Now is not a good time. It’s a popular cliché and an evergreen excuse. Fact is of course, when you’re looking into the future, there’s never a good time to do anything. Because it’s always easy to identify some logical reason why right now is not a good time to act.

Sure, the future is always uncertain. But it’s a … Read more

As I often remind hydraulics users here and in my work in other places, energy contamination, a.k.a. heat, is public enemy #1 of every hydraulic system. And it’s a bigger threat to system longevity and reliability these days than particle and water contamination-due to the widespread awareness and adoption of modern filtration technologies.

Adequate lubrication of hydraulic components and efficient … Read more

The removal of contamination ‘built-in’ during the assembly of a new hydraulic system, or the removal of internally-generated contamination following a major, catastrophic failure in an existing hydraulic system, is commonly known as flushing.

This type of flushing is usually carried out with a dedicated rig designed specifically for this purpose. And while the hydraulic oil to be used in … Read more