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Land-management loader packs hydraulic horsepower

June 23, 2020 By Ken Korane

All Cat D3 Series loaders feature standard hydrostatic two-speed travel to improve jobsite performance.

Caterpillar recently released the purpose-built Cat 299D3 XE Land Management compact track loader, which is designed to handle demanding vegetation-management applications such as right-of-way clearing near power lines, brush cutting, mowing and mulching. The machine is part of a new series of Cat D3 skid steer loader (SSL) and compact track loader (CTL) models that […]

Filed Under: Components, Featured, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, Pumps / Motors Tagged With: Caterpillar

Hydraulics keeps things moving in material handling applications

June 21, 2020 By Mary Gannon

hydraulics in material handling

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 […]

Filed Under: Components, Cylinders, Featured, Mobile Hydraulics Blog

Bosch Rexroth reviews digital transformation solutions

May 6, 2020 By Mary Gannon

IFPE 2020 was nearly two months away but because manufacturers use the event as a springboard for their many innovations throughout the year, new developments constantly follow the show. One company highlighting its recent technological innovations is Bosch Rexroth, which did not exhibit at the show due to its own COVID-19 travel restrictions. Despite not […]

Filed Under: Components, Controls, Featured, Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, Pumps / Motors, Valves / Manifolds Tagged With: boschrexroth

IFPE Download: A virtual walkthrough of Eaton’s show booth

March 12, 2020 By Mary Gannon

Eaton logo Bezares agreement

At IFPE this week, several major manufacturers canceled their presence due to the risks associated with COVID-19. Eaton Corp. was one of the first to notify media they were no longer attending the event. An IFPE without an Eaton or any of the other large fluid power companies means the public was not provided the […]

Filed Under: Components, Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, Pumps / Motors, System Design, Valves / Manifolds Tagged With: Eaton

IFPE update: Additional cancelations, statements of commitment from others

March 9, 2020 By Mary Gannon

2020 IFPE Logo registration open

UPDATED AS OF 4:45, MARCH 9, 2020 WITH COMMENTS FROM WANDFLUH: Last week saw several big names in fluid power declare they were either canceling their presence at IFPE or just no longer sending personnel to staff their booths, as companies clamped down on business travel nationwide. New companies to add to the list no […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog

Companies cancel IFPE presence due to Coronavirus fears

March 4, 2020 By Mary Gannon

2020 IFPE Logo registration open

This article was updated at 4:56 p.m. Wednesday, March 4. Although show organizers have been touting increased attendee registrations, several companies have canceled their exhibit spaces and participation in IFPE 2020 due to Coronavirus risks, including Parker Hannifin, Eaton Corp., API Heat Transfer/TTP and most foreign companies, especially those from Italy and China. Show organizers […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog

Designing with HPUs for mobile machinery

March 3, 2020 By Josh Cosford

Mobile HPU from Power Hydraulik

Mobile machinery design has its challenges, but it has many benefits as well. A hydraulic pump need not mount near a hydraulic reservoir, and in fact, could be many feet away. A pump may be near the transmission of the vehicle or at a PTO shaft near the truck’s front bumper. As well, valves and […]

Filed Under: Components, HPUs, Mobile Hydraulics Blog

Mobile hydraulics embraces electrics

February 28, 2020 By Ken Korane

Mobile hydraulic electrification Image 6 JCB b

A number of OEMs are introducing electric-drive machines that power existing hydraulic systems. There’s a slow and steady move toward electrification of construction equipment, including a focus on compact, battery powered machines. Concerns over the environmental effects of climate change have led many governments around the world to look to curb CO2 emissions. Legislative pressures […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, Research, System Design

Top 5 reasons to attend the 2020 IFPE show

February 26, 2020 By Josh Cosford

2020 IFPE Logo registration open

Let me start with by saying I will not be attending the 2020 IFPE Show this March 10-14. When the show begins, I’ll just be returning from my trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. I will have been just married on the sunny beach to my beautiful soul mate, Caryes Allan. Three weeks out of […]

Filed Under: Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog

Embrace hydraulics, or call it quits

February 25, 2020 By Ken Korane

Danfoss digital_displacement-_pumps_can_radically_reduce_fuel_consumption_in_off-road_vehicles

It’s barely February and we already know the fluid-power industry’s news of the year: Danfoss is acquiring Eaton Hydraulics for $3.3 billion. It paints a stark contrast between two corporations’ view of the future of hydraulics. Eaton’s CEO Craig Arnold said the sale “is part of the ongoing transformation of Eaton into a higher growth […]

Filed Under: Components, Featured, Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, System Design Tagged With: danfoss

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