Fluid Power Journal

Case Study: Wireless Controls for Tracked Carrier

By Ben Stoller, Business Development Manager, Columbus McKinnon. As a family firm of crane specialists, John Taylor Crane Services of Bedfordshire, U.K., …

The Versatile Remedy: Pressure Compensated Flow Control Valves

By John Kelly, Engineering Manager, Kelly Pneumatics. A pressure-compensated flow control valve is designed to provide a constant volume flow rate regardless …

Wanke Legacy Fund to Support Fluid Power Education

From the National Fluid Power Association. A fund in the name of Thomas Wanke, the fluid power giant who passed away suddenly June 21, has been established and …

It’s All Right: Precision Lubrication for Food and Beverage Hydraulics

By Kate Harnage, MLTI, MLAII, Lubrication Engineer SME, Des-Case Corporation Hydraulic systems harness, control, and transmit power in many industrial …

HAWE Hydraulik Launches Products for Wind Turbines

HAWE Hydraulik recently released three new products, two of them for control of wind turbines. Brake control for wind turbines In the event of an emergency or …

Pulp (non)Fiction: Hydraulic Maintenance in Paper Manufacturing

  By Timothy McCrea, Market Segment Manager, Aftermarket Hägglunds, Bosch Rexroth Corp. Hydraulic drive systems are heavily used in pulp mill and wood …

IFPS Names Pollander CEO

Donna Pollander, executive director of the International Fluid Power Society, has been promoted to CEO of the organization. IFPS’s board of directors …

Hydraulic Filtration Among the Eaton’s Solutions at Congress

Eaton’s Filtration Division will be exhibiting a number of solutions, including hydraulic, at the World Filtration Congress, Oct. 5-9 in San Diego. The event …

Test Your Skills: Replacing Hydraulic Valves

Even though hydraulic valves are relatively simple devices, often with only one or two moving parts, close attention needs to be paid when replacing them. …

SpillGuard Warns of Hydraulic Fluid Leaks

DENIOS, a Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturer and supplier of products and services for occupational environmental protection and workplace safety, recently …