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All about Latching Solenoid Valves

All About Latching Solenoid Valves While applications usually deal with a number of issues – power consumption, coil heating and extended cycle times are usually the most common. Humphrey has a solution to all these issues with one valve – called a latching solenoid valve. What it does Latching Solenoid Valve’s apply a short pulse Read the full article…


Identifying inefficiencies in your air compression system

Talk to any manufacturer in 2017 and most of them will always bring up being more efficient in their processes as being a vital ingredient of staying ahead of the proverbial curve. After all – doing more things better and faster is the goal of anyone who’s trying to super charge their bottom line. That Read the full article…


Three way valves and double acting cylinders

One of the more popular tactics of the last few years for manufacturers has been to use three-way valves as an alternative for control of double acting cylinders as opposed to going the traditional four-way valve route.   The reason for this is that four way valves are basically just two three-way valves in a Read the full article…


The Internet of Things (IoT) and manufacturing

It’s amazing to think how much the Internet has progressed in the last 30 years or so and how quickly the digital world and the real world are beginning to merge into one. The marriage between the two has become known as ‘the internet of things’ and its changing industry in a variety of ways Read the full article…


Three emerging trends in manufacturing so far in 2017

The US manufacturing sector is always changing and as such, it’s up to us to keep up with the latest and greatest. Today, we’re going to discuss the three primary and emerging trends we’ve observed so far in 2017. With a new administration in Washington and an increased focus on manufacturers, one shouldn’t expect that Read the full article…


Pneumatic valves – brushing up on the basics

Valves can make or break an operation system and aren’t just found in factories and plants – but in our homes as well. Getting back to basics is always a healthy thing, so that’s the focus of today’s blog. Today, we’re going to discuss some of the basics of Pneumatic valves, their importance and what Read the full article…


3 new, exciting applications for pneumatic valves

Humphrey valves are used in thousands of products all over the world and used in even more manufacturing processes. Long story, short – they’re an essential component in a wide range of systems – and stick out because of their reliability, effectiveness and adaptability. Even today, Humphrey valves are leading in a lot of innovative Read the full article…


An ode to pneumatics

In June, a very important physicist will be celebrating his 394th birthday. Blaise Pascal was the pioneer of pneumatics and the behavior of air in a vacuum. Because of his work – the scientific foundation of thermodynamics and fluid power was created – and all the industries that came about as a result – ours Read the full article…


U.S. Manufacturing Poised to Recover

For decades, U.S. manufacturing has been declining, basically due to low foreign labor costs, taxes, and higher domestic energy costs. Now our new president, Donald Trump, has made it clear he intends to take action to help our manufacturing companies reverse this trend. There is also something resembling a “perfect storm” coming to assist American Read the full article…


Humphrey Valves, The Future of Manufacturing

Today’s Students are Our Future The connection of Humphrey valves and manufacturing will depend on how motivated students are in their career and the quality of training they receive on the job in engineering. One issue in manufacturing is the low number of applicants that are skilled in our field. There are about 500 students Read the full article…