A leaking hydraulic ram is one of those problems that rarely fixes itself and tends to get worse at the least convenient time. The good news is that hydraulic ram repair kits contain everything needed to restore a cylinder to full working condition, ...
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JCB equipment runs hard. Backhoe loaders, excavators, telehandlers, and rough terrain forklifts spend their working lives in conditions that test every hydraulic component in the system. When boom cylinder seals start to weep or loader arm rams devel...
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Enerpac hydraulic rams have a well-earned reputation for precision and build quality, but like every hydraulic component they eventually develop seal-related issues. When a RC151K or RC53K ram starts weeping fluid at the piston rod or losing hold pre...
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Cooling circuits pumps rarely appear on anyone's critical equipment list until one stops working. Then, very quickly, the consequences of that oversight become apparent. A hydraulic system that overheats because its cooling circuit pump has failed wi...
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The electrohydraulic pump is not a new concept, but its adoption has accelerated sharply as servo drive costs have fallen and energy regulations have tightened. The basic idea — replace a fixed-speed motor and valve-controlled hydraulic circuit...
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Most hydraulic applications operate comfortably within the pressure envelope that axial piston pumps handle well. But some do not. Hydraulic presses for metal forming, tube bending machines, clamping systems for precision machining fixtures, speciali...
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The vane pump sits between the gear pump and the piston pump in most ways that matter: quieter than a gear pump, simpler than a piston pump, cheaper than either in the mid-pressure range where it operates best. For steady industrial duty at pressures...
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The gerotor pump is everywhere and almost invisible. Open the oil pan of most modern car engines and you will find one driving the lubrication circuit. Crack open a hydraulic power unit for a closed-loop drive system and you will probably find one se...
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There is a moment in most hydraulic engineering careers when axial piston pumps stop being intimidating and start making complete sense. The geometry is actually elegant once you see it working — multiple pistons taking turns pushing fluid, a t...
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The industrial hydraulic motor is the output end of the power transmission chain that begins at the pump. Where pumps convert mechanical rotation into pressurized flow, motors do the reverse — turning pressurized flow back into mechanical torqu...
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A hydraulic pump system failure is rarely just a pump problem. The pump is the most visible component, but it sits within an interdependent assembly where a fault in the reservoir, filtration, valving, or cooling circuit can destroy a perfectly good ...
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The hydraulic pump is where a machine's electrical or mechanical input becomes the pressurized fluid that actually does work. Every excavator arm that lifts, every press that forms metal, every aircraft control surface that deflects — all of it...
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