2018 Photo Contest Winners
Each year, the International Fluid Power Society and the Fluid Power Journal hold a photo contest in honor of Fluid Power Professionals’ Day. This year’s contest ran from January 1 through March 31, 2018 with great success!
The 2018 categories were:
New Perspective: Photos that show fluid power used in novel ways and from views not everyone gets to see.
Muscle of Fluid Power: Photos that capture the might of fluid power in action.
Fun with Fluid Power: Photos that capture the joy of using, learning, or teaching about hydraulics and pneumatics.
Teamwork: Photos of people working together using fluid power to get the job done.
Father/Daughter team filled a custom hydraulic hose assembly order during RG Group’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day – By AliceAnn Strausbaugh, RG Group
2 stories high installing lights for the studio. – By Abe Liandro, University of Houston
1st Place:
Backhoe Ballet – By Genie Wendel
2nd Place:
Sun Catcher – Aeriel lift catching some sun – By Marti Wendel, CFPE, CFPS, Wendel Engineering LLC
3rd Place:
Carwash! – By Whitney Flikkema, MFP Automation Engineering
Honorable Mention 1:
Where’s Waldo? Two technicians at work assembling a large hydraulic power unit. – Marie Ullestad, Airline Hydraulics Corp.
Honorable Mention 2:
With the strength of Hercules – Aerial Lifts ready to rent at Herc Rentals – By Marti Wendel, CFPE, CFPS, Wendel Engineering LLC
1st Place:
Waterwheel near Tahulya WA. Picture was taken last fall. – By Perry Brokaw, CFPMM, The Boeing Company
2nd Place:
Low speed high torque radial piston motor and some 5” bore cylinders working in in coke oven pusher application. – By Mike Schroeder, CFPS, SunSource
3rd Place:
Family owned fluid power business. Me 20 years ago and my daughter now picture taken at same location. Large hydraulic drive motors on a system I’ve been servicing for almost 25years. – By Dan Sweet, Advanced Fluid Power
Honorable Mention 1:
A grand machine with a monster hammer resulting in earth shattering results. – By Mark Snyder, NPK
Honorable Mention 2:
Take Me to Your Leader – By Alan Niesen, CFPS, HFI Fluid Power Products
1st Place:
A little splashback as Aria launches her trike – powered by an air over water accumulator. – By Genie Wendel
2nd Place:
EXACTLY – By Alan Niesen, CFPS, HFI Fluid Power Products
3rd Place:
Sean Underwood with Hydradyne at the South Carolina State Ports Authority troubleshooting cylinder counter balance valves 80 feet in the air – By Jeff Kenney, CFPMHM, CFMIHM, Hydradyne, LLC
Honorable Mention 1:
This innovative hydraulic stamp charging machine has been intentionally left unpatented so that more industries can benefit from its application. – By Prabir Chakraborty, INDPAC
Honorable Mention 2:
Toddler powered excavator – By Mak Raymond, Sun Hydraulics
1st Place:
Utility crew had live line training that day in central Iowa. Perfect day. – By Mike Jambois, CFPMHM, Altec Industries, Inc.
2nd Place:
Fallen Hero – By Cynthia Dickey, City of Salem, Ohio
3rd Place:
Final Assembly – Scot Himes and Bob Guy finish mounting the actuators on two new isolation valves at BOC Water Hydraulics – By Marti Wendel, CFPE, CFPS, Wendel Engineering LLC
Honorable Mention 1:
Our Butech Bliss Team Completing Yet Another Stretch Leveler For A Customer In Mississippi – By Lisa Liposchak, Butech Bliss
Honorable Mention 2:
Man and machine were necessary to load up this massive HPU affectionately called “The Beast” – By AliceAnn Strausbaugh, RG Group
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