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Important Compressed Air Components
By Ron Marshall, Marshall Compressed Air Consulting What is the most important component in this picture, in terms of efficiency? Is it the air compressor? The …
Pneumatic Robots Shake Hands with Artificial Intelligence
By Karoline von Häfon, Head of Corporate Bionic Projects, Festo Whether its grabbing, holding, touching, or typing — in everyday life, we use our hands as a …
Transforming Our Thinking About: Energy Units and Velocity
By Dan Helgerson, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPSD, CFPMT, CFPCC In the previous article, “Transforming Our Thinking About: Energy Units,” the energy unit …
Contributing to the Future of Wind Power Generation
By Andy Smith, Product Group Manager and Daniel Bate, Renewables Sales Manager Trelleborg Offshore We are witnessing the most exciting period for the …
2019 Spring Meeting Recap
The IFPS 2019 spring meeting, held in Savannah, Georgia, was a great success. All 20 volunteer Board of Directors, along with three honorary-directors, were in …
OTC: Celebrating 50 Years 1969-2019
6-9 May 2019 • NRG Park • Houston, Texas, USA Houston’s NRG Park will come alive again this May 6-9 for the annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) …
Oil Cleanliness in Wind Turbine Hydraulic Pitch Systems
By Justin Stover, Wind Segment Manager, C.C. Jensen In the wind turbine industry, a revolution is happening within oil maintenance. Changing oil used to be …
Then and Now—1994-2019: 25 Years of Innovation
By Cindy Cookson, Director, Global Product Line – Hydraulics, Gates Corporation The Gates Corporation was founded 108 years ago in 1911, and today, it is a …
Kickstarting Seamless Electric to Hydraulic Conversion
This column will bring you the progress of the pre-competitive research being conducted at member universities that are part of the CCEFP network. This …
Preparing For Success: The Pneumatic Specialist Certification Study Manual Update
By Denis Poirier, Jr., CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPCC, CFPHS, CFPIHM, Vice President of Certification, The Eaton Corporation – Hydraulics Group If you received the …
Calculating the Hydraulic Pressure to Support Jib Boom Loads
The jib boom is an example of a third class lever. That is, one end of the lever rotates about a stationary pivot, the cylinder acts against the lever …
The Importance of Fluid Cleanliness in Today’s Heavy Machinery
By Robert Ihrig, Applications Engineer – Filter Systems, Hydac, Anthony Maiolo, Applications Engineer – Utility, and Timothy Rodman, Marketing Supervisor, …
Theme Park Thrills Owe Much to Hydraulics and Accumulators
By Jeffrey Sage, Product Sales Manager – Accumulator and Cooler Division, Parker Hannifin Most people enjoy theme parks as a place to get away from work, …
2019 OTC To Celebrate 50 Years
For four days in May, fluid power professionals from across the offshore industry will come together to share ideas, solutions, and more at the 2019 Offshore …
2019 Salary Survey
In an effort to combat the skills gap in fluid power and other industries, Fluid Power Journal, in collaboration with the International Fluid Power Society …
2019 Off-Highway Directory Listing
Download our 2019 directory listing below. Click on the image for a PDF file. Need to find an off-highway supplier? Search by product category
Compressed Air Systems: The Cost of Filter Differential
By Ron Marshall, Marshall Compressed Air Consulting Compressed air filters, despite modern and efficient design, do not maintain themselves. These elements …
Enabling IIoT Connectivity for Industry 4.0
By Will Healy III, Industry Marketing Director, Balluff Inc. The next industrial revolution isn’t coming; it has already begun. The Industrial Internet of …
Saving Cost, Weight, and Space on Trucks
By Björn Arvidsson, Product Development Engineer, Alexander Hahn, Sales Director – Systems, and Jussi Ijäs, Sales Director – Components, PMC …
Research to Watch: Polymer-Enhanced Fluid Effects on Mechanical Efficiency of Hydraulic Pumps
This column will bring you the progress of the pre-competitive research being conducted at member universities that are part of the CCEFP network. This …
Universal Vacuum Grippers and End of Arm Tools
By Dane Spivak, and illustrations by Daniel Pascoe, Davasol Inc. Design criteria for nearly all systems follow many of the same rules, and it is no different …
Transforming Our Thinking About: Energy Units
By Dan Helgerson, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPSD, CFPMT, CFPCC We are taught to think of fluid power in terms of flow and pressure; flow is for velocity and …
Then and Now: Energy Awareness
By Dan Helgerson, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPSD, CFPMT, CFPCC In 1994, I visited an injection molding plant in Claremont, New Hampshire. The facility had …
Applying Control Theory: Interpret Bode Diagrams
Discussions about hydro-mechanical system dynamics make it clear that component selection and system design have tremendous impact on system performance and …
Repair or Replace: Welded Style, Tie Rod Style, or Mill Duty Style?
By Jeffrey Kenney, CFPIHT, CFPIHM, CFPMHM, CFPMHT, Hydradyne LLC Over my career in cylinder remanufacturing, there have been two questions end-users always …
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