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Can you change the speed of your hydraulic pump?

January 9, 2025 By Mary Gannon

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By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Sometimes, the selection or use of hydraulic pumps is not as linear and straightforward as selecting them from a catalog. You may already have an old or spare pump kicking around that was surplus from a long-dead machine, or perhaps you’re in need of something quickly, and your local farm […]

Filed Under: Components, Engineering Basics, Featured, Pumps / Motors

7 reasons why you should use draw-wire encoders

January 7, 2025 By Mary Gannon

Draw-wire illustration from SIKO

By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor A draw-wire encoder (also known as a cable extension transducer or string potentiometer) is ideal for measuring linear displacement (distance) in a variety of applications where precise position is required. A draw-wire encoder uses a wire or cable wound around a spool, connected to a rotary encoder or potentiometer housed […]

Filed Under: Components, Engineering Basics, Featured, Sensors / Gauges

MarQuipt uses Eckart E3 helical spline actuators for safe, easy lifting

December 26, 2024 By Rachael Pasini

Hallie Riley and Victoria Lower of IC-Fluid Power explain how Eckart E3 actuators are used in MarQuipt’s davits and cranes. MarQuipt is a marine and yachting equipment manufacturer specializing in products that facilitate easy and safe boarding of persons and the handling of tenders. Its product line comprises stairs, ladders, gangways, davits, cranes, and other […]

Filed Under: actuators, Featured Tagged With: icfluidpower

Linear hydraulic snubber ensures controlled movements on mining shovel bucket doors

December 20, 2024 By Mary Gannon

Open Loop Energy manufactures the HydroSnub, a retrofit hydraulic snubber used to control opening and closing of dipper doors on large bucket shovels used in mining.

Open Loop Energy Inc. was founded more than 30 years ago as a hydraulic repair business for mining and construction machinery in the Southwest United States. But the company soon saw a need to manufacture a very specific component used on the bucket doors of the massive shovels used in these applications. Critical yet often […]

Filed Under: Components, Featured, Mobile Hydraulics Blog Tagged With: openloopenergy

How electrified controls simplify hydraulic machines

December 17, 2024 By Mary Gannon

Figure 3. A variety of electrified controls and options are available on modern hydraulic machinery.

By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor Hydraulics is a venerable technology as mature as any competing force transfer system outside of straight mechanical conveyance. Most recent hydraulic advancements aren’t from any fundamental changes in the pump, valves and actuators used in hydraulic systems but rather from the implementation of increasingly advanced electronic technology. Early fluid power […]

Filed Under: Components, Controls, Engineering Basics, EV Engineering, Featured

Parker Hannifin highlights new Force Command EHA technology

November 4, 2024 By Mary Gannon

Parker Hannifin's Force Command EHA prototype on display at MinExpo 2024.

As at most mobile machinery shows this September, Parker Hannifin showcased a variety of technologies to ensure efficient, powerful mining machines. Newest on display, though, was its Force Command electrohydraulic linear actuator. This new EHA features a brushless dc motor with integrated controller and absolute position sensing, giving users full control over the toughest and […]

Filed Under: actuators, Components, EV Engineering, Featured Tagged With: parkerhannifin

Fail-safe locking device can hold four million pounds

October 28, 2024 By Rachael Pasini

Fluid power engineers are familiar with hydraulic load-holding or counterbalance valves that prevent sudden load drops and control descent speed. Such valves ensure smooth, stable operation and provide a safety mechanism in mobile and industrial machinery. The downside is they can fail due to wear, incorrect positioning, or failures in the hydraulic system. Pennsylvania-based York […]

Filed Under: Cylinders, Featured Tagged With: yorkprecision

Are we looking at electrification through rose-colored glasses?

October 25, 2024 By Mary Gannon

At MinExpo, Liebherr announced a partnership with Fortescue Zero for its T 264 autonomous truck, where Fortescue's stationary fast-charging solution uses robotic connections that can provide up to 6 MW of power in just 30 minutes. The fast charge is groundbreaking for a machine this size. But the companies. have not released data on how long the batteries last on these machines.

Electrification is totally in vogue these days. You can’t visit any type of off-highway event and not be overtaken by this trend. The need to reduce emissions is 100% necessary and a noble deed. But are battery-powered machines the only realistic solution? In some cases, the answer is a resounding YES! Compact machinery such as […]

Filed Under: EV Engineering, Featured

Regenerative suspension … for mobile hydraulic applications?

October 23, 2024 By Mary Gannon

Modern mobile machinery, such as tractors, use hydraulic suspension and pneumatic accumulators, which could be converted to regenerative suspension systems.

By Josh Cosford, Contributing Editor The automotive industry is leaving no stone unturned as it explores every possible technology and advancement that can improve performance while reducing CO2 emissions. Hybrid and electric vehicles have been employing regenerative braking systems that recapture kinetic energy through a motor generator rather than convert the vehicle’s inertia into heat, […]

Filed Under: Accumulators, Components, EV Engineering, Featured

Cut-to-length calls for high-end hydraulics

October 23, 2024 By Rachael Pasini

Hydraulics expert Carl Dyke shares insight on forest harvesting machines and what it takes to cut-to-length. “I grew up in logging. As a little kid, my father and grandfather would take me out to the woods to go timber cruising, which meant walking around and looking at the stands of trees,” said Carl Dyke, hydraulics […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: cdindustrialgroup

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