Hydraulics & Pneumatics

The fluid-power channel details the basics of designing with hydraulics and pneumatics, recent product innovations, and how to control systems to combine high accuracy with powerful and high-speed actuation.

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Hydraulic Tube Fittings Deliver Leak-Free Performance and Long Life

The latest fluid connectors deliver leak-free performance and long life despite shock, vibration, and extreme pressures.
Better Sealing Through FEA

Combining test data with finite-element methods lets engineers accurately predict seal performance and life.
Fluid Power Enews Monthly-April 20, 2009

Excavators and other off-highway equipment generally make extensive use of hydraulics for multiple functions.
Fluid Power Enews Monthly-April 6, 2009

Because it is relatively inexpensive to determine the suitability of a given system design before any hardware is acquired and before prototype systems are assembled, simulation is one of the most important implementations of mathematical models.
Fluid Power Enews Monthly-March 16, 2009

Conducting rebuilds and refurbishment in off-shore applications is often a difficult, time-consuming task

Engineering in Germany

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German engineers have a reputation for having more practical backgrounds than their American counterparts, but does that translate into more-fulfilling careers?
3D & 2D CAD Files

Our on-line CAD library contains 2D files in .dwg for AutoCAD and .dxf for other systems; and 3D files for Pro/Engineer and STEP. Access to our other on-line CAD drawings is now integrated into our on-line catalog.
Speeding mechanical design with Engineering Fluid Dynamics

A recent independent study reports best-in-class companies are twice as likely to use fluid-flow simulation as their counterparts.
Soft Actuators Tackle Hard Jobs

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Air actuators remove contamination that destroy traditional cylinders. Air actuators have no piston rods and cylinder barrels and differ from metal pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders .
Body Armor for Hydraulic Hose

Although a hose’s high-tensile wire-reinforcement structure bears the brunt of internal forces, the inner tube itself has to bridge gaps in the braid formed when the hose bends and stresses.