Hydraulics are true marvels that enable people to do things that otherwise would be physically impossible, and hydraulic fabrication is what creates hydraulic systems. According to Tech Target, the world's first hydraulic systems were used during the first century. Today, hydraulic systems are used by most people nearly every day of their adult lives. The following are four of the best uses for hydraulic systems.



1. Lifting Very Heavy Objects

Hydraulic systems make it possible to lift very heavy objects that otherwise would take several people or beasts of burden to raise. Hydraulic fabrication has given us floor jacks that enable you to change a tire on your vehicle. A hydraulic lift can raise the entire vehicle. Hydraulics systems also can lift much heavier and even larger objects and enable people to lower them slowly and safely as needed.

2. Powering Heavy Equipment

Earthmoving, logging, and construction are just a few of the many ways in which heavy equipment enables industries to accomplish their respective tasks. Hydraulic systems enable heavy equipment to work as intended to reshape the ground quickly and efficiently for planned developments, harvest logs to create the lumber to build structures, and lift and carry heavy items to where they belong.

3. Enabling Manufacturing

Hydraulics systems greatly enable manufacturing processes that move raw materials, help to form them into particular shapes, and move objects along assembly lines. Hydraulic fabrication helps to create assembly lines and tools that move items through the system. Even robotics use hydraulic systems to repetitively perform menial tasks, move parts and items to where they are needed, increase support, and enable manufacturing processes.

4. Improving Vehicular Control

You cannot drive a vehicle made in recent memory that does not use hydraulics to control it. Hydraulic brakes, power steering systems, and suspension systems are just a few of the many ways in which hydraulic systems are used on modern private passenger vehicles. Heavy equipment, like cranes, bulldozers, and dump trucks, need hydraulic systems to make them work safely and make it possible for trained operators to control them.

You can call our friendly and professional hydraulic fabrication experts at Crown Hydraulics to learn more about how hydraulics might help with industrial processes or other work that you might need to perform.