A hydraulics guy was called in to fix a problem with a giant corporation’s hydraulic system. The company’s engineers had been working round the clock to get the system back online, without success. When the hydraulics guy arrived he asked a few questions, then walked over to the hydraulic power unit and tapped it three times.
As a product group, hydraulic cylinders are almost as common as pumps and motors combined. So if you operate a lot of hydraulic equipment, it’s likely that cylinder repair expense is a significant portion of your total operating costs.
According to some studies, up to 25% of mechanical equipment failures are failures of design. If we apply this to … Read more