Parker Hannifin

New Hope, MN  

Oildyne specializes in Compact Fluid Power Systems in a variety of applications. Depending upon your interest and experience, we are looking for interns to work in the following applications: Design, Manufacturing, Innovation, and Mechanical Engineering.  Projects will be focused on improving current systems as well as expanding our market share into new applications. Specifically looking for candidates with experience/course work/interest in controls and hydraulics.

About the Company: With annual sales exceeding $10 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. Parker offers products and systems of nine technologies including hydraulics, filtration, refrigeration, electromechanical, aerospace, pneumatics, fluid and gas handling, process control, and sealing and shielding, addressing the needs of global markets. The company employs more than 57,000 people in 43 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 51 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.parker.com, or its investor information site at http://www.phstock.com.    Current development of products for greater efficiency and profitability include:   "Ocean Wave Energy" which demonstrates the application of Parker's electromechanical technology to harness ocean waves as electrical generators. Parker has partnered with a customer to reduce the control envelope of buoys that generate 75 to 400 kilowatts of electricity from wave motion. The World Energy Council estimates that two terawatts of electricity, more than twice the worlds present generation capability, could be generated by such systems.    "Nuclear/Biological Filtration" Parker's filtration technology is being applied to replace older, less efficient carbon canisters as a safeguard in the event that nuclear, chemical, or biological agents are used against military personnel or civilians. Already in use on British military vehicles, these systems are being developed for use by individual soldiers as part of their personal protection equipment.    "Geothermal Systems" Demand for geothermal systems for heating and cooling has grown at a rate of 22 percent over the last three years. Such systems currently represent only one percent of the world market for heating and cooling. Parker has helped develop systems that have proven, in use, to be 200 percent more efficient than conventional heating and cooling systems and 30 percent more efficient than earlier geothermal systems.    "Fluid and Gas Handling Technology" In the world of oil and gas exploration and development, Parker offers multiple technologies to make deep offshore exploration possible, efficient and less costly than traditional methods. Some Parker products serve the increasingly important "workover" rig segment that wring additional oil from inactive wells. Recent acquisitions have made Parker a presence in expanding Gulf of Mexico and North Sea fields and include flexible, crush resistant hose for extremely deep water exploration.    "Aerospace Technology: Inerting" Parker's 45 -year's experience with on board inert gas generating systems, (OBIGGS) that provide ignition-preventing inert gas to fuel tanks of military aircraft, is now being adapted by the world's leading manufacturers for use on commercial aircraft. The inerting systems will remove the air component of fire ignition by supplying a blanket of nitrogen to airliner tanks. Regulations mandating use of inerting systems on commercial aircraft could call for retrofitting existing fleets.    "Hydraulic Technology: Energy Recovery System" Parker has more than a decade of experience with hydraulic systems designed to recover brake energy and apply it to reduce vehicle fuel consumption. The latest systems in the evolution of this concept are being applied to heavy and medium trucks for refuse collection and package delivery. Unlike other hydraulic hybrids, Parker offers a series system that eliminates the weight and maintenance associated with parallel hydraulic hybrid systems as well as the cost, charge time, and battery replacement required by electric hybrids.

www.parker.com

Alyssa Peterson
763-531-3502
apeterson@parker.com

Oildyne specializes in Compact Fluid Power Systems in a variety of applications.