The recent push to make everything smart or connected has led to some interesting evolutions in manufacturing. Application and infrastructure divided the use of electromechanical and fluid power.

Hybrid drive systems deliver value by reducing engine load, replacing or supplementing engine output through alternate means of powering the vehicle, or recovering energy normally turned into heat ...

Through the years, tractor manufacturers kept expanding the number of forward speeds for farm tractors to enable the farmer to select a more optimum speed for the operation being performed. By the mid ...

Generally, hydraulic and pneumatic motors are organized along similar principles. The internal engineering of each is quite different, but the operating philosophies are very similar. Axial-piston ...

These drives are three-stage planetary gears with pre-arranged spur gear specifically designed for mining excavators and track-laying cranes. With output torques between 600 and 1300 kNm and a dual ...

It's no secret that the power source for machine motion can greatly impact the amount of energy a machine consumes. Conventional wisdom holds that electric drives are more efficient than their ...

In the world of scissor lifts, hydraulic drive systems have traditionally been utilized to power and turn a unit’s wheels. Batteries power a hydraulic power unit that pumps fluid to hydraulic drive ...