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Come Together: Hose-Coupling Interfaces
By Matt Petti, Director of Global Product Line Management, Gates Corporation Hydraulic hose assemblies are an integral part of a hydraulic system, withstanding …
2021 Manufacturers Directory Listing
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Reaching New Heights in Load Holding for Cranes
By Steve Weber, Engineering Team, Sun Hydraulics Efficient, effective load holding is not easy. But you can improve your results and achieve counterbalance in …
Roth Develops Sea-Going Accumulator System for Heavy Loads
For precise load handling in maritime applications, Seaqualize in Utrecht, the Netherlands, develops custom-fit solutions. The company is currently working on …
Case Study: Vacuum Solutions Improve Cold-Room Palletizing System
From Piab Bringing sweet tea and juice to market requires palletizing cases filled with bottles for transportation to retail outlets. Due to their perishable …
Bosch Rexroth Valve Platform Offers Modular Control for Mobile Machines
From Bosch Rexroth Flexible and adaptable, Bosch Rexroth’s Precompensated Valve Platform makes it easier for mobile-machine builders to selectively combine a …
Want Electric Cars? Vacuum Is Vital to Their Batteries
From Leybold Vacuum technology is relevant to the quality and safety of various stages in the production of lithium-ion batteries. Leybold, a provider of …
Case Study: Filtering Lube Oil in Siberia – In Winter!
From Eaton In the production of hydrogen, all system components have to perform at maximum capacity, especially under extreme weather conditions. The …
ROVs: The Workhorse of Subsea Hydraulic Systems
By Steve Barrow, Regional Sales Manager, Wandfluh of America Offshore and subsea equipment faces challenges unparalleled in other industries. Difficulties can …
Modularity Hooks Scandinavian Fishing Trawlers
By Benny Hansen, Senior Account Manager, Danfoss Power Solutions The number of motorized vessels has remained steady over recent years, with an estimated 2.9 …
Measuring a Sensor’s Linearity Error
By Edward E. Herceg, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Alliance Sensors Group Most analog output sensors have general specifications such as …
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 …
Trick of the Light: Unmasking Phantom Particles
By Robert Ihrig, CPM, CFPHS, Applications Engineer, Filter Systems and Diagnostics (IoT), Schroeder Industries Imagine this: You have been filtering 30 gallons …
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 …
The Pump’s the Thing: For Marine and Offshore Bolting
By David Blankenship, Senior Product Line Director, Pumps at Enerpac and Jon Bice, Director of Bolting, Enerpac Americas As technology continues to improve …
Navigating the Rough Seas of Marine Certification
By Thomas Shickel, Manager, Marine & Offshore, Bosch Rexroth Corp. The marine industry presents a unique set of challenges, and among them is a myriad of …
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, …
Two Walls Are Better than One: Multistage Telescopic Cylinders
By Tony Casassa, Application Engineer, Aggressive Hydraulics Hydraulic cylinders are the workhorses of fluid power systems in a variety of industrial and …
Measuring Up: SGH Technology in Hydraulic and Telescopic Cylinders
By Mathias Roth, Manager, Business Unit Mobile Automation, Siko With the new wire-actuated encoders SGH25 and SGH50, Siko has expanded the spectrum of the SGH …
It’s Over: Breaking with Valve Position Tradition
By Jerry Hines, Key Account Manager, Pepperl+Fuchs. Tank farms play a critical role in the oil and gas industry. They serve as way stations for crude oil …
Going Electric? SHA is the Dynamic Choice
By Carl Richter, Vice President and General Manager, Kyntronics In recent years, with the push in many industries to switch to all-electric machines, …
Fluid Power Faux Pas: Top 5 Hydraulic System Mistakes
By Cindy Cookson, Vice President of Hydraulics Global Product Line Management, Gates Corporation With decades of experience in hydraulics, my Gates colleagues …
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The biennial online salary survey from Fluid Power Journal and the International Fluid Power Society is live, and we encourage fluid power professionals from …
2021 Off-Highway Directory Listing
Download our 2021 directory listing below. Click on the image for a PDF file. Need to find an off-highway supplier? Search by product category
Auto Lube Systems: Lifeblood to Every Machine
By Suresha Saragur Nijaguna, Mechanical Engineer, Graco Fluid power is a means to an end. Compressed oil or air can transport an astonishing amount of power …
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