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Cylinder Experts Needed for Fluid Power Standards Development
As the International Standards Organization (ISO) secretariat for Technical Committee (TC 131) – Fluid power, NFPA coordinates standardization work, both internationally at the ISO level and nationally at the technical advisory group level. NFPA is looking for cylinder engineers interested in participating in this work. Committee members view and download documents and reply to ballots…
Read MoreISO/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 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 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 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 —…
Read MoreNew Fluid Power Standard Published
Standardization development continues in the field of fluid power systems and components. TC 131, the technical committee directly responsible for fluid power, has 224 published ISO standards to date. There are 49 standards currently under development. The following ISO standards were published this past month: Subcommittee 4 – Connectors (couplings) ISO 8434-1: 2018 Metallic tube…
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