After observing increasing demand among its customers for quieter materials handling equipment, Hiab Moffett set to work creating the world’s quietest truck mounted forklift.
While lift axles have been available for commercial vehicles for many years, these systems have involved the mounting and plumbing of numerous components with many potential leak paths and failure points. John Morris describes a system design that integrates many of the key valve components into a single module.
One of the critical aspects of valve design is the chemical resistance properties of the valve housing and the gasket materials in relation to the media whose flow is controlled. A long and trouble-free service can only be expected if the correct materials have been selected during the design process. Michael Hannig offers some guidance.
Do you remember that box of pneumatic tubing that you used for your last installation? Well you have over half of it left, so surely that will do for your new requirements, right?
A simple and inexpensive magnetic technology for fluid power systems is claimed to lengthen system life and avoid catastrophic failures. Jobey Marlowe describes how to tackle the real threat to such systems – microscopic ferrous contamination.