How to use a Micropac pump for your Aerospace GSE or Defence application. Micropac pumps have been used for decades for filling, testing and specialist GSE service fixtures for aircraft undercarriage. For over four decades, our Micropac pumps have been used worldwide in the hangar, logistics depot, on the runway, in the plant [...]
Manual pressure test hydraulics goes digital. How to navigate digital pressure testing. Traditional borden tube pressure gauge, datalogging digital gauge and pressure transducer. Images by courtesy of WIKA and Hydrotechnik, After four decades of analogue pressure measurement on our Micropac hydrostatic pressure test pumps, digital is the future for many customers. Digital means [...]
Assorted O Ring compounds. Image courtesy of Eastern Seals Can I find a universal seal or is this chasing the Holy Grail of materials? Wouldn’t it be amazing to order in your fluid power hydraulic pump with a single seal compound? A hydrostatic pressure test pump fill or charging unit that can be [...]
Can I pipe up my hydraulic system in microbore -03 or -02 hoses for ultra compact? Learn more on using microbore hoses to make a very neat job, produce a masterpiece or even open up a new hydraulic application. A hydraulic sunroof on this Mercedes SLK is a masterpiece of miniature hydraulics. Can [...]
We manufacture a wide range of our specialist Micropac® branded hand pumps. Whether you just need a component hand pump head, pump and reservoir or a 2 wheel filler/test cart, these have been our core products for decades. Our equipment aligns with US NPT and SAE standards on threads and US seals because our [...]
Twin hydraulic cylinder on agricultural equipment. Will they work as you hoped? There are a few ways of controlling multiple cylinders in different applications. If you simply connect them up, there is every chance they won’t work or not as expected. Before jumping directly to flow dividers and position sensors, is there a simpler [...]
How do I pressure test my composite overwrapped pressure vessels or COPV? Can a Micropac® PTR-A programmable hydrostatic pressure cycle tester provide effective testing at low cost? Composites have been a massive growth area in the last few decades. Some applications are designing and manufacturing massively strong structures at a low mass that was [...]
Why are composites the future for so many pressure vessels? Composite pressure vessels can offer such enormous benefits over metallic pressure vessels. There is some serious engineering in them. Why are composites so successful for the right application? Think composite and focus on strength, low mass and freedom from corrosion. Composites have brought to [...]
Why is “country of smelting” suddenly so important? Smelting produces the raw material billet for steel or aluminium for further processing. Steel is shown. A rolling mill or extrusion press will produce the material that your material supplier buys. A steel rolling mill is shown. Why you need [...]
When do I have to use a double acting hydraulic cylinder and why? Sometimes, a double acting hydraulic cylinder circuit is the only way to achieve your requirements. What are basic design considerations? Single versus double acting cylinders. Sometimes your design needs push and pull. The single acting configuration is left and double [...]