HCIC Customized Produce Single-stage Double Acting Telescopic Tail Gate Lift Hydraulic Cylinder

HCIC is a professional hydraulic manufacturer, mainly engaged in hydraulic system design, manufacture, installation, transformation, commissioning and hydraulic components brand sales and technical services.

We are committed to meeting customer requirements by providing safe and reliable products, services, and information of the highest quality in terms of reliability, on-time delivery,

and customer satisfaction while ensuring employee safety, fostering employee relations and driving efficiency improvements.

Our success is based on continually improving the effectiveness of our products, processes, and Quality Management System.

Our hydraulic engineers directly involved in the hydraulic system assembly guidance,inspection and commissioning.

According to Rexroth standards,we are committed to the hydraulic system to do better and better.

The hydraulic system with reliable quality access to the majority of users of praise,

as a number of well-known mechanical engineering enterprises supporting suppliers.

From agriculture to automotive and every industry in between, HCIC Hydraulic products are designed to meet the most demanding requirements.

The production line was developed because we understand the need for professional performance and durability.

All cylinders are chromed, polished and individually heat-treated shaft provides extended cylinder life.And all cylinders are 100% hydraulically tested to two times working pressure.

When it comes to sourcing custom hydraulic cylinders, chances are the primary consideration is lead time. Yes, manufacturing quality and a robustly engineered design are critical, but after that, business imperatives drive the need for short lead times. Typically, for custom hydraulic cylinders, the turnaround time for the industry is 9-12 weeks. Often this isn ' t fast enough.

Some suppliers can offer standard turnaround at 6-8 weeks, including engineering time. How can they do it? Asking the right questions can help you discover if a supplier will be able to deliver with short lead times, on the dates promised, time after time. Here are seven questions to ask your supplier.

1. What is the stocking level of cylinder components? There are 18 components in a typical hydraulic cylinder. All of them need to be in stock or the cylinder can ' t reach final assembly. A good supplier will keep 4-8 weeks of stock on hand: tubes, clevises, trunnions, pistons, heads, mani folds, seals, etc. About 40-60% of the cost of a cylinder is its materials, so it takes a real commitment on the part of the supplier to adequately stock common components.

2. What does the supply chain look like? Suppliers who manufacture their components (by machining or welding) will always be able to make the needed parts from raw stock, and so will never be affected by supply chain interruptions caused by pandemics or trade wars. If parts are machined by a third party, what is the lead time to your supplier?

3. How well do they manage machine changeovers? It takes time to change a machine ' s tooling to set it up to make a different part. Managing this process successfully makes a supplier able to respond nimbly to orders.

Quick changeovers are a well-established discipline of manufacturing, but not everybody does changeovers well. A smart supplier will schedule similar parts next to each other, such as 2-inch cylinders running after 2.25-inch cylinders, to minimize tool changes.

3. How many design engineers do they have on staff? Each custom cylinder must be designed to meet the requirements of its application. This goes beyond load and stroke to include its service life, where it is installed, and special features of the application. You don ' t want the same design as the previous customer just because the engineer was in a hurry. The engineer should have the time to deeply understand your application and recommend design solutions to problems encountered in the field. Just as important, the number of engineers directly impacts how quickly they can execute a design and send you CAD files for approval. Ask your supplier how many custom design orders do they handle in a year, and divide by the number of engineers. A good supplier will staff at least one engineer for every 100 custom orders.

5. How do they schedule their manufacturing? Sometimes you need to request an expedited order. If the suppler has scheduled a three-day run of one type of cylinder, then there is no opportunity to break into the schedule and run your expedited order. This situation is common with hydraulic cylinder suppliers who have large-order customers. Usually these customers are big OEMs that give a lot of business to the supplier. Smaller order customers will always have to wait. Instead, seek out a supplier who schedules a mix of cylinder sizes and types in the same week. Scheduling work by week ensures that small order customers get equal treatment, and every changeover is an opportunity to break in with an expedited order. This approach trades off throughput for flexibility, so many suppliers have decided it is too costly to schedule work this way.

6. Will they stock inventory for you? Sometimes you need cylinders in an awful hurry. If your supplier offers a stocking program, then you will have the cylinders you need ready to ship. Rather than a 6-to-8-week lead time, the lead time is reduced to shipping time, whether it ' s by UPS red or by L P L carrier. There is a lot more to this topic, which is explored in a later section.

7. Do they offer expedited delivery? An expedited program is typically a four-week lead time. You are locked into buying a certain number of cylinders, and locked into the ship date, but the four-week schedule is undeniably attractive.

Use these seven questions the next time you evaluate a supplier of custom hydraulic cylinders. They will lead to frank conversations and uncover if a potential supplier, although well meaning, is not prepared to meet short lead times consistently. Having a reliably fast supplier is the best way to ensure that you will be able to respond to the changing customer demand, keeping customers from buying from competitors, and capturing maximum revenue.