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Public Outreach

Interactive Exhibits

The purpose of this project is to create interactive exhibits that: 1) demonstrate basic attributes of fluid power, and 2) highlight CCEFP research. Prototypes and exhibits are now being developed and field-tested at the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM). Once these processes are complete, the CCEFP/SMM partnership will utilize industry and museum education channels so that these exhibits can be replicated by other museums and venues. 

[Project Leader: J Newlin, SMM]

Variable-displacement Axial Pump interactive displayHydraulic Hybrid Transmission interactive displayProfessor Durfee and variable displacement pump
Variable-displacement Axial pump on display at the Science Museum of Minnesota.Hydraulic Hybrid Transmission exhibit, also at the Science Museum of Minnesota.Professor Will Durfee activating the Variable-displacement Axial pump.

close up of variable displacement pump controls

The controls and features of the Variable-displacment Axial pump are displayed in a cut-away form.