November/December 2017

www.hpmag.co.uk HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS November/December 2017 3 CONTENTS Editor: Ed Holden t | 01892 615806 e | ed.holden@dfamedia.co.uk Editorial Coordinator: Leslah Garland t | 01732 370340 e | leslah.garland@dfamedia.co.uk Editorial Assistant : Nicola Crawley t | 01732 370340 e | nicola.crawley@dfamedia.co.uk Commercial Director: Ryan Fuller t | 01732 370344 e | ryan.fuller@dfamedia.co.uk Senior Sales Executive: Andrew Jell t | 01732 370347 e | andrew.jell@dfamedia.co.uk DFA Direct: Ian Atkinson t | 01732 370340 e | ian.akinson@dfamedia.co.uk German Sales Office: Victoria Hufmann t | 911 939 76442 e | Victoria@hufmann.info Eastern US: Karen C Smith-Kernc t | +1 717 397 7100 f | +1 717 397 7800 e | KarenKCS@aol.com Western US and Canada: Alan A Kernc t | +1 717 397 7100 f | +1 717 397 7800 e | AlanKCS@aol.com Italian Sales Office: Oliver & Diego Casiraghi t | 031 261407 f | 031 261380 e | info@casiraghi.info Production Manager & Designer: Chris Davis t | 01732 370340 e | chris.davis@dfamedia.co.uk Reader/Circulation Enquiries: Perception-MPS Ltd. t | +44 (0) 333 577 9202 . e | dfamedia@pmps.info Operations Administrator: Chelsea Moss e | chelsea.moss@dfamedia.co.uk Finance Manager: Clare Jackson e | clare.jackson@dfamedia.co.uk Publishing Director: Ian Atkinson e | ian.atkinson@dfamedia.co.uk Published by: DFA Media Ltd, 192 The High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE t | 01732 370340 f | 01732 360034 e | info@dfamedia.co.uk w | www.hpmag.co.uk In co-operation with Printer: Garnett Dickinson, UK © Copyright 2017, DFA Media Ltd ISSN 1366-1981 H&P isacontrolledcirculationmagazine,published8 timesa year.PleasecontactDFAMediawithanysubscriptionenquiries. Paidsubscriptionsarealsoavailableonanannualbasisat £90.00 (UK),£120.00 (Europe)or£150.00 (Restof theWorld)P+P included.Thecontentof thismagazine,websiteand newslettersdonotnecessarilyexpress theviewsof theEditoror publishers.Thepublishersacceptno legal responsibility for loss arising from information in thispublication.All rights reserved. Nopartof thispublicationmaybeproducedorstored ina retrievalsystemwithout thewrittenconsentof thepublishers. 34 18 4 NEWS 16 KNOWLEDGE BASE Dimitar Atanasov of Eaton Hydraulics looks at some common causes of hose failure and offers practical advice on how to mitigate the risk. 18 HYDRAULICS 32 APPLICATIONS Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has supplied a bespoke, flexible rubber membrane to Wetfeet, a € 3.46 million, three-year research and development project designed to foster the exploitation of ocean wave energy. 34 SPECIAL 21ST ANNIVERSARY REPORT 50 SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING & ELECTRONICS 2018 PREVIEW 52 PNEUMATICS 54 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS 58 LAMMA 2018 PREVIEW 60 COMPRESSED AIR 69 BCAS Our regular news and events update on the British Compressed Air Society. 70 BFPA Hydraulics & Pneumatics’ issue-by-issue briefing on current activities and views involving the British Fluid Power Association. 72 NEW FACES 74 WEB LOCATOR 75 PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 50