"Hydraulics Lookup Tool" by Kurt Brown and Michael Albers
 

Hydraulics Lookup Tool

Level of Education of Students Involved

Undergraduate

Faculty Sponsor

Nick Rosasco

College

College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)

Discipline(s)

Computer Science

ORCID Identifier(s)

Kurt Brown 0009-0009-6161-0594, Michael Albers 0009-0005-1903-8476

Presentation Type

Poster Presentation

Symposium Date

Spring 4-24-2025

Abstract

The aim of this project is to build a website for finding interchangeable hydraulics parts and providing links to verified suppliers at the request of an expert in the hydraulics industry, as there are many hydraulics parts that can be substituted for each other, but no way of easily identifying them. This application will support customers' ability to acquire parts from various suppliers via entering the name of a part into a public-facing website. The software shall search through its database and return a list of compatible parts with links to where they can be obtained. This project was created using the Agile Development Model, and authored using HTML, CSS, and PHP, with a SQL database. The database backend was populated using Python to scrape information from hydraulics catalogs and upload relevant technical data. Challenges included parsing and scraping data from PDF files with varying formats which raised the complexity of identifying and collecting key information. Considerations also included the ability to support regular updates to these information sources as manufacturers adjust and expand their product line. This project was built to be extended with a larger database and more options for users to search and filter parts.

Biographical Information about Author(s)

Kurt Brown is a senior at Valparaiso University, majoring in Data Science and Computer Science

Michael Albers is a junior at Valparaiso University, majoring in Computer Science

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