The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) will hold their annual meeting in conjunction with the National Fluid Power Association’s Workforce Summit at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, September 24-26, 2012. This event is open to all. It is a great opportunity to hear presentations about fluid power research underway at the University […]
MSOE’s Fluid Power Institute celebrates 50 years
Say “fluid power education” and one of the first things that pops into my head is the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Registration open for NFPA’s Fluid Power Workforce Summit, CCEFP Annual Meeting
Registration is now open for the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) Workforce Summit and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) Annual Meeting.
CCEFP educational outreach results in hydraulic hybrid application for school buses
A project to develop a hydraulic hybrid retrofit of a school bus, led by Dr. Michael Leamy at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his team of undergraduate and graduate engineering students, is yielding impressive results.
CCEFP research aims to reduce friction in fluid power systems
Friction between lubricated surfaces is a principal source of energy losses in fluid power systems—a ubiquitous problem for fluid power users across the industrial spectrum. But thanks to research underway within the Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, that problem is on its way to resolution.
New approaches to noise control from the CCEFP
Besides negatively affecting hearing and impairing effective communication, excessive noise can increase mechanical fatigue and reduce component life. In short, excessive noise detracts from the attractiveness of existing fluid power products and can be an entry barrier for this technology into new markets and applications.
NFPA Education and Technology Foundation awards research grant
The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has awarded a major research grant to Dr. Brian Steward and the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at Iowa State University.
Preview of 2011 IFPE Technical Conferences
At IFPE 2011, the 52nd National Conference on Fluid Power will be the cornerstone of expanded education. The conference focus is on new technologies and methodologies within the fluid power industry related to improved analysis, design, manufacturing and performance of fluid power components and systems for mobile and industrial markets.
Daman’s Weinkauf presenting two papers at IFPE
Daman’s Tom Weinkauf will present two papers during educational programs on Thursday, March 24th at the IFPE Conference in Las Vegas. Both papers provide an update on standards work and Daman’s involvement in bringing those standards to the global industry.
It’s all in the research—catching up with the CCEFP
The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, now in it’s 5th year, has been a nice success story for the fluid power industry. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, the Center has among its goals the research and development of efficient components, compact power supplies, and compact energy storage.
