Technical resources
Know the cylinder
before you spec it.
Straight, textbook-true hydraulic cylinder engineering — how to measure one for replacement, how to pick construction, seals, and mounts, and how to keep a rod from buckling. No sign-up, no PDF wall. The same math and material data our configurator and calculators run on.
How to Spec a Custom Hydraulic Cylinder
Our flagship field guide — 11 pages walking the whole chain: force and sizing, rod buckling, mounting, seals, construction, measuring, and exactly what a shop needs to quote it. Emailed to you as a branded PDF.
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How to Measure a Hydraulic Cylinder for Replacement
The seven measurements that fully define a replacement hydraulic cylinder — bore, rod, stroke, retracted length, mounts, ports, and pressure — and how to take each one accurately.
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Welded vs Tie-Rod Cylinders: Which to Spec
Welded and tie-rod hydraulic cylinders solve the same job two different ways. Here is how construction, pressure rating, size, envelope, and serviceability decide which one your application should use.
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Seal Selection by Temperature and Fluid
How to pick a hydraulic cylinder seal compound from your fluid's temperature range and type — Buna-N, polyurethane, or FKM (Viton) — using the same rated ranges our configurator enforces.
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Repair vs Replace: A Hydraulic Cylinder Decision Guide
When a rebuild is the smart money and when a new cylinder makes more sense — a straight decision guide based on rod condition, bore condition, downtime, and part availability.
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Mounting-Style Selection for Hydraulic Cylinders
Clevis, cross-tube, trunnion, and flange mounts each hold the cylinder a different way — and each changes the rod-buckling math. Here is how to choose, and why the mount affects the safety factor.
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Understanding Rod Buckling in Hydraulic Cylinders
Why a hydraulic cylinder rod that is plenty strong in compression can still bow out and fail — Euler's column formula, the end-condition K factors, and the safety factor that keeps real rods straight.
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