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ISO/TC 131 Fluid Power Systems Meets in Milan, Italy
The fall ISO/TC 131 meetings were held in Milan, Italy from October 7 – 17, 2019. A record number of fluid power experts attended a combination of 17 subcommittee and/or working group meetings that focused on hydraulic and pneumatic quick-action couplings, o-rings, seals, contamination control/filters, cylinder mounting dimensions, component and system sound measurement, and water…
Read MoreU.S. Technical Advisory Groups Hold Fall Meetings
September has been a busy month for the fluid power U.S. Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs). Forty-one committee members from the U.S. TAG to Subcommittee 4 – Connectors and Couplings came together the week of September 10 in Louisville, Kentucky and 23 committee members of the U.S. TAG to Subcommittee 6 – Contamination control reconvened the week…
Read MoreContamination Control Standards Development Group Meets in Florida
Twenty-eight committee members of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to Subcommittee 6 – Contamination control reconvened the week of June 10 in St. Augustine, Florida. The focus of the meeting was on deliverables for the October 2019 TC 131/SC 6 meetings in Milan, Italy where U.S. experts will meet with worldwide engineering counterparts. Work continues…
Read MoreISO/TC 131 Fluid Power Systems Spring Meetings Held in Paris
Six TC 131 working groups focused on hydraulic and pneumatic systems, pneumatic control products, treatment of air, accumulators, and water hydraulics met in Paris in mid-May to further the work of hydraulic and pneumatic standards development. Participating countries included France, Italy, Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Japan, China, and Turkey. NFPA would like to thank…
Read MoreNFPA Connects You to an Effective Fluid Power Industry Forum
By Eric Lanke NFPA President/CEO We just held our 2019 Annual Conference in Laguna Beach, California. Not only was the event a great success, it gave me the opportunity to share the key ways in which NFPA is fulfilling its mission to strengthen the fluid power industry. In this, the first of four NFPA…
Read MoreU.S. Technical Advisory Group for Connectors and Couplings Convenes
The U.S. Technical Advisory (TAG) to Subcommittee 4 – Connectors and Couplings recently met in San Antonio, Texas. Thirty-four committee members came together to continue the U.S. ISO standards fluid power connectors-related development work. The committee members focused their efforts on the deliverables for the upcoming fall TC 131/SC 4 meetings in Milan, Italy. In…
Read MoreU.S. Contamination Technical Advisory Group Meets in Birmingham
The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to Subcommittee 6 – Contamination Control recently met in Birmingham, Alabama. Twenty-nine committee members came together to continue work on contamination-related standards, focusing on deliverables for the October 2019 TC 131/SC 6 meetings in Milan, Italy where U.S. experts will meet with worldwide engineering counterparts. Three major projects were…
Read MoreNFPA Rings in the New Year with a New U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 131 Logo
A new U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO/TC 131 logo made its debut this past January – marking the first big shift for the brand in over 30 years. NFPA redesigned the TAG machined logo into a simple, fresh new design. The transformation of the TAG brand better reflects the global aspect of the…
Read MoreThree New Fluid Power Standards Published
Standardization development continues in the field of fluid power systems and components. TC 131, the technical committee directly responsible for fluid power, has 229 published ISO standards to date. There are 35 standards currently under development. The following ISO standards were recently published: Subcommittee 4 – Connectors ISO 6150:2018 Pneumatic fluid power — Cylindrical quick-action…
Read MoreFour New Fluid Power Standards Published
Standardization development continues in the field of fluid power systems and components. TC 131 — the technical committee directly responsible for fluid power — has 229 published ISO standards to date. There are 36 standards currently under development. The following ISO standards were recently published: Subcommittee 1 – Terms and symbols ISO 18582-2:2018 Fluid power —…
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