Doering Company has acquired the assets of Metro Hydraulics in Eden Prairie, Minn. Metro designs and manufactures hydraulic valves for agriculture, construction, turf and light industrial markets. “The acquisition of Metro provides synergy with Doering’s products and customers,” said Marty Dombroske, vice president at Doering Company. “We are very excited about the unique capabilities and […]
Valves / Manifolds
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 […]
Designing with manifolds on mobile machinery
When designing manifolds for mobile machinery, one can quickly become overwhelmed with the volume of cartridge valve options available for installation into machined aluminum or steel blocks. Valve manufacturers offer hundreds of directional, pressure and flow control valves, often only separated by slight differences, such as an orifice. Partnering with a local fluid power company […]
SFC Koenig expands its Chinese manufacturing facility
SFC Koenig, a Unit of IDEX Corp., and supplier of sealing and flow control components, is pleased to announce that its Chinese branch has moved into a new facility. The larger location allows for increased integration with IDEX China while also providing an expanded manufacturing space to support growth. One of four main global facilities, […]
Screw-in cartridge valves optimize hydraulics
As mobile-hydraulics engineers constantly aim to pack more capabilities into less space, custom screw-in cartridge manifolds can be an excellent option in many applications, according to officials at Cross Co., Greensboro, N.C. The products can address many needs of the machine builder, including small package size, design flexibility, and simplified plumbing and routing. And they […]
Adjustable pressure control valves for regulating hydraulic pressure
Balanced piston relief valve is designed for use in applications requiring an adjustable regulating valve to limit the pressure in a hydraulic circuit to a predetermined maximum. The relief valve consists of a control poppet and main spool which provides low pressure differential and quiet operation. Pressure can be adjusted by loosening a jam nut […]
New retrofit option for hydraulic crane controls
Hetronic’s MEC-HL C MOD kit is an electromechanical radio control modification kit for after-market hydraulic crane applications. The MEC-HL C radio remote control kit includes proportional actuators, remote control radio receiver and a transmitter. According to company officials, it comes at a low per-unit cost with a fast ROI while increasing efficiency and safety for […]
What are flow control valves?
In the collection of hydraulic valve components, flow control valves are any device manufactured for the purpose of modifying the rate of fluid flow in a portion of a hydraulic circuit. Flow variability occurs through the adjustment of the effective orifice size inside the valve, and this is achieved through various techniques based upon the […]
How do relief valves work?
By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor It seems like a question with an easy answer, but you’d be surprised how often people ask, “how do relief valves work?” We in the fluid power industry take our knowledge for granted, but each and every one of us was at some point ignorant of literally every hydraulic component […]
Valve technology for enhanced control
Innovative application-specific valve concepts are one of the most important requirements for boosting productivity in mobile hydraulic applications, according to the engineers at Bucher Hydraulics, Remscheid, Germany. The company’s new modular SC12 proportional directional valve system, for example, offers responsive control behavior and low operating costs with consistently high machine availability. At the same time, […]
