Development of hydraulic fluid formulation for linear actuators

制造中效率低下和成本超支的一个常见来源是不精确和磨损 工业模具和表面。这导致制造设施中的计划外维护操作 每年可能造成数百万美元的损失。 制造商使用模具挤出机，通常是大型圆柱形滚筒，将聚合物压平成平板。然而， 由于反复使用，模具表面会发生变形和磨损。制造商经常使用 螺丝以重新调整曲面并补偿这些变形。这些解决方案一直未能 显著减少计划外维护。 像Maieutic Enterprises这样的公司有可能解决这个问题。他们称自己的专利正在申请中 技术“可编程表面”。由于这是一个复杂的问题，必须将其分解为 较小的块，技术上称为子系统。一个关键的子系统涉及设计一种液体，这种液体可以 施加和承受巨大的力量。这个应用科学领域就是水力学。 该提议是，百年公司的研究人员将能够为一种 “可编程表面”使用学院的设施。

A common source of inefficiency and cause of cost overruns in manufacturing is imprecision and wear in industrial dies and surfaces. This leads to unplanned maintenance operations in manufacturing facilities which can cost millions of dollars annually. Manufacturers use die extrusions, typically large cylindrical rolls, to flatten polymers into flat sheets. However through repetitive use, deformations as well as wear tear occur on the die's surface. Manufacturers often use screws to re-adjust the surface and compensate for these deformations. These solutions have not been able to reduce unplanned maintenance significantly. A company like Maieutic Enterprises has a potential solution to this problem. They call their patent pending technology 'programmable surface'. Since this is a complex problem, it has to be tackled breaking it down into smaller chunks, technically called subsystems. One crucial subsystem involves engineering a liquid which can exert and bear large forces. This field of applied science is hydraulics. The proposal is that Centennial's researchers will be able to develop the hydraulic subsystem for a 'programmable surface' using facilities at the college.