Fluid Power Reference Materials

Description: Variable speed control for all types of industrial equipment is now readily available on the market with competitive pricing to non-variable speed controlled alternatives, including in the air ...

Description: Leaks happen. There is quite simply no way around it. They're in every compressed air system. Even in systems with the newest pipe and the most energy-efficient and most technologically advanced ...

Description: Written by Kaeser's team of engineers and blower experts, this e-book provides the most current information you need to wisely install, operate, and maintain your blower system. ...

Description: Boeing Canada Winnipeg (BCW) has been recognized with the best improvement project of 2013 within the Boeing enterprise worldwide. A cross-functional project team including BCW staff, Manitoba Hydro ...

Description: This comprehensive engineering handbook provides information on designing and installing energy efficient compressed air systems. ...

Description: Written by Kaeser's team of engineers and compressed air experts, this e-book provides the most current information you need to wisely install, operate, and maintain your compressed air system. ...

Description: Piston compressors are still the most common choice for many small compressed air system users. For many of these applications, the relatively low air demand and quality needed make the piston a cost ...

Description: The rise in energy prices is an unwelcome reality in today's manufacturing and business environment. While the rate of price increases for natural gas, heating oil, and other sources may vary from ...

Description: The purpose of any compressor control system is to match the compressed air supply to the demand as efficiently as possible. There are two levels of control: controls for individual compressor units; ...

Description: "The technical application is defined, the pressure rise and the mass flow are determined, but which compressor type is the right one for this application?" These or similar questions arise for many ...

Description: ISC's Nitrogen Generators take a stream of compressed air, and transform it into highly concentrated nitrogen for any application. ...

Description: Whether your manufacturing staff is assembling components used for electronics, aircraft, automobiles or appliances, it s important to identify potential ergonomic risk factors. Power tools, both ...

Description: hydraulic swivel is a rotational manifold that transmits fluid power from a stationary object to a rotational object. It often mounts in conjunction with an electrical slip ring into the center of ...

Description: Throughout the industrial manufacturing world, there is an increasing trend toward the use of high performance materials. Designers are moving away from using brass and standard elastomeric seals and ...

Description: On many food processing and wet processing applications, the presence of moisture in electrical cabinets, motor housings and related equipment can lead to a variety of costly problems including ...

Description: Follow these ten steps to energy savings in compressed air systems. ...

Description: Solution for a customer with specialized automated packaging equipment designed for plastic lid capping on consumer products to properly accommodate the equipment and reduce maintenance. ...

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that air compressors use as much as 10% of all electricity generated in the United States. Further, the DOE calculates that as much as 50% of this energy is ...

Description: Like a furnace that heats a home that's well insulated, a compressed air system with a minimum amount of leaks is more energy efficient and more effective. Leak reduction is one of the most ...

Description: Sometimes the enormous power and precision of synchronous hydraulic technology is the best option; sometimes standard indoor and outdoor cranes can do the job cost-efficiently; and sometimes lifting ...

Description: How to fix problems related to wet compressed air machine areas. ...

Description: Lubricant is a critical component in rotary screw compressors. Understanding the characteristics of lubricant types helps ensure their proper application and increases customer satisfaction by ...

Description: Portable compressors are the workhorses of rental shops across the country. The wide range of sizes available support a number of applications and sues from powering paving breakers and post drivers ...

Description: Increased awareness of the need to ensure the health and safety of the users of pneumatic equipment has led to unprecedented levels of industry regulation. For example, the Corporate Manslaughter Act ...

Description: Increased awareness of the need to ensure the health and safety of the users of pneumatic equipment has led to unprecedented levels of industry regulation. For example, the Corporate Manslaughter Act ...

Description: Oil States Industries was developing an External Cutting Manipulator (ECM) that allows for remotely controlled cutting of subsea steel structures for offshore decommissioning. In order to effectively ...

Description: Caterpillar's (CAT) high volume production facility for manufacturing diesel engine components was experiencing significant downtime due to performance issues regarding the OEM rotary unions supplied ...

Description: An improved vehicle-mounted protection system was required for use by Armed Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan . This high-tech system attaches to land combat and transportation vehicles providing ...

Description: Continuous inspection by collecting information at various production stages. Production will be adjusted accordingly. Measurements made are the following: flows, temperatures, pressures, pressures ...

Description: Current couplings in use leak and a danger of cross connection is existing. Panel mount also required by the customer. ...

Description: STC has worked with MANUFACTURER FS on this project for almost 4 years beginning in 2005. The scope of this particular project is the remote electrical connection for electrical pump motors in the ...

Description: Compressed air connection system, for connecting to the air jack cylinder. This then raises the car when in race mode and maintenance mode. Existing solution for the connector from James Lister needs ...

Description: Connect main Vehicle A/C system to auxiliary A/C unit aboard military vehicle for onboard electronic cooling. ...

Description: The Issue: The trade-off to using low temperature bladder compounds in mobile hydraulic applications is higher gas permeation rates through the bladder at working temperature. ...

Description: A leading manufacturer of seafood processing machinery was searching for a fast switching compact valve with a long service life. A key requirement was that the valve islands should be modular, ...

Description: Pressure is the balance of power on a defined surface area. Pascal (Pa) represents the pressure unit of the International System of Units (SI), but in industrial practice, pressure is represented in ...

Description: Columbia Industries LLC (Hillsboro, Oregon) was instrumental in pioneering the oil drilling rig transport industry in 1974 by putting heavy land rig modules on large axle systems. In 1982, the company ...

Description: CHALLENGE: Wallmasters was experiencing pump shaft failure after only three months of service, due to excessive wear on the splines that drive the pump. Tiffin Loader contacted Parker mobile territory ...

Description: Hydraulic actuators provide a consistent, repeatable force in a relatively small weight and size envelope. This means that in today's manufacturing environment, the work piece can be secured, in less ...

Description: Successful powered workholding does not just happen. Like any other manufacturing process, it must be carefully planned. But that does not mean that you need to be a hydraulics engineer to implement a ...

Description: When it comes to selecting an electronic to pneumatic (E/P) transducer, the type of input and the pressure range of the output are the most common selection criteria considered. There are a couple of ...

Description: You've just purchased some current to pneumatic transducers and are ready to try them. Each transducer has been carefully installed according to the manufacturer's recommendations and wired to its own ...

Description: This Application Note will help you understand how to better acheive Achieving Smoother Operation in Dynamic Accumulator Charging Circuits by using our Unloading Pilot Valve UP10-40 in conjunction ...

Description: This technical reference briefly discusses temperature and how it effects a Cartridge Valves performance. ...

Description: Compressed air has evolved from its natural origins into a highly technical source of energy. Understanding where compressed air comes from can shed light on its current uses and possibly open doors ...

Description: A scrap processing company's whole car shredder was experiencing continuous overload, causing downtime and damage to the 1000 Hp drive motor. They had been quoted a solution costing over $125,000 and ...

Description: An electric arc furnace steel processor was experiencing hydraulic cylinder failure on the segment clamp circuit. New cylinders were failing in 3-8 weeks. ...

Description: Existing mechanical prop drive systems have limitations which include: Mechanical drive systems are inherently inefficient, Engine placement is fixed, High knots require high engine RPM, Low speed ...

Description: A steel processor was experiencing hydraulic cylinder failure on the caster dummy bar disconnect cylinder. Failures were so common and repair times so lengthy that three spares were required for one ...

Description: A Midwestern steel industry manufacturer's roll lathe stopped working. The lathe was critical to the operation of the hot mill and further downtime was not acceptable. The situation was further ...

Description: A coke plant was spending in excess of $500,000 / year in hydraulic cylinder repair and had been previously trying to reduce repair cost by pursuing vendors with a low cost repair philosophy. The ...

Description: A critical piece of production equipment (so critical that on board inline spares were included) had undergone a remanufacture and redesign. System malfunction and dependability problems had gone ...

Description: An electric arc furnace steel processor wanted to Reduce the time of the charging / tapping cycle, Provide for emergency power during an outage, Increase the system pressure capabilities, Improve ...

Description: A Midwestern manufacturer was using a locomotive to transfer a highly conductive material in an environment where ambient temperatures commonly reached 130+ F. The average duty cycle of the generator ...

Description: A scrap processing company's scrap shear was experiencing much down time and components were continually failing. The shear manufacturer was no longer in business and no prints were available. ...

Description: A newly installed (by manufacturer) hydraulic security gate system (7 gate locations) was experiencing repeated failures (2-3 day duty cycle), creating terrible traffic backups. The manufacturer's and ...

Description: Comparing compressor performances across different manufacturers has long been a difficult task. For many years, it was all too easy to present data that, although accurate, was potentially ...

Description: The impact of compressed air on workflow and product quality is often overlooked. The bad news: Costly rework due to poor quality paint jobs and workflow interruptions due to inadequate air supply can ...

Description: Includes Basic Hydraulics, Setting up a Hydraulic System Guide, and Key to Measurements ...