Prior to the 1960s, much of construction equipment still relied on winches and cables. “Dozer blades were moved with winches and wire ropes,” recalls Keith Haddock, national director of the Historical ...

As hydraulic excavators gained industry acceptance in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the market for the small cable-operated excavators that had been produced by the thousands since the 1920s rapidly ...

Efficiency is a key design criteria for almost all components and systems on a piece of heavy-duty equipment—as well as for the machine itself. Hydraulics are one of the many areas in which ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Across the globe, there has been significant investment into and expansion of many industrial segments requiring ...

Hydraulic cylinders convert fluid pressure and flow into force and linear movement and are used in a wide variety of applications and industries. They are complex devices incorporating a wide range of ...