bauma, which just wrapped up last Friday, April 12, is truly an eye-catching show, with massive construction machines and component manufacturers highlighting their new technologies and designs. Read on about 12 cool things that caught my attention throughout the week. Liebherr LH 110C gantry Reminiscent of a Star Wars At-At machine, this Liebherr LH 110C […]
Panel: The future of mobile hydraulics
Mobile hydraulics is often the elephant in the room when people talk about fluid power. This portion of the industry is one that’s fast moving, innovative and gets people’s attention. Even little kids dream of someday driving a backhoe or a huge hydraulic dump truck. But what’s new in the field today, and how will […]
Tough transducers ensure precise road maintenance while reducing machine downtime
Roadtec manufactures a variety of road building and asphalt paving equipment, relying on hydraulics for the power density and precision control it provides in cutting, paving and more. The company’s soil stabilizers and road reclaimers are well balanced and constructed with a sealed box frame to make them as durable and versatile as possible. Used […]
How do hydraulics ensure safety in mining machinery?
By their design, hydraulic components are explosion-proof, making the powerfully dense technology a natural choice in dangerous mining applications. By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Hydraulics in mobile mining machinery is unique. Just as any intelligently designed hydraulic circuit must consider efficiency, performance and reliability, so too must the hydraulics within the mining industry. However, the […]
How is electronic control of fluid power evolving?
Electrohydraulic or hydroelectric? It’s odd how similar those two compound words are, yet they’re obviously entirely different in meaning. Hydroelectric refers to the production of electricity by way of converting the potential kinetic energy found in conjoined bodies of water of varying height, into electrical energy used by everyone and their hamster. Electrohydraulic is the […]
Telematics offers high-value solutions for industry
Telematics facilitates the exchange of rich data to and from mobile or remote machinery, helping to streamline maintenance and costs. Contributed by Carl Dyke, CD Industrial Group Inc. How can the owner of a fleet of cranes avoid the daily worries about whether the machines are being operated and maintained for safe performance? Is there […]
Hydraulic symbology 102: understanding basic fluid power schematics
By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Back in August of 2017, you saw my article Hydraulic symbology 101: Understanding basic fluid power schematics (read it here first, if you haven’t already). I covered basic constituent lines, shapes and their respective symbols. Due to space constraints, I left out some of the major components represented by symbols […]
4 takeaways on the economy from Alan Beaulieu’s IEOC presentation
Dr. Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics gave his usual entertaining and fact-filled talk at the National Fluid Power Association’s annual International Economic Outlook Conference this month. Beaulieu stressed that despite all the fervor, the economy unfolded in a predictable manner — and the economy is bigger than Washington, D.C. He pointed out that the average […]
Hall-effect transducers ensure correct axle width to match crop row spacing
When the planting season begins, farmers will plant different crops at different row widths, requiring the sprayers to match the row width by running wheels between the plants and not over them. In the past, changing the axle width was a time-consuming task, as users would have to jack up one wheel of a tractor/sprayer, […]
10 days and counting until the NFPA’s IEOC
One of the highlights of the year for me is the National Fluid Power Association’s International Economic Outlook Conference. This event, held each October in suburban Chicago, is set for August 13-15 this year at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Ill. What I enjoy about the IEOC is that there’s a great mix […]
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