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With so much emphasis on drive technology, don’t overlook the importance of braking systems on trailers....More

Registration open for NFPA Economic Conference Registration is now open for the NFPA’s Industry and Economic Outlook Conference (IEOC), to be held August 15-17, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Conference Center, Schaumburg, Ill. This ......More

By Josh Cosford, CFPHS The Fluid Power House (Cambridge) Inc. Josh Cosford, CFPHS, The Fluid Power House (Cambridge) Inc. What if I told you that you could predict a machine failure before it happened? And what if I told you that you could ......More

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What's in a URL? You may have noticed some odd-looking web addresses gracing our magazine pages — whether in print, in our digital edition, or archived on our website. An example is bit.ly/1105edpg. Alan Hitchcox editor ......More

Schramm’s T130XD mobile drilling rig, equipped with Rexroth AA11VLO pumps. Last year, the world watched the drama unfold in a Chilean gold mine, as 33 miners worked together to survive for more than two months whiled trapped underground. As ......More

By Robert J. Sheaf, Jr. A large snow plow truck was brought to Turner Hydraulics in Carlisle, Pa., the day after a snow storm dumped several inches of snow on the east coast. The operator complained about the pump pressure line failing and ......More

Okay, so IFPE 2011 and associated events are now recent history. Did they live up to all the hype? I’d say so. Exhibitors introduced many new products. Some were evolutionary steps forward, some advanced the state of the art substantially, and ......More

Linear position sensors, or linear displacement transducers (LDT), provide continuous position feedback for motion control in a variety of industrial applications. For example, feedback of piston position inside hydraulic cylinders, injector and ......More

Edited by Mary C. Gannon, Senior Associate Editor The next Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power will be hosted by IHA — Department of Intelligent Hydraulics and Automation, Tampere University of Technology, from May 18-20. The conference ......More

Pneumatics lets transport device maneuver parked aircraft by hand....More