Smart Components and Systems Working Group NFPA Technology Roadmap Smart Components and Systems Working Group Conference Call Tue, May 23, 2017 - 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/936316565 Dial: +1 (646) 749-3112 Access Code: 936-316-565 1

Working Group Participants ACCEPTED Scott Meldeau Bimba Manufacturing meldeaus@bimba.com Tom Wood woodt@bimba.com Enrique Busquets Bosch Rexroth Enrique.Busquets@boschrexroth-us.com Bob Hammond Deltrol Fluid Products bhammond@deltrolfluid.com Jerry Jadwisiak DunAn Microstaq jjadwisiak@dmq-us.com Drew Johnson IMI Precision Engineering Drew.Johnson@imi-precision.com Scott Paxton Lehigh Fluid Power paxtons@lehighfluidpower.com Dave Geiger Moog dgeiger@moog.com Howard Zhang Parker Hannifin hzhang@parker.com Jay Dalal ROSS Controls Jay.Dalal@rosscontrols.com TENTATIVE Barry Schoenborn HYDAC Barry.Schoenborn@hydacusa.com Renato Noal Renato.Noal@imi-precision.com POSSIBLE QingHui Yuan Eaton Corporation QinghuiYuan@eaton.com Don Smolenski Evonik Oil Additives donald.smolenski@evonik.com Mike Gust CCEFP mjgust@umn.edu Michael Stewart Steelhead Composites mstewart@steelheadcomposites.com DECLINED Kevin Lingenfelter Danfoss Power Solutions klingenfelter@danfoss.com Frank Latino Festo Corporation frank_latino@festo.com 2

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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 4

Roadmap Elements Customer Drivers Research Challenges The NFPA Technology Roadmap has three primary elements, each connected to the next in a chain. Customer Drivers Research Challenges Targets & Objectives 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 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? Increased productivity and performance Improve reliability Targets & Objectives? Increased availability/up-time Reduce size Targets & Objectives? Lower total and life cycle costs Build “smart” components and systems Targets & Objectives? Reduce environmental impact Targets & Objectives? Increased ease/predictability of maintenance Improve energy storage capabilities Targets & Objectives? Quieter machines Fast and accurate control Targets & Objectives? Machines that are compliant with safety regulations New materials Targets & Objectives? 5

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 fourth Research Challenge. 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 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? 6

Build Smart Components and Systems 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 Build Smart Components and Systems Increased productivity and performance 1.000 Increased availability/up-time Lower total and life cycle costs 2.000 Increased ease/predictability of maintenance Quieter machines 2.250 Machines that are compliant with safety regulations These weighted averages reflect the relative fluid power product sales volumes in each market segment (50% mobile hydraulics, 25% industrial hydraulics, and 25% pneumatics). Increased productivity and performance Increased availability/up-time Lower total and life cycle costs Build “smart” components and systems Increased ease/predictability of maintenance Quieter machines Connections shown represent weighted averages < 2.000 Machines that are compliant with safety regulations 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? 7

Research Challenge Advances 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) Research Targets and Objectives Advances Since the Last Roadmap Update Discover new, lower-cost diagnostic modalities Piezo energy harvesting for powering sensors demonstrated and ready for commercialization. Emerging remote diagnostics and affiliated software services were commonplace at the recent 2017 CONEXPO Show. Suspect new lower-cost methods and enabling technologies are still of high interest to industry. Develop automatic and adaptive control mechanisms Adaptive control techniques have been studied by UMN researchers for hybrid applications. Change system configurations and characteristics via electronic controls Several industry component and systems providers have released configurable components such as programmable valves and pumps as well as control software to easily configure desired system characteristics. This trend is likely to continue to grow going forward. NEW - Develop miniature and cost effective sensors UMN startup, Innotronics, is developing a low cost, non-contacting magnetic field based position sensor for pneumatic and hydraulic actuators and other position sensing applications. 8

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. 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) Discover new, lower-cost diagnostic modalities Develop automatic and adaptive control mechanisms Change system configurations and characteristics via electronic controls NEW - Develop miniature and cost effective sensors 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? 9

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. 10