Gates Corporation (www.gates.com) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial products, systems and components with operations in 25 countries. Gates maintains sales and marketing operations in every major industrial region, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Gates is part of Tomkins PLC, a global engineering group listed on both the London (TOMK) and New York (TKS) stock exchanges with revenues of $5.5 billion in 2008. Tomkins has over 30,000 employees worldwide and enjoys strong market positions and technical leadership across all of its business activities and owns some of the best-known brands in their respective markets.

Gates Fluid Power Application and Engineering Group

Gates Fluid Power Application and Engineering Group is leading the way in fluid power research and development, testing and customer training at their state-of-the-art facility, the Customer Solutions Center (CSC), in Englewood, Colorado. The group is comprised of about 45 of the top engineers, scientists and technicians in fluid power technology. With a customer-focused mission the group is dedicated to understanding their customer’s toughest challenges and working to meet their needs worldwide. The unique CSC facility allows for the group to collaborate with the necessary tools and resources to pioneer cutting-edge products for the fluid power industry.

Research and development are vital in the creation of innovation solutions by the Fluid Power Application and Engineering Group. Using specialized equipment and an assortment of lab facilities, Gates engineers are able to research and develop technologies that tackle the many tough issues that customers are facing in their own everyday fluid power applications. In addition, the team is working on coming up with tomorrow’s products and solutions for your needs down the line.

At the CSC, the Fluid Power Application and Engineering Group have access to equipment and amenities to be able to test every hose assembly or product prototype. Whether they are testing an assembly for a current customer or testing out a new concept, Gates engineers have the most advanced facilities and tools at their disposal.

In addition to research, development and testing the Fluid Power Application and Engineering Group put great emphasis on customer training. The CSC has fully equipped training facilities to partner with customers to work side-by side on their fluid power applications.

Three recent ground-breaking products have originated from the Gates Fluid Power Application and Engineering Group, including LifeGuard™ line-of-sight sleeving system, M-XP™ million-impulse cycle hydraulic hose and Full-Torque Nut™ couplings.

LifeGuard sleeving system is the first true protection in line-of-sight hydraulic applications. The double-layered LifeGuard sleeve contains 6,000 psi hose bursts and 3,000 psi pinhole leaks at 212°F for up to five minutes. No other flexible connection safeguards like it. To learn more about this innovative system and how it can help you make safety your number one priority, visit www.gates.com/lifeguard

M-XP hose is a revolutionary product that combines the flexibility of wire-braid construction with the strength and performance of spiral-wire reinforcement. This unique combination has been tested at an industry-leading 1,000,000 impulse cycles at 212°F. This economical option to spiral-wire hose handles 4,000-psi, high-impulse applications in all sizes. To learn more about this innovative new product, visit www.gates.com/mxp

Full-Torque Nut couplings show unsurpassed resistance to over-torquing and cracking for increased productivity and uptime. In addition, proprietary TuffCoat™ plating offers supreme corrosion resistance. To see how these tough couplings can enhance your hydraulic system, visit www.gates.com/ftn

For more information or to contact the Gates Fluid Power Application and Engineering Group, please call 303-744-5070 or email pa0000@gates.com.