January/February 2021

HYDRAULICS 18 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS January/February 2021 www.hpmag.co.uk Moog Industrial Group, a division of Moog Inc. has introduced the Modular EAS System. The Modular EAS is a highly flexible system with excellent scalability and variability and can be easily adapted to most types of industrial manufacturing machinery. Standardised modular EAS solution The Moog Modular electrohydrostatic actuation system (Modular EAS) features standardised modules with a wide number of customisation options available. This process allows for extensive application potential by meeting the specific requirements of the customer. The system’s smallest scope of delivery consists of a basic manifold and an Electrohydrostatic Pump Unit (EPU) which Moog delivers as an assembled and tested unit. To expand the system, the basic module can be combined with various options or adapted with additional standardised high-speed manifolds in order to build a complete motion control system. With the Modular EAS System the localised power allows for improved energy efficiency due to the elimination of the flow control valving and centralised piping, which reduces the amount of wasted energy commonly found on traditional hydraulic systems. Modular EAS benefits High force capability and force density that provide a compact and performant alternative to EH and EM actuation Environmentally clean due to up to 90% lower oil requirement compared to the standard systems and low noise emission for quiet machine operation Small number of components to reduce the risk of breakdown and allow for faster maintenance Decentralised system that eliminates the need for a large hydraulic power unit (HPU) and reduces piping 4-quadrant operation technology allows for universal suitability for a large range of challenging applications as well as for effective energy management with reduced consumption due to energy recuperation Low mass inertia of the EPU provides high system dynamics Applications The Modular EAS System is suitable for a wide range of industrial manufacturing machinery. It can be used on metal pressing applications from forging, powder and sheet metal presses to hot forming, punching and isostatic press machines. In wood and paper milling, testing and power generation applications the Modular EAS System allows for improved decentralisation of the machine axes. Additional high-performance applications can be realised in the industrial marine sector, on operational mobile machinery and on injection and blow moulding machinery in the plastics sector. The system is claimed to simultaneously reduce oil requirements for HPU by 90%, thereby reducing machine cost of ownership significantly. www.mooginfo.com/ModularEAS Moog launches modular electrohydrostatic actuation system For businesses making tubes with complex shapes or composite hoses (flexible + rigid), many might find it difficult to find a machine that can properly process them. Due to the complexity of the bends, there often is a limit of space that makes pre-assembling tubes complicated, if not impossible. O+P has introduced a new machine - Unispeed USFL 24/37 ES 6/18 – specifically conceived to solve this problem. Due to its layout, this machine allows users to easily preassemble DIN2353 rings and 37° JIC fittings on stainless (AISI 316 TI) and carbon (ST 37.4) steel tubes with Ø 6-18 mm (1/4’’-5/8’’) and a maximum thickness of 2 mm. The cylinder – which features as patent- pending rotating configuration – has been separated from the main structure of the machine to allow for more working space. This, together with tools more compact than the standard, gives users the possibility to comfortably pre-assemble tubes with a very short flat-end (where the distance between the pre-assembly point and the first bend is very limited), which are very common in the automotive industry. The Unispeed USFL 24/37 ES 6/18 is provided with an electronic colour touch-screen control, to easily and rapidly enter and edit working recipes, side tool-storage shelves and wheels, to move the machine around the workshop comfortably. www.op-srl.it Process tubes with complex bends – an easier process with new O+P machine