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Hydraulic Data from the Heart of the Circuit: Pump Output Digitization
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12/1/25Hydraulic Data from the Heart of the Circuit: Pump Output Digitization

On today’s show, our guest is Joseph Beckman, the National Sales Manager at Casappa Corporation USA. Founded over 70 years ago, Casappa has a storied history of innovation in pumps, valves, and filtration, and is continuing that tradition today.

Casappa recently presented at iVT to demonstrate their new on-board data digitization solution for hydraulic pumps. Join us to learn how this affects reliability, accuracy, and data analysis. We also discuss use cases for this data, and how this boosts the growth of AI in industry.

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Data Driven Dissection of an Excavator Machine Cycle
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11/17/25Data Driven Dissection of an Excavator Machine Cycle

On today’s show, our guest is Corey Quinnell, VP of Global Engineering at Husco, known for designing and manufacturing hydraulic and electro-hydraulic controls for mobile equipment across worldwide markets.

Expanding on his talk at the iVT 2025 tech conference presentation, Corey talks about the importance of data analytics and shares practical guidelines and ideas to maximize the utility of this tool. We also discuss the case study he demonstrated, and some common areas of inefficiency.

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Thermal Management: Challenges, Evolution, and Future Directions
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11/3/25Thermal Management: Challenges, Evolution, and Future Directions

On today’s show, our guest is Vykram Vijayasekaran, the Electrification/EV Thermal Management Manager at AKG of America. With over a century of experience, AKG of America’s focus on cooling solutions has resulted in a wide variety of applications and system offerings.

Diving into the current state of thermal management, Vykram breaks down challenges of this field, as well as the benefits users can experience from sophisticated solutions. We also discuss the importance of modeling in early stages of system design.

 

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Distributed Independent Metering Valve System: Efficiency Improvements in a Mini-Excavator
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10/20/25Distributed Independent Metering Valve System: Efficiency Improvements in a Mini-Excavator

On today’s show, our guest is Aaron Jagoda, a Systems Engineer in Danfoss’ Innovation and Development Solutions Team. This unit specializes in hydraulic system innovation, electrification, and digital control strategies for off-highway equipment.

Expanding on his talk at the 2025 iVT Expo, Aaron provides a deep-dive into this system, it’s functions, and some efficiency results based on testing a mini-excavator platform.

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Experimental Closed-Circuit, Electro-Hydraulic Architecture for Electrified Off-Road Vehicles
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10/06/25Experimental Closed-Circuit, Electro-Hydraulic Architecture for Electrified Off-Road Vehicles

On today’s show, our guest is Nathan Featherstone, a PhD Student at Purdue University’s Maha Fluid Power Research Center. This lab has the distinction of being the NFPA’s first University Power Partner, and is educating the next generation of fluid power engineers and leaders, Nathan’s early successes being one example of this.

Nathan spoke at iVT to demonstrate his experimental electro-hydraulic architecture for electrified off-road vehicles. Using a novel design for connecting the pump, motor, and actuator, he was able to achieve significant, though still experimental, gains in system efficiency.

 

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