Cylinder drives, cable guides RV slideout room
Skyline trailer parked with slideout room extending out from left rear side. Battery-powered motor with overload protection drives bi-directional gear pump. Some campers carry all their gear on their backs as they walk into ...
Staged modulation improves forklift brake control
Pedal movement provides low-pressure braking for maneuverability, or high-pressure braking for fast, safe stops. Taylor Model TE-155S 80-hp diesel-powered forklift has more than 71/2-ton lift capacity and almost 15-mph ...
Compact pneumatic servovalve meets animation challenges
Unusual performance specifications, space limitations, budget restraints. That list reads like a typical design assignment. But when motions must be lifelike when observed by a close-up human audience appears at the end of the list, you know ...
Air logic controls twin-piston food pump
Air logic-controlled, hydraulically powered twin-piston, positive-displacement food pump is integral part of sausage-stuffing machine. For more than 40 years, Marlen Research Corp., Overland Park, Kans., ...
Pepperoni placement goes high tech
Servo-controlled cylinder has external magnetostrictive piston-position sensor. Peppamatic automatic pepperoni-slicing machine assures complete portion and weight control of topping for pizzas. Valve compartment holds servo, ...
Desiccant breathers help howitzer hydraulics
Military hydraulic applications range from relatively simple locomotion to precise alignments needed to position a gun barrel. As precision increases, the need to maintain a high level of operating integrity grows as well. The reliability of military hydraulic systems is vital not only to soldiers’ ability to perform their missions but also to the very survival. Reducing the rate of contaminant ingression into a hydraulic system is, therefore, of paramount importance.
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