Michael Ference Fluid Power Marketing

The 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference was very successful and it continues to grow in exhibitors and attendees.  The content presented from the 2 stages at the Kern Center at the Milwaukee School of Engineering was outstanding from the prospective of quality and delivery.  We were thrilled to have Astrid Mozes of Eaton Corp doing a keynote session. Our technical sessions included topics like Maintenance and reliability, The importance of maintenance and fluids, Cooling and temperature control, and Hose failures - causes and effects. The Fluid Power Technology Conference returns to Milwaukee at MSOE in 2019 on May 13-15, 2019.  Save the date and follow our website for more details.

We as a staff at Fluid Power World are very proud of our event, the Fluid Power Technology Conference, held at MSOE in Milwaukee and held last week.  We had many exhibitor/sponsors, excellent sessions, and great networking. One of the sessions that I am particularly proud to have presented was our opening keynote session on Wednesday titled "Women in Fluid Power" moderated by our newly promoted Chief Editor, Mary Gannon. The panel consisted of four professional Women in Fluid Power including Celine Cabana, Technical Account Manager, FD-GROUPS America; Rachel Schmidt, Application Engineer ISO 9001 Administrator, Elwood Fluid Power; Taryn West, V.P. K.R. West Co.; and Caryes AllanV.P. Higginson Equipment.  They all did a great job of discussing their roles in fluid power and some of the considerations for getting to where they are today. My big takeaway from the discussion is this:  We all face barriers in our professionals careers whether they are real or perc...

Last week, the 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference was very successfully held at the Kern Center of the Milwaukee School of Engineering.  It was our third annual event.  With 27 sponsors and over 200 registrants, this was our most successful event so far! The opening keynote presentation by Austin Ramirez was very interesting and informative as he spoke about the history of HUSCO, the current state of business, and his involvement as a White House advisor in both the Obama and Trump administrations.   There were 26 technical presentations given by a combination of our exhibitors and sponsors as well as our own expert presenters, Carl Dyke and Josh Cosford.  There were two more keynotes, one by Astrid Moses of Eaton and by Rethink Robotics,  Sawyer the robot did make an appearance at FPTC2018.  There was plenty of time for networking and meals served as well.  Participation by the Equipment Services Association made the event even ...

I have been too busy to post the past few days because of all of the activity at the 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference at MSOE.  We got off to a great start on Monday with two great pre-conference sessions titled Basic Hydraulics and Advanced Hydraulics. The actual conference kicked off on Tuesday with a keynote presentation by Austin Ramirez of HUSCO International. Our attendance and our exhititor participation are both increased from last year and lots of enthusiasm has been shown the first two days of the event.  There have been 13 technical presentations done from our two stages so far with another 13 scheduled for today.  We will kick off with Women in Fluid Power with an excellent panel of fluid power professionals. More to come.

We are thrilled at Fluid Power World at the way that our Fluid Power Technology Conference has developed.  Our 2018 event will be held at the Kern Center on May 14-16, 2018 at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. This year, we will offer 25 technical sessions presented from our two stages with great technical fluid power information presented by our exhibitors, the MSOE faculty, and our expert fluid power trainers.  We have keynote sessions being presented by Austin Ramirez, CEO of HUSCO International; Astrid Moses, Vice President Hydraulic Business at Eaton Corp., and by Jason Biwer of Rethink Robotics including the Robot Sawyer! Two full day sessions of fluid power training have been added to the schedule on Monday, May 14, 2018 including Basic Fluid Power presented by MSOE, and Advanced Fluid Power presented by IFPS.  Our second day will start with a panel of professionals titled Women in Fluid Power !  There will be side tours to the Rapid Prototyping Cen...

At the 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference in Milwaukee on May 15-16, 2018, one of our featured sessions will be Modeling and Simulation of a Braking Unit HPU Presented by Celine Cabana  FD-GROUPS America Electro-thermal-hydraulic system modeling, simulation and analysis of a Braking System HPU for optimizing the sizing, selection of components and the design operation.  Celine is a three-time presenter at the Fluid Power Technology Conference and we are very happy to have her exhibit and session presentation at the 2018 event.  Register today to hear Celine and many other sessions to be presented at MSOE. Click here to register

Here is more information about NAHAD 2018 that took place last week in beautiful Marco Island, Florida.  We posted information in our Hose Assembly Tips e-newsletter http://na.wtwhmedia.com/archive/13456963/newsletter-archive-link.html To better serve the information needs of professionals working with hydraulic and pneumatic hose and fittings and all of the machinery that makes great hose assemblies, we have a dedicated website titled Hose Assembly Tips. I invite you to visit our Hose Assembly Tips website often for updates on hose, fittings, assemblies, crimpers, cutters, and more.

You can help us out with the upcoming Fluid Power Technology Conference by tweeting about it and using the hashtag #FPTC2018. Here is more about our speakers and presentations: Presented by: Advanced Hydraulic Motion Control Design Practices This presentation will introduce the considerations required when sitting down to come up with a new fluid power design. Jason will offer practical tips that can be immediately applied, including the basics of component selection, a highlight of the theory underlying component selection, and then steps into a discussion of Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID) gains and how that impacts control. Finally, Jerk Feed Forwards and Double Derivative gains—and the conditions and requirements for using these methods—will also be discussed. Register today to attend the 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference.   Click Here We have two full days of exhibits and seminar sessions, off-site tours, lunch, a reception, networking, an...

I have been posting information about our technical sessions planned for our 2018 Fluid Power Technology Conference at MSOE on May 14-16, 2018.  Here is another update: Condition Monitoring; Obstacles And Real World Approaches For Results If Condition Monitoring really is a productivity enhancer why aren't more manufacturers deploying it? In this presentation learn about common frustrations to avoid and gain practical tips to get started. Presented by: Speaker: Dan Davis Product Sales Manager Parker USA This event will really be worth your while to attend.  In addition to all of the technical sessions, you can network with component and technology suppliers at the event and take a few side tours that should be of interest.  Meals are part of your registration. Click here for registration. I really hope to see you there, you certainly won't regret it.

Well, another successful NAHAD Annual Meeting & Convention has concluded at the beautiful JW Marriott in Marco Island, Florida.  It is good news that the resort has recovered from last year's devastating hurricane and a very pleasant and successful event was held there this week. Some of the topics presented include:  Economic Update:  A Good Year Ahead by Alan Beaulieu and Is Amazon an Existential Threat to Your Business by Jonathan Taplin.  Herb Meyer spoke on What in  the World is Going On?  David Nour presented on his book Co-Create - How to Think & Lead Differently About the Evolution of Your Business.  A Women in NAHAD Workshop was also conducted. There was golf, magnificent hospitality event, excellent meals, and lots of opportunities for meeting with colleagues, customers, prospective customers, and even competitors.  This event is a valuable networking and interacting forum for all stakeholders in the hose, fitting, coupl...