Hydraulic Power Packs News

Hydraulic power pack manufacturers led by industry leaders in Italy Casappa and Walvoil are strengthened by robust future hydraulic technologies and global diversification notwithstanding Italy’s banking crisis.

Recently, the garbage hauling equipment manufacturing industry has seen a rapid expansion thanks to the heightened activity in the refuse and garbage hauling sector. Higher payloads, lower operating costs and high capacity hydraulic arms allow the new generation trucks to boost carrying capacity. Increased urbanisation is leading to more waste from homes, offices and industries.

Waste hauling companies are ever on the lookout for carrying more tonnage with each trip to lower costs. Technological innovation by hydraulic power packs manufacturers is the major answer to solving this issue. A simple innovation adopted in the design of hydraulic powerpacks is the relocation of electrical and hydraulic components that prevents contact with debris. Waste Expo 2016,held in Las Vegas, exhibited the latest trends and innovations of hydraulic power pack designs with respect to the waste hauling industry.

The future of hydraulics

Google-owned Boston Dynamics (BD) is at the forefront of robotics. Boston Dynamics has pioneered the 4-legged robotic machine dubbed”pack mule”. These robots are about 6 feet tall and can carry nearly 400 pounds walking and even running. They have 28 hydraulic joints that allow them to perform these tasks. The advancement in robotic technology has given rise to exoskeleton technology. Recent reports of field trials in Japan have demonstrated the use of exoskeletons by airport workers easily lifting more than 400 pounds. This limb-assisting device involves electrodes that detect electrical signals emitted by muscles and then hydraulic power packs that do the lifting. Hydraulics is playing an important role in robotic automation. This technology is a result of direct funding by the Japanese government that aims to propel the robotics and hydraulic industriesto over $20 billion by the time of 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

One of the most recognised hydraulic companies in the world is Walvoil. The company has demonstrated an Advanced System for controlling front loader hydraulics via a joystick. The system, codenamed CAN open, has three components: a proportional load sensing control valve, a CAN open technology-based joystick and an ECU (electronic control unit). The CAN open joystick interfaces with several grips from the Walvoil range providing several output configurations. The system is Isobus compatible, meaning universal protocol implemented in agricultural machinery for electronic communication.

Walvoil and Inter pump Group are growing steadily due to the diversification of export market of industrial hydraulic pumps, valves and power packs worldwide. This is in stark contrast to the report of Italy’s banks reporting Greek-style NPA (non-performing assets) and seeking a bailout from the EU (European Union).