Fluid Power Journal

Airline Hydraulics Launches eCommerce Website

  After a year of hard work and determination, Airline Hydraulics Corporation launched a new website on Sept. 17.   The website, Airlinehyd.com, is a …

Selecting Pneumatic Valves

By Gilbert Welsford Jr., Founder of ValveMan.com Pneumatic valves are one of the most popular varieties of actuated valves. The devices are clean, efficient, …

Desktop Metal Acquires Italy’s Aidro

      Desktop Metal announced Sept. 9 that it has acquired Aidro, an Italian company that designs and manufactures components for fluid power …

Linde Hydraulics Names R&D Director

  Linde Hydraulics GmbH & Co. KG, a global manufacturer of hydraulic and electronic drive systems in Aschaffenburg, Germany, has named Johannes …

NFPA Launches Member Internship Program

In an effort to connect talented students to the fluid power industry, the National Fluid Power Association is launching internship and co-op programs with …

Smalley Wins GM Supplier Award

Smalley received the 2020 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for the 9th consecutive year.  Out of the thousands of GM suppliers, only a small …

Raising the bar: The High Cost of Contamination

By Dan Helgerson, Technical Editor, Fluid Power Journal I was recently asked for information on energy lost due to contamination in a hydraulic system. I had …

ESA Offers Webinar on Cylinder Synchronization

The Equipment Service Association is offering a free webinar titled Cylinder Synchronization: Keeping It Together. The webinar takes place Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. …

AME Sees Farmer Optimism Boosting Tractor, Combine Sales

—From the Association of Equipment Manufacturers “There are definitely two different markets for ag tractors and combines,” explains Curt Blades, senior …

Trelleborg Signs Applied Power as Distributor

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has signed Applied Power Products as an authorized distributor, the company announced. The partnership establishes Applied Power …