In the fall of 2014 drivelines manufacturing engineer contacted Detroit’s PIRTEK Director of Sales and Marketing, John Martin, to request a quote. The client stated he had 4 old Hydraulic Power Units to be re-built. He was inquiring if this was something PIRTEK was capable of doing. The following day, a team including PIRTEK Mobile […]
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App helps customers with product configuration
Muncie Power Products, Inc. continues to expand and improve its innovative product configuration tool, M-Power. M-Power is an online application tool designed to assist customers with product configuration in order to find the appropriate products based on customer need. Beyond product configuration, the app gives customers the ability to view pricing, crossover products and use […]
Sealed toggle switches for all-weather environments
Ultra Switches from Kar-Tech feature IP-68 sealing and are fully submersible. The switch uses an engineered silicone seal both between the top of the switch housing and the base, and again around the toggle actuator so that the switch itself, without need for a sealing boot, is completely sealed. The switches have an operating life […]
Customized operator control interface designs
GS Global Resources provides enhanced operator and control environments, customized to its customers’ requirements. Operator control interface designs are seat mounted or designed for dash integration. CAN, LIN, RS485 interface options, numerous switch configurations using today’s software technology. Systems can include a variety of styles and sizes of display control modules, such as touch screens and […]
Bar stock and its use in hydraulic components
Bar stock is used in various applications of fluid power, either as a mounting for other valve systems or simply for consolidation of plumbing. The bar stock itself is typically an alloy of either aluminum or ductile iron, and is manufactured in billets suitable for machining finished product. The most popular use is the bar […]
Repair and reverse engineering
Hydraulic repair facility features state-of-the-art testing equipment, computerized library of OEM specs, computer tracking for quick support, fast turn-around time.
Accumulator sizing calculator debuts
Accumulators Inc. recently unveiled its new sizing calculator for accumulators. The easy-to-use, application-specific Accumulator Sizing Tool is the first of its kind, with no spreadsheets or program to download.
Attachable loop powered digital indicator
NOSHOK’s 1800 Series Attachable Loop-Powered Digital Indicator provides convenient local indication and is easily inserted into a variety of NOSHOK transmitters.
Tear tab caps for tubing, rod, fittings
MOCAP’s tear tab caps are designed to fit over threaded tubing, rods and fittings. These tear caps are suitable for use as shipping caps, end caps, pipe caps, product protection and thread protectors.
TuffDOM tubing is cold drawn, stress-relieved
TuffDOM tubing is suitable for fluid power and other mechanical applications. Performance requirements for DOM tubing are more demanding than ever. Today’s customers insist that the mechanical properties of their tubing be virtually customized. They demand greater flexibility in combining qualities such as yield and tensile strength, hardness and ductility. And they want their tubing to be tougher.
