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2017 Skills Competition
Hosted by Minnesota West Community and Technical College – Granite Falls 2017 Student of the Year Awards At the skills competition, one student from each …
Demystifying Hysteresis With Solenoid Control
A common shortcoming in applying fluid power products to industrial and mobile equipment today is hysteresis, a problem often unreported due to the lack of …
2017 OTC Continues to Drive Innovation
Attendees from Across the Globe Gather in Houston for Annual Event’s 49th Edition Photo © OTC/Rodney White 2017 Offshore energy industry experts and leaders …
“Lifting” a 48,000-ton Platform in the Open Ocean
It was the biggest assignment employees at Bosch Rexroth in Boxtel had ever faced, and it took more than two years to carry it out. But they seized with both …
Preventative Maintenance on Roll Formers Saves Money and Time
Protect your investment & business by making time for maintenance Every investment is worth protecting. When you invest in machinery or equipment that is …
Effects of Grease on Rotary Shaft Seals
Less than 20% of seals and gaskets ever reach their expected “operating life” in any given application. Of the 80% that are replaced due to scheduled …
Basic Vacuum Conveying
There exist many different methods of conveying product with vacuum. Some are very elaborate, and indeed, some are very expensive. The conveyance of material …
How to Determine Hydraulic Pump Condition Using Volumetric Efficiency
Hydraulic pumps convert mechanical energy into hydraulic energy. A high-performance piston pump can make this conversion with an overall efficiency of 92%. If …
2017 Photo Contest Winners
The Photo Contest was created to celebrate the wonder of fluid power and the talented professionals who work in the industry. This year’s contest resulted …
Pressure & Vacuum in Print
In the printing industry, vacuum and low-pressure air is used extensively in the sheet feeding heads of web offset printing presses (Fig. 1). These presses …
We’re Hiring!
The Fluid Power Journal is searching for an editor. The editor is a flexible position and although the ideal candidate would be someone physically working from …
How to Correctly Interpret Case Drain Flows in Hydrostatic Transmissions
When a pump or motor is worn or damaged, internal leakage increases and therefore the flow available to do useful work decreases. This means that the condition …
The Real Value Of Hydraulic Circuit Diagrams
Like many readers of this Journal, I’m regularly involved in troubleshooting problems with hydraulic equipment. When in these situations, there are two …
Changing a Vacuum Cup
Vacuum cups are used throughout industry for so many applications that the list would take up most of this page. Fundamentally, vacuum cups are used to grip a …
Vacuum Basics
By Richard Throop, CFPS Vacuum often seems like a mystery or “black art,” but vacuum is actually quite simple. When we talk about vacuum, we are talking …
Use Protection
Centralized vacuum systems, where a single vacuum generator is used (Fig. 1 and Fig. 2), more often than not utilize a single vacuum filter. These two systems …
Proactive Maintenance 101: Define Your TOW!
The most important proactive maintenance exercise you can do for a piece of hydraulic equipment is to define its temperature operating window (TOW) and then …
Don’t Forget to Celebrate!
Here are some ideas to get you started, but it’s your day to celebrate your
Benefits of Designing Hydraulic Equipment with Hydraulic Cylinders Per ISO Standards
By Lido Boni, Past Convenor, ISO TC 131/SC3/WG1 Hydraulic Cylinders There are four main ISO standards for mounting dimensions related to hydraulic cylinders. …
Next-Generation Aerospace Sensors Respond to New Demands
The advent of advanced composite materials used in constructing aircraft, along with the push to reduce costs of operation, have resulted in significant …
Tech and Innovation on Display at IFPE and CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017
A forward-looking vision for construction and infrastructure took center stage at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017, from the unveiling of the world’s first …
Fluid Power Industrial Consortium (FPIC)
The new Fluid Power Industrial Consortium at MSOE provides educational and networking opportunities for members of the fluid power industry in a non-compete …
Storage Receivers: Wet or Dry?
By Ron Marshall for the Compressed Air Challenge A common question asked when compressed air systems are being installed is where to locate the storage …
Offshore Technology Conference 2017
May 1-4, 2017 • NRG Park, Houston, TX The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is where energy professionals meet to exchange ideas and opinions to advance …
Select The Right Hydraulic Component Using Hydraulic Pump & Motor ISO Standards
By Jose M. Garcia Bravo, Ph.D., CFPS The International Standards Organization (ISO) helps hydraulic pump and motor users, manufacturers, and researchers …
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