Understanding Open and Closed Loop Systems in Fluid Power
Blog | February 26th, 2019Let’s cut straight to the meat of the article. Open loop fluid systems start by sending a fluid stream through the system inlet, where it’s then picked up and boosted by a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic oil leaves its reservoir, passes through a pump outlet port, and it’s channelled towards an actuator or another active […]
Factory Pump and Valve Assembly and Testing: Meeting Pump Curve Accuracy
Blog | February 14th, 2019In hydraulics equipment, factory-branded pump and valve assemblies are put under a big microscope. Well, the instruments aren’t optical microscopes, but they do analyze the performance of these key system components in great detail. Needless to say, the graphs produced by these analytical programs look quite outlandish, at least that’s how they appear to a […]