Fluid Power Journal

Festo Launches Essentials Customer-Service Program

Festo recently launched its pneumatic Essentials program, an ambitious global undertaking to streamline ordering, ensure fast delivery of guaranteed in-stock …

Trelleborg Promotes Managers

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions recently added to its management team. Trelleborg promoted Charise Weigel to customer success manager for its ServicePLUS centers, …

Begin the Countdown to March Madness

By Michael Degan, Editor, Fluid Power Journal. Get ready for March madness. No, not that one. We’re talking about IFPE. If you’re attending the …

Parker Releases Motion Controller for Industrial Markets

Parker Hannifin recently released its new Parker motion controller range for the global industrial automation market. Intelligent, multi-axis Parker motion …

FRAI Robotic Technologies Powers Automation

From WFL Millturn Technologies. Different industries, series production, small batch sizes, a wide variety of machine tools and the uncertainty of many …

Vertical Integration: Electronic Load Sensing for Hydraulic Pumps

By Neil Skoog, CFPS, Project Developer, ERHCO. Load sense control of open circuit variable displacement piston pumps has contributed significantly to reducing …

Peaceful Coexistence: Can Hydraulic Actuators Play Well with Others?

By Carl Richter, Vice President and General Manager, Kyntronics. Hydraulic and electric actuators, despite their benefits and challenges, each have a place in …

Line Drive: Bucher Leans into the E-Mobility Market

By Michael Pyper for Bucher Hydraulics. About a year ago, the Swiss group Bucher Industries acquired the Mobile Drives division of the Lenze group. Based in …

Board President: Staying Curious in 2023

By Scott Sardina, PE, CFPAI, CFPHS, CFPECS, 2023 IFPS Board President and Chairperson. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own …

Fluid Power Shipments Grew in October

Some fluid power segments saw growth in October, according to recent numbers from the National Fluid Power Association. Raw index data shows that in October, …