Jenni LeCompte, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs, posted a blog on the Treasury department’s site describing how manufacturing is an engine of job growth and re-shoring is increasing.
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Hydraulic cylinders aid in flood control along Japanese river
Eaton hydraulic cylinders are hard at work in one of Japan’s largest flood-control projects on the Shinano River that flows from Nagano to Niigata in Northern Japan.
Cartridge valves allow pilot control of clutches, brakes, DCVs
Comatrol has introduced the 09 Series Cartridge Valves for proportional and on/off pilot control of clutches, brakes and directional control valves.
New line of metric tie-rod cylinders
Milwaukee Cylinder has introduced the MH series of metric hydraulic tie-rod cylinder products, designed to ISO 6020/2 160 bar standards for the global metric market.
FluiDyne releases dump pump / valve
FluiDyne Fluid Power is releasing its C101 (Remote mount) or C102 (PTO Direct mount) dump pump / valve combination.
MSOE offers hydraulics training to U.S. Army
Sixteen members of the U.S. Army recently attended Milwaukee School of Engineering’s “Introduction to Hydraulics” course.
NFPA Foundation offering grant for fluid power lab
The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has initiated its new Fluid Power Laboratory Program to establish a state-of-the-art training lab at a qualifying educational institution.
HydraForce releases new version of i-Design
HydraForce has released the latest version of its hydraulic circuit design tool. Version 3.3 of i-Design supports the trend toward higher hydraulic system pressures, smaller hydraulic “footprints” and greater global application of hydraulic manifolds and cartridge valves.
2011 in review
When 2011 started, I would have expected that the triennial IFPE show would have been the talk of the year. And the show was an impressive one, with more than 400 exhibitors, 100,000+ attendees at the combined co-located shows (including CONEXPO and CON/AGG) and a wonderful technical conference. But what I find perhaps most significant for the industry was how three of the main fluid power organizations came together in a joint effort to discuss efficiency.
Efficient hydraulic components of the future can save energy
The topics of energy conservation and alternate sources of energy have been buzzing around since I graduated from college in the mid-60s. The level of excitement vacillates depending upon how Arabian and/or OPEC nations are interfacing with the Western developed countries.