In the nearly 40 years since electronic control systems first became common features of industrial machines, controls theory has necessarily evolved to keep pace with machine design. Early on, systems ...

Learn what smart hydraulic power pack design looks like. Most hydraulic circuits are not a continuously operating system—the energy consumption during idle periods is substantial. The use of the VFDs ...

Hydraulic door closers may seem like small components but they play a key role in comfort, safety and durability. By using controlled resistance and spring balance, they ensure that doors close ...

Promising a high value-to-cost ratio, the company's CAN-based hydraulic valve controller provides one universal signal input, one output delivering up to 2A and, a CAN (SAE J1939) port. With the ...

Machine builders and factory operators may have misconceptions about hydraulic-based motion. Although valued for its ability to move, crush or lift heavy loads, it has not been thought of as ...

Aerial devices, whether a ladder, a tower ladder, an articulating boom, an elevating waterway or any other type, all have a hydraulic system at their core. However, the controls of one aerial device ...