High pressure (hydrostatic) lubrication for a trunnion bearing Trunnion bearings are very specialized bearing mechanisms. Sometimes, a shaft not only has to rotate, but the assembly connected to the shaft has to rotate as well. Other times, the shaft (trunnion) has to be free to move around in circular motions. A specially designed bearing allows for… Read more »
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Configure Hard-to-Reach Hydraulic Valves with a Smartphone
The Problem: Imagine the challenges of an offshore dredging operation: floating in a sea of corrosive liquid; isolated and basically self-contained; and with the hydraulic systems located in a dark, noisy, hot, cramped engine room far from the equipment it controls. These are conditions Woodworth “Woody” Draughon and Assistant Captain Scott Evans face while running… Read more »
Portable Hydraulic Filter Cart
[media-credit name=”AFS” align=”alignright” width=”250″][/media-credit] Advanced Fluid Systems recently completed a filter cart modification, which will be used as a portable, add-on filtration system for a customer with several hydraulic systems. The unit contains its own pump-motor group so that it can be used when a hydraulic system is idle, or when transferring fluid from one area to… Read more »
Take the guesswork out of choosing load-holding valves
Hold the load at any stage. [media-credit name=”Sun Hydraulics” align=”alignright” width=”350″][/media-credit] In any load bearing hydraulic system there is a valve. In most cases, multiple valves to control the flow of fluid. Sun Hydraulics has made it easy to choose the proper load-holding valve. Is your requirement to simply lock a load? Do you need… Read more »
Advanced Fluid Systems is an Authorized AVENTICS Distributor
Did you know that AFS is a AVENTICS distributor? It’s been a year since Advanced Fluid Systems began engineering solutions using and selling AVENTICS products. Formally Bosch Rexroth Pneumatics, AVENTICS has taken a highly-regarded line of products and made it better. In early 2014 an investment group purchased the pneumatic unit of Bosch Rexroth. The… Read more »
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