Fluid Power Journal

ISO Standards Development Continues in Switzerland

The Swiss Association for Standardization (SNV) in Winterthur, Switzerland was the host of the fall TC 131 fluid power systems ISO standards development …

NFPA Joins ARM

By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO Three major government funding initiatives for fluid power research have so far come out of the fluid power industry’s …

NFPA Curriculum Grant Awarded to Western Michigan University

By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation awards grants of up to $25,000 to 4-year universities to develop, replicate, or …

NFPA Publishes Third Annual Report on the U.S. Fluid Power Industry

The third annual Report on the U.S. Fluid Power Industry is finished and available for download on the NFPA website. As in previous reports, this new document …

NFPA Publishes 2017 Update to Technology Roadmap

By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO A new publication, the 2017 NFPA Technology Roadmap: Improving the Design and Function of Fluid Power Components and Systems, …

Students Show Off Projects in Fluid Power Lab

The end of the semester brought the completion of various student projects at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois. Triton won a Fluid Power Laboratory …

NFPA Strengthens the Fluid Power Industry

A Message from the 2017-18 Chairman of the Board by Marc Weston, Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer, Danfoss Each June, the NFPA Board of Directors …

2017 Milwaukee Regional Scheduled to Hit a Homerun

The first of NFPA’s 2017 fall regional meetings has been scheduled for Milwaukee on Tuesday, October 10. This lunch meeting will be held at Friday’s Front …

Development of ISO Standards for Contamination Control Continues

The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for contamination control (TC 131/SC 6) met in June to continue its ISO standardization work in fluid power filtration. …

NFPA Endorses Manufacturing Day 2017

by Stephanie Scaccianoce Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) is an annual celebration of modern manufacturing meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers. …