Jun 29, 2020 | Hydraulic Pump Repair, Industrial Hydraulic Repair
Hydraulic equipment is everywhere, and most of us never notice it. For instance, there are numerous types of hydraulic pumps, brakes, and motors on the typical family vehicle. If you own a boat, the hydraulics are helping to steer it. Businesses from construction...
May 21, 2020 | Hydraulic Pump Repair, Industrial Hydraulic Repair
The first patent for a two-stage servo valve was filed in 1946, almost 75 years ago.1 Ten years later, a patent was granted for the double nozzle-flapper two-stage valve. In those early years, electrohydraulic servo valves (EHSV) didn’t perform very well,...
Apr 30, 2020 | Hydraulic Pump Repair, Industrial Hydraulic Repair, Industrial Hydraulics
It is always a bad day when you hear “that sound,” or find that the temperature of your hydraulic fluid is too high, or your overall equipment performance is just not up to par. When any of these things happen and it’s time to get to the bottom of...
Mar 14, 2020 | Hydraulic Pump Repair, Industrial Hydraulic Repair
In part one of this overview we discussed the history of hydraulic pump repairing, rebuilding and remanufacturing and the factors fueling the growth of the industry. The material was abstracted from an article written by P.K. Guha in Hydraulics & Pneumatics...
Jan 31, 2020 | Hydraulic Pump Repair, Industrial Hydraulic Repair
The manufacturing of fluid power components is a $23.5 billion industry in the United States.1 The hydraulic pump market alone was valued at $9.78 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to $12.59 billion by 2025.2 This projected growth will be fueled by...
Dec 3, 2019 | Industrial Hydraulic Repair, Industrial Hydraulics
Last month we presented five reasons hydraulic is more advantageous than electronic motion. The information was obtained from a white paper, Hydraulic Motion vs. Electric Motion: An Honest Comparison for the Record, which was co-authored by George Kokalis with Servo...
