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Fluid conveyance

by Chad Elmore and Michelle EauClaire

Part four of OEM Off-Highway's trip through the mobile hydraulic circuit.

Here is an excerpt from OEM Off-Highway's February installment of the Fluid Power Series: "The ability to direct energy between pumps and actuators in neat packages has given equipment engineers the freedom to design machines to best suit its intended function... Mounting the pump on the business end of the engine and routing hoses to the actuator means the powerplant can be placed virtually anywhere on the machine, unencumbered by gears and chains."

A high-pressure hydraulic system is only as good as the team of fluid conveyance components that direct it around the machine.

We've asked several suppliers of fluid conveyance products (hose, tubing and connectors) about trends or changes in this part of the hydraulic system.

What are customers asking for?

Dennis Kemper, account application engineer, and Tim Saupe, product application engineer, Worldwide Hose & Connector Product Application Dept., Gates Corp.

OEM customers want leak-free hydraulic hose assemblies that are dependable, eliminate rework expenses, reduce warranty claims and speed up the time to attach the hoses on the assembly line.

To accomplish this, Gates and other suppliers are developing new hydraulic systems with fewer threaded connections, more modular constructions, hose/tube combinations, fewer adapters where possible, and more...