Cylinders & Actuators

Specifying an air regulator helps make a pneumatic system run smoothly. But providing more than one can also produce substantial energy savings.

As innovation proves to be ever more of a necessity in today’s mining and construction industries, higher-quality steels are vital to raise the performance and output capabilities of components—especially hydraulic cylinders.

Manually driven pumps are mainly responsible for controlling Francois Gabart's MACIF trimaran, the Utlime winner of the Transat bakerly.

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When you must provide a means for pivoting a load, have you considered a rotary actuator? They offer several advantages over cylinders and mechanical linkages, and some may even surprise you.

An aluminum recycling and smelting plant replaced the pilot valve on its hydraulic feeder unit, and the system began experiencing heat build-up and slow cylinder operation.

Cutaway view shows a magnet embedded within the piston of a pneumatic cylinder. Any of several technologies can be used to detect the position of the magnet through the cylinder wall. Download this article in .PDF format This file ty...

The PowerMax cylinders developed by Delavan, featuring tie-rod construction, target agricultural as well as other applications.

Download this article in .PDF format This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Several years ago when I owned a large hydraulic repair shop, we received defective power steering cylinders off of...