Oct 5, 2026
Eric Lanke interviews Jon Jensen, National Product Sales Manager for Energy and Safety at SMC Corporation of America, following Jensen’s Automate 2026 presentation on smart and sustainable monitoring for pneumatically driven machines.
Jensen describes his background from theater automation using hydraulics and...
Sep 21, 2026
Fluid Power Forum host Eric Lanke interviews Jeremy Rideout, senior application engineer at Gates Corporation. Gates was a key contributor to the NFPA’s whitepaper, Preventing Leaks in Fluid Power Systems, about a system-level, life-cycle approach to leak prevention.
Rideout explains why leaks drive warranty...
Sep 10, 2026
At the 2026 iVT Off-Highway Expo, Fluid Power Forum guest host Ben Brown interviews Greg Shtrahman of Marzocchi Pumps about trends at iVT, including hybrid technology, electric drive systems, integration, and sensors, and how they can pair with hydraulic pumps.
Shtrahman highlights Marzocchi’s vertically integrated...
Sep 9, 2026
At the 2026 iVT Off-Highway Expo, Fluid Power Forum guest host Ben Brown interviews Bruno Dupuis of Famic Technologies about innovations in electro-hydraulic systems and how new components can be modeled in Automation Studio to support digital twins.
Dupuis explains that Famic has over 35 years of software development...
Sep 8, 2026
Host Eric Lanke interviews Jim Diehl and Chris Parisse of Bosch Rexroth about a decentralized hydraulic drive solution showcased in an animatronic dinosaur exhibit at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Replacing an older gear-pump/servo-valve/PLC dinosaur, the new eight-foot “T‑Rexroth”...