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Hydraulics and Pneumatics Initiatives with the Boy Scouts of America
My family is really involved in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). My son Austin recently received the rank of Eagle Scout, and he and I received the Triple …
Fluid Power Professional Publishes Historical Fluid Power Book
Steve Skinner has published Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline, a book that takes a light-hearted trip through the history of the …
Big Tires Use Intelligent Control from Sun Hydraulics
The employees at Hedweld Engineering Pty Ltd., based in NSW, Australia, have designed their new TH15000 tire handler to be heavy duty with a narrow profile …
Specifying Pneumatic Cylinders – Part 1
Air cylinders are offered in a variety of industry standards. Within these standards, air cylinders come in an assortment of shapes, sizes, and types, as well …
2015 Fluid Power Professionals’ Day
The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) has dedicated June 19th as “Fluid Power Professionals’ Day” – a day of recognition for all of us …
Implementing Cutting-Edge Conveying Technology: A How-To Guide
Click on the images to enlarge. In today’s business climate, food processing and packaging companies are responding to the growth in raw material and labor …
Turn It Off!
If it’s not needed, then don’t use it, right? An obvious statement, but so rarely is this philosophy employed when using compressed air-powered venturi …
Central Control of Compressors Reduces Energy Waste
Click on images to enlarge According to the U.S. Department of Energy, some 10% of all the energy consumed by industrial plants is used to power air …
LVIT Sensors and the Future of Proportional Position Sensing in Hydraulic Cylinders
Actuation by hydraulic fluid power is simply the best way to efficiently move things with force. Around the world, wherever motion by machine has to accomplish …
Which Hydraulic Fluid?
Most hydraulic systems will operate satisfactorily using a variety of fluids. These include multigrade engine oil, automatic transmission fluid, and more …
Hold It Down
Most of my previous articles have been about vacuum pick-and-place, which is the most common application in fluid power circles for vacuum components. However, …
How to Keep Oil Dry and Clean in Challenging Environments
For several dozen years, subsea hydraulic systems have relied on air springs to serve as self-contained volume compensators. Now the same technology that …
Fluid Power Professionals and The Military
G.I. Bill Information The IFPS is an approved organization by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide reimbursement for certification …
Military Vehicle Driving Simulator Uses Synchronized Electro-Hydraulic Controls
A standard way of building motion simulators is to start with a Stewart platform. Stewart platforms enable movement with six degrees of freedom (x, y, z axis …
Safety Locks Keep Opera Singing
As with all theater performances, the illusion of a reality on an opera stage must be preserved seamlessly and without visual distraction. Safety for the …
Repairing Hydraulic Servo Valves in Seismic Vibrator Trucks
Seismic vibrator trucks (aka “thumper trucks”) send shockwaves deep into the earth’s subsurface to locate untapped hydrocarbon reserves for the oil and …
Internships at Magnetek Provide Experience, Opportunity
In the Spring of 2012, when software engineering student Kevin Luty began his search for an internship the summer after his junior year, his ultimate goal was …
Hydraulic Output Tripled, Manufacturing Headaches Eliminated
While everyone wants to stay on the road to continuous improvement, many are too busy fighting fires and can’t make the time to begin their improvement …
Is Your Air Compressor Control Smarter Than a Four Year Old?
One of the biggest problems in compressed air systems with rotary screw compressors is inefficient compressor control. Hundreds of thousands of air compressors …
Eaton “Educates the Educators” at Its 2014 Instructor Symposium
Every year, Eaton aims to “teach the teachers” the latest information covering a variety of fluid power components and technologies. Students studying …
Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference 2014
Manufacturers, OEMs, researchers, and media from around the nation will convene at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., from October 13-16, 2014 for the …
2014 Tech Directory Listing and Matrix
Download our 2014 Directory Listing and Product Matrix below. Click on the images for a PDF
Don’t Take a Guess! Accelerate Prototyping and Validation of Hydraulic Systems Using Numerical Simulation
Power on, fingers crossed, and hope for the best… The practices of guessing and “we will see how it works” have no place in modern design. Competition …
Why Machinery Builders Need Component Reliability Data
As the title suggests, fluid power components are supposed to have some sort of measurable reliability. And that data is available – yes? Well, not right …
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