One of the best fluid power technical conferences in the world is the every-four-year IFK event held in the lovely city of Aachen, Germany. I’ve had the good fortune to attend the conference twice in the past, and I know that next year’s 9th IFK will be an important fluid power event for both manufacturers […]
How efficient are your air compressors?
Just what is your facility’s leakage level? How efficient are your air compressors? These are questions you can answer for yourself with some quick and inexpensive tests involving a calculator and a stopwatch. The answers you find could surprise you. For compressors that use load/unload controls, there is an easy way to roughly estimate the […]
5 reasons you need to attend the NFPA Annual Conference
Weβre only 8 days out from the National Conference of the National Fluid Power Association, the organizationβs premier annual event. If you donβt yet have your flight to Phoenix booked, I suggest you get on it as soon as possible! This yearβs conference has the theme βSucceeding in an Increasinglyβ¨Competitive Environmentβ and the lineup of […]
Looking down the road at manufacturing
We have a problem with manufacturing in this country. We havenβt seen real leadership from Washington for years on either side of the aisle, and the numbers that lie ahead are pretty daunting. And thatβs not just from the perspective of losing jobs. The Manufacturing Institute says that of the companies they survey, on median, […]
Beswick Engineering’s Introduces Redesigned Website
Beswick Engineering announces their redesigned website has gone live. The revamped website now offers: D Models Photos and Specification Drawings Pricing Order On-line submissions Real time Web Chat for Technical Assistance E-mail a Beswick Applications Engineer Part number configuration Add to favorites feature Beswick Engineering www.beswick.com
Air compressor failures: Fix or replace?
Many decisions are made in keeping compressed air systems running smoothly, but one of the most important is equipment selection. From time to time, equipment failure forces us to choose to repair our old air compressor or select a new one. Often, for a major component failure, the cost of the repair of the compressor […]
6 mistakes engineers make in mounting and specifying air cylinders
1. Inappropriate sizing When it comes to air cylinder sizing, bigger is not necessarily better. A cylinder that is larger than necessary will cost more to purchase and end up costing more money to operate, because oversized cylinders require more air capacity to function. On the other hand, a cylinder that is undersized will be […]
Manufacturing matters: Manufacturing in a new year
Weβre safely into 2013, and with the election long-since settled and the Mayansβ predictions assigned to the trashcan of history, manufacturing news is hot. In fact, the Institute for Supply Management recently reported its index of manufacturing activity rose to 50.7 last month, up from 49.5 in November. Some highlights from the last couple of […]
Great training and resources from the Compressed Air Challenge
Last year, we became an official media partner of the Compressed Air Challenge (CAC), an incredible organization thatΒ has developed a rich portfolio of useful compressed air-related information resources, tools, and training seminars. Ron Marshall and other volunteers from the CAC will be contributing stories and blog posts to ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟTips, something I am very excited about. […]
Eight advances youβll see in pneumatic cylinders by 2018
As 2012 draws to a close, letβs look forward to see what some fluid power manufacturers predict weβll be seeing in the pneumatic cylinder marketplace over the next five years. Just because the technology is a mature one doesnβt mean that there arenβt some interesting developments on the proverbial horizon. The top three trends: 1. […]
