Can Employers Move the Needle on America’s Mental Health?
Seven Ways Your Leaders Can Get Started Since we spend a significant chunk of our waking hours at work, employers are in a prime position to make a difference …
Increasing Awareness, Strengthening Our Industry
I would like to thank each and every member of the IFPS for making the Society what it is today. There is a bond of professional fellowship among us that I …
Hold It Down
Most of my previous articles have been about vacuum pick-and-place, which is the most common application in fluid power circles for vacuum components. However, …
How to Keep Oil Dry and Clean in Challenging Environments
For several dozen years, subsea hydraulic systems have relied on air springs to serve as self-contained volume compensators. Now the same technology that …
Fluid Power Professionals and The Military
G.I. Bill Information The IFPS is an approved organization by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide reimbursement for certification …
Military Vehicle Driving Simulator Uses Synchronized Electro-Hydraulic Controls
A standard way of building motion simulators is to start with a Stewart platform. Stewart platforms enable movement with six degrees of freedom (x, y, z axis …
Safety Locks Keep Opera Singing
As with all theater performances, the illusion of a reality on an opera stage must be preserved seamlessly and without visual distraction. Safety for the …
Repairing Hydraulic Servo Valves in Seismic Vibrator Trucks
Seismic vibrator trucks (aka “thumper trucks”) send shockwaves deep into the earth’s subsurface to locate untapped hydrocarbon reserves for the oil and …
Fluid Power and Additive Manufacturing
By Eric Lanke, CEO, NFPA One of the biggest splashes at the recent IMTS show in Chicago was the 3-D printed car. In case you haven’t heard the news, the …
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