Is water hydraulics in your future?

12 October 2010- Understanding the distinct benefits — and challenges — of water hydraulics can help you decide if this technology is feasible for your applications.
To most people, hydraulics means oil hydraulics. This should come as no surprise, considering the overwhelming majority of hydraulic systems actually use oil as the hydraulic fluid. Oil came to dominate hydraulics technology because its higher viscosity and lubricity pose less of a challenge to design and manufacture components that achieve long life and exhibit high volumetric.

On the contrary, Water hydraulics is absolutely environment friendly and is ideal for applications in which fire prevention and environmental protection are top priorities. Also water-hydraulic systems hold potential for higher power density than oilbased systems.

With its distinct advantages over other technologies, water hydraulics often is not used as an alternative to oil hydraulics. The strengths lie in applications that demand high power density, safe, fireproof operation, and environmental compatibility.