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Hydraulic hybrids

New-generation hydraulics for electrically powered machines

July 29, 2020 By Ken Korane

Climate-change mitigation and lower CO2 emissions are keen topics of discussion among construction industry OEMs and manufacturers of mobile machines for agriculture, forestry and mining. Which drive systems will be most suitable in the future to meet the demands for high power density and efficient, economical operation with minimal pollutant emissions? Industry expert Dierk Peitsmeyer, […]

Filed Under: Components, Controls, Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, Pumps / Motors Tagged With: bucher, bucherhydraulics

Embrace hydraulics, or call it quits

February 25, 2020 By Ken Korane

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It’s barely February and we already know the fluid-power industry’s news of the year: Danfoss is acquiring Eaton Hydraulics for $3.3 billion. It paints a stark contrast between two corporations’ view of the future of hydraulics. Eaton’s CEO Craig Arnold said the sale “is part of the ongoing transformation of Eaton into a higher growth […]

Filed Under: Components, Featured, Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, System Design Tagged With: danfoss

Danfoss acquires Visedo, an expert in electric solutions

November 1, 2017 By Paul Heney

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Danfoss continues to invest in innovation to enable further growth, the latest with the acquisition of Visedo Oy, a world-leading expert in electric solutions for the off-highway and marine markets. With this step, Danfoss is responding to the growing customer demand for electric solutions to reduce emissions and pollution and to increase productivity. Visedo is […]

Filed Under: Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News Tagged With: danfosspowersolutions

Decentralized hydraulics for micro excavators

July 17, 2017 By Ken Korane

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Environmental restrictions and economic pressures have spurred greater interest in hybrid and electric off-road mobile machinery. According to researchers Tatiana Minav, Matti Pietola and Shuzhong Zhang of Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, in addition to well-established methods for energy saving in hydraulic systems, a promising concept is zonal or decentralized hydraulics—an approach first pioneered in […]

Filed Under: Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, Research, System Design

Lightweight piston accumulators used in hydraulic systems for hybrid powertrains

July 5, 2017 By Paul Heney

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Hydraulic energy recuperation with hydraulic accumulators responds to demands for increasingly energy efficient and fuel-conserving solutions. Developers at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies have succeeded at significantly reducing the weight of high-pressure and low-pressure piston accumulators thanks to a special construction design and a new joining technology. Hydraulic accumulators are used to store braking energy in hybrid […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hybrids Tagged With: Freudenberg Sealing Technologies

Lightning Hybrids renames company Lightning Systems and announces rollout of new fleet efficiency products

May 10, 2017 By Mary Gannon

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Loveland, Colo.-based Lightning Hybrids announced it will change its name to Lightning Systems, effective immediately. Lightning Systems also announced that in the next two years it will introduce a new lineup of fleet efficiency products to support commercial and government fleets. Lightning Systems supplies hydraulic-hybrid systems for delivery trucks, shuttle and paratransit buses, refuse trucks, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, System Design Tagged With: lightninghybrids, lightningsystems

Lightning Hybrids expands its UK facilities

March 14, 2017 By Mary Gannon

Lightning Hybrids, which manufactures hydraulic-hybrid propulsion systems for trucks and buses, has doubled the space it of its UK facility as it aims to expand its international business. Bonnie Trowbridge, company spokesperson, said that sales were promising in England, so moved from its office outside London—which was established in 2015— to the Motor Industry Research […]

Filed Under: Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, System Design Tagged With: lightninghybrids

Engineering a groundbreaking hydraulic hybrid

September 16, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Here’s an inside look at the concepts, engineering and testing behind Caterpillar’s highly successful 336EH hydraulic hybrid excavator. By Aleksandar Egelja, Engineering Manager, Advanced Hydraulic Systems, Caterpillar Inc. Recently, I had the pleasure of addressing Fluid Power World’s inaugural Technology Conference in Milwaukee. The discussion centered on Caterpillar’s innovative 336EH hydraulic-hybrid excavator, and how this novel design increases fuel […]

Filed Under: Components, Featured, Hydraulic hybrids, Pumps / Motors, System Design Tagged With: Caterpillar

Peapod grocery delivery adds hydraulic hybrid trucks to its fleet

May 19, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Peapod-Lightning Hydraulic Hybrid trucks

Peapod, an online grocer, took delivery of its first two fuel efficient, hydraulic hybrid delivery trucks this month. The vehicles, existing Workhorse walk-in vans with GM gasoline engines and equipped with the Lightning Hybrids Energy Recovery System (ERS), are in service on the streets of Chicago and were partially paid for by the Drive Clean […]

Filed Under: Featured, Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, System Design Tagged With: lightninghybrid

Trends in construction machinery hydraulics

November 4, 2015 By Josh Cosford

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Hydraulics define the evolution of construction machinery. Article updated on April 15, 2016 with new text and images. If you asked my 20-year-old self to describe the typical day on a construction site, I’d probably have described the stereotypical scene: five guys standing around watching a sixth dig a ditch. Even if there was ever any truth to that […]

Filed Under: Hydraulic hybrids, Industry News, Mobile Hydraulics Blog, System Design Tagged With: dana, rexroth

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