"Hydraulic Principles and System Design" provides an overview of the process used to design a basic hydraulic system. Hydraulic system design requires familiarity with the components of a hydraulic ...

Mitch Eichler, business development manager at Parker Hannifin, is a mechanical engineer with a passion for commercializing hydraulic valve applications designs. He shares insights from his field.

Hydraulic pumps, cylinders, and other actuators deliver greater power in smaller packages than engines, electric motors, and mechanical actuators. Hydraulic valves easily control direction, speed, ...

Ever observed cranes lifting heavy loads, excavators digging and scooping earth or the extension and retraction of landing gears in an aircraft? They all have one thing in common: they are driven by ...

The Italian company Aidro, which as been producing hydraulic systems since 1982, has recently begun to research how additive manufacturing can improve hydraulic systems. Now, after being acquired by ...

Efficiency is a key design criteria for almost all components and systems on a piece of heavy-duty equipment—as well as for the machine itself. Hydraulics are one of the many areas in which ...

As vehicle electrification continues to gain traction in the off-highway vehicle market, mobile hydraulic components and architectures will have to change to support electrified powertrains. One of ...

As emissions standards around the world grow more stringent, non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) manufacturers are leveraging new strategies to create more efficient vehicles. Electrification is one of ...