To test seals for critical applications, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions invested in one of the world’s most powerful test benches for hydraulic rod seals. This facility allows testing to be carried out that has never been possible and has been used to qualify the seals for the landing gear of the Airbus A350. The sealing system […]
Hydraulic Fluids
Sensor Monitoring Unit – SMU and New Version of TPM
Schroeder Industries, recognized in filtration and fluid conditioning products, introduces a new version of our TestMate® Particle Counter, TPM and the new Sensor Monitoring Unit, SMU. The new SMU allows live display of the TCM ISO code, TWS water concentration and fluid temperature. Besides displaying the key contamination data the SMU will also store the […]
Do’s & Don’ts of seal validation
by Larry Castleman, Technical Director of Product Development, Martin Franz, Product Development Engineer, John McLaughlin, Manager of Product Testing and Mark Sitko, Product Development Engineer Based on practical experiences, these 12 do’s and don’ts can help confirm a sealing system will perform as designed. When designing and developing equipment that uses sealing systems, confirming the […]
Remove water from hydraulic oil: 3 options to consider
Rain falls on mobile machinery, and unless you clean and garage your front-end loader like you do your hot-rod, your loader will get wet. When your loader gets wet, the opportunity for water to make its way into your hydraulic system exists. Water, especially “free” water not dissolved in the oil, can cause corrosion, modify […]
Tobul Accumulator acquired by Freudenberg Sealing Technologies
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, sealing division of Freudenberg Group, Weinheim, Germany, has acquired Tobul Accumulator Inc., as of July 31. Tobul develops and manufactures piston and bladder hydraulic accumulators. The family-owned company has sites in Bamberg, S.C. and Houston, Texas, and employs some 120 people. “With the acquisition of Tobul, we strengthen our established accumulator business and continue to develop […]
High-performance hydraulic seal for extreme conditions
An innovative materials combination consisting of two distinct polyurethanes provides Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies (Freudenberg-NOK) new HDR-2C rod seal with special extrusion stability at high pressures and great flexibility at temperatures down to -50 °C. This innovative materials combination is particularly well suited to address environmental challenges encountered in the fluid power industry. Seals in hydraulic […]
The real cost of filtration
Unplanned maintenance, downtime or a need to unexpectedly change a hydraulic filter element is not an option in any underground mining operation. Today, proper hydraulic maintenance has become even more critical because the mining industry is facing the toughest operating environment in its history. Managing both cost and improving system performance are key factors dictating […]
Why are durable seals important?
Without seals we would have fluids leaking all over the place and contaminants infiltrating countless machines and forcing companies to spend heaps of cash on maintenance. So it is important for seals to be durable enough to withstand all the stresses an environment can throw at them long enough for the user to get their […]
Tank-Mounted Return Line Filter
Schroeder Industries, a provider of filtration and fluid conditioning products, releases the RT Basic Filter | GRTB, a low pressure filter. Return line tank-mounted filtration offers a space saving solution for OEM’s of mobile machinery seeking to reduce the volume dedicated to hydraulic components. From our large offering of tank-mounted filters, we can find the […]
Pump cavitation: 7 ways to avoid in mobile hydraulic systems
Pump cavitation is one of the most searched topics on fluid power, which is justified, because cavitation is unfortunately an all-too-common cause of pump failure on mobile equipment. Liquids are able to hold dissolved gasses in solution, and the gas saturation level within any liquid is dependent upon the pressure, the temperature and the type […]
