Despite the trend towards electrification in many industrial applications, hydraulic engineering provides the power behind a range of groundbreaking applications and innovations in numerous sectors.
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In the precision world of manufacturing and engineering, few occurrences hold more of a sting than unexpected downtime. Downtime is often more than merely an inconvenience: for critical fluid power applications, downtime can cause a domino effect that impacts production schedules, overheads, and in serious cases, staff safety.
Hydraulic applications face a variety of frustrating, but usually predictable challenges. Fluid contamination, system leaks, overheating, component fatigue, and design mistakes are problems as old as hydraulic engineering itself, and can be extremely damaging when they occur. The phrase ‘prevention is better than cure’ is one of the mantras that fluid power engineers live by, especially when they are responsible for system maintenance.
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The shift towards sustainability in all industrial and manufacturing sectors has been inexorable, with the fluid power industry being no exception. As climate change continues to make headlines and natural resources become increasingly scarce, engineers are being challenged to rethink traditional fluid power design approaches and find more environmentally sustainable solutions.
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Pneumatic, pressurised gas systems play a pivotal role in numerous medical and healthcare applications, due to their hygiene rating, speed, and reliability, as well as their capacity to deliver high power output within a compact design. Continue reading “How Pneumatic Systems Are Used In Modern Medical & Healthcare Applications”
In hydraulic system design, the devil is often in the details, and one crucial detail that is easy to overlook but is absolutely critical to your system success is filtration. Continue reading “The Importance Of Filtration In Hydraulic System Design”
Water saturation in hydraulic oil is a common issue that service engineers face, and it can be difficult to detect until problems arise – by which time it could cause serious damage. In this article, we’ll look at the ‘cloudy oil problem’ caused by water saturation and what you can do to prevent it.
Contamination while replacing a hydraulic hose is a significant concern, as an ingress of contaminants can impair the performance of your hydraulic system, leading to inefficiency, increased wear and tear, and even potential system failure. Contaminants can enter a hydraulic system in various ways during hose replacement, and are often introduced through the hose ends during cutting or assembly, and they may also enter while the system is open during hose replacement.
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Hydraulic hoses are the blood vessels and arteries of hydraulic systems, transferring the pressurised fluid from one device to another within a system, and conveying the energy required to operate complex machinery and industrial applications. For hydraulic design engineers, therefore, specifying the right type of hydraulic hose is crucial to sustaining the proper functioning of the system and preventing any damage due to incorrect hose selection. In this article, we’ll look at the main commercially available hydraulic hose types, with suggested applications.
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All hydraulic fluid power systems, no matter how diverse, rest on five fundamental operating principles. To develop a versatile and efficient means of transmitting power, therefore, it is essential that any hydraulic system design accommodates these principles within the design, maintenance, and troubleshooting stages.
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