Last week I had a conversation with an old client who’s been having a long-running battle with the manufacturer of a hydraulic machine he bought 3-years ago. The machine has never performed to either my client’s satisfaction or the manufacturer’s advertised specifications.
This client is an owner/operator, which means his machine is his livelihood. And he’s had enough. So now … Read more
In the current trend of increasing energy costs, which is being driven by big picture issues such as peak oil, carbon emission reduction and war in Europe, there is an imperative to make hydraulic systems more efficient.
The three obvious ways of doing this are:
1. Use components with higher native efficiency: a piston pump instead of a gear pump, … Read more
A colleague who works for a major hydraulic component manufacturer recently told me his company’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers are demanding hydraulic components which can handle operating temperatures in excess of 110°C. And this number is not for margin of safety – it’s for continuous operation.
The trouble with this is, heat is the biggest enemy of a hydraulic … Read more