Fluid Power Journal

Register Now for the NFPA Annual Conference

The NFPA 2016 Annual Conference is scheduled for March 9-11. The program is expected to be stronger than ever with presenters ready to demonstrate how to …

NFPA to Build off of “Future of Pneumatics” Exhibit Success

NFPA, Vanderbilt University, and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) have made two appearances in 2015 before the advanced processing and …

IFPS 2016 Spring Meeting

March 21 – 24, 2016 • Embassy Suites Downtown San Diego, CA Join the IFPS for the 2016 Spring Meeting scheduled for March 21-24 at the Embassy Suites …

IFPS Electronic Controls Specialist Certification Update

Subject matter experts have been hard at work revising the IFPS Electronic Controls Specialist Certification (study manual, pre-test, written test) with …

In Memoriam: Russell Henke

After a long battle with Alzheimer’s, Russell “Russ” Henke died at the age of 91 on November 2, 2015. Russ is described by his wife of 68 years, …

IFPS Staff News

Jeff Morrow has been named business development manager for the International Fluid Power Society (IFPS). With over 20 years of experience in marketing and …

Profile: Roger Betten, CFPHS

How did you get started in the fluid power industry? For me, fluid power runs in my blood. MFP will be a third-generation, family-owned company originally …

A Failed Experiment

Now, don’t get discouraged. When we push the envelope trying to change the paradigm of thinking in the transfer of energy in fluid power systems, we will …

Energy Challenge: The Hydraulic Solution

Now you will have to endure listening to me explain how I would achieve the most efficient hydraulic system. I gave my solution to the pneumatic challenge in …

System Integrators Challenge: The Pneumatic Solution

You may not believe this, but I did not have the solution to the challenges when I wrote the article. I simply chose two scenarios where I knew there would be …