It’s now more important than ever to ensure that every dollar spent on operating and maintaining hydraulic equipment is a dollar well spent. Furthermore, it’s imperative that the hydraulic equipment you design, repair or maintain doesn’t LEAK money.

Hydraulic systems are often considered perennial consumers of oil and in turn, make-up fluid is seen as an inherent cost of operating … Read more

Given that removing contaminants from hydraulic oil to extend hydraulic component life is the primary objective of filtration, it is a paradox for filters to be located where they reduce the service life of components they were installed to protect.

So when considering the possible locations for filters in a hydraulic system, the overarching principle should be: first, do no … Read more

If you’ve been working with hydraulics for a while, you probably consider a hydraulic system with a variable displacement pump to be more efficient than its fixed displacement counterpart. As a generalization this is true. But like most things in hydraulics, it depends. And in the case of a variable-displacement pump, it largely depends on the type of control used … Read more