Twin hydraulic cylinder on agricultural equipment. Will they work as you hoped? There are a few ways of controlling multiple cylinders in different applications. If you simply connect them up, there is every chance they won’t work or not as expected. Before jumping directly to flow dividers and position sensors, is there a simpler [...]
When do I have to use a double acting hydraulic cylinder and why? Sometimes, a double acting hydraulic cylinder circuit is the only way to achieve your requirements. What are basic design considerations? Single versus double acting cylinders. Sometimes your design needs push and pull. The single acting configuration is left and double [...]
Our Micropac MW pumps are often piped into systems rather than supplied on a reservoir with suction tube already in place. What suction tube is right, which is wrong, and how long can a suction tube be? This is a basic question, but not commonly asked. Maybe hydraulic engineers get on with it from [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cutting through to hydraulic cleanliness. With lots of suppliers all pushing their products, it can be easy to lose the plot on hydraulic cleanliness. Is cleanliness an issue? After 30 years, Sarum thinks that dirty hydraulic systems are a menace. Yes, they may well work in a disgusting state for years, but chances are there [...]
Big news last week was the Moroccan 160MW Solar Thermal plant coming on line in the Sahara desert with potential to produce power for a million homes but what next for UK tidal? With an array of parabolic mirrors tracking the sun and focusing the rays on to a heat exchanger, steam turbine to generate [...]
