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What to Look for When Selecting Compact Air Cylinders
Exploring the configurations, sizes and internal components that can make or break cylinders in short-stroke applications By Troy Sanders, National Sales …
The Wow Factor: Hydraulic Cylinders in Entertainment
By Tony Casassa, Engineering Manager, Aggressive Hydraulics When thinking about hydraulic cylinders, typically the first applications that come to mind are …
The Unvarnished Truth: Contamination Control Makes Servo Valves Click
Richard Trent, Regional Sales Manager, and Raymond Weaver, CFPHS, District Sales Manager, Hy-Pro Filtration Tissue paper is manufactured by various companies …
TSN Technology Boosts Digital Manufacturing
New functionalities reshape industrial communications —By Thomas Burke, Global Strategic Advisor, CC-Link Partner Association Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) …
How Mobile IoT Can Benefit Hydraulic Systems
Photo credit: Thai Subsea Services Ltd. By Emily Newton, Editor-in-Chief, Revolutionized— The mobile Internet of Things network concerns infrastructure to …
Absolute Advantage: Proportional Valves for Pressure Regulation
By John Kelly, Engineering Manager, Kelly Pneumatics For decades, electronic pressure regulators (or IP transducers) have been a staple of pneumatic control …
Selecting Hydraulic Solenoid Valves
By Jordan McDowell, Content Strategist, G&G Hydraulics Corporation— Hydraulic solenoid valves are popular in industrial and commercial applications. …
Family Friction: Lubrication Management Grows Up
Michael Cook, Fluid Power Technical Specialist, and Beth Figliulo, Segment Manager Fluid Power, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Performance, efficiency, and …
The Aging Workforce: 4 Ways Manufacturers Can Prepare Themselves
By Julie Davis, Senior Director of Workforce Development, Association of Equipment Manufacturers According to a study by the Manufacturing Institute, the vast …
Take Measures: 10 Tips For Sizing Rodless Pneumatic Actuators
By Andrew Zaske, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Tolomatic Inc. There are many important points to consider when sizing rodless pneumatic cylinders. Some …
Damage Control: Managing Fluid Contamination in Mobile Hydraulic Systems
By Tom Fistrovich, OEM and Mobile Market Business Development Manager, Des-Case Corporation For companies that rely on mobile equipment as part of their normal …
AEM Encourages Manufacturers to Seek WANTO Grants
Efforts to empower women to seek training through quality pre-apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship programs, as well as pursue non-traditional …
Supply Shortages Continue to Abound
By Sue Doerfler, Senior Writer, Inside Supply Management Magazine— Supply chain complications and shortages have been a hot topic among supply management …
Selecting Pneumatic Valves
By Gilbert Welsford Jr., Founder of ValveMan.com Pneumatic valves are one of the most popular varieties of actuated valves. The devices are clean, efficient, …
Shifting Gears: Converting to an Electrohydrostatic Transmission
By Philippe Tottoli, E-mobility Program Marketing Manager, Poclain Low- and zero-emission vehicles are making their way from the roads to the off-highway …
On the Border
Boundary Lubrication in Cylinder Seals By Andrew Iddeson, Global Technical Director, Hallite; and Chuck White, Director of Sales and Marketing, Hallite …
Vote Of Confidence: Choosing the Right Seal for a Hydraulic Pump
By Corey Holloway, Sales Manager North America, Anyseals, Inc. In recent months, seal suppliers for distribution and maintenance and repair markets have …
Improving Cybersecurity in Manufacturing: What to do (and why it matters)
From the Association of Equipment Manufacturers — Cybercrime has exploded over the past decade. No organization is immune – not even a small, obscure …
Preparing Students for Industry 4.0
By Ido Yerushalmi, CEO, Intelitek Even before COVID-19, there were upward of two million unfilled manufacturing sector jobs in the U.S. There were simply not …
Count on It: Run-Time Monitor Racks Up the Miles
From Webtec Not too many years ago, the only status indicators in automobiles were a coolant temperature gauge, a voltage or battery charge indicator, a …
Speaking of Hydraulics
At the end of the day, it’s all about uptime. Whether you manage a fleet of over-the-road freight haulers, maintain an armada of mining equipment, or harvest …
Automated Manufacturing Counts on Reliable Measuring
From WFL Millturn Technologies To reliably manufacture complex workpieces with high-quality requirements, control by means of a closed loop process is …
Smarten Up
The year 2021 marks a decade since the concept of Industry 4.0 was introduced at the Hannover Messe trade fair in Germany. One year later, General Electric …
Defense Contractors Need Cybersecurity Certification by 2025
By Connie Palucka, NPDP Vice President, Consulting Catalyst Connection By 2025, the Department of Defense will require all defense contractors submitting bids …
4 Steps to Identify Hydraulic Threads
By Burleigh Bailey, Engineering Manager, Parker Tube Fittings Division Machines and equipment are designed and manufactured in every corner of the world. The …
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