Hydraulics

CK Hydraulics

CK Hydraulics provides cost-effective and accurate technical expertise and engineering consultancy in hydraulics. With our qualified engineers, we are dedicated to providing the highest level of service at a reasonable price to our clients. We have been involved in projects across a wide range of sectors like commercial, retail, residential and more. From shopping centers to multi-level apartments and single family dwelling, we have provided effective design solutions in hydraulics to our clients.

We are here to deliver technical advice to develop and implement solutions at reasonable prices. Our team identifies your problem and comes up with a solution to it using the data we gathered. This way, we are able to evaluate, plan and create the perfect plan for you. Our hydraulic engineering expertise is mainly related to the design of hydraulic structures and optimization of layouts. If you need help with your hydraulics, just call us. We are always happy to help!  

Get Your Hydraulic Systems Running Clean

Hydraulic systems consume a lot of oil and replacement fluid becomes a natural cost of using hydraulic systems. If you want to get your hydraulic system working properly, you need to make sure that it doesn’t leak oil. Over 700 million gal of petroleum products enters the environment yearly due to illegal and careless disposal. There are also the costs associated with proper disposal, clean-up and the possible risks of a leaky machine. Contamination can occur in areas where oil can leak. Leakage should be fixed to prevent such risks and the costs associated with resolving them.

There are various ways to eliminate risks such as replacing line-mounted valves with integrated hydraulic circuits to simplify the plumbing and reduce potential leakage points. Using reliable connectors can also help. Connectors with elastomeric seal offer better seal reliability. Replace pipe-thread connectors that have an elastomeric seal. For hydraulic connections that depend on metal-to-metal seals, fitting a conical washer between the flare and the nose can get rid of leaking flare joints.

Incorrect torque is another cause of leaks as it leads to insufficient seat contact. Excessive torque, on the other hand, can lead to damage to the connector and tube through cold working. Incorrect torque can lead to too little or too much crush on the ferrule. Eliminating vibration can also help eliminate leaks. Vibration can cause fatigue, affect connector torque and pressure hydraulic conductors. It is important to address the main cause and this involve the installation of rubber mounting blocks or hoses to get rid of vibration bridges between the reservoir, the valves and the hydraulic power unit. All conductors should be supported with enough clamps.

Keeping the machine cool can also help. The reliability of hydraulic connectors with an elastomeric seal depends on hydraulic-fluid temperature that is being maintained in tolerable limits. The service life of seal compound lessens to a great extent when operating oil temperatures reach above 85° C. This only means that a hot-running hydraulic machine is very unreliable. We can help you avoid such problems.

Hydraulic Reliability Assessment

Most plants only check the oil level and change the filters on a regular basis for their preventive maintenance. When the hydraulic machine fails, there’s little to zero information about the machine to consult when troubleshooting. Before doing anything, we first perform a reliability assessment on your plant machines and then give you a report on every system. This report includes the current state of your hydraulic systems and recommendations for improving the operation of the system, speed, heat, shock and leakage.

Preventative Maintenance

You will also be given a preventative maintenance and reliability schedule that you can use to assess the condition of the hydraulic system regularly, reducing downtime and improving the system’s performance. The documented information will serve as a reference for troubleshooting if the machine fails. Photos will be included in the report to determine the reliability test points in the hydraulic system. We will conduct the assessment while the hydraulic system is working. This includes testing the pumps to know if the right volume is being transported to the machine. By doing this on a regular basis, production won’t be interrupted as the pumps can be replaced when not being used.

The accumulators will also be checked to ensure they’re correctly pre-charged, allowing the machine to achieve the preferred speed to continue production. We can check the temperature of lines in the hydraulic system regularly. This will allow you to identify any defective component early on and prevent the machine from failing altogether.

Determine the Cause of Leaks

Leakage is one of the main problems in a hydraulic system. For one drop of oil that leaks once per second, 405 gallons are lost every year. There is always a reason for the occurrence of leakage. We can determine the cause of the leaks and suggest the necessary fix to prevent it from happening in the future. We can also determine the cause of pressures that are out of adjustment. This kind of pressure causes leakage, wasted electrical energy and excessive heat and force. We can determine what is causing these pressures and fix them during the assessment or recommend the best solution to the problem.

Our consultants can also check and ensure that the tubing clamps and pipe are the right type and are correctly spaced. We can check the filter’s condition and ensure that the hosts are correctly installed to prevent loss of oil and premature failure. We can also verify that the water heat exchangers are working properly to reduce the oil temperatures to a tolerable level. The oil will begin breaking down when the oil temperatures reach above 140o F and cause varnish and sludge in the system. Our team can also conduct sound checks to identify aeration, valves o pump cavitation bypassing in the hydraulic system. We can also recommend the best maintenance schedule for the hydraulic system.

Call us to schedule a reliability assessment today and get a comprehensive report on the condition of your hydraulic system and suggest some improvements. With this report, you can reduce oil loss, downtime and operating costs.

Hydraulic Troubleshooting

Speak with one of our consultants today. We can provide troubleshooting services for sudden breakdowns, shock in the hydraulic system, speed issues, heat problems, leakage, system failures, contamination issues, machine inefficiency and recurrent component failures. A representative will answer your call and listen to your concerns. If an operator doesn’t answer, feel free to leave your name, contact number, address and brief description of your problem. We will get back to you soon.

Why Choose Us?

We first understand your perspectives and then provide a clear solution to your hydraulic needs. As we deal with various kinds of client, we know just what to do to meet their requirements. Through our consulting service, we can help overcome your challenges on your hydraulic system. We know how important it is to have a clear understanding of our client’s hydraulic system. Here at CK Hydraulics, we use a wide range of data acquisition methods as well as data interpretation to design measures that fit your exact needs as well as budget.

As a dedicated and passionate provider of engineering consultancy within hydraulics, you can trust our services to support your projects and engineering design. We want to give you the best value, so we investigate and interpret data to help you with the design, installation, construction, maintenance or repair of your infrastructure. We are experienced in hydraulic construction of equipment for ship propulsion, so we can help calculate the pressure drop over long axis lengths and implement hydraulic thinking on mechanical constructions. Our team can also perform calculations of hydraulic unit with respect to long pipe lengths, including high volume and high pressure drop.

CK Hydraulics provides a comprehensive approach to managing your hydraulic systems. We don’t only help you control the use and movement of oil, but also guarantee its quality. With this knowledge and experience, we help you assess and understand the issues that you may encounter and provide relevant advice on the risk and mitigation strategies that you could apply.

Expert Consulting

As a trusted source of expertise, we are ideally positioned to give you expert advice to successfully use oil in your hydraulic system to create power through pressure and maintain exceptional lubrication practices. When you choose us, you can improve the reliability, availability and effectiveness of your hydraulic system. We can help you reduce downtime as well as operating, maintenance, spare parts and energy costs.

We start with an assessment of your existing hydraulic system. This is done to determine the current state of your system to ensure that we are able to develop a comprehensive master plan of the work that needs to be done to reduce risks and maximize reliability. After making the plan, a certified technician will arrive at your site and conduct the necessary inspections. We can also provide remote management as well as visit periodically to ensure the success of your program. At the end of the contract, you can choose to renew the contract and hire us long-term.

Cost-effective Solutions

Assessing the current condition of your hydraulic system is important to understanding and creating a plan to create the right program for you. Our technicians are trained in hydraulics and hydraulic oil in machinery, so we can gather data in our daily rounds. We maintain a high level of professionalism to meet your individual needs. With us, you can bypass the complicated and time consuming task of recruitment and gain skilled professionals who are always ready to work at your facility. We can also send key performance indicator reports every month and conduct coaching and onsite supervision visits. Our technical experts, tools and knowledge warehouse are available to you at all times.

Responsibility to the Environment

If you need assistance with designing your hydraulic system, we can also help. Our team can identify the impact of construction on the surface and the environment. We make sure that we understand the interactions between these systems before we give you any advice, so we can avoid any risks or damage to the environment. We also offer multi-disciplinary advice on the dangers associated with building hydraulic systems.

With our professional consultancy service and data acquisition technologies, we can do hydraulic system monitoring. Our team can help with proper waste disposal, treatment plans and design of hydraulic system. We can conduct impact investigations of civil constructions on various systems. We can create a monitoring plan for urban areas and give you advice on proper hydraulic systems. We can help you understand and deal with the nature of various risks by providing advice on mitigation measures. Our specialists can provide valued experience and advice regarding data acquisition and consultancy related hydraulic systems. Call us today! We are always happy to help.