Global demand for lubricants will reach 41.8 million metric tons in 2010. Gains will by driven by increasing motor vehicle ownership and growing consumption of various lubricants in manufacturing activity. Engine oils will continue to claim over half of demand, while process oils will grow the fastest. Manufacturing markets will lead in purchases ...

Lo-Co Safety Valve, LLC, has developed a safety shut-off valve that can be easily retrofitted or customized to fit any piece of Industrial or Commercial fluid power equipment. The Lo-Co SMART Valve is smart enough to detect the difference between a flow surge during normal equipment operation and a line break. If a line breaks, the SMART Valve ...

National Fluid Power Association’s industry-wide program for reliability took its first step to completion with the publication NFPA/T2.12.11-2-2007, Hydraulic fluid power components-Assessment of reliability by testing.   The Recommended Practice NFPA/T2.12.11-2-2007 provides guidelines for assessing the reliability of hydraulic ...

National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) held its 2007 Spring Conference and welcomed representatives from six international fluid power associations. Short presentations each society provided a number of priorities for the fluid power industry in their home countries and worked with NFPA Board of Directors to recognize areas of common concerns. ...

The National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) named its new Executive Director, Eric Lanke. He has over thirteen years of experience in association management, and is recognized as a Certified Association Executive (CAE) by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). His most recent position held, was Associate Executive Vice ...

National Science Foundation funds interdisciplinary fluid power research center Discovering ways to reduce fuel consumption, developing devices for people with mobility impairments, and designing state-of-the-art rescue robots are just three of the goals of a new multi-million dollar research center involving the University of Illinois at ...