It was not NASA scientists or U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was middle school students who came up with their own engineering designs during the ninth annual Fluid Power Challenge held at Macomb ...

Engineers reinvent the 5,000-year-old gear using fluids instead of solid teeth.

DALLAS—Industrial distributor Singer Industrial is adding to its fluid power product distribution network. The supplier has acquired Sacramento-based Fluid Tech Hydraulics (FTH) in a move that will ...

The next time you sit in a dentist's chair -- whether it is in Bartlesville or Boston -- the chair's integral parts might have come through Tulsa. Tulsa-based Berendsen Fluid Power Inc. helps a ...

DE PERE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluid System Components, Inc. (FSC) today announced the acquisition of Norcan Fluid Power Company (Norcan)—representing the latest example of the company’s strategic ...

HASTINGS, Neb.—Hydraulic solutions firm Universal Hydraulics, a subsidiary partner of Singer Industrial, has rebranded as Dakota Fluid Power (DFP) and moved to a new location in an effort to further ...

When the concept of “innovation” comes up, it evokes big-city images of Silicon Valley, New York City, or Austin, Texas. One region that rarely makes the list is the rural Midwest. The lack of ...

President Mitch Daniels and Andrew Schenk. (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) Download Photo President Mitch Daniels and Andrew Schenk, graduate research assistant, discuss research at Purdue's ...

A servovalve is necessary for precise positioning in this hydraulic system. The PI (proportional integral) controller positions the actuator. It uses a table to program the position commands and model ...

Pneumatic and hydraulic linear actuators operate on pressure differentials; electromechanical actuators are either linear motors or rotary types. Other differences abound. Mark Lemire, Product manager ...