A hydraulic cylinder must do more than fit your equipment. It must meet the application’s performance requirements, withstand demanding operating conditions, and deliver reliable service throughout its working life.
At Aggressive Hydraulics, our custom hydraulic cylinder design and manufacturing process begins with your equipment, application requirements, and performance goals. We work closely with your team to develop a hydraulic cylinder designed specifically for the work it needs to perform.
Engineering Starts With Your Application
Every project begins by understanding your requirements. Our sales and engineering teams review the application, equipment constraints, operating environment, and required cylinder performance.
Our engineers evaluate the working load, motion geometry, stroke, duty cycle, mounting requirements, and other factors that influence hydraulic cylinder design.
This early collaboration helps us identify potential challenges, document key requirements, and develop a solution that supports your equipment and production goals.
Purpose-Built™ means the cylinder is developed around your application, rather than adapting a standard design that may not meet your needs.
Proprietary Hydraulic Cylinder Design Tools
Our engineering team uses proprietary design and calculation tools developed for several hydraulic cylinder types, including:
- Welded hydraulic cylinders
- Single-acting telescopic hydraulic cylinders
- Double-acting telescopic hydraulic cylinders
These tools help our engineers evaluate design requirements and develop consistent cylinder specifications. They also support faster design decisions while maintaining established engineering standards.
Our online hydraulic cylinder calculators also provide useful estimates for force, pressure, displacement, extension speed, and retraction speed.
Designed for Real-World Operating Conditions
A cylinder may perform well on paper but still face challenges once it is installed on working equipment.
Our engineers account for real-world operating conditions, including vibration, shock loads, contamination, temperature changes, side loading, and demanding duty cycles.
Materials, seals, mounting configurations, ports, coatings, and other design details are selected based on the specific requirements of your application.
A Connected Process From Design Through Production
Hydraulic cylinder engineering does not happen in isolation. Our sales, engineering, operations, manufacturing, and quality teams work together throughout the project.
This connected process helps maintain your requirements as the cylinder moves from the initial concept and design stages into manufacturing, assembly, testing, and delivery.
Our Purpose-Built™ hydraulic cylinder manufacturing process carries your application requirements through six key stages:
- Requirements
- Estimating
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Quality
- Customer support
You can also tour our hydraulic cylinder manufacturing facility to see how machining, welding, assembly, testing, coating, and shipping work together.
What Sets Our Engineering Process Apart?
Fast Design Turnaround
Our defined engineering processes help us produce detailed drawings and models quickly while maintaining accuracy and consistency.
Proven Design Tracking
Established tracking processes help our team manage design requirements, revisions, approvals, and project details from concept through production.
Experienced Engineering Support
Our engineering team combines hydraulic cylinder experience with current CAD systems, proprietary calculations, and application-specific design tools.
Established Design Standards
Every design follows documented engineering standards supported by proven design practices and carefully evaluated engineering safety factors.
Hydraulic Cylinders Designed Around Your Equipment
Aggressive Hydraulics develops Purpose-Built™ hydraulic cylinders for demanding mobile and industrial equipment applications.
Whether you need a new cylinder design, support for an existing application, or a manufacturing partner for an upcoming equipment program, our Hydraulic Cylinder Specialists® are ready to help.
Unlock Your Equipment's Full Potential with Aggressive Hydraulics
Aggressive Hydraulics is committed to delivering solutions and the right solutions. Our Purpose-Built™ approach ensures that we tailor every hydraulic cylinder we design and manufacture to provide the best performance for your machinery. Let us partner with you to elevate your OEM operation with hydraulic cylinders built to perform.
