By Scott Sardina, PE, CFPS, CFPECS. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford The …
By Donna Pollander, ACA, CEO, International Fluid Power Society. The IFPS has recently unveiled an innovative hybrid training initiative, and I’d like to …
By John Sander, Vice President of Research & Development, Lubrication Engineers, Inc. It is common for organizations today to try to maintain a balance …
By Justin Fluegel, Research and Development Engineer. Recently my son and I discussed his potential obsolescence as Artificial Intelligence (AI) eliminates …
By Wim Callaert, Senior Product Manager, Eaton Technologies GmbH, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Ergonomics plays an important role in optimizing the design of …
By Ian J. Ford, Sr., Product Manager. “Two weeks to slow the spread.” “Essential workers only.” How can we forget such phrases? The U.S. economy was …
By Janis Adams, Editor, Fluid Power Journal. The history of hydraulics has a long, winding and illustrious flow, as I am coming to understand in my new …
By Rance Herren, Founder, Fluid Power SME. If a headline like this in a fluid power magazine does not grab your attention, I’m not sure what will. But if …
By Eric Alström, President, Danfoss Power Solutions. As university students near graduation, their thoughts turn from coursework to career. With various …
By Thomas Blansett, CFPS, CFPAI, Technical Director, IFPS. Many articles about certification focus on benefits to the individual, and I certainly don’t …
By Mark Czaja, Chief Technology Officer, Parker Hannifin. Without a doubt, we’ve seen in recent years tremendous focus on electrification across all …
By Scott Sardina, PE, CFPAI, CFPHS, CFPECS, 2023 IFPS Board President and Chairperson. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own …
By Denis M. Poirier Jr., CFPHS, CFPAI, AJPP, AJPPCC, CFPIM, CFPCC, 2022 IFPS Board President and Chairperson. You may not realize this, but the International …
By Kevin P. Vanderslice, Director of Mobile Sales, ifm efector The last 18 months have been a challenge for everyone, as we deal with supply chain issues, the …
By Dan Helgerson, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPSD, CFPMT, CFPCC, Fluid Power Journal Technical Editor This is what we know: An electro-mechanical system …
By Lisa DeBenedetto, Account Manager, GS Global Resources When looking at machine design, there are several major engineered systems that need to be …
By Scott Sardina, PE, CFPS, CFPAI, CFPECS, President, Waterclock Engineering If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. —Elon Musk At some …
By Chauntelle Baughman, President and Cofounder, OneHydraulics Change. No one likes it. No one wants it. Everyone resists it. But is change always a bad thing? …
By Craig Lukomski, Product Market Manager, Simulation and Test, Moog These days, motion-control technology discussions with customers go in three directions: …
By Donna Pollander, ACA, Executive Director, International Fluid Power Society Business growth and success rely on a workforce with the right skills, in the …
By Zongxuan Sun, Director, Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power. Off-road vehicles, including construction machines and agriculture equipment, account …
By Alan L. Hitchcox, Freelance Technical Editor No matter when we first learned the fundamentals of hydraulics, our training covered variable displacement …
By Kim Harper-Gage, Chief Operating Officer North America, Festo The good news: productivity in the U.S. manufacturing sector is up. The bad news: the rise is …
By Denis Poirier Jr., CFPHS, CFPAI, AJPP, AJPPCC, CFPIM, CFPCC, IFPS Board President and Chairperson To say last year was more challenging than other years …
By Rocky Phoenix, CFPMHM, CFPMHT, CFPCC, CFPMMH, 2021 IFPS Board President and Chairperson In December, my term as president and chairperson of the board of …