Hydraulic

Hydraulics is a topic in applied science and engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids. Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties. In fluid power, hydraulics is used for the generation, control, and transmission of power by the use of pressurized liquids. Hydraulic topics range through most science and engineering disciplines, and cover concepts such as pipe flow, dam design, fluidics and fluid control circuitry, pumps, turbines, hydropower, computational fluid dynamics, flow measurement, river channel behavior and erosion.

From backyard log splitters to the huge machines you see on construction sites, hydraulic equipment is amazing in its strength ­and agility! On any construction site you see hydraulically-operated machinery in the form of bulldozers, backhoes, shovels, loaders, fork lifts and cranes. Hydraulics operate the control surfaces on any large airplane. You see hydraulics at car service centers lifting the cars so that mechanics can work underneath them, and many elevators are hydraulically-operated using the same technique. Even the brakes in your car use hydraulics!

The Indian hydraulic industry started in early sixties primarily with an objective of import substitution of some of the hydraulic products being used by the industry in various applications. Since most of the Indian industries have been set up, based upon the variety of technological sources, the range of their specifications is very wide.Due to this the range of products in the oil hydraulic industry is also quite wide resulting in a very small batch for each product. It is, therefore, difficult to specify a minimum economically viable capacity for the industry. While there has been a continued overall growth in the oil hydraulic products business due to large variety of specialised products to meet specific individual applications, volume growth in individual products has been very low. With low volumes and high development costs concerning tooling, casting and forging, the industry has not been able to adopt modern production methods.


Hydraulic machines and equipments are amazing in their strength and agility. With the unique advantage of high pressure, energy-efficient/pollution and noise-free technology, the hydraulic machine and equipment manufacturing industry has exciting opportunities ahead to squarely meet the challenges of growing needs and emerging trends in the international industry.



The domestic hydraulic market is currently estimated to be much more than Rs. 1,500 crore. Experts in the field of hydraulics predict an accelerated growth in the Asian infrastructure market; Indian fluid power industry is predicted to have a huge growth potential in this region.