The release of Continental’s expanded line of Proportional Pressure Relief Valves delivers smarter, more energy efficient, simplified and compact hydraulics systems. “Every hydraulic system needs to have pressure control,” said Vonn Bonnema, Continental Director of Sales. “Now, we can help your customers control force and pressure elegantly.” Some features of the VER03M: • It has […]
Trelleborg launches sealing material for hydraulic aerospace applications
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches Turcon M30 sealing material, which is engineered to withstand and optimize performance against the extremely hard ceramic coatings that are the eco-friendly alternatives to chrome plating of rods in hydraulic aerospace applications. Tests prove that the new compound increases seal life to reduce planned maintenance, extend flight hours and ultimately lower costs.
MSOE’s Fluid Power Institute celebrates 50 years
Say “fluid power education” and one of the first things that pops into my head is the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Simrit facility earns 3M supplier award
Simrit’s Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada facility was recently recognized by 3M for its superior performance in 2011. This is the second time Simrit – a sealing specialist for industrial applications
Software allows for automating manifold design process
MDTools, the 3D manifold design software, provides power tools to automate the manifold design, checking, documentation, and modeling process within the Autodesk Inventor environment. Users can design large and complex manifolds easily, fast and error-free. MDTools checks the manifold for wall-thickness, wrong, missing and bad quality connections. MDTools automatically creates a professional drawing for you including […]
Eaton names Nanda Kumar EVP, Eaton Business System
Cleveland—Eaton Corp. (ETN) announced that Nanda Kumar has been named EVP, Eaton Business System (EBS), effective August 1, 2012. Kumar will be located at the company’s headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, and will report to Eaton’s chairman and chief executive officer, Alexander M. Cutler. Kumar succeeds Uday Yadav, who has been named president, Aerospace Group in […]
Attachable loop-powered digital indicator
Berea, Ohio–The NOSHOK 1800 Series Attachable Loop-Powered Digital Indicator provides convenient local indication and is easily inserted into a variety of NOSHOK transmitters, including 300 Series Compact OEM Pressure Transmitters, 615/616 Series High Accuracy Pressure Transmitters, and 800 Series Platinum Resistance Temperature Transmitters. Features include: • Loop powered • Simply inserted between the transmitter body […]
Simrit announces distribution, certification, other aerospace-related sealing news
Simrit, the general sealing products business of Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies, has made several announcements in the aerospace arena in conjunction with this week’s Farnborough Air Show in England. O-ring distribution agreement with Pattonair Simrit announced that it has finalized a global distribution agreement with Pattonair, a leading supply chain service provider. Simrit’s Lutterworth, Leicestershire, U.K. […]
Nice to see an old hydraulics player back in the game
It was heartening for me to see the name P.K. Guha come up in a press release this week, when it was announced that he had launched a new company, Hydraulic Management Group. P.K. has been around for a long time, going back to the days when Vickers was a dominant force in the industry […]
Guha launches Hydraulic Management Group
P.K. Guha, a well-known name in the fluid power aftermarket industry, recently launched the Hydraulic Management Group. As of July 2012, HMG is headquartered at Troy, Mich., and is being described as a one-stop solution center for hydraulic product supply, support and service, troubleshooting, hydraulic circuit design, hydraulic product training/education, distributor sales training, product manufacturing consultations, […]