Costly Mistakes That Most Hydraulic Users Make and How They Can Be Avoided
February 22nd, 2017Most hydraulic equipment owners and operators are a canny group, but that fact doesn’t seem to wholly eliminate costly mistakes. The errors stubbornly persist. Hard-earned lessons, however, are for gamblers and speculators, not for smart hydraulic users. This latter faction doesn’t subscribe to a wild throw of the dice, not when there’s a way to […]
Cleaning Procedure and Flushing of Hydraulic Cylinders
February 10th, 2017Ideal hydraulic systems don’t suffer from fluid contamination. They’re perfect machines, so there are no losses, just pure efficiency. Meanwhile, back in the real world, hydraulic cylinders accumulate dirt, the muck that hampers fluid power transmission. Let’s see what we can do about this build-up by establishing a fundamental cleaning procedure and flushing the muck […]
Capability Differences and Limits of Low Speed versus High Speed Torques in Hydraulic Motors
January 27th, 2017The laws of physics include a conservation of energy limitation. It’s this primary law of thermodynamics that binds itself to fluid mechanics to shape hydraulic motors. The popular hydraulic parts either exhibit low speeds and high torques, or the action works in a retrograde configuration as a high-speed, low force device. Keep that basic performance […]
How Do Hydraulic Systems Work?
January 11th, 2017It’s a new year, which is as good a time as any to take a new look at how hydraulic systems work. Essentially, the science that formalizes the principle revolves around incompressible fluids. The water or oil contained in a mechanism is, therefore, classed as a power transmission medium. Picture the closed system filled with […]
Some Common Do’s and Don’ts When Using Hydraulic Pumps
December 8th, 2016Powerful prime movers transfer torque to hydraulic pumps. The designs used in these fluid engines vary from one system to the next, but the source of power rarely changes. Basically, we’re talking about the heart of the system, a core mechanism that requires a firm set of operational rules if it’s to function as designed. […]
