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Cylinder Safety – Preventing Erratic Movement of the Piston Rod One of the most effective ways of learning is learning from your mistakes. What’s even better is learning from someone else’s mistakes. That’s why I go back to Rory McLaren again and again. Rory is an instructor and expert on fluid power safety, and director […]

Do You Really Want to Unscrew That Cartridge Valve? Unscrewing a valve or fitting from a cylinder under load may pose unforeseen consequences. I’ve met hundreds of knowledgeable people in my many years working in the fluid power community. Almost all have been people of excellent character, and some are passionate about what they do. […]

The Avis Industrial Corporation Board of Directors announced the appointment of Greg King as Avis Industrial’s new President and CEO, effective October 19, 2020. Greg has spent the last four and a half years as President & General Manager of Harris Equipment, one of Avis’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, with operations in Cordele and Baxley, Georgia, as […]

It’s been a while since we’ve included QR code cards with our shipments. We wanted to share a little more information about this useful time-saving feature. After using the camera on your mobile device to scan the QR code you will immediately be taken to the Peninsular webpage associated with that part. These webpages could […]

Henry Haver Inducted into the 2020 Fluid Power Hall of Fame June 19, 2020, Cherry Hill, NJ – A special award was established to acknowledge individuals who have dedicated their careers and have made significant contributions to Fluid Power technology.  This year’s host, the International Fluid Power Society (IFPS), is excited to announce the induction […]

Designing Cylinders for Use with Proximity Switches Inductive proximity switches are rapidly replacing magnetic reed and mechanical limit switches for cylinder control, principally because of their high frequency response and the fact that they have no moving parts. However, for a probe-type proximity switch to work properly, the air gap between switch probe and piston […]