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New Episode of Fluid Power Forum: Off-Highway Power Transmission Methods

Written by Elexus Comyne | Sep 23, '25

 

On today’s show, our guest is DJ O’Konek, an Engineering Manager at Nott Company. With hundreds of years of combined experience, Nott’s hydraulic engineers deliver complete, customizable hydraulic solutions at the component level.

DJ spoke at NFPA's Advanced Hydraulics Conference at iVT Expo on the evolution of Off-Highway Power Transmission methods over time, from the internal combustion engine-driven hydraulic system to battery-driven electric systems, and has taken the time to break these concepts down for us.

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