The hydraulics industry is undertaking a number of technological developments to help meet the evolving performance requirements of excavators, skid steers, tractors, and other mobile machinery.

Chief among these is the increasing integration of sensors into hydraulic components and systems. This is enabling more intelligence to be built into systems, aiding the automation of machine functions and eventually fully autonomous operation.

The top story in today’s newsletter features my recent discussion with Emiliano Torresi of Faster, Dave Ruxton from HydraForce, and Denis Greder from Poclain Hydraulics who offer their perspectives on how they are seeing sensorization, electronification and other technological development areas impact hydraulic designs for mobile equipment applications.

How are you seeing hydraulic and other system designs evolving due to increased integration of sensors and electronics? Are these important development areas for your company as well? What benefits, and challenges, are these technologies bringing to the market? Email me at [email protected] and let me know your thoughts!

Sara Jensen, Editor, Power & Motion