Polygon Composites Technology, a manufacturer of composite tubing solutions for bearings, dielectric applications, surgical devices and more, announces PolySlide composite tubing for pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders. PolySlide tubing replaces metallic material in a variety of cylinder applications. Supplied as a cylinder tube ready for customer assembly, or as fully engineered cylinder assemblies for equipment manufacturer […]
Cylinders
Corex rod coating aids mining machine development
By Steven North, design and project engineer, Apex Hydraulics Apex Hydraulics has a long history of producing custom built and highly specialized hydraulic cylinders for mining applications. When the company was formed in 1985, the main source of work was from mining. Now, most work comes from oil, renewable energies and factories. However, due to […]
Smart hydraulics integral to automated dozing
Komatsu America, Rolling Meadows, Ill., recently introduced its Proactive Dozing Control logic, a fully-integrated dozing control system that lets operators perform auto-stripping, auto-spreading and high production dozing, as well as finish grading. Available on several units, Komatsu’s Proactive Dozing Control logic is built on the company’s existing intelligent machine control. The system uses Global Navigation […]
When should you use telescopic cylinders?
Contributed by Josh Cosford Telescopic cylinders are a unique type of actuator able to extend far longer than a traditional rod-style cylinder. Telescopic cylinders are manufactured using two or more nested tubes inside one another, and these tubes act as both the rod and barrel. Telescopic cylinders have as many as seven stages or more, […]
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, […]
Custom hydraulic cylinders
Wide variety of custom cylinders are manufactured, including single stage cylinders (both single and double acting), single and double acting telescopic (small and large bore), double end cylinders, piggyback design, mill type cylinders, tie rod cylinders, accumulators, marine grade steering cylinders (WWC product line), and standard dimension welded product lines (WSC and WBC). There is […]
Custom hydraulic cylinders
Alto, Texas-based West Craft Manufacturing has been manufacturing hydraulic cylinders for more than 45 years. It can produce products from 1-in. bore to greater than 36-in. bore. The company’s 75,000-sq-ft facility is well-suited to provide custom manufacturing capabilities, with CNC 5-axis vertical and horizontal machining centers; manual turning, milling and drilling equipment; multi-cylinder testing stations; […]
New accumulator cylinder from Freudenberg
The larger a tractor’s footprint, the less it compacts the soil. To minimize compaction, global machinery manufacturer CLAAS has introduced a tractor with a track drive that integrates newly developed accumulator cylinders from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies. They combine the functions of a hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic accumulator in a single system. This makes installation […]
New electrohydraulic cylinder from Eaton features valve integration
Power management company Eaton today announced the launch of a new electrohydraulic cylinder featuring valve integration. The new product comprises a high-performance industrial cylinder, precision feedback transducer and control valve in one package to create a single-source solution offering significant cost savings over custom assemblies. “With our latest electrohydraulic cylinder, customers and distributors no longer […]
New explosion proof PVE-EX electrohydraulic actuator
PVE-EX series actuators are certified for use in explosive atmospheres and incorporate closed loop spool position control and event monitoring technology for reliable control, making them an ideal solution for mining and the offshore oil and gas market. Approved and certified according to ATEX and IECEx standards, the PVE-EX enables the use of PVG valves […]
