ISO Technical Committee Works to Advance Energy Efficiency

The International Standards Organization (ISO) technical committee for fluid power (TC 131), along with 19 of its subcommittees and working groups, converged on Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Milan, Italy in October to foster standards development within the hydraulics and pneumatics industries. The delegates in each committee/working group worked diligently to resolve and move many fluid power ISO projects forward. Along with building consensus to confirm and/or withdraw individual projects in each of the committees, ISO/TC 131/SC 9 – Installations and Systems continued its discussion on the importance of developing standards to address the energy issues facing customers. The following resolution for developing energy-related standards was adopted as a result:

This was a well-debated issue among the experts during the meeting, and a consensus was reached to allow those WGs to develop energy-related standards or technical reports on their components. All experts were invited to make proposals regarding energy systems at the next meeting.

Fifty-three fluid power engineering experts attended this round of meetings, representing ISO member bodies from China, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, and the United States. Thirteen U.S. experts traveled to the meetings from NFPA member companies Cummins Filtration, Main Manufacturing, Parker Hannifin, and SMC. U.S. Technical Advisory members from John Deere and PAMAS also attended as U.S. delegates.

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