1. Smart Components and Systems Working Group
NFPA Technology Roadmap
Smart Components and Systems
Working Group
Conference Call
Tue, May 23, :00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
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2. Working Group Participants
ACCEPTED
Scott Meldeau
Bimba Manufacturing
Tom Wood
Enrique Busquets
Bosch Rexroth
Bob Hammond
Deltrol Fluid Products
Jerry Jadwisiak
DunAn Microstaq
Drew Johnson
IMI Precision Engineering
Scott Paxton
Lehigh Fluid Power
Dave Geiger
Moog
Howard Zhang
Parker Hannifin
Jay Dalal
ROSS Controls
TENTATIVE
Barry Schoenborn
HYDAC
Renato Noal
POSSIBLE
QingHui Yuan
Eaton Corporation
Don Smolenski
Evonik Oil Additives
Mike Gust
CCEFP
Michael Stewart
Steelhead Composites
DECLINED
Kevin Lingenfelter
Danfoss Power Solutions
Frank Latino
Festo Corporation 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 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

7. 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

8. 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

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.
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

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