1. NFPA Technology Roadmap https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/715613789
New Materials
Working Group
Conference Call
Wed, Jun 7, :00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
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2. Working Group Participants
ACCEPTED
Adam Frey
Poclain Hydraulics
Volker Schmitz
Schmalz
Sean McCarthy
World Wide Fittings
TENTATIVE
David Bibelhausen
Parker Hannifin
POSSIBLE
Mike Gust
CCEFP
Mike Sprengel
Czero
Marcus Royal
Deltrol Fluid Products
QingHui Yuan
Eaton
Koichiro Tsukane
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
DECLINED
David Holt
ExxonMobil
Bob Pettit
HAWE Hydraulik NA
Kazunari Suzuki
KYB Japan
John Kempf
Master Pneumatic
Zach Holt
Netshape Technologies
Travis Peterson
Walvoil Fluid Power 2

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4. 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

5. 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

6. Research Challenge New materials
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.
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

7. 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
Increased ease/predictability of maintenance
Quieter machines
Machines that are compliant with safety regulations
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? 7

8. Research Challenge Advances
New materials
Research Targets and Objectives
Advances Since the Last Roadmap Update
[Not yet specified]
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 net-shape dimensions with acceptable properties (ex: high strength injection molded engineered plastics or powered metal)
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:
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:
The ten emerging manufacturing technologies identified in the NIST AMTech fluid power manufacturing roadmap are:
Coatings
Micro-machining
Composites
Sintered metals
Additive manufacturing
Batch-free heat treating
Robotics
Hybrid manufacturing
Metrology
In-process sensing, feedback and control 8

9. 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
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 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? 9

10. 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