Power management company Eaton today announced that a hydraulic system custom-designed for Blueline Manufacturing Company’s advanced blueberry harvester, helps reduce harvest loss by up to 50%. The company looked to Eaton’s suite of hydraulic solutions to develop a new blueberry harvester that would improve driver ergonomics and reduce waste. The harvesting machine includes a complete […]
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Trends in construction machinery hydraulics
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 […]
How to maintain hydraulic system safety
What does it mean to be safe with hydraulics? Hydraulics is just a form of force transfer, and is often not unique to the mechanical systems. For example, many hydraulic operations can be achieved with drives, gears, belts or electric motors. Safe hydraulics involves the consideration of a safe machine, first and foremost, and this […]
Engineering tomorrow’s digital worksite with electrohydraulic controls
By D. Dean Houdeshell, Manager of Systems and Applications Engineering, Americas, Danfoss Power Solutions Market trends are proving that expectations are clear around the future of the mobile hydraulics industry—we need more intelligent, high-performing machines. Over the past decade, we’ve seen a lot of changes, including the implementation of the Tier IV regulations. The selection of the correct engine […]
KTI introduces new design
Kocsis Technologies, Inc. (KTI) has developed a piston accumulator design to address the issues of offshore accumulator service. This patent pending design, LockboxTM, reduces disassembly times of piston accumulators from weeks to minutes. A prototype has been manufactured and tested. The results have proven that the unit not only works as intended but it can […]
Are hydraulic hybrid vehicles the future of driving?
Today, with almost every major country joining the development race, the demand for fuel is on the rise and the need to look for alternative sources of fuel looms large. One area of research taken up by auto companies has been finding practical and efficient solutions to sources of fuel for vehicles. A couple of […]
STAUFF Hydraulic Tester Simulates Operating Conditions
The SDMKR reversible flow device developed by STAUFF is for the rapid and accurate monitoring of hydraulic components and systems. The design allows the simultaneous measurement of the three parameters: flow, pressure, and temperature, allowing maintenance personnel to determine the performance of pumps, motors, valves, or cylinders, as well as of complete systems. The portable […]
Hydraulic hybrid drivetrain manufacturer to distribute on East coast
Lightning Hybrids, Loveland, Colo., a manufacturer of hydraulic hybrid retrofit systems for shuttle bus and other medium-duty vehicles, has announced a partnership with National Fleet Hybrids to sell, install and distribute its hydraulic hybrid retrofit systems throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Lightning Hybrids, which started out designing a hydraulic hybrid system for a small […]
When hydraulics is the star — the Mantis walking robot
The last time we wrote something about a multi-legged robot—the Plustech Walking Forest Machine—the post went viral. Maybe because the thing looked like it was straight out of the movie Avatar. Well, maybe the world is getting a little more like James Cameron’s future every day … because some interesting news just surfaced about the use […]
Hydraulics aids in keeping offshore platforms stable
Barge Master BV, a Dutch company, has installed Rexroth motion compensation to neutralize waves and enhance the usefulness and safety of offshore cranes. Barge Master launched the BM-001, its first operational motion compensation platform in December to provide stability and safety to offshore crane operations. The moving platform uses a drive and control system neutralize […]