How To Avoid ‘Infant Mortality’ Failure of Hydraulic Components

IMG_3216A checklist is a simple ‘tool’ that serves a very important function: to INFORM and REMIND. In so doing, mistakes or omissions resulting from ignorance and/or memory lapse — and which can easily result in the rapid destruction of a hydraulic component — can be prevented.

For example, here’s an instructive story sent to me by Hydraulics Pro Club member … Read more

How Climate Impacts Hydraulic Machine Reliability

Mvc-399fAlthough not new, global warming is a real and present issue right now. And whether you believe the science or not, we’re currently witnessing evidence of what climate-change scientists have been warning us about for some time: increasing incidence of extreme weather events.

This apparent trend towards wider extremes in temperature has implications for anyone who designs, operates or maintains … Read more

The Case Drain Filter Dilemma

CA50A recent arrival on ‘Planet Brendan’ who works for Bosch Rexoth’s ‘Large Hydraulic Drives’ division in Sweden (a.k.a. Hagglunds division) wrote me this after reading my “6 Hydraulic Mistakes….” report:

“I would have liked more information on why you shouldn’t have filters on the drain line on piston pumps. We actually use that solution in our drive units and we Read more