The Industry Leader in the Design and Manufacturing of Hydraulic Cylinders

Markets

GBI serves most of the major OEMs in the markets they sell to. Their hydraulic cylinders and accumulators are found on truck cranes, hydraulic cranes, utility trucks, material handlers, mining and forestry equipment, aerial work platforms and aircraft ground support equipment, defense and government projects, fire service vehicles and waste management.

Industrial Handling

GBI has years of experience designing and manufacturing field-proven hydraulic cylinders, in a variety of material handling applications, for industry-leading OEMs around the world.

Mining and Construction

Operating in tough environments requires equipment with robust cylinders. Our experienced engineering and production teams work closely with customers to meet the most challenging application requirements.

Oil & Gas

From mast raise to pull-down cylinders, GBI products are used on many oil drilling rigs worldwide. Oil pumping applications are also prevalent.

Aircraft Support

We apply our manufacturing and engineering expertise to helping the airline industry and our national defense systems operate safely and efficiently. Applications include jetways, ground & baggage handling equipment, armored vehicles, and military aircraft.

Defense

For over 25 years, our cylinders have helped make our country strong and safe. We are proud to continue to provide our second-to-none design and manufacturing capabilities to our federal and local governments. We understand how to work with our partners in the government to provide the best possible product and service experience.

Applications

Cranes

GBI has unsurpassed experience designing and building custom hydraulic cylinders for every application in the mobile crane industry. Our knowledgeable experts provide experience based material and component selection based on calculations for an optimal design that meets pressure and rod buckling safety factor limits We back our products with the industry's best customer and technical support, including service instruction, product bulletins, and troubleshooting information.

Utility Trucks

GBI manufactures over 150,000 hydraulic cylinders annually for dump bodies, lift gates, utility cranes, and utility trucks.

We have custom-designed thousands of rams, single-acting, double-acting, and telescopic hydraulic cylinders to meet the requirements of these applications.

Concrete Pumps

Concrete pumps and paving applications create some of the most challenging environments for hydraulic cylinders. The combination of actuation velocity, extreme shock, and the paramount need for job site reliability make these applications especially challenging. GBI has consistently met these challenges and will continue to service these applications with quality products.

Specialty Forklifts

These type of products require durable cylinders that meet the highest quality standards within the industry. Our unique designs and our ISO 9001 certified quality management system allow us to manufacture cylinders that meet the life cycle and safety requirements of these applications.

Drilling

From mast raise to pull-down cylinders, GBI products are used on many oil, water, construction, and environmental testing drilling rigs. Our continuously reciprocating oil pumping cylinders are also very popular.

Rock Crushers

GBI has been designing and manufacturing tough, rugged hydraulic cylinders for rock-crushing applications for as long as our company has been in existence. GBI manufactures custom cylinders for a wide variety of demanding applications, such as rock drills, hydraulic shovels, conveyors, haulers, and cone crushers.

Fire Trucks

Fire and Rescue equipment requires dependable, long-lasting hydraulic cylinders to ensure it is always ready to perform essential tasks. Perhaps more than any other industry, the consistent performance of quality hydraulic cylinders in fire and rescue equipment is central to the success of critically important objectives.

Digger Derricks

Diggers and other types of construction equipment are very demanding applications that face extreme pressure, temperature, shock, vibration, and contamination. Our progressive engineering team, along with our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, allows us to produce very durable, high quality hydraulic cylinders that exceed the requirements of this industry.

Aircraft Loading

GBI cylinders are used in hydraulically raised passenger bridges and cargo loaders are in use at many major airports around the world.

Slide Axle Trailers

This segment of the industry is very diverse. Hydraulic cylinders range from larger bore lift and tilt cylinders to long extension cylinders under a slide axle trailer.

Compactors

GBI designs and manufactures custom hydraulic cylinders for a wide range of waste and recycling equipment applications. Fisher cylinders can be found on refuse trucks, re-cyclers, compactors, balers, and scrap handlers in metal scrap yards. Our cylinders are designed and built tough to stand up to these demanding applications.

Trenchers

GBI designs and manufactures custom hydraulic cylinders for leading OEMs. We understand that safety is a top priority, which is why our team of experienced engineers check and double-check load calculations, material selections, and integral components, and design-in safety factors that assure our cylinders will deliver the safe and reliable performance OEMs have been relying on from us.

Cement Batch Plants

Cement batch plants create some of the most challenging environments for hydraulic cylinders. The combination of actuation velocity, extreme shock, and the paramount need for site reliability make these applications especially challenging. GBI has consistently met these challenges and will continue to service these applications with quality products.