Fluid Power Journal

A Rolling Steel Mill Had Trouble With the Roll Removal Circuit Trying To Eject a Roll

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. The circuit attached shows the hydraulic system …

Multi Pressure Press Pump Exploded

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training The attached circuit on an older 75-ton press …

Evaluating a Customer’s Circuit Before Trouble Shooting

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. I have been teaching hydraulics since 1980 and …

Coil Lifting Circuit on a Rolling Mill Will Not Lower the Coil

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. A steel mill that takes large coils of …

Mobile Machines for Every Job

By Ben Dupre, Senior Technical Writer, HydraForce / Bosch Rexroth Compact Hydraulics. Mobile machines serve every function in construction, agriculture, …

Foam Injection Machine Overheats

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. Many people don’t quite understand “Slip in …

Simple Cylinder Circuit Starts To Overheat When the Directional Valve Was Changed

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. The circuit shown worked well for 6 months and …

Pump Continues To Fail After the Main Directional Valve Was Replaced Weeks Earlier

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training.   A manufacturer had a machine where the …

Overheating Problem on a Sand Core Production Machine

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. Back in 2016, I wrote up a problem on a machine …

Figure It Out: Ram Drifts Down After Replacing the Main Directional Valve

By Robert Sheaf, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPE, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPMIP, CFPMMH, CFPMIH, CFPMM, CFC Industrial Training. A company that makes carbon fiber leaf springs …