Posts Tagged ‘Chainless Challenge’
Chainless Challenge: A Proven Way to Engage Young Engineers in Fluid Power
Recently, over 30 engineering undergraduates learned fluid power in the best possible way — by organized tinkering. If you haven’t heard, the Parker Chainless Challenge is a fluid power workforce development program designed to support teams of undergraduate students as they develop a fluid powered vehicle without the use of chains or belts. The NFPA…
Read MoreFinal Chainless Challenge Underscores Growth Potential
by Eric Lanke NFPA CEO Many thanks to the NFPA members who recently joined me to witness and participate in Parker Hannifin’s final Chainless Challenge program. In case you’re not familiar with it, the program challenges college engineering students to redesign a traditional bicycle using hydraulics as the mode of power transmission. Paul Heney…
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