Duplomatic Academy: Why Designing a Hydraulic System Requires More Expertise Today Than It Did Ten Years Ago

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Duplomatic Academy

Why Designing a Hydraulic System Requires More Expertise Today Than It Did Ten Years Ago

Technological evolution is reshaping the role of design engineers. That is why continuous learning has become an integral part of the engineering design process.

Anyone involved in designing industrial or mobile machinery knows this well.

Over the past decade, the work of engineering departments has changed dramatically.

Until a few years ago, the design of a hydraulic system was driven primarily by performance requirements: force, speed, precision, reliability, and cost. While these factors remain essential, they now represent only part of the variables that engineers must consider.

Today, performance must be balanced with additional requirements such as energy efficiency, integration with electronic control systems, connectivity, diagnostics, sustainability, functional safety, and the availability of operational data.

In other words, the hydraulic system is no longer an independent subsystem, but an integrated element within increasingly intelligent machines.

 

A Paradigm Shift

Technological evolution is not limited to components—it is transforming the entire engineering approach.

Modern simulation platforms allow engineers to validate circuit behavior from the earliest stages of development. Sensors, electronic controls, and software continuously monitor machine operation, enabling performance optimization throughout the machine's entire lifecycle.

As a result, today's design engineers must possess skills that, until recently, belonged to separate disciplines.

 

Knowing the Component Is No Longer Enough

The ability to size a pump, select a valve, or design a hydraulic circuit remains a fundamental engineering skill. However, the true value of a design engineer is increasingly measured by the ability to understand and optimize the behavior of the entire system.

The questions have changed:

• How can energy consumption be reduced?
• How can overall machine efficiency be improved?
• How can hydraulic and electric systems be effectively integrated?
• How can maintenance be simplified?
• How can operational data be used to enhance machine performance?

The Skills Engineers Need Are Changing

The market increasingly demands professionals who can combine expertise in mechanical engineering, hydraulics, electronics, software, and automation.

At the same time, the need for continuous professional development is growing—not only among young engineers but also among experienced professionals.

 

Continuous Learning Is No Longer Optional

Today, technical training is an operational necessity.

Keeping skills up to date means discovering new solutions, understanding emerging engineering approaches, avoiding mistakes that others have already solved, sharing real-world application experience, and ultimately designing better machines.

 

A Long-Standing Commitment

For Duplomatic, technical education is not a recent initiative—it has been an integral part of the company's development for many years.

Alongside designing components and systems for motion control, hydraulics, and industrial cooling, Duplomatic has built long-standing partnerships with universities, Higher Technical Institutes (ITS), and technical schools, contributing to the education of students, design engineers, and specialized technicians.

This experience led to the creation of Duplomatic Academy, which today offers structured training programs, technical webinars, and initiatives dedicated to continuous professional development. The objective is not to promote products, but to share engineering expertise, real-world application cases, and practical knowledge gained through decades of experience.

 

Design Engineers at the Heart of Innovation

Every technological innovation begins long before a machine starts operating—it begins with the decisions made by a design engineer.

That is why investing in engineering skills means investing directly in the quality of future projects.

Technology will continue to evolve. What will continue to make the difference is people's ability to understand it, integrate it, and transform it into reliable, high-performance engineering solutions.

 

 

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