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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
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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 …
Precision Move: 800−Ton Dockyard Gate
Chatham Dockyard on the tidal river Medway in South East England was expanded during the 19th century, and to maintain the correct water level for …
As Far as the Eye Can See: A 62-Meter Rotor Blade Sets Record
When standing in front of the SCHEUERLE InterCombiSP with the clamped rotor blade of a Vestas V126 wind turbine, it seems to drill directly into the sky. …
Eaton Rolls Out a Winning Solution for Bowling Ball Maker
The Brunswick Corp., Lake Forest, Ill., has been throwing strikes for nearly two centuries now. Founded by Swiss immigrant John Moses Brunswick, the company …
High-Pressure Washdown Pneumatic Valves Improve Machine Performance
Manufacturers around the world rely on automation systems to rapidly produce quality products on a daily basis. These automation systems need reliable, …
Safety First!
Select a Secure Circuit Design In fluid power applications, safety is the number-one priority in the design of a system. Vacuum lifting, as you can imagine, is …
New High-Precision Single Stroke Honing Process
Achieves High Level of Accuracy for Manufacturing Sunnen Products Co. introduced a quantum improvement in a key manufacturing process for cast-iron hydraulic …
New Safety Brake for Small Wind Turbines
A new safety brake developed by Suco Technologies can reliably protect small wind turbines against storm damages due to excessively high wind speeds. Small …
Bulk Tank Contamination: The “Silent Killer”
Doctors call hypertension, or high blood pressure, the “silent killer.” According to the CDC, one in three adults in the U.S. suffer from hypertension, …
How Did You Celebrate?
Thank you to all who celebrated June 19th – the first Fluid Power Professionals’ Day. The IFPS received emails from professionals of the industry sharing …
Partnering with Manufacturers to Achieve Energy Savings
SMC Corp. of America, a supplier of factory automation components, has been working with manufacturers for nearly a decade to reduce their compressed air …
Don’t Drain Your Profits: Remove Compressed Air Condensate Efficiently
Your air compressor makes more than compressed air. In the process of squeezing atmospheric air into compressed air, heat and water are produced. The …
2014 Manufacturers Listing and Matrix
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The R-Drill Solution Enables Industrial Innovation
Raydiance, a provider of all-laser manufacturing solutions, announced the R-Drill, R-Tube, and R-Mill to address micromachining challenges in the automotive, …
Flexibility in Gripper Selection
With an increasing breadth of variations in today’s applications for automation, and due to part and space constraints, it is good to have options when it …
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