Headlines
Join Heroes MAKE America for Celebration of Veterans November 12
As a sponsor of The Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes Make America (HMA) program, the National Fluid Power Association and its members are invited to the Annual Heroes MAKE America Celebration of Veterans luncheon on Tuesday, November 12 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Celebration of Veterans will recognize the service of our nation’s military families and…
Read MoreFluid Power Forum Podcast Covers Technology Roadmap
Episode 6 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s new fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Mark Bokorney of Sun Hydraulics who, as the chair of NFPA’s Roadmap Committee, led the committee’s 2019 update to the Technology Roadmap for the U.S. Fluid Power Industry – a document that lays out a pre-competitive R&D agenda for fluid power technology to better…
Read MoreThree Days of Fluid Power Industry Networking and Learning Coming to Cleveland
Join NFPA and WTWH Media November 18-20 at the Cleveland State University Wolstein Center Morning of November 18 Attend the NFPA Cleveland Regional Meeting, free of charge, and get the industry networking NFPA Regional Meetings are known for. The meeting will also feature a special presentation by Bogdan Kozul of Cleveland State (CSU), who will give an overview…
Read MoreCCEFP Summit Registration Deadline Approaching
Registration for the CCEFP Summit, scheduled for October 22-24, 2019 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is set to close on Friday, October 11. The event program features the latest developments in fluid power research projects, including projects awarded research supplements from the NFPA Foundation in 2018. Topics include energy conversion, storage, fluid power components, and surface modification.…
Read MoreFluid Power Forum Podcast Covers Fluid Power and Robotics Education
Episode 5 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s new fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Jacob Barnes, the 2018 recipient of NFPA’s Fluid Power Robotics Challenge Scholarship, who talks about his fluid power journey as a student as well as his future career plans. Barnes is currently going into his sophomore year at his dream school, Cal…
Read MoreNFPA Research Supplement Update: High Efficiency Hydraulic Pump-Motors
Programs like the NFPA Research Supplement Program are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO I recently attended the June 2019 Summit of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) at…
Read MoreConnect with Other Fluid Power Professionals November 18 in Cleveland
2019 Cleveland Regional Meeting in conjunction with WTWH’s Fluid Power Technology Conference Monday, November 18, 2019 | 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio Register Here Registration is now open for the NFPA 2019 Cleveland Regional Meeting, taking place over breakfast from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on Monday, November 18. This year’s meeting is…
Read MoreLearn About IoT Condition Monitoring for Fluid Power on Fluid Power Forum
Episode 4 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s new fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Jeremy Drury and Will Tudoroff of IoT Diagnostics, who talk about the budding industry of IoT condition monitoring for fluid power systems. [button link=”https://fluidpowerforward.libsyn.com/iot-condition-monitoring-of-fluid-power-systems-jeremy-drury-and-will-tudoroff” target=”blank” style=”primary”]Listen to the Podcast Here[/button] This fluid power industry-focused podcast highlights the people, technologies, and unique applications…
Read MoreNFPA Launches Power Partner Program
NFPA has launched its new Power Partner program, an annual recognition program designed to showcase a university that actively participates in all NFPA fluid power educational programs. With the help of NFPA members, resources for university faculty have been developed to support fluid power education growth at their institutions. The major objective for this program…
Read MoreSave the Date for the 2020 Annual Conference
2020 NFPA Annual Conference February 11-13, 2020 Mandarin Oriental Miami Miami, Florida The 2020 NFPA Annual Conference is coming fast. Consistently one of the best industry networking events that attracts more than 200 attendees from across the fluid power supply chain, the 2020 conference will take place February 11-13, 2020 at the Mandarin Oriental Miami.…
Read More