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The Growth of Worldwide Construction, Mining and Automotive Industries
The key factor impacting the growth of the hydraulic pump market is the growth of the application industries. Hydraulic pumps have a huge application in the construction, mining, and automotive industries. Additionally, there is an increase in industrialization and urbanization in developing countries such as China and India. These countries are in a phase of witnessing rapid industrialization due to increasing population. This has led to a surge in consumer needs for products accelerating the growth of end-use industries.
Most of the construction machinery including earthmoving equipment requires a lot of power, and this can be increased above machinery capacity by using a hydraulic pump. And certain activities in construction require low power such as fine grading of embankments or excavating over mains power, and gas or sewage pipes that require control. When used in combination with the modes available on the machinery, a hydraulic pump can help to control this. Hydraulic pumps play an important role in the construction industry as they not only save the overall cost but also save a lot of time.
These benefits that hydraulic pump offer is increasing their demand in construction.
Another application industry for the hydraulic pump is the automotive industry. Hydraulics are used in every phase of the automotive industry's production. This involves the use of hydraulic industrial equipment throughout the manufacturing process as well as minor hydraulic systems that assist the car in its daily operations. The brakes are the most visible hydraulic system in a car. Simply depressing the brake pedal slows down the vehicle. This is feasible because hydraulic fluid generates pressure, which activates the car's braking system.
The cumulative growth of these application industries has had a direct impact on hydraulic pump demand. The demand is expected to grow strongly during the forecast period, with a large number of manufacturing industries being established and planned expansions taking place across industries.
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Increasing Use of Hydraulic Pumps in Wastewater Treatment Plants
As the world's population expands, so does the water demand. People need clean water for drinking, cooking, and cleaning, while industrial facilities need clean water for cooling and other functions. Furthermore, agriculture is a big water consumer, consuming around 70% of the world's fresh water for irrigation.
Water treatment plants are built to speed up the natural purification process. The natural process is overburdened by an increasing number of humans and significantly more wastewater. The amount of effluent would wreak devastation without wastewater treatment, as it does today in underdeveloped countries. In the countries that do have water treatment facilities, they use a variety of technologies to purify water and return it to the environment, to keep humans and the environment safe and thriving.
The basic job of wastewater treatment plants is to purify sewage. However, wastewater – and the components that make it up – are now also being utilized in innovative agricultural solutions. Cities already have wastewater treatment facilities. They are also equipped with all of the necessary equipment for growing agricultural produce in greenhouses. The governments and other organizations are aiming to connect with wastewater treatment plants to develop an agricultural system for high-quality urban vegetable growing.
Pumps are used for a variety of purposes in water treatment plants, including low-lift service, coagulant feed, carbon slurry transfer, and feed, fluoride feed, sample delivery from selected points to the chemical laboratory, plant water supply, wash water supply, surface wash supply, and high service pumpage to the distribution system. All these are made much more cost-effective and easier with the use of hydraulic pumps. And hence, the demand for hydraulic pumps in water treatment is increasing.
The ongoing advancements in hydraulic pump technology are poised to enhance efficiency and sustainability across various industrial applications, reflecting a broader trend towards automation and energy conservation.
U.S. Department of Energy