Fluid Power Reference Materials

Description: Fluid power is generally divided into two main categories: Pneumatics and Hydraulics. Pneumatic systems use compressed air for low-cost applications requiring moderate forces or torques. Hydraulic ...

Description: Digital applications have the potential to sustainably optimize processes in wastewater technology through the data-supported networking and control of systems. Operators benefit from lower energy and ...

Description: Technological advancements in hydraulic systems and fluids have significantly improved both industrial and mobile machine performance by improving equipment reliability, minimizing operating costs, ...

Description: Hydraulic systems serve almost every industry including construction, industrial, mobile, civil, military, and agricultural applications. These systems can be found in every piece of construction ...

Description: Hydraulic motor or motor oil, mainly used in injection molding machinery, ships, raise machine, engineering machinery, construction machinery, mining machinery, mining machinery, metallurgical ...

Description: Urethane is an engineered product and a member of the rubber family. Like other rubber materials, urethane has the ability to endure large deformation and recover from the deforming force; more simply ...

Description: Working pressure: the pressure input motor oil, which depends on the motor load. The difference between motor inlet pressure and outlet pressure is called motor differential pressure. ...

Description: Rotomation's customers have been relying on our actuators and drives for their manufacturing needs for over 50 years. Our success comes from the success of our customers. By providing a high-quality, ...

Description: For almost 200 years, the wastewater management sector in Portugal has had to face ever increasing challenges, brought about in large part by the rapid population growth since the beginning of the ...

Description: This manual offers a comprehensive guidance to anyone who is looking to further explore and get insights in compressed air technology. ...

Description: All manufacturing facilities have downtime, the time when a machine or production line is not creating any output. The goal is to minimize the unplanned downtime, while maximizing the efficiency of ...

Description: SUCCESS STORY- ARCELORMITTAL'S BEAM ROLLING MILL ...

Description: SUCCESS STORY - GLASS FACTORY NOELLE + VON CAMPE GMBH IN BOFFZEN ...

Description: When you decide to treat yourself to a sandwich at a service station, or when you are served a wrap or panini while cruising through the air at 32,000 feet, there is a good chance it originated in ...

Description: The internal parts of the water-slip ring include a rotor, a stator located inside the rotor and a chassis for fixing the stator. ...

Description: Award winning winemaker Teusner Wines recently invested in two Kaeser SK 25 rotary screw compressors, which are responsible for delivering a reliable and energy efficient supply of compressed air to ...

Description: KAESER's latest product solution for the beverage industry - Booster systems come into play when, for technical reasons, specific points in a production process require a pressure higher than the ...

Description: Carl Kaeser Sr. established his machine workshop in 1919. Today KAESER is a highly successful global supplier of compressors and compressed air systems that remains true to its roots. ...

Description: It is certainly not a new realization that food is about much more than nourishment. The experience of flavors can represent pure enjoyment while enhancing our sense of culture and lifestyle. To ...

Description: Can water be aesthetic? Absolutely! At any rate, the German-Swiss family business Neoperl ensures that it flows in a highly aesthetic way. Neoperl products shape the water stream, regulate the flow ...

Description: Replacing legacy electropneumatic valve positioners with digital, zero-bleed ones can generate significant cost savings for medium-to-large pipeline operators seeking a sure way to reduce costs, ...

Description: Quick closing valves, positive displacement pumps, and vertical pipe runs can create damaging pressure spikes, leading to blown diaphragms, seals and gaskets also destroyed meters and gauges. ...

Description: Nutrablend Foods formulates and packages sports nutrition products. Founded in 1999, the company has become a leader in formulation, production & packaging of products for the nutraceutical and sports ...

Description: With over ten thousand air system audits under out belt, we've seen it all and learned a few things. One of the most common problems we see is that most systems have far more capacity than needed. On ...

Description: This white paper compares rotary lobe and screw blowers, internal and external compression, and how to properly apply these technologies for designing an energy efficient system.  ...

Description: The best abrasive waterjet machines on the market are designed for rigorous machining. A combination of meticulous mechanics, rigid construction, and velocity control from the software ensures the ...

Description: The internal parts of a liquid slip ring mainly include a rotor, a stator located inside the rotor and a chassis for fixing the stator. The liquid slip ring structure and working principle is as ...

Description: If your company is one of the 70% of manufacturing facilities that use compressed air as a substantial portion of their operations, you know lubrication is essential for helping industrial air ...

Description: An air compressor problem could stem from one of many issues, such as an air leak, an oil leak or a broken part. In some cases, you might have insufficient pressurization or air flow. In other cases, ...

Description: Gas generators fall into two categories: pressure swing adsorption generators and membrane nitrogen generators: Read about the technologies and benefits ...

Description: Safety screens are precision components designed to protect orifices, relief valves, and other critical hydraulic fluid-control components from rogue contamination. However, safety screens are not ...

Description: Choosing the right type of spray nozzle for your application can be tricky. To make it easy, we developed this guide to outline the main difference between our offerings. ...

Description: Over 300 Rotork K-TORK pneumatic vane actuators have been installed at one of Florida's largest low-pressure ultrafiltration (UF) membrane plants. ...

Description: The function principle of the fiber optical slip ring is same as electric slip ring, except that the transmitted signal is an optical signal instead of an electrical signal. It can provide ...

Description: Quite often we are asked the question "what happens to the output pressure if there is no electrical signal to an I/P transducer"? The answer to that question depends on both the type of I/P as well ...

Description: What is the difference between a relieving and non-relieving regulator? ...

Description: Pneumatic conveying applications are critical to many facilities - when you can't move material you can't make or sell your product. Because of a historical lack of availability of specialized rental ...

Description: Chart on installation of locator giving dimensions of the mounting hole, pins, bushings, etc. ...

Description: Specific directions on how to use the locator while explaining removal of pins and bushings with notes and pictures included ...

Description: Safe storage and distribution of domestic hot water is imperative in any application. We provide a complete line of thermostatic mixing valves to ensure safe, tempered water is delivered from source ...

Description: Roadtec manufactures a variety of road building and asphalt paving equipment, relying on hydraulics for the power density and precision control it provides in cutting, paving and more. The company's ...

Description: This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England ...

Description: Whether you are replacing an existing regulator or starting a new project, having answers to the following questions will help us provide you with the appropriate regulator. ...

Description: There are several factors that need to be known before a calculation can be used to decide the most suitable sized hydraulic gear motor for an application. 1) First of all find out if the required ...

Description: what happens if you need to bleed off air quickly when downstream pressure builds past a set point? ...

Description: On-Site Hydrogen Generation through water electrolysis is a great way of transforming low cost electricity into hydrogen gas that can be used in a variety of applications. Hydrogen fueling and many ...

Description: Discover how metering pumps were customized to effectively deliver chemicals to record depths, for deep offshore production in Indonesia. ...

Description: TS Trim Industries, manufacturer of interior door panels for Honda Accords, Civics, and CRV's, produces over 3,400 sets of door panels a day. They have a manufacturer, Sinto located in Japan, that ...

Description: A large manufacturer of automated spraying equipment was having problems keeping their equipment's control panels protected from air borne mists and internal heat generated from the electronics. The ...

Description: To better understand daily operations in industrial plants, a strategy called Root Cause Analysis is used. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a systematic approach to problem-solving, commonly applied when ...

Description: Almost every industrial plant has a problem department where its central air system cannot deliver sufficient pressure to properly operate air tools or machinery. ...

Description: As the name of the device implies, the compressed air used by the Air Amplifier is added to, and thus 'amplified', the total output flow of the unit. Depending on the size and type of Air Amplifier, ...

Description: As margins get tighter and cost of manufacturing climbs, industries are looking into other areas to be more economical. A big focus today is in the compressed air systems. Compressed air is considered ...

Description: This video highlights the value and benefits of an engineered blow off solution. ...

Description: DSTI's sales and engineering teams worked directly with NASA engineers to develop a custom-engineered rotary union solution for NASA's Robotic Refueling Missions (RRM) in preparation for the 2020 ...

Description: A booster, or pressure intensifier, is a device that amplifies available line pressure in order to perform work requiring much higher pressure. It operates a hydraulic cylinder without the need for a ...

Description: Final inspection revealed excellent resistance to wear and demonstrates remarkable longevity. ...

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 shutdown timing is critical, and the maintenance manager wants to make sure everything goes smoothly. Hydraulic cylinders are a critical part of the process, and during the shutdown, the manager ...

Description: Rotary Systems got involved at the highest level of motorsports when an engineer from a top team needed a small rotary union capable of running at up to 4000 RPM. This was for an on-board tire ...

Description: Adding to their growing list of clients in the upstream oil industry, Rotary Systems worked with a large original equipment manufacturer in Asia to design a custom rotary union-slip ring assembly for ...

Description: When a large Fortune 500 Defense company was looking to liquid cool a 30-foot gun barrel, they came to Rotary Systems. Rotary Systems designed a large two passage rotary union to provide fluid to cool ...

Description: A major medical company was having problems with their equipment, and after careful examination it was revealed that these machines has multiple rotary swivels that were leaking, causing the machines ...

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: What do tasty shish kebabs, weather-proof paints and varnishes, delicious fruit juice drinks and newsprint have in common? At first glance, very little. But if we take a look at how they are made, we ...

Description: DEPRAG SCHULZ GMBH & CO., the air motor specialists are widening the gap between themselves and their nearest competitors. The combination of innovative ideas and expertise bred from decades of ...

Description: For protection against the elements in historic building refurbishment or for protecting against corrosion in the shipbuilding industry, paint and/or coatings come into play. According to their own ...

Description: An air motor powers an innovative transport device designed for wheeled equipment. Moving heavy rolls of paper, railway wagons, and even parked aircrafts by hand may sound like magic, but it is ...

Description: Good things come to those who wait, but time costs money - especially concerning maintenance work, where in fact simple solutions can be employed to speed things up. The engineers at DEPRAG SCHULZ ...

Description: Winding drives can be found in many production processes: they wind continuous materials before or after their handling on spirals, rolls, reels or balls. The spectrum of material to be wound ranges ...

Description: Motors should be small and light - yet they must also achieve high torque values! DEPRAG is currently lauching their enhanced POWER LINE air motors on the market and the name says it all. With their ...

Description: Right from the initial selection of a drive, a designer has to make careful considerations when looking for the optimal motor for his application. Determining the torque and speed, selecting a ...

Description: A motor needs to be powerful while still being small and robust. During the selection of an airmotor for the automated technology, especially a small size and low mass are convincing advantages. An ...

Description: What happens when the power from your drive unit simply isn't enough? When the motor for your robot-controlled plant has to supply maximum power yet has to be physically very small? When it has to ...

Description: In these times of rising costs, companies are increasingly reliant on pre-processing in automation. Even in the food industry, automated production processes have gained in significance and hygiene is ...

Description: USING HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS... Hydraulic cylinders are typically designed to operate in environments below 180° F. But, if the application requires a hotter environment, ...

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

Description: In today's fast-paced industry, there are machines, systems and automation, that if a failure occurs, infrastructure, the environment, and lives could be put in danger. Sometimes the consequence of a ...

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: What happens when the power from your drive unit simply isn't enough? When the motor for your robot-controlled plant has to supply maximum power yet has to be physically very small? When it has to ...

Description: Printing Press Builder Delivers Lowest Total Cost of Ownership in New Generation of Flexographic Presses ...

Description: Ambient air conditions have a significant impact on rotary screw air compressor and refrigerated air dryer performance. Understanding and managing equipment inlet air pressure and temperature, ...

Description: An Oil-­-Free Compressor when properly applied can provide financial savings. Here are a few concepts to be aware of during the design of an air compressor system. Knowledge of the actual "point of ...

Description: Compressed air is used in most manufacturing and process industries. Most industrial processes have zero tolerance for the introduction of oil into the end product being manufactured. Industries ...

Description: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recognized the need for more The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recognized the need for more The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recognized the need for more ...

Description: Compressed air systems are sometimes called the "4th Utility" due to their presence in almost all industrial processes and facilities. The objective of this paper is to focus on the opportunity to ...

Description: Compressed air is a key utility supporting the food packaging and food processing industries in North America. Compressed air must be contaminant-free to ensure the protection of the food products ...

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: An air motor powers an innovative transport device designed for wheeled equipment Moving heavy rolls of paper, railway wagons, and even parked aircrafts by hand may sound like magic, but it is humanly ...

Description: Do you plan on using a high-torque stainless-steel motor in an agitator system to mix paint and coatings, or as a compact power pack for an innovative roller transport device? If so, then an air motor ...

Description: Modern air motors are extremely well suited to steam sterilization, whereas electrical motors are always in danger of short-circuiting. Batteries can be damaged by steam treatment in autoclaves. They ...

Description: It's all down to the packaging. Most consumer purchasing decisions are made on the spot, in just a couple of seconds. The design, shape and presentation of the pack make the difference - guiding ...