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…
10 years of the CCEFP!
I’ve covered fluid power technology since the mid-1990s and one of my biggest complaints about the industry was that it lagged far behind Europe and Asia—at least in collaboration…
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…
CCEFP update: Pneumatics that’s made for walking
The lowest power test bed of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) is directed towards developing technologies for human assist devices. The platform for this…
CCEFP update: Varying pump flow rates
There are several hydraulic applications that require varied flow rates. Traditionally, this was achieved by using a fixed-displacement pump and a metering valve that throttles the flow across…
CCEFP update: Hydraulically actuated patient transfer device
One goal of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center on Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP) is to explore how advanced fluid power technology can be used…
CCEFP update: Hydraulics and free piston engines
Contributed by Ke Li, PhD student, University of Minnesota (Advisor: Professor Zongxuan Sun) A conventional mobile fluid power generation system consists of a internal combustion engine (ICE) and…
CCEFP Annual Meeting and ASME/Bath Symposium on FPMC
The NSF Center for Compact and Efficient Power (CCEFP) is partnering with the ASME/Bath 2013 Symposium on Fluid Power & Motion Control* and will host the most innovative…
2012 CCEFP Annual Meeting and NFPA Fluid Power Workforce Summit
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 […]