Free field guide
How to spec a custom
hydraulic cylinder.
An 11-page branded PDF that walks the whole chain of decisions behind a custom cylinder — the same math and material data our configurator and calculators run on. No fluff, no sales pitch. Tell us who you are and we'll email it straight to you.
What's inside
Eleven pages of plain, textbook-true hydraulic engineering, synthesized from our technical guides and illustrated with dimensioned envelope drawings from the configurator. Every number matches the tools on this site.
- The requirements checklist — load, stroke, pressure, environment, duty
- Sizing: force from bore and pressure, with a worked F = P × A example
- Speed, flow, and cycle time
- Rod buckling — Euler, the K factors, and the 3.0× safety factor
- Choosing a mount, and how it changes the buckling math
- Selecting seals by temperature and fluid
- Welded vs tie-rod construction
- Measuring an existing cylinder for replacement
- Repair or replace, and RFQ readiness — what a shop needs to quote it
It teaches engineering, not commercial terms — no pricing, no lead times, no fine print. Prefer to read online first? All of it is ungated in ourtechnical resources.