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Hydro-Mechanical Specialties: Powertrain Excellence for Over 50 Years The world needs more copper, lithium, nickel, and rare earth elements than mining operations can currently produce. Electric vehicle manufacturing alone requires three to four times more copper per vehicle than conventional automobiles. Grid infrastructure expansion demands millions of kilometers of copper wiring. Wind turbines and solar...Continue reading→

Hydromechanical Specialties: Keeping Mining Equipment Running Since 1974 The mining industry faces a mining workforce crisis that extends far beyond recruitment challenges. As experienced maintenance technicians and equipment operators retire in unprecedented numbers, decades of institutional knowledge about powertrain systems, hydraulic components, and drivetrain maintenance disappears from operations. This knowledge drain creates immediate equipment reliability...Continue reading→

Hydro-Mechanical Specialties: Powertrain Excellence for Over 50 Years The mining industry stands at a critical inflection point. Global demand for copper, lithium, and rare earth elements is accelerating at rates that existing operations struggle to meet, yet equipment reliability continues to undermine production targets across surface and underground mines worldwide. When transmissions seize, torque converters...Continue reading→

When a wheel loader transmission fails on a Monday morning, the repair invoice represents only a fraction of the actual damage. The true cost encompasses idle operators drawing full wages, concrete trucks turned away from the site, subcontractors demanding compensation for schedule disruptions, and project managers scrambling to explain delays to owners already nervous about...Continue reading→

Federal safety regulators are elevating equipment maintenance from an operational preference to a compliance imperative. The Mine Safety and Health Administration's new final rule requiring written safety programs for surface mobile equipment represents the most significant regulatory development affecting heavy machinery in years. For mining operations, construction contractors working on mine sites, and industrial facilities...Continue reading→

The American construction industry has never been busier—or more constrained. Monthly construction spending reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.17 trillion in August 2025, representing one of the largest sustained investment periods in the sector's history. Yet contractors across the country face a paradox that threatens to undermine this unprecedented demand: the workers needed...Continue reading→

Hydromechanical Services: Specialized Dana Spicer Clark-Hurth Powertrain Expertise Global supply chain disruptions have pushed powertrain component lead times to unprecedented levels, forcing heavy equipment operators to fundamentally rethink maintenance and repair strategies. Semiconductor shortages affecting electronic control modules, Asia-sourced turbocharger delays stretching twelve to thirty weeks, and transmission component backlogs extending months beyond historical norms...Continue reading→

Hydromechanical Services: Specialized Dana Spicer Clark-Hurth Powertrain Expertise Unplanned equipment failures are draining more money from heavy equipment operators than ever before. Industry analysts project that UK and European manufacturers will lose more than eighty billion pounds due to downtime in 2025, with heavy equipment and industrial manufacturing absorbing the largest share at sixty billion...Continue reading→

Hydromechanical Services: Specialized Dana Spicer Clark-Hurth Powertrain Expertise Dana Incorporated's three-hundred-million-dollar investment in vehicle electrification is fundamentally transforming the off-highway equipment landscape, creating both opportunities and challenges for operators, manufacturers, and repair facilities. The Ohio-based drivetrain manufacturer has accelerated its commitment to emission reductions with aggressive timelines targeting seventy-five percent reductions by 2030 and net-zero...Continue reading→

Cold weather creates serious challenges for hydraulic and powertrain systems. When temperatures drop, fluid viscosity increases, seals become brittle, and metal components contract at different rates. These changes can lead to catastrophic failures, extended downtime, and expensive emergency repairs that could have been prevented with proper preparation. Hydro-Mechanical Systems specializes in protecting industrial equipment from...Continue reading→