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The Importance of Choosing the Right Mount for Your Custom Hydraulic Cylinder
01/16/2019
It’s not enough to find the best type of hydraulic cylinder for your application, you must also mount the hydraulic cylinder properly in order to ensure your cylinder is working correctly and as efficiently as it can. In this post, we will look at a few things you need to consider when selecting the best mounting position for your custom hydraulic cylinder.
A Brief Overview of Single Acting Hydraulic Cylinders from Best Metal Products
12/16/2018
Single acting hydraulic cylinders, unlike double acting hydraulic cylinders, use gravity, weight, or another assist force to move the cylinder in one direction. There hydraulic cylinders use hydraulic pressure to actuate the rod in one direction, extending or retracting, with piston and ram types available, and with gravity or spring return based on your application. In this post, we will look closer into how single acting hydraulic cylinders work.
Why Choose Double Acting Hydraulic Cylinders in Grand Rapids from Best Metal Products
10/16/2018
In general, when an application requires hydraulic power, double acting hydraulic cylinders are used more often than single acting hydraulic cylinders. Double acting hydraulic cylinders deliver force in both directions with fluid being present on both the base and rod sides of the piston. For some applications, gravity or weight assists with retraction, however, hydraulic pressure is still frequently applied in order to help control your double acting hydraulic cylinder. These types of cylinders create more work output in the push action, requiring more force and moving slowed while the pull action moves more quickly and less work output is generated.
Best Metal Products’ Smart Cylinder Technology in Industrial and Mobile Hydraulics
09/16/2018
Smart cylinder technology is widely used in industrial and mobile hydraulic applications. Best Metal Products’ smart cylinder design is customizable and can come with a vast array of options, output signals, and probe lengths. Available with many different mounting options, our smart cylinders are available in both single acting cylinder and double acting hydraulic cylinder types. In this post, we will go over how we have combined the latest technology and value to provide accurate and reliable smart hydraulic cylinders for a variety of applications.
Quality Engineering for Custom Hydraulic Cylinders from Best Metal Products
08/16/2018
Hydraulic cylinders are used in a large number of applications to lift, adjust, support, and transport. While many of the standard hydraulic cylinders that are available can be used in a majority of applications, custom hydraulic cylinders are necessary for many important, specific, mission-critical jobs. In many cases, hydraulic cylinder manufacturers will modify an existing design in order to create a custom version that is designed to address a specific need.
Hydraulic cylinders are powerful components that can easily lift and move incredibly loud, heavy objects. They are used in numerous industries on many different types of equipment and applications. A good example of this is the use of hydraulic cylinders for the landing gear on an aircraft. The landing equipment is released with the use of a hydraulic system that uses hydraulic cylinders and other hydraulic system components in order to operate effectively. In this post, we will look at a brief summary of how hydraulic cylinders work.
The Ins and Outs of Telescopic Cylinders from Best Metal Products
06/16/2018
Every type of hydraulic cylinder has its own advantages and disadvantages. Taking their different attributes into consideration will help to determine what type of hydraulic cylinder is right for your application and why. In general, telescopic cylinders are used in redesigns to improve processes or in design of mobile cylinder applications. In this post, we will look at telescopic hydraulic cylinders, their attributes, and the applications they are used in.
Hydraulic Cylinders: A Brief History from Best Metal Products
05/16/2018
Fluid in motion, or fluid power, can be an extremely powerful thing. Fluids like water and oil have been used to create energy for centuries. This use of fluid power has even played a major role in the advancement of civilization. In the beginning it was water that powered things by pushing wheels, cogs, and levers. The same basic idea is used today – using pressurized fluid to create energy and motion!
The Hydraulic Cylinder Market is Growing with the Agricultural Industry
03/16/2018
With the population rising, the need for food has increased which is causing the agricultural industry to expand. This growth creates an increased demand for production and a need for the most effective and efficient processes. Due in large part to the growth of the agricultural industry, the global hydraulic cylinder market is expected to grow at a rate of 4 percent a year until 2020.
Why Do Some Manufacturer’s Hydraulic Cylinder Seals Fail?
02/15/2018
More often than not, when a hydraulic cylinder fails, it’s because of failure associated with the seal. While the actual cost of a seal is not high, the financial loss related to a malfunctioning hydraulic cylinder can add up very quickly with needing to shut down operation or bring in an engineer to assist. In this post, we will look at why some manufacturers produce hydraulic cylinder seals that fail.
