Robotics: The Only High School Sport Where Every Kid Can Go Pro
FIRST® Builds Momentum for Robotics as Official Extracurricular Sports Activity; Texas Joins Growing List of States to Sanction Robotics Program as Official …
You Made the Mess; Now You Clean It Up!
Now, don’t laugh, but I once designed a hydraulic system for automatically cleaning horse stalls using the energy from the movement of the waiting horse. I …
Use It or Lose It
We are planning on making a system more efficient here at the steel mill. Two overdesigned hydraulic power units are each operating continuously 24/7. Each one …
The Wolf at the Door
Here we go – another year and another IFPS president. And that is a good thing. The many new members serving on the Board of Directors bring new perspective …
I Know, It Hertz
I am pretty sure I am going to get some flack from what I am going to say in this article, but before you conclude that I don’t know what I am talking …
Something Is Missing: Using Alternative Energy
There is something missing in my repertoire of fluid power components. Can you help me? In the Off-Highway 2010 edition of the Fluid Power Journal, Brian …
A Failed Experiment
Now, don’t get discouraged. When we push the envelope trying to change the paradigm of thinking in the transfer of energy in fluid power systems, we will …
Energy Challenge: The Hydraulic Solution
Now you will have to endure listening to me explain how I would achieve the most efficient hydraulic system. I gave my solution to the pneumatic challenge in …
Efficient Hydraulic Systems
I think I may have a surprise for you. We will look at a system and try three different hydraulic systems and see which is best from an energy perspective. The …
Accumulators: Energy Savers/Energy Wasters
It looks like the next few articles will be about some specific components and how they can be best utilized in a circuit for maximum energy savings. Previous …
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