CCEFP Summit Provides Networking Opportunities to Promote Fluid Power Education
The CCEFP Summit is a biannual meeting for the fluid power industry and academic researcher collaborators in the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power. The Summit connects industry to university resources and talent through technical presentations, networking opportunities and facility tours of the host university. I attended this year to better connect with the…
Member News: ZSi-Foster Acquires VERSABAR
NFPA member news is designed to inform members of key industry updates in quick, bite-sized posts that provide only the most important information. This week’s update comes from ZSi-Foster. Clamping, coupling, and strut product manufacturer ZSi-Foster recently acquired VERSABAR, a steel component manufacturer that serves the Northeast from its location in Totowa, New Jersey. The…
Registration Open for 2020 Annual Conference
2020 NFPA Annual Conference February 11-13, 2020 Mandarin Oriental Miami, Miami, Florida Register Here Scheduled for February 11-13, the 2020 Annual Conference includes expanded general session programming with more speakers on more diverse topics to provide solid takeaways for companies throughout the fluid power supply chain. Registration and room block are now open. Don’t miss out on this…
Download the Latest Fluid Power Trends and Statistics
Join the NFPA member companies that have already downloaded the 2018 Annual Report on the U.S. Fluid Power Industry. This report includes an overview of the fluid power industry and showcases fluid power as a workhorse of the American economy. Right now, this report is being used by dozens of companies to enhance their marketing efforts and prepare…
CCEFP Webinar to Cover Wind Turbine Efficiency and Electro-Hydraulic Actuators for Off-Road Machines
The 2019-20 CCEFP Webinar Series is underway and covers a number of fluid power research projects supported by the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation Research Supplements. The next episode, taking place November 13 at 12 pm CST, will feature the Increasing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines through Understanding of their Transient Responses project, presented by Kim Stelson…
Meet a Fluid Power Scholarship Winner—Wyatt Hoehn
Programs like the Fluid Power Scholarships are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. Support these efforts by making a donation. The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing fluid power technology fields of study. Here’s one of…
Learn About IoT and Fluid Power Integration in Chicago
2019 Chicago NFPA/FPIC Regional Conference December 6, 2019 | 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Register Here Learn about the integration of fluid power with IoT in industrial settings, with examples of practical applications, as well as the business implications of embracing the trend toward IoT. Don’t miss the December 6 NFPA /…
Learn about Robotics in Manufacturing on Fluid Power Forum
Episode 7 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s new fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Donna Ritson of DDR Communications, who presents about the use of industrial robots in markets important to fluid power. The podcast builds upon her presentation at the 2019 Industry & Economic Outlook Conference (IEOC). [button link=”https://fluidpowerforward.libsyn.com/robotics-in-industrial-applications-donna-ritson” target=”blank” style=”primary”]Listen to the Podcast[/button] [button link=”https://www.dropbox.com/s/3qwc2hrh5oomh7i/Ritson-Presentation-2019-IEOC.pdf?dl=0″ target=”blank” style=”primary”]Download…
Fluid Power Research Aligned with NFPA Technology Roadmap
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 had the pleasure of attending the October 2019 Summit of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid…
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…
Meet a Fluid Power Scholarship Winner—Trevor Burke
Programs like the Fluid Power Scholarships are made possible in part by the generous support of industry volunteers as well as NFPA Education and Technology Foundation and Pascal Society donors. The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded $2,000 scholarships to students pursuing fluid power technology fields of study. Here’s one of the winners, Trevor Burke. He is attending…
Register Today for the NFPA Cleveland Regional Meeting
Cleveland Regional Meeting Morning of November 18, 2019 Cleveland State University Wolstein Center You are invited to join NFPA and WTWH Media November 18-20 at the Cleveland State University Wolstein Center. On Monday morning, attend the NFPA Cleveland Regional Meeting, free of charge, and get the industry networking NFPA Regional Meetings are known for. The meeting…