The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) is pleased to announce that Mr. Tom Blansett, CFPAI, CFPS, CFPIHT, CFPCC, Eaton Corporation, was elected the 54th president of IFPS during its annual meeting in Buffalo, New York. Mr. Blansett will take office in January, 2014. The following officers were also confirmed at the IFPS 2013 Annual Meeting: […]
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PQ-FV In-Line Flow Controls from Clippard
Clippard’s new PQ-FV In-Line Flow Controls can be easily added to existing circuitry and are lightweight and compact in size. Since it is a tube-to-tube connection, in-line flow controls may be installed as a meter-in or meter-out device. The PQ-C Elbow Controls are ideal for low cost and lightweight applications when mounting directly to an […]
Vacuum Automation 3.0 e-catalog now available from Piab
Piab, Hingham, Mass., has updated its electronic catalog designed for tablet devices. The catalog features close to 700 pages highlighting all of Piab’s energy-efficient air driven vacuum pumps and accessories including suction cups, grippers, vacuum cartridges, and more. It gives a brief company overview and reviews some technology basics with the Piab Vacuum Academy section. […]
The IFPE Fluid Power Zone is back at IMTS in 2014
Be part of the “IFPE Fluid Power Zone” a unique tradeshow designed to assist you in reaching your industrial automation customer market. The 2014 IFPE Fluid Power Zone will be hosted by NFPA within the Motion, Drive & Automation North America (MDA NA), alongside IMTS and the Industrial Automation North America (IANA). The dedicated display […]
Bosch Rexroth selling pneumatics business to Triton
Big news in the fluid power industry as Bosch Rexroth Corp. has said that it has signed papers to sell its global pneumatics business—Rexroth Pneumatics—to Triton, a German-Scandinavian investor group. Approximately 2100 employees worldwide will be affected, mostly at manufacturing sites in Laatzen, Germany; Lexington, Kentucky; Wujin, China; Eger, Hungary; and Bonneville, France. . It has […]
Online Application Tools Aid Product Selection
Piab introduces the first three in a series of application configurators. These configurators tailor towards a specific vacuum application and guide the user to a suggested vacuum solution based on a few parameters that the user enters describing their need for a vacuum system solution. Currently, there are application configurators for the packaging industry for […]
Norgren Announces DXP Enterprises, INC.
Norgren has expanded their recent agreement with DXP Enterprises, Inc. to provide maintenance professionals across the U.S. with a more convenient means to acquire components and systems. For more than 100 years products and service distributor DXP Enterprises, Inc. has served a spectrum of industries including manufacturing; oil and gas; and food and beverage processing. […]
Analytical Flow Products to Join Norgren in IMI Fluid Power Group
IMI PLC, the international engineering solutions group, is enhancing the capabilities of its fluid power subsidiary, Norgren, through the acquisition of Analytical Flow Products (AFP). Founded in Quebec in 2007 by Yves Gamache and André Fortier, AFP manufactures an extensive range of precision fluid control products, including a family of highly specialized diaphragm valves critical to […]
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Winners of Supplier Excellence Achievement Award
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies today announced the recipients of its 2012 Supplier Excellence Achievement Level (SEAL) Awards. The suppliers were selected based on exemplary performance in the areas of quality, delivery, cost management, technology and overall service to Freudenberg-NOK and its manufacturing sites. The SEAL Awards, now in its fifth year, are divided into Gold, Silver […]
2013 Fluid Power Systems Conference Keynote Speaker Annouced
Gary W. Rogers, President and CEO, FEV, Inc. will deliver the keynote address, Reducing Energy and Expenses Utilizing Hydraulic Hybrid Waste Trucks, Transit Buses and Delivery Vehicles, at the 2013 Fluid Power Systems Conference scheduled for November 19-21, 2013 at the Doubletree Hotel, Rosemont, Illinois. During his address, Mr. Rogers, who currently sits on the National […]