Fluid Power Journal

Locking Protection is Key to Hydraulic System Safety

By David Bickford, Principal Engineer, Innovation and Performance Excellence, York Precision Machining & Hydraulics LLC When load-holding equipment fails, …

Pneumatic Devices Meet the Challenges of Dairy Processing

By Amit Patel, Product Marketing Manager, Emerson Fluid Control & Pneumatics, Food & Beverage From milking systems to cheese processing and packaging …

Glaciers Wear on Power Plant’s Hydraulic Control Valves

Adapted Eaton strainer removes particles         By Ulrich Latz, Technical Sales Engineer, Eaton Technology GmbH, Germany The Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO) …

Choosing a Closed Loop Axial Piston Pump

By Filippo Ganzerli, Axial Product Marketing Manager, Poclain Hydraulics Off-highway mobile equipment requires space saving, durable, high performance …

Reliable Pumps Critical to Carrier Launch Systems

By John Quirk, BSM Pump Corporation Aircraft carriers serve a key role in our nation’s defense. Their main purpose is the staging of airplanes that can be …

Rethinking the Hydraulic Reservoir

By John Aune, Product Manager, Donaldson Company Any engine or equipment manufacturer will agree: space is a valuable and limited resource. When designing …

Vacuum Pick and Place in Molding

The following is an opinion article written by Dane Spivak of Davasol Incorporated, an industrial brand management firm with many clients, including Vacuforce …

Hydraulic Sealing Solutions Help Jetliners Fly Higher, Faster, Longer

By Quinn Collett, Airframe General Manager, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, and Antonio Garcia, Segment Manager, Aerospace Americas, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions …

How Fluid Power Helps Control Invisible Contaminants

By Sarah Manuel, Product Manager, Norgren; Alexaundria Engleby, Product Sales Engineer, Fluid Control Valves, Norgren; and Phillip McElroy, Product Sales …

Self-Cleaning Filter Eliminates Downtime for Sausage Co-Packer

By James D. Lago, sales manager for the North-Midwest region at Eaton’s Filtration Division Chances are the pork sausage on your breakfast plate came home …