Parveen Gupta is the Sales Director - Large Projects at Bosch Rexroth and we invited him into our forum to learn about a project he worked on involving hydraulic upgrades for the Panama Canal.

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Kanok Boriboonsomsin is a Research Engineer at the University of California, Riverside in the College of Engineering - Center for Environmental Research and Technology. Kanok is part of a group that assessed the readiness of different classes of off-highway equipment to move from internal combustion engines to electric battery packs as their primary energy sources – given the real-world power demands of these vehicles and the state of the art of current battery technologies – and we invited him into our forum to learn more about this research and what it might mean for the future of fluid power-driven and actuated vehicles.

Learn more about the featured research: https://nfpahub.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-CRC-RWEW_v1.1.pdf

Contact Kanok: [email protected]

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Brad Longmuir is an Area Sales Manager for Holmbury, a leading supplier of couplings and valves. Today, we invited Brad into our forum to learn about decompression block couplings and the mobile hydraulic equipment they enable.

Learn about Holmbury: https://www.holmbury.com/

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Dr. Ashlie Martini is a professor of mechanical engineering at University of California Merced and today, we invited her into our forum to learn about opportunities for students in fluid power-related industries and hear about the role education plays in developing the future fluid power workforce.

Learn more about Tribology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggc44W-39iE

Contact Ashlie: [email protected]

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Chuck White is Director of Sales and Marketing for Hallite Seals Americas, a leading supplier and pioneer of innovative sealing technologies and engineered sealing solutions for the fluid power industry. Chuck was a guest on the show in 2020 to discuss his company's partnership with the Milwaukee School of Engineering at a testing level. Today, we invited Chuck back into our forum to learn more about understanding and extending the life of mobile equipment using new seal technologies they've been able to develop as a result of that testing partnership.

Contact Chuck: [email protected]

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Justin Steger is the Solutions Marketing Manager at John Deere, a manufacturer of (amongst other things) agricultural, construction and forestry machinery. Today, we invited him into our forum to learn more about Smart Grading technology and the hydraulic excavators that utilize it.

Learn More: https://www.deere.com/en/campaigns/construction/smartgrade-excavators/

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Doug Webster is a retired Safety Product Manager from Exotic Automation and Supply. Today, we invited him into our forum to learn more about hydraulic safety valves that are improving working conditions at rubber molding facilities.

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Heidi Kent is a middle school teacher at Ashby Public School in Minnesota. Today, we invited her into our forum to learn more about NFPA's Fluid Power Action Challenge which takes place in schools across the country, including Heidi's.

Learn more about the Action Challenge: https://nfpafoundation.org/fpc/action-challenge/

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Jason Nicholson is a Control System Engineer at John Deere and he is also the TC 131/SC 8/WG 13 convenor for the International Standards Organization. Today, we brought Jason onto the show to discuss derived displacement calculations and what that allows hydraulic systems to accomplish.

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Dan Turner is President of GPM Controls, a leader in accumulator manufacturing. Today, we invited him into our forum to learn more about the fascinating role of hydraulics in critical anti-terrorism equipment.

View crash test videos: http://www.probarrier.com/

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