Why Choose Kawasaki Hydraulic Components?

There are many distributors of Kawasaki Precision Machinery in Australia and across the globe too. Most of these distributors stock and repair a wide range of genuine hydraulic pumps, motors and parts for use in excavators and other mobile equipment such as cranes and crushers.

Kawasaki is bespoke for its quality products and parts demonstrated by their long history of innovative development.

Quality Products

Kawasaki is well known as the leading producer of high-quality hydraulic components especially for applications that require high power and precise control. Kawasaki is also the market leader in reliability, particularly when operating in the world’s most rigorous operating conditions. In Australia, it is pertinent that Western Australia has some of the harshest conditions, so Kawasaki is an obvious choice.

Where Kawasaki is Used

Kawasaki hydraulic components are specifically designed and used in Volvo, Hyundai, Kobelco, Sumitomo, CASE, Daewoo, Doosan and Samsung excavators, Tadano and Kobelco cranes, Extec crushers among others.

Kawasaki’s Impressive History

Kawasaki has a history of developing innovative, new machines for commercial and domestic use. Its long history of quality machines and parts began in 1878 when its founder Shozo Kawasaki established the Kawasaki Tsukiji Shipyard in Tokyo.

Due to the Sino-Japanese war, the shipbuilding industry had been prosperous. Kawasaki decided to make it a public company in 1894 and Kojiro Matsukata was named the president. Matsukata held the position for 32 years during which time he expanded the business into rolling stock and aircraft to make Kawasaki the leading heavy industrial company in Japan.

Kawasaki’s work on hydraulic pumps and motors began over 100 years ago when it entered into a technological partnership on a radial piston pump for a steering gear at the Kawasaki Dockland in 1916.

In 1936 Kawasaki began manufacturing screw hydraulic pumps with assistance from Sweden’s IMO. The ‘KIMO Pump’ was produced as a lubricant pump and fuel oil pump. The pumps were used in Kawasaki’s vessels until the end of World War II.

Kawasaki was keen to develop labour saving machinery so in 1968 it entered into an agreement with the US company, Unimation, to develop Japan’s first industrial robot.

In 1972 Kawasaki launched Japan’s largest motorcycle featuring a 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, 903 cm3, Dual Overhead Camshafts (DOHC) engine. Called the Kawasaki Z1, the bike was immediately popular and went on to become a long-term best seller.

Wanting to continue its push into consumer goods, Kawasaki introduced the first Jet Ski and registered the ‘Jet Ski’ trademark. Mass production of the popular watercraft began soon after.

In 1976 Kawasaki launched the first gas turbine generator, the Kawasaki GPS 200 and won the top prize at the Electric Equipment Industry Exhibition the following year.

Kawasaki then developed the first Japanese helicopter in 1977. The chopper was able to fly in inclement weather with its twin engines and jointless rotor system. In 1981 Kawasaki delivered the first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) carrier to be built in Japan.

By 1985 Kawasaki had delivered hundreds of lightweight stainless steel rail cars for the New York Subway.

Kawasaki was commissioned to produce two tunnel boring machines (TBM) in 1987 for work on the Channel Tunnel linking Great Britain and Europe. Within 12 months Kawasaki was able to deliver the two machines with more than 10,000 parts for work to begin on the massive project.

Kawasaki’s green gas engine achieved 48.5% electric generation efficiency and excellent environmental performance in 20017. Stable combustion was achieved with new fluid dynamics technology.

More information 

If your business needs hydraulic Kawasaki parts or motors, it is advisable to contact an expert or an agency for detailed information on equipment you may require for the best outcomes.