Mobile Market Q&A
John Treharn, Vice President Business Development – Hydraulics Group, Parker Hannifin Corp. John works with the company’s divisions to advance long-term …
Good Housekeeping Keeps Solenoid Valves Happy
The health of any motion control system is only as good as the health of its components. Because of their small size, solenoid valves can sometimes get …
Fan Drives in Mobile Hydraulic Applications
With increasing demands on mobile equipment manufacturers to produce emissions-compliant and highly efficient machinery, new methods for saving energy have …
Vacuum Cup Materials
Vacuum cups are available in a wide variety of compounds or materials, which are chosen based on the application for which they are intended to be used. There …
USITT Annual Conference & Stage Expo
Join the IFPS at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Annual Conference & Stage Expo, the entertainment and theatre industries’ …
Why Certification Is Important
Do you want your employees to be over-the-top quality? Want your vendors to be outstanding? Want every mechanic, engineer, and technician working on every one …
Analysis of a Hydraulic Oil Failure
I recently conducted failure analysis and a reliability audit on a 300-kilowatt (400-hp) hydrostatic transmission. This hydraulic system was running a …
Basic Vacuum Components
Over the last 30-something articles I’ve written for the Fluid Power Journal, I have discussed various product overviews and specific applications offering …
Self-Closing Valves
In most vacuum-handling applications, the end-of-arm tool (EOAT) is designed specifically for the product being handled by the automated material-handling …
Conductor Face-Off: Hose Versus Tube
What do lifting chains, bladder-type accumulators, and hydraulic hoses all have in common? Well, they typically have only one mode of failure—and that’s …
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