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Hydraulic cylinders present a challenge for engineers who want to design systems that will deliver many thousands of operations, while resisting failure from the common failure mechanisms of buckling and fatigue. Mattias Awad, Ovako’s Head of Marketing and Technology at Cromax AB, explains how specifying clean steel can achieve this.

Specialty steel alloys are essential for components in linear motion bearings. Steel cleanness and heat treatment are important, while packaging and soft machining can improve efficiency for bearing manufacturers. Mikael Ostman, Key Account Manager for bearings at Ovako, explains why.