IFPS Accepting Nominations for the 2024 Hall of Fame

Since 1960, the International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) has provided an objective, third-party assessment of skill levels and knowledge for thousands of fluid power professionals, making it the industry standard for the fluid power and motion control industries. IFPS is accepting nominations for the Fluid Power Hall of Fame until April 15th, 2024. The Fluid Power industry’s success…

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NFPA Welcomes New Member: Alkegen

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Extensive suite of liquid filtration media solutions to advance filter performance in the most demanding of applications. Alkegen134 Chestnut Hill RoadRochester, NH 03867716-768-6500https://alkegen.com/ OCR – Stephen Robertson, Product ManagerSRobertson@Alkegen.com

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Fast Track to Fluid Power Is Creating New Fluid Power Technicians

This episode features Don Hutchinson of Macomb Community College. Listen to the Podcast Here Don is the Dean of Engineering and Advanced Technology at Macomb Community College. Macomb Community College is the newest Hub in NFPA’s Fast Track to Fluid Power program, so we invited Don into our forum to learn more about what that means…

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NFPA Welcomes New Member: MTE Hydraulics

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MTE manufactures hydraulic gear pumps, motors, flow divider, DC and AC complete or partial power unit products for a wide range of mobile and industrial applications. In addition, MTE manufactures hydraulically driven AC and DC generators. MTE Hydraulics, Inc.4701 Kishwaukee St.Rockford, IL 61109815-397-4701www.mtehydraulics.com OCR: Rich Thurman815-262-3643rthurman@mtehydraulics.com

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Sign Up Now to Attend the 2024 Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge Final Competitions

There is still time to register for April’s Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge Final Competitions. We need industry attendees to judge all aspects of the final competitions: the races, final presentations and vehicle design reviews. Industry attendees also participate in exclusive networking opportunities to recruit the next generation of talented engineers. Please register by March 1st.…

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NFPA’s 2024 Annual Conference – Know Before You Go

2024 Annual ConferenceFebruary 27-29, 2024Orlando, FLRegister Now! NFPA’S 2024 Annual Conference is quickly approach! This highly anticipated event is a must-attend for professionals in the fluid power sector who are eager to establish valuable connections. With ample networking opportunities on offer, this year’s conference promises to be a hub of industry collaboration and innovation. Networking…

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Hydraulic Motion Control Breathes New Life into Aerospace Press

This episode features David McNichol from Delta Motion. Listen to the Podcast Here David is Regional Sales Manager at Delta Motion. Delta Motion manufactures electrohydraulic motion controllers and remote fieldbus servo controllers for the automotive, injection/blow molding, steel and aluminum mills and others. Today, we invited him into our forum to learn about a specific…

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NFPA Helps Scouts Learn Fluid Power Basics and Earn a Merit Badge

On January 27th the NFPA, Triton College, and the Illinois Pathway to Adventure Council (Portage Creek District, IL) introduced fluid power to 33 BSA Scouts through a hands-on robotics merit badge activity.  Scouts assembled a Hydraulic Robotic Arm Kit and learned key fluid power basics. The event offered a foundational understanding of robotics and demonstrated…

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