HydraForce is aggressively pursuing the hydraulic cartridge valve, electro-hydraulic control, custom integrated circuit manifold, and electronic vehicle control markets. Since their founding in 1985, they have grown to become a world leading supplier of these products.
Their success is due to their commitment to innovation and quality in this challenging marketplace. HydraForce products consistently achieve the optimum combination of quality, efficiency and economy.
HydraForce Cartridge Valves and Custom Manifolds
HydraForce offers one of the most comprehensive lines of high quality hydraulic cartridge valves for the mobile and industrial equipment markets. They are designing high performance valves to meet virtually any need encountered in machine design for flow rates of 0.4 to 300 lpm (0.1 to 80 gpm).
Innovative, Robust Design
Their "group technology" approach to product planning, design, and manufacturing allows them to use a few basic parts to create many different models. Product availability is enhanced by this cost-effective engineering approach.
High Quality, Precision Manufacturing
The key to high quality final products is in maintaining precise control of those operations which produce the fits and clearances in critical valve subassemblies. State-of-the-art preparation and assembly equipment enables them to meet critical tolerances for more efficient hydraulic circuits. Their equipment includes the following:
- Automated honing/bore-sizing equipment to .00005 tolerances.
- Automated parts cleaning and assembly equipment.
Industry-Interchangeable Cartridges & Cavities
HydraForce cartridge valves are designed to fit a wide range of industry-common valve cavities.
High Performance, Cost Effective HydraForce System Manifolds
- No-leak, screw-in componentry.
- Fast and easy valve removal and replacement.
- Significantly reduced plumbing compared to traditional hydraulic systems.
- Optimally-sized integrated circuits for enhanced design flexibility.
Stringent Quality Control & Testing
Both their US and UK operations are registered to QS 9000 and ISO 9001 standards. HydraForce is one of a very small number of valve designers and manufacturers to have achieved this recognition for "Total Quality Management."
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) of all critical in-house production processes.
- On-going supplier monitoring and certification to the QS 9000 standard.
- Quality audit of incoming raw parts to a defined Cpk level.
- Rigid in-process material tracking with bar-code identification and lot control.
- Computerized gauge calibration/control including R & R and capability studies.
- 100% final product performance testing.
- Automated product testing using PLCs.
- Thorough parts cleaning with detailed procedures to meet most stringent industrial requirements.
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