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Volvo will add another building to its wheel loader production facility in Sweden to accommodate manufacture of electric machines.
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This Week in Power & Motion: Volvo Investing in Electric Wheel Loader Production

Volvo CE is expanding its production capacity for electric wheel loaders, NFPA has nominated new officers and directors for the coming year, and more industry news you may have...
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Hydraulic Valves

Troubleshooting Challenge: 800-Ton Press Suffers from Severe Stuttering

A press used in the manufacture of aerospace seals began stuttering on its normal downward stroke, but contamination wasn't the culprit. What was it?
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Pneumatic Valves

Really! A Pneumatic Airplane?

A reader in Germany recently contacted me to see if I could provide a copy of an article from 1959 on servovalves. I told him I'd be happy to fulfill his request on one condition...
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Accumulators

Maintenance-Free Accumulators Flying High

Cessna's Citation Longitude aircraft is the first to incorporate all-metal bellows accumulators in the hydraulic system, virtually eliminating accumulator maintenance issues...
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Hydraulic Pumps & Motors

Tried & True Ways of Dealing with Air in Hydraulic Fluid

Symptoms typical of an aerated hydraulic system plagued the F-104 aircraft for years. Aeration was caused by system components with built-in chambers and passages where free air...
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Hydraulic Pumps & Motors

Hydraulics handles the hassle of hauling helicopters

Self-propelled hydraulic platform lets single operator move awkward aircraft.
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Aerospace

Sealing material with optimum performance against ceramic coated rods

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions launches Turcon M30 sealing material is engineered to withstand and optimize performance against the hard ceramic coatings that are eco-friendly alternative...
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Hydraulic Valves

Hydraulic rotary valves

Rudder Isolation valves are manual rotary valves for aerospace hydraulic systems rated for operating pressure to 5076 psig, with 7.92 gpm flow at 7.25 psid maximum. They feature...
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Aerospace

Aircraft capitalize on a flexible solution

Flexible rotary shafts provide a compact, lightweight, and flexible means of transfering rotational power from one power transmission element to another.