Fluid Power Forum

Gerson Henning is the Manager for Business Development in Food & Beverage and Packaging at the Aventics division of Emerson. He was recently featured in Hydraulics and Pneumatics magazine for his role in designing a pneumatic system that helps automate the ancient craft of cheesemaking. That's just one example of how fluid power helps move our world, so we invited Gerson into our forum to learn mo...

Spencer Tiegs is the 2017 recipient of NFPA's Fluid Power Robotics Challenge Scholarship. This is a program that awards $40,000 in college scholarships to a high school student that successfully uses fluid power in the design of his or her FIRST or National Robotics League robot. Using his scholarship, Spencer is now in his junior year at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, where he is studying m...

Greg Gleason is a Senior Applications Engineer at Bosch Rexroth, a leading supplier of drive and control technologies in more than 80 countries across the globe. Greg was recently featured in Hydraulics and Pneumatics magazine for his role in designing the hydraulic system that controls the movement and position of communications antennas in NASA's Deep Space Network. We invited him into the forum...

Alex West is the Senior Principal Analyst for Industrial IoT at IHS Markit, a market research firm that serves as a leading source of information and insight in critical areas that shape today's business landscape. Alex recently examined the state if IoT readiness in many of the industrial markets important to fluid power – and he presented the results of that examination at NFPA's recent Industry...

Donna Ritson is the President of DDR Communications, a market research company that helps its clients penetrate new markets with valuable marketing tools and measurable results. Donna recently presented at NFPA's Industry and Economic Outlook Conference on the use of industrial robots in many of the markets important to fluid power. We invited her into the forum to talk about that presentation and...

Mark Bokorney is in Product Management for Sun Hydraulics – a fluid power valve and manifold manufacturer – but he's on the podcast because he is also the chair of NFPA's Roadmap Committee.  A few months ago, under Mark's leadership, that Committee completed the 2019 update to the Technology Roadmap for the U.S. Fluid Power Industry – a document that lays out a pre-competitive R&D agenda for fluid...

Jacob Barnes is the 2018 recipient of NFPA's Fluid Power Robotics Challenge Scholarship. This is a program that awards $40,000 in college scholarships to a high school student that successfully uses fluid power in the design of his or her FIRST or National Robotics League robot. Using his scholarship, Jacob is now entering his sophomore year at the California Polytechnic State University, where he...

Jeremy Drury and Will Tudoroff of IoT Diagnostics talk to Eric about how advances in sensor technologies, vibration analysis, and connected devices are creating a world without unplanned machine downtime. IoT Diagnostics specializes in using predictive, connected devices to reduce unexpected downtime and increase production efficiency in industrial manufacturing.  Website:  https://www.iotdiag.com...

Mike Terzo, CEO at Terzo Power Systems, talks to Eric about a new generation of electro-hydraulic smart pumps and power units, and how they defy easy categorization. Terzo is a manufacturer of high performance, compact, and ultra-efficient hydraulic and hybrid systems. Website:  https://www.terzopower.com/ Twitter:  @TerzoPower Facebook:  Terzo-Power-Systems YouTube:  Terzo Power Systems Hydraulic...

David Gray, North American OEM Manager for Industrial Lubricants at Evonik Oil Additives, talks to Eric about polymers that can control the viscosity of hydraulic oil -- keeping it thick as it warms up to deliver both system efficiency and productivity gains in both mobile and industrial equipment. Evonik is a global organization with a growing portfolio of energy-efficient and environmentally-fri...

Mike Stewart, Product Development Manager for Steelhead Composites, talks about lightweight accumulators for a variety of hydraulic applications. Steelhead is an advanced manufacturing company, based in Golden, Colorado, dedicated to the design, manufacture and testing of specialty lightweight composite pressure vessels.  Steelhead's website is steelheadcomposites.com , and you can follow the comp...