Cylinders & Actuators

Load-position sensing cylinders

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:25:00 +0000

Electronic positioning transducer cylinders are available for hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders. Electronic load-position feedback is via magnetostrictive linear-displacement transducer. It features rod diameters from 5⁄8 to 4 in. and cylinder bores from 11⁄2 to 8.00 in.

Hydraulic Double Rod Cylinder for Remote Steering from MTS Systems Corp.

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:36:00 +0000

The MTS Temposonics Model MB sensor is designed for position sensing in double rod cylinders. This popular design enables remote steering of mobile equipment.

Visit www.mtssensors.com for more details.

Heavy-duty air cylinders

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:54:00 +0000

NITRA D-series heavy-duty air cylinders are interchangeable with other NFPA cylinders. Double-acting cylinders use aluminum components, including a magnetic piston fitted with a PTFE wear band.

Sorting out air motors

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0000

A range of vane and piston motors suit many industrial tasks.

Air motors hold several advantages over their electrical counterparts. Here's a summary of air motor technology and a sampling of available products.

Machine builder goes nuts with hydraulics

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:53:00 +0000

Hydraulic nuts hold forging press together

When you have to tighten a nut on a stud that's more than 2 ft in diameter, you don't use a wrench, you use hydraulics.

Hydraulic rod locks make waves in therapeutic pool

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:49:00 +0000

A specially modified Amlok hydraulic rod lock product from Advanced Machine & Engineering protects the stability on a movable pool floor made by Aquatic Development Group at Ithaca College.

Hydraulic cylinders

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:47:00 +0000

Integrated Hydraulic Cylinders combine a pump, motor, line-mounted valves or manifold, hoses, fittings and reservoir into one assembly. Self-contained, “plug & play” custom cylinders reduce installation time and the number of potential leak points.

Hydraulics keeps track boom on even ground

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:59:00 +0000

New Genie S-40 Trax and S-45 Trax telescopic booms, from Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Redmond, Wash., are now available with the company’s four-point Trax track drive system. By using four triangular track drives instead of wheels, the machines are better equipped to tackle uneven terrain, especially under a wide variety of soil conditions. And unlike full-length track drives on skid-steer machines, the triangular track drives cause less damage to sensitive ground surfaces, making the S-40 and S-45 able to take on almost any surface.

Simulation table produces more realistic testing

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:44:00 +0000

Exova Group Ltd. provides demanding, laboratory-based testing and related advisory services for a broad range of products and processes. Test results ensure a customer’s compliance with safety and quality standards. Steve Panter, operation manager of global automotive testing at Exova, purchased a hydraulic simulation table last year from Moog Inc., East Aurora, N. Y. Hydraulic cylinders make the simulation table more effective by testing six degrees of motion in a small footprint.

Trash compactor is designed for efficiency

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Trash compactors have always had to be rugged and easy to use. An additional demand has become energy efficiency, which one manufacturer addresses by specifying high-efficiency motors to drive its compactors’ hydraulic systems.

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.