Custom hydraulic solutions provide your application with advantageous features and functionality. Custom solutions are designed specifically to your specifications as required by our application. This ensures that your needs and requirements are met. Let’s review what you need to know when getting started with custom hydraulic solutions.
Benefits of Custom Hydraulic Solutions
Improved Efficiency
Off-the-shelf hydraulic cylinders may require you to make compromises in your design. They may not have the exact fit or mountings that you need. Custom hydraulic cylinders are designed to your specification resulting in easy assembly, maintenance, and improved service life. This improves efficiency for assembly, maintenance, and use by the end user.
Greater Durability
Custom hydraulic cylinder solutions take pressure, load, and environmental conditions into consideration during design, which allows the cylinder to function best in their specific conditions. Custom solutions allow you to address the problem areas that are specific to your application.
Designed Based On Your Requirements
Using an off-the-shelf hydraulic cylinder boxes you into preexisting parameters and design styles that may not be the best fit for your application. Custom hydraulic cylinders are tailored to your specific application and requirements, resulting in a solution that adds the most value to your application.
Important Design Considerations for Custom Hydraulic Solutions
There are many aspects of a hydraulic cylinder that you can customize to best suit your applications. Some of the key design considerations include:
Cylinder Bore
The cylinder bore is the inside diameter of the cylinder tube. The cylinder bore, along with the system operating pressure, determines the push force that the cylinder can produce. At Aurelius, we work with cylinder bores from 1 inch to 10 inches in diameter.
Rod Diameter
The rod diameter determines the retract force and speed of your hydraulic cylinder. Our team at Aurelius works with rod diameters between ⅜ and 5 inches.
Stroke Length
The stroke length of the hydraulic cylinder determines how far the cylinder can move a load. It is measured as the difference between the fully retracted and fully extended length of the cylinder. We work with stroke lengths between 0 and 20 feet.
Operating Pressure
The operating pressure for your hydraulic system must be factored in to determine the cylinder size and safety factors needed. At Aurelius, we design and manufacture hydraulic cylinders with operating pressures rated up to 5000 PSI.
Industries that Benefit From Custom Hydraulic Solutions
Many industries can benefit from custom hydraulic solutions. When you need solutions that are efficient and reduce downtime while improving the functionality of your machinery, custom hydraulic solutions are for you. Some of the industries that can benefit most from custom hydraulic solutions include:
Industrial OEMs
Industrial OEMs manufacture specialty equipment for industrial applications. Custom hydraulic solutions can be designed to the unique requirements of each application and can often be delivered at lower costs and shorter lead-times than standard industrial cylinders.
Forestry
Managing large areas of woodland, right-of-ways, or producing timber requires equipment that can function in demanding environments and harsh conditions. Custom hydraulic cylinder solutions can be designed to meet these needs with ease.
Agriculture
Custom solutions can be tailored to the unique and demanding needs of the agricultural industry, enhancing safety, precision, and automation.
Construction
The construction industry encompasses a broad range of equipment and applications that can benefit from custom hydraulic solutions, which enable automation and enhance safety. Custom solutions can also increase efficiency from design to build for the manufacturer and for use in the field by the end user.
When You Need Custom Hydraulic Solutions, Turn to Aurelius Manufacturing
At Aurelius Manufacturing, our team has over 40 years of experience designing and manufacturing custom welded hydraulic cylinders for a broad range of industries and applications.
We are committed to quality, responsiveness, and short lead-times. Our team will work with yours to develop the custom solutions that add the most value to your application.
Contact our team today to get started.
