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Math + Science = More fluid power knowledge

November 6, 2013 By Paul Heney

By Josh Cosford Complete understanding of fluid power (or any vocation for that matter) really does require the general—yet finely honed—macroscopic lens, as well as intimate comprehension of details. So get out your “macroscope,” unfold your lawn chair, pop a squat and aim your optics this way, because I’m about to kick your hydraulic brilliance […]

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A look at variable volume technology for hydraulic reservoirs

November 4, 2013 By Paul Heney

Hydraulics is a mature industry, so it’s not everyday that you see creative new products come along. So it was interesting to hear about the new Variable Volume Reservoir (VVR), a compact hydraulic reservoir created by Smart Reservoir, a Canadian company. Smart Reservoir says that it can replace conventional hydraulic reservoirs—it’s a simple improvement and it […]

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The end of hydraulics in aerospace? Not so fast …

October 30, 2013 By Paul Heney

Hydraulics shrink in size but not in role By Michael Jermann, assistant editor For decades, people have been predicting the downfall of hydraulic power and trying to move to an all-electric form of operation. In 1994, Raymond Ross, then president and chief operating officer for Milacron Inc., said the migration from hydraulics to all-electric drives […]

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The Rocky Horror hydraulics show

October 28, 2013 By Paul Heney

By Josh Cosford My five-year-old son is going through a phase where he is appreciating scary concepts, such as zombies and monsters—but doesn’t yet have the gall to withstand their presence within his comfort zone. Last year, he wanted to be a zombie for Halloween, partly due to his fascination with Plants vs. Zombies. I […]

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Boeing’s new secret weapon is … hydraulics?

October 17, 2013 By Paul Heney

Sometimes I think that hydraulics is a dirty word to airline executives. It’s as though some of them consider the technology as dirty, leaky and something they wish they could simply rid their passenger airplanes of. An old boss of mine once commented that a plane could hit a structure, tearing part of a wing […]

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Fluid power distributors — help needed!

October 9, 2013 By Paul Heney

One of the best things about working for WTWH is that we’re always trying something different. We’re currently working on a very exciting distributor app that will be featured here on MobileHydraulicTips in the coming months. In advance of that, our editorial team is working on some insightful new editorial pieces covering the fluid power […]

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Lessons from PTDA — The power of power

October 8, 2013 By Paul Heney

The highlight of the PTDA Industry Summit in Palm Desert, Calif., last week—at least for me—was the presentation by Jeffrey Gitomer, who spoke to the audience about sales and how the changing world is forcing sales professionals to adapt. He had the roughly 300 attendees alternately laughing and stopping to think. He summed up his […]

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Hydraulic Management Group to partner with Scenery Hydraulic

October 8, 2013 By Paul Heney

Hydraulic Management Group, LLC, Troy, Mich., has announced a joint marketing agreement with Scenery Hydraulic-USA, a division of Shanxi Sipirui Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Shanxi, China. Under the agreement, HMG will help Scenery expand their market base in the global hydraulic user market, with the Vickers direct equivalent V/VQ/CQH vane product line. The product will […]

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NFPA holding fluid power career fair

August 21, 2013 By Paul Heney

I was glad to hear at the recent National Fluid Power Association International Economic Outlook Conference that the group will be holding an upcoming regional career fair. This is something that the fluid power community needs more of, and it’s great to see the companies that have already signed up, including: Bimba Manufacturing, HUSCO International, […]

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Get through 2014, and we’ll be fine, says Lustgarten

August 14, 2013 By Paul Heney

Eli Lustgarten of ESL Consultants Inc. matched the mostly positive outlook that Alan Beaulieu of the Institute for Trend Research had, as was discussed in my blog post from yesterday. Lustgarten told attendees that manufacturing continues to recover in the U.S. and he said that global economies generally fell into three groups in 2012. He […]

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