A high efficiency excavator, one of four test beds being developed through the research program of the NSF-funded CCEFP, will be among the highlights at the Center’s booth at IFPE 2011.
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AEM wins Top ‘Gold 100’ Trade Show Honors for CONEXPO-CON/AGG and ICUEE-The Demo Expo
CONEXPO-CON/AGG has been named the number-one exhibition of any industry in the United States, and ICUEE-The Demo Expo took the number-three spot in the annual Gold 100 list of top U.S. trade shows. Show owner and producer Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) earned three best-in-class Grand Awards in addition to its Grand Award for largest […]
Fluid-power universities among world’s best
With kids returning to school, parents and academics alike are gravitating to the annual college ratings hitting the newsstands. One of note is the World University Rankings 2018, published by Times Higher Education, a spin-off of London’s The Times newspaper. It reviewed about 20,000 research-intensive universities around the world and ranks the best from 1 […]
3D-printed excavator wows the crowd at IFPE and CONEXPO-CON/AGG
Kicking off the Tech Experience at IFPE and CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the unveiling of the 3D-printed excavator—dubbed Project AME—was a fitting start to the “Imagine What’s Next” theme of the two massive shows this year. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in collaboration with CCEFP university student designers from the University of Illinois, the University of Minnesota, and […]
Is the sun rising or setting on the fluid power industry?
In his recent “state of the union” presentation on fluid-power research, the director of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), Professor Kim A. Stelson of the Univ. of Minnesota, posed that exact question regarding the future of the industry. And in answer, he hedged his bet a bit by stating, “I’m really […]
UIUC students win 3D printing engineering challenge
As previously reported, IFPE will be home to the first-ever 3D-printed excavator, as the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), National Fluid Power Association (NFPA), Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) work together to showcase how 3D printing will change fluid power technology […]
IFPE will be home to the first-ever 3D printed excavator
A group of engineering students and researchers is in the process of building key components on the world’s first 3D printed excavator, to be unveiled at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017. It will be on display at the Las Vegas Convention Center March 7-11, while pieces and parts of a second construction excavator will be printed […]
Presentation submittal deadline for FPIRC16 extended to May 15
NFPA and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) invite both industry and academic researchers to submit a short abstract of their work for consideration as a presentation at the next Fluid Power Innovation and Research Conference (FPIRC), which will be held October 10-12, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minnesota. […]
Call for papers for the Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference
As previously reported, The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) and the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) have partnered to expand the industry’s annual industry and academic research conference, the 2015 Fluid Power Innovation & Research Conference (FPIRC 2015). For its second year, the NFPA and CCEFP are inviting both industry and academic […]
Let’s keep fluid power education and research moving forward
Over the years, I’ve had several discussions with various members of the industry on the importance of education for the future of fluid power technologies. Although opinions vary, the general consensus has always held that more formal training and early exposure to hydraulics and pneumatics is critical to attracting youth to the field and moving […]
