Practical Use
See also: Hydraulic machineryA fluid power system has a pump driven by a prime mover (such as an electric motor or IC engine) that converts mechanical energy into fluid energy. This fluid flow is used to actuate a device such as:
- A Hydraulic cylinder or Pneumatic cylinder, provides force in a linear fashion
- A Hydraulic motor or Pneumatic motor, provides continuous rotational motion or torque
- A Rotary actuator provides rotational motion of less than 360 degrees.
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“The cycle of the machine is now coming to an end. Man has learned much in the hard discipline and the shrewd, unflinching grasp of practical possibilities that the machine has provided in the last three centuries: but we can no more continue to live in the world of the machine than we could live successfully on the barren surface of the moon.”
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