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 […]
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IFPE update: Additional cancelations, statements of commitment from others
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 […]
Companies cancel IFPE presence due to Coronavirus fears
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 […]
Designing with HPUs for mobile machinery
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 […]
Mobile hydraulics embraces electrics
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 […]
Top 5 reasons to attend the 2020 IFPE show
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 […]
Embrace hydraulics, or call it quits
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 […]
IFPE 2020: It’s bigger and better in Vegas — always
IFPE 2020 will once again co-locate with CONEXPO-CON/AGG March 10-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, for the largest North American fluid power and construction trade shows every three years. With new exhibit spaces, an even greater number of educational opportunities, and an all new Tech Experience, IFPE 2020 promises to once again be a […]
Keep optimism through IFPE and beyond
Each week, we see more news of the dip occurring in the industrial market here in the U.S. and beyond. Industrial markets and shipments are down and have been across the board, particularly in the fluid power space. For example, the NFPA has indicated mobile hydraulic, industrial hydraulic and pneumatic shipments decreased when compared to […]
What makes mobile hydraulics different from industrial hydraulics?
The need for lower weight, size and costs mean that mobile machinery often sets the stage for power density improvements in fluid power. All hydraulic machinery should be similar in scope and design, one would think. After all, the point of fluid power is to transmit force. Why should any given mobile machine be vastly […]
