How to Maintain the Efficiency of Hydraulic Accumulators
Blog | October 17th, 2019Hydraulic accumulators function like compact fluid batteries. In electronics terms, they’re capacitors or energy storage units. They store fluid energy, in other words. When they work as they’re designed to, remote system energies keep heavy mechanical assemblies moving responsively. However, if a hydraulic accumulator operates inefficiently, those moving parts become unresponsive. They move, but the […]
Hydraulic Fluid Overheating Problems: What are the Common Causes?
Blog | October 3rd, 2019Non-industry customers are always surprised when they hear that hydraulic fluid can get too hot. Surely, the oil should cool itself, they say. That’s not necessarily true, unfortunately. Hydraulic fluid overheating issues exist, that’s a proven fact. Moving on from this self-evident conclusion, the real question is what causes the thermal saturation. What’s the origin, […]
Dry Running Pumps: What is it and Why is it Harmful?
Blog | August 18th, 2019Hydraulic oils transmit and amplify actuator-controlled forces. They deliver those kinetic energies to mobile vehicle pistons and crane booms. In addition to that principal function, the fluid also cools and lubricates the fast-moving machine assemblies inside a hydraulic system. Hydraulic pumps, because they’re participants in this balanced fluid conveyance process, should never run dry. Regrettably, […]
What is Hydrostatic Leak Testing in Pumps?
Blog | April 15th, 2019If fluid pressures power hydraulic components, the tests used to inspect those system parts should also be fluid-based. That’s just common sense. Accordingly, engineers employ their finest hydrostatic leak testing paraphernalia when they’re running fluid circuit punctures to ground. So far so good, then, but what is hydrostatic leak testing all about? From question to […]
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 […]