1. NFPA Technology Roadmap https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/735826189
Reducing Size
Working Group
Conference Call
Mon, May 22, :00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
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2. Working Group Participants
ACCEPTED
Kent Sowatzke
Bimba Manufacturing
Bill Durr
Caterpillar
Larry Wesley
Muncie Power Products
Brent Archer
Proportion-Air
TENTATIVE
Marty Barris
Donaldson Company
POSSIBLE
Chuck Rigali
Alro Steel
Mike Gust
CCEFP
Kevin Landhuis
Danfoss Power Solutions
QingHui Yuan
Eaton
Jonathan Gamble
Enfield Technologies
Veronique Bader
Famic Technologies
Hudson Keyler
Gates Corporation
Allen Rasmussen
HECO Gear
Shuhei Yamauchi
Idemitsu Kosan
Wiley Abner
Netshape Technologies
Tony Zingman
Wandfluh of America
Steve Cavera
Yates Industries
DECLINED
Bruce Downard
R. T. Dygert 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
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 third 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
Reducing Size
Increased productivity and performance
2.000
Increased availability/up-time
2.500
Lower total and life cycle costs
1.250
Increased ease/predictability of maintenance
3.000
Quieter machines
Machines that are compliant with safety regulations
2.750
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
Reduce size
Lower total and life cycle costs
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

8. Research Challenge Advances
Reducing the size of fluid power components and systems while maintaining or increasing their power output
Research Targets and Objectives
Advances Since the Last Roadmap Update
Increase power density
Additive manufacturing of compact power supply (electric motor-pump-valve-reservoir) for hydraulic ankle at UMN increased power density through weight reduction.
Reduce size of systems
3D printing and additive manufacturing concepts for fluid power systems (ankle-foot orthosis, steerable pneumatic surgical needle, and hydraulic ankle) designed and prototypes realized. Up to 50% improvement in weight projected.
3D printed excavator boom study at Georgia Tech used a stress optimization technique to remove “unnecessary” load bearing material from conventionally manufactured boom. Up to 20% reduction possible.
Integration of internal fluid passages into 3D printed boom demonstrated how system size can be reduced through integration enabled by additive manufacturing.
Hybrid MEMS proportional valve at UMN combines desired flow rates and response times with smaller package size.
Compact controlled Stirling power unit at Vanderbilt and free piston engine pump at UMN reduce overall system size and weight by integrating the pump and engine into a single assembly.
Flexible hydraulic and pneumatic actuator research at UIUC and Marquette dramatically reduce the weight of human scale systems.
Reduce weight of components
Increase the intermittent to rated duty cycle ratio
Improved material properties research and coating research needs identified in the recently released Manufacturing Roadmap would help this ratio. 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.
Reducing the size of fluid power components and systems while maintaining or increasing their power output
Increase power density
Reduce size of systems
Reduce weight of components
NEW – Increase the intermittent to rated duty cycle ratio
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