Fluid Technology
Hydraulics for mechanical engineering
Innovations and further developments in hydraulics such as pumps, valves, hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic oil for industrial applications
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Energy-efficient fluid technology for machines and plants
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What is fluid technology and why is it needed?
Fluid power deals with components, systems and technologies that are linear and rotating Transfer forces and Generate movements. Oil is used in hydraulics, air in pneumatics, more precisely compressed air, and vacuum technology creates a vacuum that can be used to grip components, for example. While the good old hydraulics are easy to control high forces is predestined, pneumatics is suitable for applications that require high speeds, but more low forces have to transfer. Fluid technology can be found in the drive technology for machines and systems of all kinds.
Brand new fluid technology
Find out about the news from the Fluid Technology for industrial manufacturing with a focus on Energy saving and precision. Here you will find fluid technology components and systems such as pumps, valves, controls and fluids such as cooling lubricants that are required for fluid technology in hydraulics. The innovations out Hydraulic System, Pneumaticsand Vacuum Technology are used in Drive Technology, Manufacturing and assembling.
Fluid technology for special industries
Special industries like Automotive industry, Renewable energies, Medical Technology, food technology, Microsystems Technology, Mobile Machinery require specially designed developments and knowledge. Here we introduce you to the latest innovations in the field of fluid technology.
Renewable energies
Tube forming system and high-pressure valves for hydrogen technology
There is movement in the German hydrogen strategy. Only so-called green hydrogen produced from renewable energies is climate-neutral. Pepperl+Fuchs covers the entire value chain with sensors and explosion protection components, there is a new cooperation for the development of 5 to 15 MW hydrogen systems.
food technology
Vacuum cooling as the fastest cooling method for baked goods
The new vacuum cooler from Durrer ensures high efficiency in the bakery of commercial and industrial bakeries. Vacuum cooling improves the shelf life of baked goods and significantly increases efficiency in the bakery. This is what customers in the baking industry appreciate about these systems.
Automobile
Dispense liquid sealant directly onto automotive components
Henkel is now presenting a milestone for automotive production with a new technology for liquid gaskets. With Loctite AA 5884's directly doseable polyacrylate gasket technology, users get increased oil resistance and the proven lower gas permeability. This reduces the overall costs.
Fluid technology for machines and systems
Fluid technology fulfills the requirements in plant and mechanical engineering often drive engineering tasks. It is used to generate linear and rotating movements or forces hydraulically or pneumatically. If the application requires high, easily controllable forces, this is a task for the hydraulics. Pneumatics, on the other hand, are predestined when high speeds with low forces are required. In vacuum technology, on the other hand, negative pressure is generated. One area of application is the handling of parts.
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Above all, the boom in large aircraft is turning them upside down Material world um: All of a sudden, titanium, nickel-based alloys, high-strength steels and carbon fiber plastics (CFRP) have to be machined on a large scale and with high productivity. Conventional cooling lubricant concepts in production often reach their physical limits here. A new cooling concept is the cryogenic cooling, at the ISF TU Dortmund is being researched.
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Hydropneu presents an energy-optimized core pull cylinder of the 58 series for die casting technology. Conventional core pull cylinders on die casting molds are usually used pulling due to their connection. This means that at the moment when the user needs the greatest force to break loose a core or slide, only the smaller force of the annular surface of the hydraulic cylinder is available. As a result, its capabilities are used relatively ineffectively.
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Hydrokomp shows an innovative solution for the speed control of the hydraulic fluid in swing clamping cylinders. The throttle swing clamp element (DSSE) is characterized by a more compact, space-saving design compared to conventional speed-controlled swing clamp cylinders. The DSSE ensure better accessibility within the workpiece geometry with less installation effort and lower investment costs.
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As a result of legal regulations such as the Reach or Biocide Ordinance, a growing number of raw materials are subject to use restrictions. Oest offers stable cooling lubricants that meet the necessary criteria.
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Which trends dominate in the process industry? In addition to the evergreen energy and resource efficiency, these are above all the 'modular plant engineering' and of course the 'digitalisation'. These innovations are also changing the world of industrial pumps. At Grundfos, therefore, the pump 4.0 is ready. But even this cyber-physical pump must primarily promote medium from A to B reliable.
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Oemeta shows modern, water-miscible cooling lubricants for titanium alloys, non-ferrous and hard metals. They offer a high level of protection against corrosion as well as great lubrication and removal rates. This has also been confirmed in a series of tests.
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The patented “multi-circuit” ejectors from Avac supply four, five or six independent vacuum circuits. Can be installed quickly and easily and replace many components that would be necessary with conventional ejectors. The low-maintenance vacuum circuits are monitored with just one vacuum sensor.
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Space missions are among the most expensive research projects of mankind and can quickly cost billions of euros. In order to ensure that the corresponding components also function in the vacuum conditions prevailing in space, they are technically generated with suitable pumps and systems on earth. Leybold provides the technology for this as a holistic provider - right up to ultra-high vacuum.
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A pair of compressors or Compressor compresses and compresses air, water or oil according to the displacement principle or according to the turbo principle. Whether e.g. B. screw compressors, piston compressors or rotary compressors are used and regardless of the principle, they all have in common that they energy efficient have to be. This will become mandatory from July 2023 IE4 Binding energy efficiency level. We present innovations and use cases to you:
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SMC presents the improved Soft start valve AV-A series for the Pneumatics. The valves are very compact and offer a flow rate up to 2,2 times higher. They require 80% less energy than the previous models. The range of possible uses of the revised soft start valves increases significantly with the flow rate of up to 13.400 l / min.
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Dosing in the process industry is generally a core task. If additives and auxiliary materials or highly effective chemicals have to be added to the production or the process in an economical and environmentally friendly way, precise dosing is a prerequisite. Grundfos offers dosing pumps with stepper motor technology (digital dosing). As a variant, dosing pumps are available with variable-speed step or Servomotor available (Smart Digital).
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Viscotec now also offers its VHD Hygienic Dispenser with a hard chrome-plated rotor. The combination of optimized material and established technology will open up an even broader spectrum for users in the future. The manufacturer is thus responding to the demands in the cosmetics industry for more flexible and less wear-filling processes.