Early Hydraulic

Systems
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USDA Agricultural Library

How did we can the evolution of canning processes
https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/canning/exhibits/show/wartime-canning/world-war-i
Industrial food production and
processing plants
Pneumatics
Sterilization and Automation
History of Food production

| Food Engineering
Foodengineeringmag.com
https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/82693-technology-timeline
Does automation eliminate or create jobs?

“If technology creates (or reinstates) work, jobs are

created. Under this dichotomy, the key question is whether
The only problem now is
technology creates more jobs than it destroys. The World
Economic Forum estimates that by 2025, technology will

what will we do will all of

create at least 12 million more jobs than it destroys, a sign
that in the long run, automation will be a net positive for
society.”
our trash ? …
Automation Doesn’t Just Create or Destroy Jobs — It Transforms Them
Harvard Business Review
https://hbr.org/2021/11/automation-doesnt-just-create-or-destroy-
jobs-it-transforms-them
Fluid Power in our waste
disposal
Austin Scott
Waste
Disposal
• There is much more
to your trash then
putting it in a bin and
putting it on the curb
to be picked up. This
is how fluid power is
in my daily life,
including…
• Trash trucks
• Bailers
• Trash compactors
Spokane trash trucks
• Spokane trash trucks are clean energy just
like hydraulics and pneumatics
• They have much more hydraulic
components that meets the eye
• There are more than one type of trash
trucks with all different hydraulic designs
 Hydraulics in
trash trucks
• Hydraulics is beneficial
because it is a green energy
source
• With the advent of the trash
truck trash workers labor was
cut down 90%
• Trash trucks can hold more
trash with hydraulic presses
• The driver doesn't have to
leave the truck, doesn't need
an assistant, and moves from
cart to cart much faster,
saving labor,
Automated-Arm timeWilland
Garbage Trucks fuel.
Save Money,
Workers' Backs
Wauwatosa, WI Patch
https://patch.com/wisconsin/wauwatosa/garbage-
trucks
 Bailers
I see bailers every day at
work, we even have a
bailer in our lab!
Why hydraulics helps
our environment
• Bailers create cardboard bails
that are a bunch of cardboard
that is compacted together
• With fluid power bailers can
push against the cardboard
smashing or compacting it
• This creates a easy way to
recycle tons of cardboard that
could have been in a landfill
• The bales made in a recycling
plant can be sold as bulk paper,
plastic, aluminum, and tin.

How much is a cardboard bale worth? - Recycling.com

Recycling.com
https://www.recycling.com/how-much-is-a-cardboard-bale-worth/
Trash
compactors

• Trash
compactors are
used to reduce
the garbage
volume
• Trash is
reduced to
about 75% of
its total
volume when
compacted
 Robots

• Just like the movie Wall-e,

compacting trash saves
space.

• Robotic machines using

hydraulics and
pneumatics can sort and
process our trash more
effectively and without
human labor.

• Hydraulic systems in the

waste industry allow us to
process, store, and burn
more trash that ever
before.
 Conclusion
• Fluid power is a necessary and important
part of our everyday lives. Hydraulic
machines are responsible for farming our
land, the food we eat, and the waste we
dispose of. Without fluid power our
advanced lifestyles would not be possible.

Thank you for your time.

By Duncan S, Austin S, and Jon S