2020 Fluid Power 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 – June 19th. This year’s contest ran from January 1 through March 31, 2020. Thank you to all the participants who make this contest so much fun. The categories were:

1. New Perspective: Photos that show fluid power used in novel ways and from views not everyone gets to see.
2. Teamwork: Photos of people working together using fluid power to get the job done.
3. Fun with Fluid Power: Photos that capture the joy of using, learning, or teaching about hydraulics and pneumatics.
4. The Muscle of Fluid Power: Photos that capture the might of fluid power in action.

Congratulations to the following winners!

1st Place: Growth in the foreground, Destruction in the background – By Jason Hewitt

2nd Place: Stained Glass Restoration – By Genie Wendel

3rd Place: Looking up at the arm of a hydraulic mining shovel – By Scott Malcolm, Related Fluid Power

 

1st Place: Changing of the Guard – the new utility pole – By David Shivers

2nd Place: Hydraulic technicians Walker and Tyler blush a bit while they make adjustments on a unit destined for the high seas. Photo by the team of Ben Reeder and AA Strausbaugh – By Ben/AA Reeder/Strausbaugh, RG Group

3rd Place: Graco Pumps getting the job done with the team – By Dan Thomsen, Graco

 

1st Place: Rock crushing machine at work making big rocks small. – By Scott Malcolm, Related Fluid Power

2nd Place: On Your Marks, Eight pump/motor sets ready for installation. – By Marti Wendel, Wendel Engineering LLC

3rd Place: Rainy Day Demolition – By Claudia McGaffick