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<strong>CCEFP</strong> <strong>Mission</strong><br />

CHANGING THE WAY FLUID POWER IS RESEARCHED, APPLIED AND TAUGHT<br />

By making fluid power compact, efficient and effective<br />

• Compact means smaller and lighter for the same function.<br />

• Efficient means saving energy.<br />

• Effective means clean, quiet, safe and easy-to-use.<br />

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Excavator Test Bed has been fitted<br />

with variable displacement pumps<br />

Research “Home Run”:<br />

Energy Efficient Excavator<br />

Displacement control eliminates<br />

losses in throttling valves<br />

50% fuel savings verified in field<br />

tests at Caterpillar<br />

Education Success Story:<br />

Fluid Power Scholars Program<br />

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