What are the Important Automation and Industrial Fluid Power Topics?
There are so many topics to cover related to fluid power and electromechanical motion control technologies that sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of them all.
But that doesn't mean we don't try, or see certain trends and topics being especially important to the industry which we aim to cover in a number of ways. One of those is our Topic Takeover weeks, a project we started in 2024 to highlight technologies, trends and applications influencing the design of hydraulic, pneumatic and electromechanical solutions.
If you missed any of our 2024 Topic Takeover Weeks, we've collected the articles from each into the eBooks listed below to provide a convenient resource for learning about the technologies and trends shaping the fluid power and electromechanical motion control industry.
Sensors: New Technologies and Trends
Technology Advancements for Pneumatic Systems
During these weeks, we publish new articles, video interviews and more to provide a hyper-focused look at what is impacting current and future motion control designs.
For 2025, we'll be doing two takeover weeks on the following topics:
- Automation - Week of June 2
- Industrial Fluid Power - Week of October 13
These topics were chosen not only for their relevancy to the industry but also because they are topic areas Power & Motion readers have indicated they want to learn more about.
Automation continues to pick up pace in the mobile and industrial machinery sectors due in large part to the labor challenges facing so many industries which are expected to continue in the coming years as more people retire from the workforce.
Manufacturing, packaging and other industrial machinery remain important customer markets for fluid power, particularly pneumatics. Like the mobile equipment sector, there are a number of trends and customer requirements placing new performance demands on machines. To stay a relevant motion control technology for these applications it is important for hydraulics and pneumatics developers to understand evolving performance needs, and thus a reason we will be dedicating a week of new content to this application area.
Have suggestions for subjects we should cover during these Topic Takeover Weeks? Let me know! You can contact me directly at [email protected].
Or you can take the brief survey below to provide your input on the automation and industrial fluid power topics you'd like to see covered.
About the Author
Sara Jensen
Executive Editor, Power & Motion
Sara Jensen is executive editor of Power & Motion, directing expanded coverage into the modern fluid power space, as well as mechatronic and smart technologies. She has over 15 years of publishing experience. Prior to Power & Motion she spent 11 years with a trade publication for engineers of heavy-duty equipment, the last 3 of which were as the editor and brand lead. Over the course of her time in the B2B industry, Sara has gained an extensive knowledge of various heavy-duty equipment industries — including construction, agriculture, mining and on-road trucks —along with the systems and market trends which impact them such as fluid power and electronic motion control technologies.
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