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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 …
A primer on Mobile Fluid Power
By Joe Raccosta, Fluid Power Sales Manager, and Micah Taylor, Mobile Fluid Power Manager, Milwaukee Division, Motion Once during a discussion about a mobile …
OTC Resumes In-Person Event with Virtual Components
After canceling its annual trade show last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then postponing it in May, the Offshore Technology Conference returns this …
Changing Hydraulic Filters: Timing Is Everything
By Emily Newton Like any piece of equipment, hydraulic systems require regular maintenance to deliver peak performance across their life span. Anyone who works …
How IIoT Is Impacting Fluid Power
By Chloe Kirby As the Industrial Internet of Things expands to all sectors of the working world, technology and automation transform the way machinery and …
Capacity Crowd Microfiltration Catches Particles Large and Small
By Menno Krom, Managing Director, RMF Systems, a subsidiary of Des-Case; and Ivan N. Sheffield, Director of Filtration, Des-Case In the hydraulic market, it is …
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