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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
Download our 2014 Directory Listing and Product Matrix below. Click on the images for a PDF
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 …
More Than Hot Air: Applying Pneumatic Energy to Automotive Applications
For motorists and vehicle operators concerned with efficiency and reducing their environmental impact, hybrids are an attractive solution. Any vehicle with two …
Reducing Carbon Footprint with the Right Vacuum System
The most common vacuum technology for handling sealed materials today utilizes air-driven vacuum ejectors. The handling system is quite often based on a robot …
Manufacturing Q&A
Shirish Pareek is the founder and CEO of Hydraulex Global, a corporation that specializes in worldwide remanufacturing, repair, and distribution of major-brand …
NFPA Fluid Power Challenge Student Competition Secures the Workforce of Tomorrow
Teamwork. Preparation. Safety. These are just a few of the lessons that students from 25 middle schools in western Pennsylvania took away from their experience …
High-Performance Hydraulic Fluids Boost Fuel Efficiency
Manufacturers of construction equipment are always looking for ways to make their equipment more efficient and cost effective. And now these manufacturers are …
Hydraulic Hose Assembly Application Guidelines – ISO/TS 17165-2
Hydraulic hose and hose assemblies require careful selection, fabrication, installation, and maintenance to reduce the likelihood of component or system …
Reliable Plant 2014 Receives Hero’s Welcome in San Antonio
Industry experts, decision-makers, and practitioners from around the world recently gathered for Noria Corporation’s 15th annual Reliable Plant Conference …
Barge Master Launches Motion Compensation Platform
Drive and control solution keeps platforms stable for offshore cranes Barge Master BV, a Dutch company, launched the BM – 001, its first operational motion …
Fluid Power Professionals Day Photo Contest
Thank you to all our Fluid Power Professionals’ Day photo contest participants. It was a difficult voting decision with so many capturing photos, however …
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