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Vacuum Gripping and Pick & Place for Wood Surfaces
The following is an opinion article written by Dane Spivak of Davasol Incorporated, an industrial brand management firm with many clients, including Vacuforce …
Stepper Technology Boosts FireFighting Efficiency
By Pat Byce, Marketing Coordinator, Spartan Scientific Flames begin to blaze and a fire engine pulls up within minutes, complete with professionals ready to …
Optimizing Efficiency to Meet Emmissions Regulations
By Dierk Peitsmeyer, Product Portfolio Manager Bucher Electronics The European Union has stipulated that CO2 emissions must be significantly reduced. …
Hydraulic Cylinder Cushions Fight Mechanical Shock
By Tony Casassa, Application Engineer, Aggressive Hydraulics Every day, hydraulic cylinders work to push, pull, tilt, raise, and hold loads on diverse …
Eliminating Water Contamination in Air Systems
By Michael Schapoehler, Product Technology Manager, Airline Hydraulics Corp. In the dog days of summer, people often say, “It’s not the heat, it’s the …
Bringing Reliability to High-Pressure Hydraulic Cylinders
By Ed Danzer, 6K Products As hydraulic system working pressures increase, component design details become more important. High system pressure, defined as …
Eliminating Water Hammer: It’s a Must
By Sheila Kennedy, CMRP, Additive Communications Managing Director and Brian Strait, Business Development Manager, Check-All Valve Mfg. Co. Water hammer can be …
Proper Check Valve Sizing Can Avoid Costly Problems
By Sheila Kennedy, CMRP, Additive Communications Managing Director and Brian Strait, Business Development Manager, Check-All Valve Mfg. Co. It is surprisingly …
The Top Three Reasons Cylinders Fail
By Ryan Roberts, Market Specialist, Parker Hannifin Cylinder Division Cylinders can fail for a number of reasons, from wrong specifications to operator error. …
Building a Sports Mech
By Jonathan Tippett, CEO, Cofounder, and Test Pilot, Furrion Exo-Bionics Fourteen years ago I had vision for a global racing league that would pit multiple …
Locking Protection is Key to Hydraulic System Safety
By David Bickford, Principal Engineer, Innovation and Performance Excellence, York Precision Machining & Hydraulics LLC When load-holding equipment fails, …
Pneumatic Devices Meet the Challenges of Dairy Processing
By Amit Patel, Product Marketing Manager, Emerson Fluid Control & Pneumatics, Food & Beverage From milking systems to cheese processing and packaging …
Glaciers Wear on Power Plant’s Hydraulic Control Valves
Adapted Eaton strainer removes particles By Ulrich Latz, Technical Sales Engineer, Eaton Technology GmbH, Germany The Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO) …
Choosing a Closed Loop Axial Piston Pump
By Filippo Ganzerli, Axial Product Marketing Manager, Poclain Hydraulics Off-highway mobile equipment requires space saving, durable, high performance …
Reliable Pumps Critical to Carrier Launch Systems
By John Quirk, BSM Pump Corporation Aircraft carriers serve a key role in our nation’s defense. Their main purpose is the staging of airplanes that can be …
Rethinking the Hydraulic Reservoir
By John Aune, Product Manager, Donaldson Company Any engine or equipment manufacturer will agree: space is a valuable and limited resource. When designing …
Vacuum Pick and Place in Molding
The following is an opinion article written by Dane Spivak of Davasol Incorporated, an industrial brand management firm with many clients, including Vacuforce …
Hydraulic Sealing Solutions Help Jetliners Fly Higher, Faster, Longer
By Quinn Collett, Airframe General Manager, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, and Antonio Garcia, Segment Manager, Aerospace Americas, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions …
How Fluid Power Helps Control Invisible Contaminants
By Sarah Manuel, Product Manager, Norgren; Alexaundria Engleby, Product Sales Engineer, Fluid Control Valves, Norgren; and Phillip McElroy, Product Sales …
Self-Cleaning Filter Eliminates Downtime for Sausage Co-Packer
By James D. Lago, sales manager for the North-Midwest region at Eaton’s Filtration Division Chances are the pork sausage on your breakfast plate came home …
Servo Valves Key to Aircraft Carrier Application
By Matthew McCall, Regional Sales Manager, Moog Inc. Servo and proportional valves are most commonly flow-control, spool-type valves that meter fluid from a …
Valves in Space
Zero-Leak Product Holds Tight in NASA Fire Extinguishers NASA is always preparing for a worst-case scenario aboard a spacecraft, including constantly …
IFPS Announces 2020 Hall of Fame
A special award was established to acknowledge individuals who have dedicated their careers and have made significant contributions to fluid power technology. …
2020 Fluid Power Photo Contest Winners
Each year, the International Fluid Power Society and the Fluid Power Journal hold a photo contest in honor of Fluid Power Professionals’ Day – June …
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