Oil circuit power check
Servicing plant machinery or vehicles with hydraulic equipment is a job often overlooked. With the help of leading brands in excavators, truck-mounted cranes, lifting gear and body hoists, we present a guide to inspection, care and maintenance. Operators, roll up your sleeves
Keep things fluid
Innovation is continuing apace in the worlds of fluid power. Steed Webzell examines some of the developments most likely to be in demand
May the force be with you
Would hydraulics and pneumatics feature in a futuristic Star Wars setting? Either way, innovations are ensuring that more of the force is with you, as Dr Tom Shelley explains
Mersen mould station automation improves quality and yield
Thermal insulation supplier Mersen's site at Eurocentral, Scotland, is now running a new wet moulding station and effluent treatment plant that now automates a manual manufacturing process.
Mixing machines get hydraulic power boost
Industrial mixers manufacturer Winkworth is reporting success with two new hydraulic drive systems – one for a 450 litre twin-blade waste and recycling mixer/extruder, the other for a hazardous fluid mixer/incorporator.
Hoses and pumps
Although hydraulics and pneumatics are very mature branches of engineering, Dr Tom Shelley finds useful developments involving specialist hoses and air pumps
Cut your carbon
Modern electromechanical technology can help plant engineers to reduce the environmental impact of their operations, says Phil Burge
Branching out
Hydraulic ring mains and mixer circuits that respond in milliseconds, yet improve energy efficiency, are under development. Brian Tinham reports
Breath of fresh fluid
What bothers engineers concerned with pneumatics can be very different to those working solely with hydraulics.
Full flow fluid power
As hydraulic and pneumatic systems continue to evolve, Steed Webzell weighs up the latest innovations benefiting static and mobile plant operations