Fluid Power Journal

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Equal Footing: Swing-Axle Cylinders Manage Uneven Terrain

Marcel Knobloch, Sales Product Promotion, Bucher Hydraulics The new generation of swing-axle cylinders from Bucher Hydraulics. Mobile machines have to meet …

Examining the Path Toward a Driverless Tomorrow

By Jeff Jurgens, Director of Product Stewardship, Association of Equipment Manufacturers— Autonomous equipment offers significant benefits with respect to …

Lights! Camera! Hydraulics!

Entertainment Applications Take the Stage By Jordan McDowell, Content Strategist, G&G Hydraulics Corporation Hydraulic systems have many applications in …

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 …

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