Bimba, an industry-leading innovator of pneumatic, hydraulic and electric motion solutions, now offers a cutting-edge compact air cylinder – the Blue and Improved Flat-1®. Blue (as in New) and Improved designates Bimba products that have been redesigned to offer enhancements applying the most recent advances in design technology. The Blue and Improved Flat-1® features 19 new…
19 new features in Bimba “Blue and Improved” air cylinder line — including Flat-1 air cylinder
Bimba, an industry-leading innovator of pneumatic, hydraulic and electric motion solutions, now offers a cutting-edge compact air cylinder – the Blue and Improved Flat-1®. Blue (as in New) and Improved designates Bimba products that have been redesigned to offer enhancements applying the most recent advances in design technology. The Blue and Improved Flat-1® features 19 new […]
Industrial-actuator manufacturer PHD Inc. celebrates 60 years in business
PHD Inc. was founded this month in 1957. Over 60 years of innovation, PHD has made automation work better and more efficiently for manufacturers around the world. The first product developed (and still popular today) was the Tom Thumb pneumatic cylinder. Today PHD manufactures a broad offering of products used for industrial automation. These actuators provide […]
Sensata’s new linear voice coil actuator for ultra-small motion designs in medical devices
Medical devices are often smaller and lighter in weight than the majority of applications that require some type of motion control, simply because they are often portable/mobile, hand-carried or lifted. Internal components needed for these devices are chosen carefully to make for the smallest overall device footprint. This poses unique challenges to component manufacturers supplying […]
Kurt Workholding’s HDL CarvLock® Towers Provide Precision Clamping
Kurt Workholding offers a complete line of high-density CarvLock® workholding towers for precision machining with eight or twelve clamping stations in both manual and hydraulic models. Equipped with easily changeable jaws, these Kurt towers provide maximum setup flexibility and fast changeover between jobs. Kurt’s complete line of CarvLock tower system options allows manufactures to configure…
Gallery: New automotive component tech at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show
The recent North American International Auto Show — the Detroit Auto Show for short — is known for highlighting the debuts of new production vehicles and concept cars. But a lot of automotive suppliers also use NAIAS to highlight new developments in component and subsystem technology. We have put a few of the more interesting…
Gallery: Cool vehicle tech on display at Detroit’s 2017 North American International Auto Show
The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is known for hosting debuts of new-model vehicles. But some of the more interesting technical developments at the show don’t appear on the vehicles that get the lion’s share of the press coverage. What follows are some of the vehicles we noticed that seemed to host noteworthy powertrain…
Midland Metal launches updated 2017 catalog
Midland Metal Mfg. has launched its new 2017 catalog. The 576 page, full color catalog offers 14,000 products with over 1,300 new items. New products include truck and trailer accessories, hose clamps, pneumatic accessories, many new valves, and an all new LP Gas section of products. Midland Metal Mfg. partners with wholesalers and distributors nationwide that […]
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Why do cylinders fail on an excavator?
Hydraulics works well in extreme conditions, including in mobile equipment such as excavators. Hydraulic systems run at higher pressures here, typically 4,000 psi or more. The components used, including the cylinders, are very heavy duty in nature, and they have high duty cycles—which means these machines can run for hours at a time—continuously. And, it […]
PMMI releases newly revised B155.1-2016 packaging machinery standard
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is pleased to announce the approval of its ANSI/B155.1-2016 Safety Requirements for Packaging and Processing Machinery standard as an American National Standard by the American National Standards Institute by the Board of Standards Review. The objective of the ANSI/PMMI B155.1-2016 standard is to improve the safety of […]
Digital positioners for fluid-power actuators
Pneumatic and hydraulic actuators routinely operate damper drives, flow valves, vacuum controls and other devices in countless process applications. However, there can be a sizeable performance gap between conventional open-loop positioners and closed-loop digital positioners used in such tasks. The problem, explained Ed Steutermann, president of KyTronics, Prospect, Ky., is that open-loop controllers apply a […]
NFPA hosting Chicago Regional Meeting on December 7
The NFPA 2016 Chicago Regional Meeting is coming up soon and this year’s program is too good to miss. Brad Terry, Principal with The Keystone Group, will review common pitfalls that manufacturing companies face in the sales & operations planning process. Brad has helped many companies find solutions and will share ideas that will ensure […]
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What makes a quality hydraulic component?
If you’ve been around the hydraulic world for a while, you’ll have noticed there is a price discrepancy between various component manufacturers. Whether there is a correlation between price and quality is a discussion unto itself, but regardless, you can’t argue the price range is vast. Let’s assume for this missive that higher priced components […]
Firestone Industrial Products team to compete in Annual Engine Challenge
Five students from Sequoyah High School in Soddy Daisy, Tenn., are raring to rev their engines at the national Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge. Their team sponsor—Firestone Industrial Products (FSIP)—will be cheering the young auto enthusiasts on as they battle it out at PRI 2016 in Indianapolis this December 8-10. At stake? Millions in […]
A look ahead with JARP Industries’ CEO, Kevin Kraft
Last month, Wisconsin-based JARP Industries, a manufacturer of custom hydraulic cylinders, purchased Ordered Motion Systems Inc. (OMS), a nearby producer of large bore, telescopic cylinders. I spoke with JARP CEO, Kevin Kraft, about the combined company’s direction and outlook. Kraft explained that, as the NFPA’s market statistics readily show, almost all of the company’s markets […]
APEM introduces 5-way industrial joystick
APEM has introduced the newest addition to its expanding industrial joystick line: the NV series. This new switch-based miniature joystick offers 4 directional outputs, plus a 5th center pushbutton option—providing a positive, tactile feedback in all directions for precise and secure fingertip control. The compact 16mm NV series is available with either a castle or conical […]
Comparing the real costs of vacuum generators
Mike Guelker Product Manager – Pneumatic Actuators Festo Corp. • Hauppauge, N.Y. Vacuum generators come in an extensive array of types, sizes, designs and efficiencies to suit widely ranging applications. And while maximizing performance for a given task is important, anyone using a vacuum system should also take a close look at overall costs before […]
AEM Hall of Fame announces 2016 inductees
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers announces the 2016 inductees into the AEM Hall of Fame, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding individuals in the off-road equipment industry, and their legacy of innovation, service and leadership. The two inductees into the 2016 AEM Hall of Fame are Ray Hagie, founder of Hagie Manufacturing LLC, and Robert L. […]
Dana to purchase select Brevini Group businesses
Dana Incorporated today announced a definitive agreement to purchase the power-transmission and fluid power businesses of Brevini Group, S.p.A. Under terms of the agreement, Dana plans to initially purchase an 80% share in the Brevini businesses, with an option to purchase the remaining 20% by 2020. Dana has valued 100 percent of the Brevini businesses […]
LVIT inductive linear sensor for cylinder position feedback requires no magnet
Alliance Sensors Group is pleased to announce the MR Series of Linear Position Sensors for use in measuring the ram position of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders. The MR Series is designed to be a drop-in form, fit, and function replacement for magnetostrictive sensors but with much more robust construction and a lower cost of ownership, […]
Humphrey Products introduces new proportional valve driver
Humphrey Products has introduced the latest product within the company’s ProControl family, the PCD proportional valve driver. The PCD produces the appropriate current control, either constant current or PWM, to effectively drive any ProControl proportional valve upon receiving signal from a variety of data acquisition sources (ie PLCs, IoT, closed loop sensors, etc). Suitable for product development, […]
Engineering education: The science vs technology split
Although it’s been more than two decades since I received my engineering degree, it took me this long to fully understand engineering education. My breakthrough came last month when Dan Burklo, Dean of Math, Science, and Engineering Technologies, Northwest State Community College, spoke at a manufacturing workforce conference in Columbus, Ohio, that I attended. Burklo […]
Sun Hydraulics agrees to acquire Enovation Controls
Sun Hydraulics Corporation has entered into an agreement with Enovation Controls, LLC, an Oklahoma-based and privately held provider of electronic control, display and instrumentation solutions, to acquire its Power Controls (PC) and Vehicle Technologies (VT) lines of business. The acquisition is expected to close in 30 days, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing […]
9 dumb mistakes people make when designing fluid power systems
Sometimes dumb is relative. Was Einstein dumb because he brushed off quantum entanglement as “spooky action at a distance?” He was wrong, of course, because two entangled subatomic…
RYCO Hydraulics debuts 24-7 program in Houston
RYCO Hydraulics announced that it started up its RYCO 24•7 program in Houston on November 1. RYCO 24•7 brings years of success in Australia and New Zealand to the Houston market. The Houston location is the company’s first location in Texas, and the fifth location in North America. Located at 1616 Greens Road in North Houston, […]
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