For heavy equipment owners at least, there are only two ways to get the essential hydraulics knowledge they need. The first way is via their preferred repair shop, in exchange for helping to pay for the owner’s holiday home. This is ‘after the event’ education. And it’s the most expensive education anyone can get. The second way is to get … Read more

The original life cycle bathtub curve was based on the cycle of human life. And at some point last century it was adapted by reliability engineers working in the electronics manufacturing industry to graphically represent the failure rate of their products. As you can see from its depiction below, the Observed Failure Rate-the top, bathtub curve, is the product of … Read more

Clause 5.4.6.5.1 a) of ISO 4413:2010 “Hydraulic fluid power – General rules and safety requirements for systems and their components” states: “hose assemblies shall be constructed from hoses that have not been previously used in operation as part of another hose assembly and that fulfil all performance and marking requirements given in appropriate standards;”

This means squeezing a new … Read more