Hydraulic oil ranks high among fluids with multi-function capability. True, for sheer utility, it can’t match olive oil, which through the centuries has been used as food, lubricant, fuel, medicine, ...

The latest Tier 4 equipment is running hotter, and hydraulic pumps and systems are also feeling the heat. Petro-Canada Lubricants has reformulated its Hydrex line of hydraulic fluids to increase wear ...

Stream depletion is the reduction in flow rate in a stream due to pumping in an aquifer that is hydraulically connected to the stream. The amount of stream depletion is related to the pumping rate, ...

There are various formulations to ensure fire-resistance in hydraulic fluids, but water glycols remain the most commonly used, decades after their introduction. The pace of technological change, along ...

U.S. oil and natural gas production has skyrocketed in recent years thanks to hydraulic fracturing, a technology that allows engineers to access deep-underground resources from rock formations once ...

Steam generating power plant personnel know that many fluids are utilized throughout the process. These fluids must be of proper chemical and physical makeup and must be conditioned correctly to ...

The trade-offs necessary to choose a fluid involve a consideration of application requirements such as health, safety, and environmental effects, and fluid properties such as viscosity, stability, ...

Rig-site fluid test automation has lagged automated drilling technology and is now a bottleneck to real-time drilling diagnostics and decisions. A new automated mud skid (AMS) addresses this gap by ...

Hydraulic fluids have become integral to construction, manufacturing, agriculture and numerous other industries. Without them, companies would have less efficiency and power in multiple applications.

We usually think of a hydraulic system as fully self-contained, with a hydraulic pump, tubing, and actuators filled with a working fluid. This of course adds a lot of weight and complexity that can be ...