Eliminating downtime and ensuring safety in mining — two benefits hydraulics provides consistently. By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor More than almost any other industry appropriating fluid power, mining is where safety sits front and center from design to execution. Surface mining enjoys bragging rights to some of the most massive machines ever manufactured by humans. […]
AEM establishes Equipped to Vote pro-manufacturing campaign
Today, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) launched Equipped to Vote, a national get-out-the-vote campaign to urge the 2.8 million men and women of the industry to register to vote and support pro-manufacturing candidates during the 2020 election. The goal of the campaign is to engage, educate, and mobilize manufacturing voters on the policies that […]
Positilt PTM27 inclination sensor provides robust accuacy in a compact design
The new high-accuracy inclination sensor positilt PTM27 from ASM Sensors comes in an ultra-compact housing and is suitable for applications where high robustness and accuracy are required. It can also replace rotary angle sensors advantageously. The new positilt PTM27 sensor measures inclination in the range of ±180° with one axis and in the range of […]
Rotational speed sensors allow highly sensitive mobile machine control
Holmer Maschinenbau GmbH, a German-based agricultural company, developed the first self-propelled six-row sugar-beet harvester in 1974. Since that time, the Holmer machines have been in successful operation by customers in over 40 countries world-wide. On its sugar beet harvesters, it requires a precise collection of actual values directly at the place of consumption (propulsion, toppers, […]
Muncie Power Products breaks ground on new manufacturing facility
Muncie Power Products Inc. has broken ground to begin building a new manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Okla. The new facility will be 250,000 square feet and provide additional capacity for new manufacturing machinery, assembly equipment, and warehousing. This will be the primary manufacturing facility for Muncie Power Products where they manufacture and assemble power take-offs […]
AutomationDirect adds inductive linear position transducers
Linear Variable Inductance Transducers (LVITs) from Alliance Sensors Group convert the linear displacement of an object into a proportional electrical signal output of 0-10 V or 4-20 mA (depending on model). LVITs are contactless devices designed for dimension or position measuring applications where the sensing element cannot be attached to the object being measured. LVITs […]
Connectors convert solenoid valve DIN to Deutsch-style connection
Canfield Connector’s GatorMate line of products now features the 2- and 3-pin GT series of rugged, connectors. The fully molded design eliminates the need to purchase expensive crimping tools and reduces labor required to assemble former field-wire versions. With the addition of the 5JGT DIN to Deutsch adapter, any solenoid valve DIN connection can easily […]
Kraft Fluid Systems welcomes Wisconsin territory manager
Kraft Fluid Systems welcomes Adam Cornell as a new territory manager in Wisconsin. He has been tasked with developing a new Danfoss territory in the northern part of the state. Cornell most recently managed a territory focused on supplying Danfoss products for fluid power distributor Certified Power Solutions’ snow and ice division. Previous to that, […]
Hydraulics keeps things moving in material handling applications
Hydraulics goes a long way to improve the function, power, controllability and safety of material handling equipment. By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Material handling involves the moving, transporting, lifting, and dumping of products, components or bulk ingredients, and mostly within the production and distribution of finished goods. Much of the equipment used for material handling […]
Liebherr USA opens expanded HQ campus in Newport News, Va.
Liebherr USA Co. marked a milestone on April 6 – the company formally moved in to a newly expanded campus. The facilities house employees who work in administration, finance, human resources, sales, information technology, marketing, product support and distribution for nine different product units under the Liebherr USA Co. umbrella. The move, conducted with enhanced […]