

IFPS 2018 Annual Meeting

The IFPS 2018 Annual Meeting recently took place in Williamsburg, VA where the 2019 Board of Directors nomination slate was approved. The 2019 Board positions …

Effective Leakage Testing with Bubble Tight Poppet Valves

By John Wayne Jennings, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Lexair Inc. There are many applications that require valves that do not allow leakage. For …

Rexroth’s GoTo Focused Delivery Program Marks Its 9th Consecutive Year of Growth

Bosch Rexroth’s GoTo Focused Delivery Program continues to offer high demand products across the company’s broad range of technologies for fast delivery. …

Understanding Hydraulic Stiffness of a System

Hydraulic Stiffness It is generally misunderstood that hydraulic fluid is incompressible when, in fact, it can compress when placed under pressure. Any system …

IFPS Announces 2019 President

9The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) is pleased to announce, Timothy M. White, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPECS was elected the 59th president of IFPS during …

Telescopic Handler Doubles Lifespan with Innovative Repair Design

By Steven North, Design and Project Engineer, Apex Hydraulics, Ltd. The construction industry is a gruelling environment for machinery. The heavy lifting, …

IMTS 2018 Breaks Records in Chicago’s McCormick Place

The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) inundated the McCormick Place convention center in downtown Chicago on September 10-15, 2018, and raised …

Important Announcement

To IFPS Members and all Certified Individuals, IFPS will launch a new Website in the upcoming weeks. It is imperative we have a valid, unique e-mail address on …

Precision Farming

How Modern Hydraulics Can Contribute to Greater Efficiency and Precision in Agriculture By Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Müter, Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Leinenbach, and Dr.-Ing. …