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Latest innovations in servo valves
1st Quarter 2016
The new Direct Electronic Copy Valve (DECV) servo valve from Voith Turbo is the latest development of this product, which has already proven itself in countless hydraulic control systems. It combines ...

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Bringing home the cows
1st Quarter 2016
Dairy farming is a highly labour intensive agricultural endeavour. Cows have to be milked every day, year-round. Equipment has largely replaced manual procedures but someone still has to prepare each ...

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Configure hard-to-reach hydraulic valves
1 February 2016, Axiom Hydraulics
Carrying and maintaining up-to-date specialised equipment and cables, protecting the technician and the equipment from hazardous conditions and accessing difficult to reach components, all serve to complicate the process and add time and cost to the operations.

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Small, powerful piezo-hydraulic actuator
4th Quarter 2015, Siemens South Africa, Editor's Choice
Researchers at Siemens have developed a small but powerful piezo-hydraulic actuator. Although it is only about nine centimetres long, it can apply a force of more than 150 newtons – equivalent to a weight ...

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Gearbox increases drive train performance by 10%
4th Quarter 2015
Bosch Rexroth’s Hydrotrac GFT 8000 gearbox gives a 10% increase in drive train performance on larger mobile working machines. Ideal for use in harsh, rugged environments including African mining operations, ...

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Safer hydraulic fluid leak detection
4th Quarter 2015, Hydrasales
Hydraulic fluid power is often used to perform operational movement of heavy equipment. Small leaks in hydraulic equipment are difficult to avoid and in some cases they are acceptable if they can be controlled. ...

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Duff-Norton rotary unions
4th Quarter 2015
Duff-Norton’s new range of DWPA rotary unions transfer media such as water, steam, air, oil or hydraulic fluid from a stationary source to a rotating machine such as a drum or indexing table. They are ...

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Protective cylinder covers reduce downtime
4th Quarter 2015
An accident at the Rand Refinery smelter saw the whole area being covered with hot molten metal, which destroyed everything in its path. Luckily the company had installed Seal Saver protective covers ...

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Online sensors for condition monitoring
3rd Quarter 2015, HYDAC Technology
Condition monitoring systems play a key role in monitoring hydraulic oils and lubricating media to reduce downtime and introduce condition-oriented servicing.

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High capacity ­electro-proportional throttle valve
3rd Quarter 2015, Axiom Hydraulics
The new pilot operated, high capacity electro-proportional throttle valve from Sun Hydraulics expands the company’s growing family of electrically actuated screw-in cartridges and contributes to its ever-expanding ...

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DICSA to exhibit at Bauma
3rd Quarter 2015
DICSA is one of the biggest European manufacturers of hydraulic connectors and components and one of the largest stainless steel fittings manufacturers worldwide, with a presence in 91 countries. Products ...

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Eaton Winner hose and fittings
3rd Quarter 2015, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
Eaton Winner braided hydraulic hoses and fittings are new to BMG’s portfolio of components for fluid power systems. These perfectly matched hydraulic hoses and fittings ensure safe and reliable conveying ...

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Hydraulics for the offshore industry
3rd Quarter 2015
Hyflo Southern Africa is one of the largest hydraulic companies in this country, with over 60 years of experience in the development of pioneering hydraulic and pneumatic systems. The company’s business ...

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Digital manometer for analysing pressure peaks
3rd Quarter 2015, Instrotech
Keller has introduced the first of a new generation of high resolution digital manometers. The LEO 5 features precise sensor technology, fast, high resolution signal processing, peak recording and data ...

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What not to do with hydraulic equipment: some cardinal sins
1 August 2015
This is part of a list compiled and edited by Brendan Casey from hundreds of submissions sent to Inside Hydraulics e-zine. Some are directed at operators, some are for designers, but most are for everyone ...

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Bluetooth embedded amplifier for valves
2nd Quarter 2015, Axiom Hydraulics
Sun’s new bluetooth embedded amplifier is the fluid power industry’s first commercially available bluetooth-configurable product. It provides a compact, factory integrated coil and connector combination ...

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Hydraulic diagnostic products
2nd Quarter 2015, Hydrasales
Flo-tech is a leading brand of portable testers and turbines for hydraulic fluids. Measuring water, oil, chemicals and other fluids, the range is manufactured by Badger Meter, an innovator in flow measurement ...

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A leader in automation solutions
2nd Quarter 2015
Hyflo is a leader in the supply of automation solutions, providing high quality technology, expertise and product support in the fields of hydraulic, pneumatic, electric and mechanical drive technology. ...

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Voith’s fluid coupling drive powers belt conveyor
2nd Quarter 2015
Drive systems specialist, Voith has celebrated the manufacture of its 1000th TPKL fluid coupling, which is currently being shipped to China for use on a 6,4 MW underground belt conveyor drive at a coal ...

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Cylinder with potentiometric transducer integration
2nd Quarter 2015
Camozzi’s new 6PF Series cylinders with potentiometric transducer integration and low friction cylinder movement have the transducer integration feature built into the rod of the cylinder. This makes ...

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