Meet Heroes MAKE America Graduates April 17
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 upcoming HMA Networking Event. Event Details: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (lunch will be provided) Washburn Institute of Technology 5724 Huntoon Street Topeka, KS Heroes MAKE America is…
IoT Membership Goal Approaching – Member Get a Member Opportunity
In June 2018, as part of the ongoing efforts to help members keep up with key trends affecting the fluid power industry, the NFPA Board of Directors set a goal to recruit five companies that provide services and products related to the Internet of Things into NFPA membership by the end of June 2019. Since…
NFPA Welcomes New Manufacturer Member: Alkon Corporation
Alkon Corporation manufactures and supplies valves, fittings, cylinders, and flow controls. The company offers customized fittings, emergency repair kits, fittings for misting applications, industrial tubing, pipe fittings, barb adapters, compression fittings, tube fittings for plastic tubing, stainless steel fittings, DOT brass push-in fittings, push-in metric fittings, air brake brass push-in fittings, pre-installed push-in fitting cartridges,…
Slate of Nominees Selected for 2019-20 NFPA Board of Directors
The NFPA Nominating Committee has recommended the following industry leaders for positions on the NFPA Board of Directors. The election will take place during the Annual Meeting at NFPA’s Annual Conference at The Montage in Laguna Beach, California on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. All terms will begin July 1, 2019. Only the Official Company Representatives…
Save the Date: 2019 Detroit Regional Meeting to Take Place March 26
The NFPA 2019 Detroit Regional Meeting date has been set for Tuesday, March 26. We’re returning to the John Wayne Lewis Center at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan. This Regional Meeting is co-located with a Fluid Power Action Challenge hosted by Master Pneumatic, and is held over breakfast. In addition to the quality, casual networking these meetings…
Take Advantage of Sales and Visibility Opportunities at MPTE
2019 Motion + Power Technology Expo October 15-17, 2019 Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan The 2019 Motion + Power Technology Expo is set to connect industry-leading manufacturers, suppliers, and experts in the fluid power, mechanical, and electrical industries with more than 4,000 professionals looking for technical solutions. You won’t want to miss out on this opportunity to connect…
NFPA Welcomes New Supplier Member: Classic Coil Company Inc.
Headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut, Classic Coil Company Inc. is a contract manufacturer of electro-magnetic coils for fluid control valves, railroad signaling and control, sensors, motor control, industrial clutches and brakes, and solenoids. The company supports the aerospace, military, medical, and industrial solenoid markets with over 40 years of experience in the coil winding business.
Member News: Muncie Power Products Expands in Tulsa
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 Muncie Power Products. Muncie Power Products, a manufacturer of power take-offs and fluid power components for vocational trucks, is set to build a new facility in the…
New Business and Emerging Technology Tracks in Motion + Power Technology Expo Announced
The new Motion + Power Technology Expo (MPT Expo) will offer a new opportunity for attendees to learn from industry experts in a two-track seminar series called the MPT Conference, during the inaugural event taking place October 15 – 17 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. The trade show and conference is set to bring…
2019 NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge Participants Complete Midway Reviews
The 15 university teams competing in the Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge recently completed their Design and Specification Midway Reviews. These are webinar presentations prepared and put on by students and scored by industry judges. Students are evaluated on criteria such as their vehicle design and objectives, fluid power circuit, and selection of hardware. This gives judges…
CCEFP Webinar to Cover Topics in Lubricity and Trajectory-Based HCCI Combustion
The 2018-19 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 February 20 at 12 pm CST, will feature two projects: Mechano-Chemical Surface Modification with Cu2S: Inducing Superior Lubricity, presented by Michael Varenberg (GaTech), and Modeling and Optimization…
NFPA Welcomes New IoT Supplier Member: ShelfAware LLC
ShelfAware is a supply chain automation platform. Its current focus is on industrial supply chains, working with both suppliers and consumers. ShelfAware embeds RFID tags in the supplier’s existing industrial product packaging and deploys a patented RFID scanning station at the consumer’s facility to track one vital piece of data, the consumption point of each…