Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Electrohydraulics steadies cargo removal on ships

Mary Gannon — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:39:57 +0000

Eaton's F(x) electrohydraulic controller was chosen by New Zealand cargo handling company Page Macrae Engineering to improve reliability of its grab system.

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Michael Ference — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:37:29 +0000

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Hydraulic Filtration Explored in February H&P

Michael Ference — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:37:20 +0000

From the February issue

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NFPA busy with education support and news

Mary Gannon — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:52:36 +0000

We just received our copy of the NFPA Reporter, the monthly newsletter the organization sends out with its latest news and updates. This edition focused heavily on education support, with several items highlighting moves and developments the National Fluid Power Association, Center for Compact & Efficient Fluid Power, and NFPA Education and Technology Foundation are announcing to strengthen fluid power training.

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Red Wing, from 1907

Alan Hitchcox — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:59:25 +0000

Red Wing, scanned player piano music from 1907

Audio File:

Red Wing-1907.mp3

Cleveland collaboration for engineering education

Alan Hitchcox — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:51:51 +0000

Here's some news from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about a recommendation for major funding for engineering education.

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IFPE recognized as one of fastest growing tradeshows

Mary Gannon — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:32:15 +0000

A news release the other day from IFPE show organizers touted that the event has been named to the "Fastest Growing Events" List by EXPO Magazine, and the exhibition was cited for its increasing use of technology. This is no surprise to me, because even though the 2011 edition was my first time attending, I was impressed with the size of the show and the quality of exhibitors. And the much larger ConExpo-Con/AGG was even more amazing to me.

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Such an international scope

Mary Gannon — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:43:12 +0000

Each day when I approve our LinkedIn group member requests, I am continually amazed by how far and wide our reach extends. This really shouldn't surprise me, because a large portion of our website visitors come to us from outside the U.S.

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Fluid Power Helps Industry to Keep on Truckin'

Michael Ference — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:00:45 +0000

Coming in February and March

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Self-cushioning air cylinders

Mary Gannon — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:40:40 +0000

PPS self-adjusting, pneumatic end-position cushioning is available on five ADN compact pneumatic cylinder models. Cushioning ports provide for optimal air venting and adjust automatically to suit speed and load conditions. Models span piston diameters from 32 to 80 mm. Each is available with a choice of nine standard strokes from 10 to 80 mm; up to 500 mm can be specially designed.