Air compressor hoses are very common. Unfortunately, their damage is also fairly common. Damage can result from one of many causes, including restriction of hose, hoses being too small, improper air treatment, overextending the bend, tube erosion, heat aging and abrasion. Compressed air hose are pneumatic hoses within a compressed air system. They provide the… Read more »

Things that happened in 1946: · Life was getting “back to normal” after the end of World War 2. · Yogi Berra made his Major League Baseball debut. · The first drive-up banking windows opened. And… Power Drives, Inc. opened for business. Thinking about how different the world was 75 years ago, we are humbled… Read more »

Hydraulic lines, also referred to as hydraulic tube, at the most basic level are cylinder-shaped tubing devices that when integrated into a hydraulic system allow for fluid to pass among the components of that system. They are made of the toughest steel in order to withstand the high pressures that hydraulic systems require.  The reason… Read more »

Power Drives has been around for 75 years. We’ve been taking care of the public’s hydraulic hose fabrication needs for a long time. Whether in our store or our plant, we create hoses unique to each individual application. We take application, routing requirements, heat, pressure, vibration and wear-and-tear into consideration before creating a new hydraulic… Read more »

Power Drives is honored to have received the award of Operational Excellence from Buffalo Business First. This is all possible thanks to our hard-working and dedicated team. Congratulations to all of the winners of this year’s Manufacturing Awards. See you next year! The article: Power Drives developed a niche in the locomotive industry with its… Read more »

“Pneumatic tubing” is a very common search term in the industrial world. Considering that manufacturing is as strong as its been in recent history, along with the rise in smart phone usage, this search makes a lot of sense. Operations directors and maintenance professionals alike are turning to the internet to find the best pneumatic… Read more »

High pressure pneumatic hose is used pretty much everywhere in the manufacturing and heavy equipment industry. Let’s look at the different types of high pressure pneumatic hose, because they are not all the same, and you don’t want to buy the wrong hose for the job! The first is the PVC hose. PVC hoses are… Read more »

One of our true niches here at Power Drives is manufacturing lines for diesel engines. These include coolant lines, low pressure fuel lines, turbo supply and return lines, and EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) lines. So why are we the expert in producing OEM EGR lines? Through hard work and technical expertise, we’ve been able to… Read more »

Hydraulic hoses aren’t like a lot of other items you can buy. Hydraulic hoses, and the fittings that go on them, are always unique to the application and environment they operate within. Down to the structure, pressure and temperature ranges, hydraulic hoses need to be customized. Customized hydraulic hoses cannot be purchased just anywhere. It… Read more »

Hoses and assemblies: To many, they are one in the same. But technically, they are quite different. A hydraulic hose is one piece of the puzzle within a hydraulic hose assembly. A hydraulic hose assembly actually consists of a hose and fittings. These fittings are what connect the hose to the other components within a… Read more »