How to Choose Servo and Proportional Valve Repair Facilities
Technical expertise is critical in servo and proportional valve repair and very few companies are qualified to do it right. It’s a service that helps distributors save their end-user customers money by repairing servo and proportional valve pumps, rather...
8 Checks for Restarting Hydraulic Pumps After Long Shutoff
As hydraulic fluid power industries return to business amid the COVID-19 crisis, it is key to take care when restarting hydraulic machinery that you do not do more harm than good. When hydraulics sit for weeks or months at a time, they need special care before...
6 Key Hydraulic Product Distributor Strengths
As manufacturers search for ways to increase margins, they may eye distributor profit pools. On occasion, a manufacturer might “cut out the middleman” and forge a direct relationship that leaves distributors out in the cold.This is a shortsighted strategy that doesn’t...
8 Things to Check When Your Vane Pump Stops Flowing
Vane pumps tend to stop pumping suddenly as opposed to gear pumps, which tend to lose efficiency over time. Lack of flow or system pressure is the most common hydraulic pump problem. Here we’ll talk about 8 flow problems and how to check for them.The first step is to...
3 Common Causes of Noisy Pumps and What to Check
Hearing a lot of noise from any part of your machinery is less than ideal. However, with hydraulic pumps, this is a loud and clear sign that something is off.Hydraulic pumps are full of fluids that course through the system at high speeds and pressures....
Old Cores: The Key to New Revenue for Fluid Power Distributors
Distributors are constantly looking for ways to add new value to their end-user relationships as well as growing new revenue for their business. One way fluid power distributors in particular can accomplish this is starting a Core Buy-Back Program for...
3 Qualities to Look For When Choosing a Go-To Hydraulic Parts Supplier
Promises are easy to make, but hard to keep. The same is true for catchy slogans – they’re easy to give, but hard to live by. If you are allowed to choose which vendors you source from, look deeper than the promises and slogans before trusting one with...
Our People and Process Sets Us Apart
Promises are easy to make, but hard to keep. The same is true for slick slogans. Easy to give, hard to live by. Our pledges of on time, same-day shipments and high-quality products are rooted in our business culture, an ethic at Hydraulic Parts Source that imbues our...
Why Are Remanufactured Parts Better Than Aftermarket?
Many businesses must decide between remanufactured OE specification exceeding products and aftermarket units. Some choose aftermarket parts to save on cost, but later regret the paying a reduced price for low quality. A flood of aftermarket suppliers has saturated the...
What is Remanufacturing?
Remanufacturing is part of a welcome evolution in the fluid power industry. Quality expectations rose in the 1990s, sparking a shift from repairs and rebuilds to remanufactures. The out-of-date repair/rebuild process replaced only the worn part and then reassembled...