Fluid Power Journal

How Long Can Ball Valves Last? 5 Questions to Find Out

By George Packard, Vice President of Marketing, Gemini Valve Ball valves are designed for the on/off control of various types of media. Regardless of the ball …

Raising the bar: Accumulators–Energy Savers or Energy Wasters?

By Dan Helgerson Do accumulators save energy or waste it? The answer is yes and yes. Let me explain. I started my fluid power career with a distributor who …

Make Your Voice Count! 

Let us hear from you!  The 2021 salary survey from Fluid Power Journal and the International Fluid Power Society is live now until June 30. The survey …

Schroeder ‘Cool Manufacturing’ Video Wins Prize 

By Michael Degan, Fluid Power Journal Editor A video by Pennsylvania students made at Schroeder Industries on the topic of What’s So Cool About …

Pneumatic Circuit Takes Robot for a Walk

By Belicia Joel Hard robots have functioned as valuable innovations in the fields of manufacturing, transportation, as well as laboratory research. However, …

PA Students Visit Schroeder Industries to Show Manufacturing Is Cool

By Michael Degan, Fluid Power Journal Editor For years, fluid power companies have had difficulty filling job openings and in fostering the next generation of …

CCEFP Summit: Fluid Power in Robots for Ag, Medicine

By Michael Degan, Fluid Power Journal Editor Robots featured prominently at the spring summit of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power on April 13 …

A New Generation of High-Performance Heavy-Duty Piston Pumps

From Hengli America Hengli Hydraulic’s V30G series heavy-duty axial piston variable displacement pump was specially designed for continuous heavy-duty …

Festo Talks Valves, Energy at Hannover

Festo launched a line of new valves as well as energy-saving services and products at this week’s Hannover Messe trade show in Germany. Media-separated …

Bosch Rexroth Wins Hannover’s Hermes Award, Features Linear Drive

At the Hannover Messe trade show in Germany, Bosch Rexroth won the Hermes Award for its SVA R2 subsea valve actuator, the world’s first electrical …