Some Challenges Facing Fluid Power Technology, Opportunities for International Collaboration and Progress to Date

抄録

There is a growing awareness of the need to foster international links and various initiatives have been taken. Within Europe eight major academic research centres have formed the Network of Fluid Power Centres in Europe (FPCE) and other workers have formed the Fluid Power Net International (FPN) to encourage collaboration and dissemination of knowledge. These developments have taken place against a background of an increased number of national and international conferences and meetings concerned with fluid power research and its applications.
The paper provides a background to some of these developments and examines the opportunities that they provide for improving International Collaboration.