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Hydraulic cylinders are fundamental components of hydraulic machinery. The function of a hydraulic cylinder is to convert the hydrostatic power of a fluid into mechanical power. They are the actuators or muscles of heavy equipment providing motion and force including steering, suspension, pushing, pulling, lifting, lowering, tilting, extending, clamping, stabilizing, and so on. 
A Cut Away of a Hyco Welded Body Hydraulic Cylinder showing the internal components Proper cylinder design and manufacture are critical as the failure of a cylinder will usually render the entire machine inoperable. Hyco produces high quality, rugged cylinders that are designed to have a long service life even in difficult applications and harsh environments. 
Hyco Large Bore, Long Stroke Telescopic Cylinders are used on heavy equipment such as this oil drilling rig More than 90% of Hyco’s production is custom designed for specific applications. These cylinders are built to suit the exact requirements of Hyco’s customers and are optimized for the specific machine application. These customers are mostly original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) in the mobile hydraulic cylinder market. The remaining 10% of production consists of catalogued, multi-use cylinders of a standard design. Hydraulic cylinders produced range from miniature hydraulic cylinders of only 1/2†(12mm) bore up to very large bore and long stroke hydraulic cylinders of 36†(914mm) bore. Telescoping cylinder products have been produced in extremely large sizes up to 600†stroke (15.24 meters). Custom cylinder designs produced by Hyco involve: specially designed mountings to interface with customer equipment; special seals, materials, and coatings to meet environmental and operational requirements; value added components assembled to the actuator such as fittings, piping, valves and guards; electronic stroke and feedback control sensors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : Manufacture of hydraulic equipment |
