From the Editor's Desk: What Industrial Fluid Power Topics Interest You?

Industrial applications are an important customer market for the fluid power industry. Metalworking and machine tools, food processing, packaging machinery, and semiconductors are just some of the industrial applications which rely on fluid power solutions.  

Even as automation increases in this sector, and with it the use of alternative solutions such as electric actuators, hydraulic and pneumatic systems remain critical to the operation of many industrial machines. 

Given the importance of the industrial machinery sector to the fluid power industry, and the many technological innovations taking place within this space, Power & Motion will be dedicating an entire week of new content, from October 13-17, to topics related to industrial fluid power. 

Throughout this 'takeover week' our team is aiming to spotlight technology developments for hydraulics and pneumatics utilized in industrial — also referred to as in-plant — applications, case studies, and more. Our goal is to not only highlight the many fluid power innovations occurring within this space but also the vital role hydraulics and pneumatics continue to play. 

Here though is where we need your help. To ensure we're bringing you, Power & Motion's readers, the content you want to see, we need your input on the topics you'd like to see us cover during this takeover week — and in the future related to industrial fluid power. 

You can take our brief 1-question survey below to let us know what topics related to industrial fluid power you'd like to see Power & Motion cover. 

You can also reach out to me directly at [email protected] to let me know what topics you'd like to learn more about or if you are interested in discussing your own work in the indsutrial space or have an application story to share.