NFPA MONTHLY SCOREBOARD

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FLUID POWER GROWTH

he latest data published by the HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC SHIPMENTS

T National Fluid Power Association

(NFPA) shows the 12-month moving
average of shipments for pneumatics,
hydraulics and total fluid power continues
to grow. The year-to-date percentage
change for total fluid power shipments in

(Base Year 2018 = 100)

August 2022 is 16.4%. Mobile hydraulic
orders received from September 2021
to August 2022 are 113.1% of orders
from September 2020 to August 2021.
Based on raw index data, pneumatic,
mobile hydraulic and industrial hydraulic
shipments all increased from last month. This graph of 12-month moving averages shows that in August 2022, total fluid power, total pneumatic
Among all indicators of the state of the and total hydraulic all increased.
economy, fluid power touches nearly all
segments and can help identify business PNEUMATIC, MOBILE AND INDUSTRIAL HYDRAULIC ORDERS INDEX

trends ahead of many other signals. n

SHIPMENTS
TOTAL FLUID POWER
June-22 15.5%
July-22 15.2%
August-22 16.4%
TOTAL HYDRAULIC
(Base Year 2018 = 100)

June-22 18.1%
July-22 17.8%
(Base Year 2018 = 100)

August-22 19.0%
TOTAL PNEUMATIC
June-22 7.6%
July-22 7.1% Each point on this graph represents the most recent 12 months of orders compared to the previous 12
August-22 8.1% months of orders. Each point can be read as a percentage. For example, 125.0 (the August 2022 level of
The table above is expressed in terms of cumulative the industrial hydraulic series) indicates that industrial hydraulic orders received from September 2021 to
percent changes. These changes refer to the August 2022 were 125% of the orders received from September 2020 to August 2021.
percent difference between the relevant cumulative
total for 2022 and the total for the same months TOTAL: HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC SHIPMENTS
in 2021. For example, August 2022 pneumatic
shipments figure of 8.1 means that for the calendar
year through August 2022, pneumatic shipments
increased 8.1% compared to the same time-period
in 2021.
(Base Year 2018 = 100)

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contact NFPA at (414) 778-3344.   volume for pneumatic shipments is 119.8% of the average monthly dollar volume in 2018.

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HYDROFOIL

Battery-powered
CANDELA EMPLOYS
HYDROFOIL DESIGN
TO INCREASE RANGE,
ENHANCE USER
EXPERIENCE. BY
CHAD ELMORE

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andela has focused
on converting the
electric boat into a
mainstream product since it
was founded in 2014. The company
has been especially busy in the past year:
Its hydrofoiling speedboats are now in
the hands of dozens of end-users around
the world, it has opened a sales office in
California’s Bay Area, announced commercial
variants of its pleasure boats, and selected
a battery supplier – the latter being one of
the most important developments for any companies

electric vehicle.
Swedish electric luxury car brand Polestar
will provide battery and charging systems
for Candela’s flying boats, in a deal the
latter company said will allow it to tap into
automotive battery technology to swiftly
scale up production and bring its mass-
market electric boats closer to reality.
“To make electric boats mainstream, we
need to build thousands of boats every year,”
said Gustav Hasselskog, founder and CEO
of Candela, Stockholm, Sweden. “Polestar is
a dream partner for us. While electrification
of cars has come a long way in the last few
years, the marine sector has fallen behind.
Marrying our efficient hydrofoil technology to
high-capacity batteries from Polestar means
we can speed up the mass market adoption
of electric boats together.”
Candela said the deal between the two
PHOTOS: CANDELA
Candela will source
is an attempt lithium-ion batteries from
to overcome Polestar, a luxury car brand with
what it sees as two roots in Sweden and China.
major hurdles to the
electrification of boating.
The first is the massive energy consumption
of conventional powerboat hulls, which it
said is an obstacle that has been cleared The Candela C-8 (shown) is the Swedish boat
using hydrofoil technology. The company builder’s second model to go into production,
said the design cuts the energy usage of following the limited run of C-7s. Sales have
powerboats by up to 80%. been particularly strong in the United States.
The second hurdle, said Candela, has
been the prohibitively high cost of marine
batteries. Boat builders, it said, typically rely
on smaller, boutique vendors of marine
battery packs, and their relative scarcity and
high unit cost has prevented electric boats in
general from achieving parity with engine-
powered vessels.
“With this partnership with Polestar,

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