EWP Hydraulic Services in Newcastle

Newcastle's hydraulic service story has a coal-dust dimension that most Australian cities don't have to contend with. Machines working the Kooragang and Mayfield precincts, the coal export terminals and the Hunter power stations accumulate coal and ballast dust on hose outer covers, around hose fittings and in the vicinity of pump and reservoir breather points — and fine coal dust is abrasive in the way that marine salt alone is not. It can work into breather-filtered air and get into hydraulic fluid, compounding normal fluid contamination with particulate that accelerates internal wear on pumps and valves. Shutdown work at port and power-station facilities concentrates hydraulic demand into short windows where a fault can derail a whole work front.

EWP Australia carries out hydraulic services across Newcastle and the Hunter — fluid contamination assessment specifically looking for particulate and moisture, cylinder resealing and overhaul on machines where dust-accelerated wear has produced bypass or drift, hose inspection and replacement with attention to abrasion damage on outer covers, pump and load-holding valve service, and fluid and filter changes on a schedule that accounts for the industrial operating environment. Pre-shutdown hydraulic preparation is offered for operators wanting machines in sound condition before a critical work window.