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Danfoss Targets Excavators with New Digital-Hydraulics System
Danfoss Power Solutions claims to increase the productivity of excavators while reducing their fuel consumption by up to 15% by swapping out the machine’s main hydraulic...
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Danfoss and Sany Extend Electrification of Off-Highway Machines
At Bauma 2022 in Munich, Germany, Danfoss revealed that its electrified powertrain system was driving a new electric crawler crane, the Sany SCE800TB-EV. This will be...
Technical Innovation Design
Liebherr Reveals ‘Hybrid’ CFRP Cylinders and Parallel-Pump Concept
Reducing weight from components and systems is a major trend in passenger vehicles to boost fuel efficiency and driving range.
News Power
Hydraulic Fluids Evolve to Meet Critical Equipment-Design Trends
Driven by a number of factors, hydraulic equipment such as excavators, lifts, presses, bulldozers, cranes, injection molding equipment and more are rapidly evolving to...
Articles Robotics, Automation & Control
2022 Create the Future Design Contest Grand Prize Winner
The platform was developed to democratize programmable matter; to make prototyping, innovation, and research with soft robotics incredibly quick and easy; and to enable researchers, designers, and makers of all backgrounds to unleash their creativity and bring their ideas to life.
Briefs Medical
Powering an ‘Arm’ with Air Could Be Mighty Handy
Mechanical engineers have built a handy extra limb able to grasp objects and go, powered only by compressed air. It’s one of several ideas the engineers at Rice University’s...
Technical Innovation Electronics & Computers
Rexroth Takes Aim at Electrification for Off-Highway Vehicles
Bosch Rexroth recently invited SAE Media to attend EMPAC, their Electrified Mobile Product & Application Conference in Schaumburg, Illinois. The show featured many of...
Briefs Manned Systems
Outer Aileron Yaw Damper
A lightweight alternative to rudders for aircraft with spanwise adaptive wings.
Briefs Transportation
Low Separation Force Quick Disconnect Device
A self-aligning, self-healing system for pneumatics and cryogenics with applications in aerospace.
Articles Transportation
Smart Design for Pneumatics Proves Vital
While the U.S. historically has had much lower energy costs than in other parts of the world, today’s volatile energy market combined with the initiatives of many corporations to reduce carbon...
Articles Motion Control
Assessing Five Key Areas of Modern Hydraulic Power Units
Any manufacturing facility that uses hydraulics powered by conventional fixed-speed hydraulic power units (HPUs) has engineers and personnel who know all too well how large,...
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Improving Extrusion Press Performance with Hydraulics Upgrade
Many presses continue using inefficient and unreliable hydraulic pumps.
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Soft Components for Soft Robotics
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
Application Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Hydraulic Actuator Enables Sprayer to Steer Clear of the Ordinary
The retrofit uses unconventional technologies.
Articles Materials
The Fundamentals of Applying Electrohydraulic Valves
Learn seven key design considerations for implementing electrohydraulic valves.
News Software
Industry Invited to Participate in AeroTech Aerospace and Defense Technical Program
SAE International is inviting global participation in its AeroTech® aerospace and defense technology conference and exhibition, which is for the first...
Articles Semiconductors & ICs
Basic Pneumatic Circuits
These common pneumatic circuits can be used alone or as building blocks in larger pneumatics systems.
Briefs Propulsion
Tension Element Damping (TED) with Hydraulics for Large Displacements
Applications include wind turbines, solar arrays, commercial space mobile launchers, and industrial process stacks and equipment.
Technical Innovation Motion Control
Terzo Strives to Electrify Fluid Power
The intricacies of a traditional hydraulic system are typically where technical issues arise, according to Mike Terzo, CEO of Terzo Power Systems. Simplifying the inherent complexity of fluid power...
Articles Manned Systems
Upswing in Outsourced EV Testing
As more commercial-vehicle OEMs choose electrified propulsion systems, the industry is witnessing an “unprecedented surge” in testing, according to Drive System Design (DSD). The electrified...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Air-Powered Robot Needs No Electronics
The walking quadruped is controlled and powered by pressurized air.
Articles Motion Control
Smarter Pneumatic Valves Enhance Automation Systems
Pneumatic technologies such as control valves continue to evolve, incorporating sensors, industrial network interfaces, wireless technology, and more.
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Volvo CE, Norrhydro Team to ‘Revolutionize’ Digital Hydraulics
A patented, multi-chamber digital hydraulic actuator developed by Finland-based Norrhydro is set to “revolutionize machine hydraulic performance,” according to the...
Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Human-Like Hands with Flexible, Hybrid Pneumatic Actuators
These hands, with a large grasping force, enable safer human-robot interactions.
Technology Leaders Medical
Taking Benchtop Fluid Dispensing to a New Level of Process Control
The latest benchtop dispensers provide a high degree of process control, capable of dispensing adhesives, solder pastes, and all other assembly fluids with high consistency.
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Battery Show Teems with All Things Rechargeable
Although electric vehicles (EVs) currently comprise less than 2% of the U.S. light-vehicle market, the transportation sector is bursting with established companies and startup enterprises...
Articles Motion Control
Bits and Bytes Boost Hydraulic System Capabilities
Off-highway vehicles are typically admired for their power, but the driving force behind a growing number of performance improvements are the invisible bits and bytes of control...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Electrohydraulically Actuated Valve Train
The new technology demonstrates a 20 percent savings in fuel in typical passenger car low-load operating conditions.
Articles Test & Measurement
Boosting Performance in Hydraulic Systems with Alternative Coatings
Taking a holistic approach to sealing systems in hydraulic systems using chrome alternatives helps engineers achieve optimum function.
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