Company introduces a new engineering discipline, Fluid Architecture Engineering™, to power more efficient compact hydraulic systems.
LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES, March 4, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — HYDAC today announced a shift in hydraulic system thinking, one that the industry has not formally defined until now, marking a transition from traditional hydraulic design that relies on oversized components to one that optimizes the entire fluid architecture to achieve improved performance and reliability of compact hydraulic systems. According to HYDAC, Fluid Architecture Engineering™ is a new design philosophy that addresses a missing discipline in hydraulics manufacturing, centered around fluid health, deaeration, tank right-sizing, space optimization, electrification, automation integration, and predictive maintenance. The company will showcase various elements of this approach at CONEXPO 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By engineering how fluid is stored, conditioned, filtered, and managed, Fluid Architecture Engineering™ helps OEMs design machines that are more compact, more energy efficient, safer, and significantly more reliable. It compels OEMs to rethink the way they design, package, and maintain hydraulic and fluid systems, moving beyond traditional component-centric approaches toward a more holistic fluid architecture strategy. To accelerate the adoption of this new discipline, HYDAC is offering OEMs a complimentary fluid architecture audit designed specifically for design engineers in the mobile and construction equipment sectors during CONEXPO.
A New Discipline: Fluid Architecture Engineering™
For decades, hydraulic systems have largely been designed around volume and oversized safety margins using rule-of-thumb calculations. Fluid Architecture Engineering™ challenges OEMs to plan fluid architecture in tandem with their electrical, software, fuel, and other critical systems—during the design phase. This paradigm shift results in a hydraulic system that is fit for today’s compact and electrical machines, offering better fluid health, performance, maintainability, and a longer productive lifecycle.
“In many compact and electrified platforms, the constraint isn’t the hydraulics, it’s the stability of the fluid architecture,” said Chris Kolbe, VP of Sales and Marketing with HYDAC. “We pioneered Fluid Architecture Engineering™ to give OEMs a framework for designing compact, electrified, and automated machines that deliver both efficiency on paper and reliable performance in the field. It’s a shift from simply layering hydraulics over an existing design to intentionally engineering the entire fluid environment.”
Kolbe went on to state that Fluid Architecture Engineering™ formalizes what HYDAC has practiced for decades. HYDAC’s long history in filtration, cooling, sensors, accumulators, and mechatronics gives the company a uniquely comprehensive view of fluid behavior across the entire systems. Fluid Architecture Engineering™ formalizes this expertise into a clear framework the industry can use to solve today’s compact, electrified design challenges.
A Partner in Engineering for Electrification and Automation
OEMs face pressures from numerous angles to accelerate toward electrified and automated platforms. HYDAC’s Fluid Architecture Engineering™ approach offers more than a series of technologically advanced components. It emphasizes collaboration at the design phase to ensure the conditions that make these optimizations viable. Through data-backed simulations and fluid system architecture expertise, HYDAC helps OEMs address the most pressing hydraulic reliability concerns early, before designs are fully locked.
“In many cases, the challenges attributed to software or controls actually originate in the fluid environment,” Kolbe added. “When we’re involved from the start, we can serve as a design partner to deliver a fluid environment engineered for power, efficiency, and maintainability.”
CONEXPO 2026: Live Demonstrations and Fluid Architecture Audit
HYDAC will showcase elements of its Fluid Architecture Engineering™ approach at CONEXPO 2026, March 3-7, with a focus on deaeration solutions, automation/electrification, and SUSTAINMICRON. Planned booth activities include the “Air is the Enemy” simulator that demonstrates how fluid aeration impacts efficiency and reliability, the “SUSTAINMICRON Element Lab” that highlights how cleaner fluid and reduced electrostatic discharge contribute to longer system life, and the “Invisible Threat Detector” that shows how HYDAC’s condition monitoring tools detect fluid threats early.
Design engineers, system engineers, and OEM teams interested in Fluid Architecture Engineering™ or a complimentary fluid architecture audit can visit HYDAC at CONEXPO 2026 booth S-81040 or learn more at https://www.hydac.com/en-us/fluid-architecture-engineering/
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About HYDAC
HYDAC is a global leader in fluid power, fluid filtration, and fluid-system reliability, providing components, systems, and engineering expertise for mobile and industrial applications. From filtration, accumulators, valves, and sensors to complete hydraulic systems, HYDAC partners with OEMs worldwide to design cleaner, quieter, more compact, and more reliable machines.
For more information, visit www.hydac.com/en-us.
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