Can I achieve a neat and cost effective hydraulic that runs on and on? Real world hacks that hydraulic designers use every time to make their projects a win. A very neat hydraulic installation in a JCB131X excavator. Don’t we all want our hydraulic system to be neat, come in at a [...]
Why use a pneumatic air driven pump on your hydraulics? Why do we sell air driven pumps? They are simply a great choice in the right application. We have manufactured our Micropac hand pumps for over 40 years and sell a lot of air driven pumps where they offer features that our manual pumps [...]
There are lots of hazardous areas in daily life and the larger world. We are focussed on one particular type that has been with us for a very long time. We all live amongst hazardous areas where there may be a risk of an explosive atmosphere. It is more common than you might [...]
This is quite a deep subject and worth an answer. This is our take after manufacturing this equipment for over 40 years. A pressure test rig seems to mean different things to our customers. Some see it as a basic carry-around hydrotest and at the other end of the spectrum it is floor standing [...]
A pump check valve has complexity and needs to be right. How to design inlet and outlet check valves for your pump. Are the check valves for a pump the same as catalogue hydraulic check valves? We would say no. Lots of features are the same but there are some big differences. Are the [...]
A Micropac hydrostatic pressure test pump ready for your test job in the shop or site. Micropac proven pressure hydrotest solutions from stock Deskill that last pressure test stage of your manufacturing by buying a Micropac test pump, hose and fittings from stock for next day delivery. Good value. After over 40 years, we [...]
How to select, configure and integrate hand pumps for designers and specifiers. With a massive range of pressures, flows and formats for all sorts of operating conditions, where do you start? Work up a specification. Start with pressures and fluids. Try to find the fluid generic type, not a single trade name. Describe the [...]
Can I use brake fluid for my hydraulic system? Is brake fluid an easy option? Brake fluid may be carefully formulated for automotive braking, but how good is it elsewhere in a hydraulic system? The answer is yes, to a point. However, you must be very careful. It is specialist and certainly isn't [...]
What you need to know to configure your 2 speed PSP, HMP, MHX or Hydrapak pressure test pump. Our Micropac PSP 2 speed hydrostatic pressure test set Why has this pump format been so popular for decades? This style of pump is a great workhorse for pressure testing for the shop, site or [...]
Why is my hydraulic hand pump such hard work? Make using a hydraulic hand pump as easy as possible. A hydraulic hand pump is the ultra-dependable pump with no battery or electronics Hand pumps are a great piece of kit. There are no batteries or electronics. They are dependable in an emergency [...]