Hydraulic systems & components


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BMG’s butterfly valves
2nd Quarter 2016, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
BMG’s strategy to enhance its fluid technology services to meet growing market demand encompasses the introduction of new products featuring the latest developments in design technologies, materials and ...

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Innovative hydraulic tester
2nd Quarter 2016
A new portable hydraulic tester that talks wirelessly to a mobile phone has been shortlisted as a finalist in the inaugural Motion Control Industry (MCI) Awards for ‘Technical Innovation Of The Year’. ...

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Rotary unions for every need
2nd Quarter 2016, Stone Stamcor
Rotoflux supplies a range of rotary unions suited to any industry need. They can operate at speeds up to 20 000 rpm, pressures up to 400 bar and temperatures up to 340°C. The high speed range is available ...

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Hyflo folds seed planter wings
2nd Quarter 2016
Hyflo Southern Africa, a BMG Group company, was commissioned by Theebo Tech to engineer the electrical and hydraulic systems for the Equalizer Maximus Wide Span planter. This planter is the biggest seed ...

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Cost-effective condensate drain valve
1 May 2016, Artic Driers International
Artic Driers has released a new cost-effective timed compressed air condensate drain.

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Hydraulics for Industry 4.0
1st Quarter 2016, Editor's Choice
When combined with digital control technology and open communication, hydraulics meets these requirements. It also brings the physical advantages of high power density, modular design and robustness to ...

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Hydraulic power packs for ­Bloodhound
1st Quarter 2016, Parker Hannifin - Sales Company South Africa, Editor's Choice
Two new hydraulic power packs delivered to the Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) team will make safety and operational testing much easier in the run-up to the project’s world land-speed record bid. There ...

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ExxonMobil launches hydraulic ­lubricant
1st Quarter 2016
ExxonMobil is launching Mobil SHC Hydraulic Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant (EAL), a new readily biodegradable synthetic hydraulic oil that protects equipment and can help improve energy efficiency ...

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A new hydraulic transmission ­tractor
1st Quarter 2016
Hydraulics specialist, Lindos Hydraulics, has launched the new HT954 tractor in a partnership development project with Smats Projects. The design philosophy of this new purpose-built machine is to combine ...

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A 40-ton active heave winch
1st Quarter 2016
Hyflo was contracted by Denith Engineering to design and build the electro-hydraulic portion of an active heave compensated (AHC) winch to provide high speed, accurate control of its 40-ton payload. This ...

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New hydraulic range
1st Quarter 2016
CYRSA is a prominent supplier of trailer equipment to the South African and African markets. Initially the company focused on the agricultural market but it has now expanded into the high speed and domestic ...

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High-resolution digital manometer
1st Quarter 2016, Instrotech
Keller has introduced the first of a new generation of high-resolution digital manometers. The LEO 5 features precise sensor technology, fast, high-resolution signal processing, peak recording and data ...

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Latest innovations in servo valves
1st Quarter 2016
The new Direct Electronic Copy Valve (DECV) servo valve from Voith Turbo is the latest development of this product, which has already proven itself in countless hydraulic control systems. It combines ...

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Bringing home the cows
1st Quarter 2016
Dairy farming is a highly labour intensive agricultural endeavour. Cows have to be milked every day, year-round. Equipment has largely replaced manual procedures but someone still has to prepare each ...

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Configure hard-to-reach hydraulic valves
1 February 2016, Axiom Hydraulics
Carrying and maintaining up-to-date specialised equipment and cables, protecting the technician and the equipment from hazardous conditions and accessing difficult to reach components, all serve to complicate the process and add time and cost to the operations.

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Small, powerful piezo-hydraulic actuator
4th Quarter 2015, Siemens South Africa, Editor's Choice
Researchers at Siemens have developed a small but powerful piezo-hydraulic actuator. Although it is only about nine centimetres long, it can apply a force of more than 150 newtons – equivalent to a weight ...

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Gearbox increases drive train performance by 10%
4th Quarter 2015
Bosch Rexroth’s Hydrotrac GFT 8000 gearbox gives a 10% increase in drive train performance on larger mobile working machines. Ideal for use in harsh, rugged environments including African mining operations, ...

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Safer hydraulic fluid leak detection
4th Quarter 2015, Hydrasales
Hydraulic fluid power is often used to perform operational movement of heavy equipment. Small leaks in hydraulic equipment are difficult to avoid and in some cases they are acceptable if they can be controlled. ...

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Duff-Norton rotary unions
4th Quarter 2015
Duff-Norton’s new range of DWPA rotary unions transfer media such as water, steam, air, oil or hydraulic fluid from a stationary source to a rotating machine such as a drum or indexing table. They are ...

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Protective cylinder covers reduce downtime
4th Quarter 2015
An accident at the Rand Refinery smelter saw the whole area being covered with hot molten metal, which destroyed everything in its path. Luckily the company had installed Seal Saver protective covers ...

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