Maintenance

I’m not out here trying to be a climate denier, but I’m also not going to deny that these past few winters and springs have been absolute trash. There’s been too much cold, too much snow, and too much rain. Yes, yes, I’ve heard that places like the Southwest have been extraordinarily hot on occasion,…

J.M. Grimstad Inc., an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company that provides fluid power and control systems integration, has acquired GT Hydraulic Specialists, a hydraulic service provider with operations in the Great Lakes marine and industrial markets. This acquisition expands J.M. Grimstad’s service capabilities by combining GT Hydraulic Specialists’ field service, installation and maintenance experience…

Contributed by Dave Henning, Sales Manager, MCE Automation If you’ve ever found yourself stuck by the side of the road kicking yourself for putting off some crucial bit of auto maintenance, then you know firsthand that an unscheduled breakdown can be dramatically more inconvenient and costly than whatever you were putting off. When it comes […]

Contributed by Joe Jelinek  •  Connector Sales Director at MCE Automation Premature failure of your equipment’s hydraulic system poses significant risks to the oil and gas industry — including unplanned downtime, costly repairs, environmental hazards, and compromised worker safety. Avoid costly downtime with prevention tips and guidance on managing critical spares. Oil rigs and fracking…

Contributed by Steve Skinner, on behalf of Webtec LLC It’s probably fair to say that modern machinery is less prone to unexpected breakdowns than its counterparts of 30 or 40 years ago. This is due mainly to an increased emphasis on reliability engineering together with the availability of low-cost sensors, monitoring devices and digital communications. […]

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, manufacturers have tapped abundant natural resources to produce goods that lasted a few years and were then thrown away. Consumers go on to buy new ones and ensure the production cycle, and profits, continued. This “take-make-waste” model worked pretty well, in part because raw materials and energy were…

LunchBox Sessions, the Canadian-based online hydraulics training platform, continues to grow, now with 13,000 current users across 97 countries. I recently caught up with Carl Dyke, the longtime Fluid Power World contributor, whose company, CD Industrial Group, created the dynamic sessions. Dyke said that LunchBox Sessions is now being used on a regular basis in more…

This week, I visited longtime Fluid Power World contributor Carl Dyke at his Alberta-based business, CD Industrial Group. The company conducts industrial training programs all across North America, and also has developed the popular Lunchbox Sessions, an extensive series of online fluid power learning modules. One of the things that really impressed me was a large…

When it comes to hydraulic system maintenance, it is vital that the people involved in recording data, taking samples, using test equipment, etc., are properly trained in the jobs they have to perform and the equipment they have to use. No matter how comprehensive the maintenance procedures are, there will inevitably be occasions when maintenance…

Webtec has recently launched a new guide for fluid power technicians entitled, An Introduction to Practical Hydraulic System Maintenance. Co-authored by industry experts Steve Skinner and Webtec’s Managing Director Martin Cuthbert, this guide was written to help educate technicians and engineers new to hydraulic fluid power maintenance and hydraulic engineers embarking on a career in…