Chelsea Power Take-Off: Uses and Applications in Hydraulics
Blog | July 26th, 2018A power take-off is a singularly focused piece of hydraulically powered equipment. The device receives energy from a power source, then that energy is transmitted to a separate fluid-powered device. Chelsea power take-offs push that fluid-mechanical principle to the limit. They’re built for heavy-duty applications, for big trucks and other workhorse usage domains. Look, there’s […]
Hydraulic Uses in Construction Work
Blog | May 29th, 2018Hydraulic power is utilized in all kinds of construction work. True, construction sites are full of workers, but for every group of workers, there’s a single fluid-powered crane or excavator doing the same work more efficiently. In fact, a typical day on a building site sees these sturdy lifters and diggers moving more than any […]
Hydraulic Fluid Viscosity and Its Effects in Hydraulic Systems
Blog | May 11th, 2018The lifeblood of a mobile hydraulic rig, its hydraulic fluid, keeps the system functioning like a great mechanical workhorse. Thanks to the forces stored in that oily fluid, the heavy equipment reliably moves bulky loads. The parts mesh with the oil to responsively direct that payload, and the operator loses himself in the work until […]
Filtration and Conditioning of Hydraulic Valves
Blog | April 30th, 2018What causes hydraulic systems to come to a crunching, lurching halt? Certainly, there are mechanical defects, breakdowns that can be traced back to a worn component. But fluid contamination is what we’re all about today. Hydraulic contaminants impair hydraulic valves, that’s just an unavoidable fact. Well, that’s not quite true, for there are filtration and […]
Parker Industrial Manifold Mounted Valves: Uses and Applications
Blog | April 17th, 2018Deep inside a hydraulics manifold, multiple fluid streams are on the move. The big metal block is distributing fluid power throughout the system so that a mobile lifter can control all of its moving parts. In plain terms, that machined block is the nerve centre, the system backbone. As for the Parker industrial manifold valves […]