Traction is king on grape harvester
You seldom hear happy peasants singing in the vineyard as they hand-pick grapes at harvest time today. As in most agricultural operations, efficient machines have taken over the work of the harvest. However, because vineyards come in all sizes, and are planted on almost all kinds of terrain, equipment-manufacturer Oxbo International Corp., Lynden, Wash., offers a variety of harvesters, planters, and other agricultural equipment, most of which make extensive use of hydraulics.
Trash compactor is designed for efficiency
Engineers who design trash compactors have always had two overriding concerns. First, because of the nature of their equipment, they never know what strange objects users may throw into it. Second, it is likely that unskilled or uncaring operators will be put in charge of it. Lately, a third challenge has been added: purchasers want compactors that are energy efficient.
Versatile Vane Motor Produces Virtually Constant Torque
With its patented vane-crossing-vane design, this hydraulic motor provides low-speed, high-torque and high-speed, high-torque power from the same bi-rotational power converter. Working vanes in the rotor and sealing vanes in the stator are ...
Air valves ensure safe fuel transfers
DSP can hold as many as 13 cams, with the same number of pneumatic valves. These normally closed, 3-way MJV-3 cam-actuated pneumatic valves have 1/8-in. ports, are rated to flow 25 scfm at 100 psig, and require a force of 38 ...
Fluid power shines — down on the farm
HST drives 3-speed gearbox to move huge, 6-row cotton picker. By: R.T. Schneider Cotton picking often goes on around the clock; stadium-lighting package of six halogen lamps creates floodlight pattern for night visibility out in front of ...
Hydraulics in it for the long haul
Realizing the awesome power of hydraulics makes it easy to forget that it is still a rugged, precise, and highly reliable means of control.
Tough transducers travel off-road
Hydraulic cylinder position-sensing in the rugged environments typically encountered by construction, agriculture, and other off-highway mobile-equipment is critical. There are three reasons to consider sensors, such as Temposonics Model MH sensors:
Fluid motor helps swimmers go nowhere
Swimming has long been recognized as an almost ideal form of exercise. Weight-free exercise in an aquatic environment provides a superior cardiovascular workout without muscle or joint stress due to impact with the ground. Most people ...
Tough sugar cane surrenders to tougher hydraulic harvester
Rubber-tired Case/Austoft Series 7000 harvester has 2510-mm wheelbase, can harvest green cane at the rate of 11/2 to 2 tons/min and burnt cane at the rate of 2 to 4 tons/min. Depending on field and crop conditions, travel speed is in the ...
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