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MSOE hosts Fluid Power Course for NFPA Staffers

November, 2011

Course Attendees

Milwaukee School of Engineering has partnered with the NFPA to provide fluid power training to NFPA staff members. The one-day course entitled “An Overview of Fluid Power Systems”, was presented to staffers in order to improve their overall understanding of current fluid power technology.  Knowledge gained during the course will enable them to better serve the NFPA membership.  

According to Eric Lanke, NFPA CEO, “The introductory course to fluid power systems was informative and helpful--exactly what the NFPA staff was looking for to give us a better understanding of fluid power components and systems.”

Leading the course, which took place on Wednesday, November 30th, were Dr Medhat Khalil, MSOE Director of Fluid Power Education and Research Development and Mr. Tom Wanke, Director of MSOE's Fluid Power Institute.

Topics covered during the course included:

·         Pros and cons of hydraulic systems
·         Generic structure of hydraulic systems
·         Energy transmission efficiency using hydraulic systems
·         Source of inefficiencies in hydraulic components
·         Hydraulic systems for mobile versus industrial hydraulics
·         Fluid power technology, knowledge map
·         CCEFP & Current researches in fluid power
·         Valve-Actuator control versus Pump-Actuator control approaches
·         Basic hydraulic components and circuits
·         Basic pneumatic components and circuits

Attendees were also given a tour of MSOE's fluid power research area and spent some time exploring the capabilities of the Universal Fluid Power Trainer.