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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“Whatever practical people may say, this world is, after all, absolutely governed by ideas, and very often by the wildest and most hypothetical ideas. It is a matter of the very greatest importance that our theories of things that seem a long way apart from our daily lives, should be as far as possible true, and as far as possible removed from error.”
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