NFPA Technology Roadmap
New Materials
Working Group
Conference Call
Wed, Jun 7, 2017 - 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
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Working Group Participants
ACCEPTED
Adam Frey
Volker Schmitz
Sean McCarthy
Poclain Hydraulics
Schmalz
World Wide Fittings
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[email protected]
[email protected]
TENTATIVE
David Bibelhausen
Parker Hannifin
[email protected]
POSSIBLE
Mike Gust
Mike Sprengel
Marcus Royal
QingHui Yuan
Koichiro Tsukane
CCEFP
Czero
Deltrol Fluid Products
Eaton
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
DECLINED
David Holt
Bob Pettit
Kazunari Suzuki
John Kempf
Zach Holt
Travis Peterson
ExxonMobil
HAWE Hydraulik NA
KYB Japan
Master Pneumatic
Netshape Technologies
Walvoil Fluid Power
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Agenda
0:05
Welcome, call to order
Roll call
Anti-trust guidelines
Agenda review
0:10
Review Roadmap Elements
0:20
Review and discuss Research Challenge definition and connection to
Customer Drivers
0:35
Discuss Research Challenge advances in the last two years
0:50
Review, discuss, revise and prioritize Research Targets and Objectives
1:20
Next steps
1:30
Adjourn
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Roadmap Elements
The NFPA Technology Roadmap has three primary elements, each connected to the next in a chain.
Customer Drivers
Customer drivers are the business or
technology objectives of fluid power
customers. They help them serve the needs of
their own customers, and are not necessarily
connected to their use of fluid power.
Research Challenges
Targets & Objectives
Research challenges are the broad areas of
attention that must be addressed if fluid
power is to meet or better meet the
customer needs described by the drivers.
Research targets and objectives quantify or describe
successful strategies for pursuing the research
challenges. As pre-competitive challenges, it is often
difficult to be precise, but our targets and outcomes
should provide direction for viable research projects.
Increase energy efficiency
Targets & Objectives?
Improve reliability
Targets & Objectives?
Reduce size
Targets & Objectives?
Lower total and life cycle costs
Build “smart” components and
systems
Targets & Objectives?
Increased ease/predictability of
maintenance
Reduce environmental impact
Targets & Objectives?
Improve energy storage
capabilities
Targets & Objectives?
Fast and accurate control
Targets & Objectives?
New materials
Targets & Objectives?
Increased productivity and
performance
Increased availability/up-time
Quieter machines
Machines that are compliant with
safety regulations
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Research Challenge
Research Challenges are the broad areas of attention that must be addressed if fluid power is to meet or better
meet the customer needs described by the Customer Drivers.
This Working Group will focus on the eighth Research Challenge.
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3.
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5.
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Increasing the energy efficiency of fluid power components and systems
Improving the reliability of fluid power components and systems (e.g., increasing up-time, reducing
maintenance requirements, making fluid power safe and easy to use)
Reducing the size of fluid power components and systems while maintaining or increasing their power output
Building “smart” fluid power components and systems (i.e., ones that perform self-diagnostics and
troubleshooting and that integrate easily with “plug and play” functionality)
Reducing the environmental impact of fluid power components and systems (e.g., lowering noise, eliminating
leaks)
Improving and applying the energy storage capabilities of fluid power components and systems
Fast and accurate control
8. New materials
Questions for Discussion
• Is the definition of this Research Challenge clear and distinct from the other seven?
• If not, what changes would we recommend to the wording of the Research Challenge?
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Connection to Customer Drivers
Would improvements in this area of research
challenge increase fluid power’s ability to meet
the customer drivers?
1 = YES; 2 = MAYBE; 3 = NO
CUSTOMER DRIVERS
New
Materials
Increased productivity and performance
1
Increased availability/up-time
3
Lower total and life cycle costs
1
Increased ease/predictability of
maintenance
3
Quieter machines
1
Machines that are compliant with safety
regulations
3
These scores were assigned by the Mobile Hydraulic
Markets working group at the April 6, 2017 roadmapping
session.
Increased productivity and
performance
Increased availability/up-time
Connections shown represent
weighted averages < 2.000
Lower total and life cycle costs
Increased ease/predictability of
maintenance
Quieter machines
Machines that are compliant with
safety regulations
New materials
Questions for Discussion
• Have we correctly identified the strongest connections between improvements in the areas of research
challenge and fluid power’s ability to meet the needs represented by the customer drivers?
• If not, what changes would we recommend?
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Research Challenge Advances
New materials
Research Targets and Objectives
Advances Since the Last Roadmap Update
[Not yet specified]
The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation has a new public name: Manufacturing USA. Some centers
closely aligned with the needs of the fluid power industry include:
Suggestions:
Reduce weight with equal or
greater strength
Sound damping or noise
absorbing
Coatings that reduce friction,
wear or improve lubricity
New additively manufactured
materials and their affiliated
properties
Produce net-shape or near netshape dimensions with
acceptable properties (ex: high
strength injection molded
engineered plastics or powered
metal)
• America Makes is a national accelerator and the nation's leading collaborative partner for technology
research, discovery, creation, and innovation in additive manufacturing and 3D printing.
• IACMI is committed to accelerating development and adoption of cutting-edge manufacturing technologies
for low-cost, energy-efficient manufacturing of advanced polymer composites for vehicles, wind turbines,
and compressed gas storage.
• The ARM Institute’s mission is to create and then deploy robotic technology by integrating the diverse
collection of industry practices and institutional knowledge across many disciplines – sensor technologies,
end-effector development, software and artificial intelligence, materials science, human and machine
behavior modeling, and quality assurance – to realize the promises of a robust manufacturing innovation
ecosystem.
• CESMII - Smart Manufacturing works to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can
radically improve the efficiency of U.S. advanced manufacturing.
• Link to all institutes: https://www.manufacturingusa.com/institutes
The ten emerging manufacturing technologies identified in the NIST AMTech fluid power manufacturing
roadmap are:
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Coatings
Micro-machining
Composites
Sintered metals
Additive manufacturing
Batch-free heat treating
Robotics
Hybrid manufacturing
Metrology
In-process sensing, feedback and control
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Research Targets and Objectives
Research targets and objectives quantify or describe successful strategies for pursuing the research challenges. As
pre-competitive challenges, it is often difficult to be precise, but our targets and outcomes should provide direction
for viable research projects.
New materials
1. Reduce weight with equal or greater strength
2. Sound damping or noise absorbing
3. Coatings that reduce friction, wear or improve lubricity
4. New additively manufactured materials and their affiliated properties
5. Produce net-shape or near net-shape dimensions with acceptable properties (ex: high strength injection
molded engineered plastics or powered metal)
Questions for Discussion
• Do the targets and objectives all represent fruitful areas of research investigation for this area? If not, what
changes would we recommend?
• Are the targets and objectives stated as specifically as possible, while still maintaining a focus on pre-competitive
inquiry? If not, what changes would we recommend?
• Are the targets and objectives listed in a priority order that reflects their likelihood of success? If not, what
changes would we recommend?
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Next Steps
Working Group conference calls are being held throughout May and June 2017.
At their conclusion, a draft of the full Roadmap document will be produced and circulated
for additional feedback.
A final draft will be presented at the August 2017 NFPA Industry and Economic Outlook
Conference.
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