Author: John J. Pippinger, P.E. - Zero Downtime Hydraulics offers you guidance for circuit design, choosing appropriate components and new electro-hydraulic controls for increased efficiency, improving performance and extending the life of the system. New maintenance procedures and service programs are described that have been developed in heavy industry and adopted by the robotic and automatic machinery builders and users. Zero Downtime Hydraulics presents a crash-course in hydraulic equipment survival that can be understood and used in several readings.