July/ August 2020

www.hpmag.co.uk HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS July/August 2020 5 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 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: Andrew Jell t | 01732 370347 e | andrew.jell@dfamedia.co.uk Western US and Canada: Andrew Jell t | 01732 370347 e | andrew.jell@dfamedia.co.uk 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 t | +44 (0) 1825 701520 . e | dfamedia@dmags.co.uk Operations Manager: Ewa Hodden – e | ewa.hodden@dfamedia.co.uk Project Liaison Manager: Emma Floyd – e | emma.floyd@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: Warners, UK © Copyright 2020, DFA Media Ltd ISSN 1366-1981 H&P isacontrolledcirculationmagazine,published8 timesa year.PleasecontactDFAMediawithanysubscriptionenquiries. Paidsubscriptionsarealsoavailableonanannualbasisat £100.00 (UK),£135.00 (Europe)or£170.00 (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. 44 22 6 NEWS 22 KNOWLEDGE BASE Hydraulic fluids: Understanding the value high-quality zinc-based fluids can bring to operational productivity. 26 HYDRAULICS 44 APPLICATIONS The first new Doosan DX350LC-7 36 tonne crawler excavator in Italy has helped to secure the bed of the But creek, a tributary of the Tagliamento river in the province of Udine in Northern Italy. 46 PNEUMATICS Rapid-deployment battery-powered pneumatic heavy-lift system for recovery, rescue and field; Camozzi Industry 4.0-ready valve islands now with fieldbus connection. 52 COMPRESSED AIR Darren Pratt, Industrial Instrumentation product manager for SICK UK, looks a new technology solution that helps reduce carbon footprint and energy loss from compressed air leaks. 57 ANNUAL BUYERS’ GUIDE 138 BCAS Our regular news and events update on the British Compressed Air Society. 140 BFPA Hydraulics & Pneumatics’ issue-by-issue briefing on current activities and views involving the British Fluid Power Association. 141 NEW FACES 142 WEB LOCATOR 143 PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 52