Fluid Power Forum Explores Influence of Contamination Standards on Hydraulic Systems

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Episode 49 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Ivan Sheffield of Des-Case and Barry Verdegan of 11171 Solutions LLC. Listen below to hear about the influence of ISO particle-counting contamination standards on the performance and longevity of hydraulic systems. This fluid power industry-focused podcast highlights the people, technologies and…

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Contamination Control Standards Development Group Meets in Florida

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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…

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Fluid Power Experts on Contamination Control Convene in China

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The TC 131 Subcommittee 6 – Contamination Control met in Xinxiang, China this past week to further work on fluid power standards development in that area. Participating countries included China, Japan, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NFPA would like to thank the CFPC for hosting the meetings. A few notable projects…

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U.S. Technical Advisory Group for Contamination Control Convenes in Memphis

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The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to Subcommittee 6 – Contamination Control recently met in Memphis, Tennessee. Twenty-nine committee members came together to continue work on contamination-related standards, focusing on deliverables for the upcoming TC 131/SC6 meetings in Xinxiang, China, where three representatives from the U.S. TAG will meet with worldwide engineering counterparts. Two major…

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Contamination Control Standards Group Continues Interlaboratory Testing

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The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on contamination control continued development of several fluid power filter-related ISO standards and interlaboratory tests at its recent meetings in Salt Lake City. Three projects in particular came to the forefront: Work continues in the revision of ISO 11171, Calibration of automatic particle counters for liquids. A round robin is going on…

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Development of ISO Standards for Contamination Control Continues

U.S. TAG to TC 131/SC 6

The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for contamination control (TC 131/SC 6) met in June to continue their ISO standardization work in fluid power filtration. More than 30 NFPA TAG and SAE filter test engineering experts attended the three-day long meeting. Both NFPA and non-NFPA members, representing many fluid power-related companies, were in attendance –…

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