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Medium-Duty Engines, Transmissions Shift Focus to Software
New engines and transmissions for medium-duty truck applications are evolving rapidly in response to ongoing demands for improved fuel consumption. Software is playing a major role...
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Tailoring Fuel Injection to Control NOx
Future diesel engine legislation, such as the EU’s Stage V and possible Tier 5 in the U.S. for off-highway, demand further improvements to reduce CO2 while keeping the already-low NOx emissions...
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Bad Gas?
It’s often the case with proverbs that many are of uncertain derivation. That’s true of one of my go-to favorites: “May you live in interesting times.”
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Compact Pressure Sensors
For forklift trucks, telehandlers, and other logistical vehicles, the trend is moving toward more power in a smaller installation space and Rexroth supports this development with its PR4 series 10 pressure sensors. In...
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A 24-hour Battle of Speed and Efficiency
World endurance racing at Le Mans is no longer only about who finishes first after a grueling 24 hours, but also about winning with the greatest energy efficiency. For 2016, the Federation...
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SEAT to Spearhead VW's New Platform and 48V Technology
“SEAT has been through hell, in a way," asserted Luca de Meo, who became chairman of the Spanish automaker, part of Volkswagen Group, late last year. But after it survived a lengthy...
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Slim Wing Can Reduce Aircraft Fuel Use and Emissions by 50%
NASA and Boeing are designing a longer, thinner, and lighter wing that requires a brace, or truss, to provide it with extra support. The lower-drag wing will reduce both fuel burn...
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2016 SAE Congress: Innovation Stars at 8th Annual GAMIC Awards
Novel technologies from Michigan-based companies were standouts in the 8th annual Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge (GAMIC). The founders of these winning...
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Doosan Offers New DL220-5 Wheel Loader with High-Lift Option
Doosan has added the Tier 4-compliant DL220-5 with a 3-yd³ (2.3-m³) bucket capacity to its wheel loader lineup. The 160-hp (119-kW) DL220-5 replaces the DL220-3 model.
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Improving Heavy-duty Engine Component Efficiencies
Cylinder deactivation (CDA) is an effective method to fine-tune engine displacement for maximum output and improve fuel economy by adjusting the number of active cylinders in combustion...
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APUs save Fuel, Serve as Driver Retention Tool
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimates the current shortage of drivers is roughly 35,000 to 40,000. The inability to find new drivers is a reality that many fleets face today, and...
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Leading the Attack on Engine Pumping Losses
Powertrain engineers talk about the advantage of having more “knobs to turn” — technologies that work synergistically to reduce fuel consumption and help increase vehicle efficiency. For...
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Compact Motors
Benefiting from Poclain Hydraulics’ know-how in turret rotation solutions, the new range of MZ motors are more “concentrated” for integration into machines like mini and medium-sized excavators, as well as forestry,...
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Borla, Alphabet Energy Pursue Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery in Next-Gen Exhaust
Borla Performance and Alphabet Energy have partnered to jointly develop and commercialize a next-generation exhaust system for trucks that incorporates...
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NASA Tests Aircraft Wing Coatings that Slough Bug Guts
Bug guts create drag, and drag increases fuel consumption. But aircraft of the future could be made more fuel-efficient with non-stick coatings NASA recently tested on Boeing’s...
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COTS Rugged Systems
North Atlantic Industries Bohemia, NY 631-567-1100 www.naii.com North Atlantic Industries (NAI) recently received an initial contract from L-3 Maritime Systems for Custom-on-Standard Architecture™ (COSA™) COTS rugged systems for the Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) Data Acquisition Unit. The advanced, rugged intelligent I/O and...
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The Formula for Innovation: Customer Collaboration with Applications Engineering
The global mobile equipment market is always evolving and adapting to meet customers’ needs, driven by new government regulations, as well as market demands for...
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Balancing GDI Fuel Economy and Emissions
Increasing concerns about airborne soot, or particulate matter (PM), are translating into vehicle emissions regulations. One of the more stringent of these, the Euro 6c, is scheduled to phase-in...
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Western Star Focuses on Efficiency for New 5700XE
Fuel efficiency is increasingly becoming a significant driver in truck OEMs’ vehicle development plans, and that certainly was the case when Western Star set out to develop the all-new...
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Making Strides in Sustainable Transportation
A material scientist by training working on processing, manufacturing, and characterization development for advanced energy storage systems, Claus Daniel, Ph.D., organized the Lightweighting...
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Fuel Efficiency SUV Notches 10 Mpg Improvement Vs. Baseline Vehicle
A demonstrator SUV has achieved a 35 mpg combined city/highway rating following a phase-two technology retrofit. Schaeffler’s fuel efficiency demonstrator is based on a...
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Getting a Grip on AWD Efficiency
All-wheel drive is becoming a must-have feature for drivers who face slippery roads and daunting grades in winter. The growing popularity of the technology is fueled by the worldwide boom in B- and...
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Rotary SI/CI Combustion Engines: A Thing of the Future?
Today’s small piston engines can be inexpensive, and have suitable reliability to serve a variety of applications including scooters, motorcycles, ATVs, boats, lawn and garden...
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'Reman' Engine Market Steady, but Complexity Challenges Production Efficiency
High-tech design causes time to remanufacture engines to nearly triple and adds to cost, while used engines remain a competitive factor. However, Purdue University data shows remanufacturing is far more energy efficient than installing a new powerplant. Read more at...
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Going Off-Road With Hard-Carbon Lithium-Ion Battery Technology
EnerDel’s second-generation Mobile Hybrid Power System (MHPS) was delivered in May to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Research and Development Center in Champaign, IL. It...
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Variable Speed Drive
The Rexroth Sytronix SVP 7010 is a ready-to-install variable-speed pump drive offering high dynamics and control accuracy with reduced energy consumption and lower noise levels for hydraulic systems. Suited for a range of...
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Rexroth Releases New Flow-Sharing Valve for Mini Excavators
Bosch Rexroth took advantage of bauma China to launch a new size for its RS valve platform, the RS15, which the company says was in reaction to an “upwards spiral” in the...
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KSPG Automotive Is on the Fast Track Globally
KSPG Automotive is tallying up impressive sales around the globe, but keeping pace with the galloping growth requires both product and people.
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Energy Harvesting Could Help Power Spacecraft of the Future
A consortium is working on a project to maximize energy harvesting on a spacecraft of the future. The initiative seeks to find energy-saving and -maximizing solutions to enable...
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