CCEFP IAB Meetings Allow Industry to Recruit Capable Students
By Eric Lanke, CEO, NFPA, elanke@nfpa.com Earlier this year, I attended a meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) of the Center for Compact and Efficient …
Fluid Power Professional Publishes Historical Fluid Power Book
Steve Skinner has published Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline, a book that takes a light-hearted trip through the history of the …
Big Tires Use Intelligent Control from Sun Hydraulics
The employees at Hedweld Engineering Pty Ltd., based in NSW, Australia, have designed their new TH15000 tire handler to be heavy duty with a narrow profile …
Out Riggers Locked-up on Digger Derrick Truck
A power and light company’s Digger Derrick crew was assigned to drill several holes for power poles in an industrial complex. They arrived around 9 a.m. on a …
Specifying Pneumatic Cylinders – Part 1
Air cylinders are offered in a variety of industry standards. Within these standards, air cylinders come in an assortment of shapes, sizes, and types, as well …
2015 Fluid Power Professionals’ Day
The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) has dedicated June 19th as “Fluid Power Professionals’ Day” – a day of recognition for all of us …
Implementing Cutting-Edge Conveying Technology: A How-To Guide
Click on the images to enlarge. In today’s business climate, food processing and packaging companies are responding to the growth in raw material and labor …
Turn It Off!
If it’s not needed, then don’t use it, right? An obvious statement, but so rarely is this philosophy employed when using compressed air-powered venturi …
Central Control of Compressors Reduces Energy Waste
Click on images to enlarge According to the U.S. Department of Energy, some 10% of all the energy consumed by industrial plants is used to power air …
LVIT Sensors and the Future of Proportional Position Sensing in Hydraulic Cylinders
Actuation by hydraulic fluid power is simply the best way to efficiently move things with force. Around the world, wherever motion by machine has to accomplish …
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