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GE Scanner Enhances Defect Detection for Industrial CT
GE Measurement & Control is offering its proprietary scatter|correct technology to industrial microCT users of GE’s phoenix v|tome|x m CT (computed tomography) system. It provides...
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Cummins Aims to Boost Heavy-Duty Diesel Efficiency to 55%
The big-rig tractor-trailer trucks that we see on the highway get only about 5.8 mpg of diesel fuel. In tests, the Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck—a U.S. Department of...
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Argonne Centers to Focus on Expediting Commercialization of Technology
When it comes to enablers for a variety of future technologies that will move the industry forward in terms of efficiencies and cleanliness of power and energy, it is...
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'Super-Precision' Cylindrical Roller Bearings Launched by SKF
SKF recently launched two new "super-precision" cylindrical roller bearings series, targeted at the machine tool industry. The company says both of the new series deliver much...
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Surface Generation Speeds Composites Throughput with One-Shot Stamp-Forming Process
Surface Generation is working with research group WMG, an academic department of the University of Warwick, and AGC AeroComposites to develop new composite...
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The Benefits and Advantages of Digital Signal Processing
In the quest for increased performance, flexibility, configurability, communications, and remote monitoring and control, the power electronics industry is increasingly moving from...
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Rugged Data-Acquisition Systems Speed Tests of Off-Highway Equipment
Just as engineers of consumer vehicles are being asked to shorten development cycles and improve performance, reliability, and safety, so are developers of off-highway...
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Evaluating New Forestry Machines in a Fraction of the Time
The predominant forest harvesting method used in northern Europe is cut-to-length logging (CTL). CTL is based on a two-machine solution—a harvester is used for felling, delimbing,...
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Software's Growth Shines Spotlight on Eliminating Defects
Software’s becoming a greater factor in vehicle development, prompting a heightened focus on reducing the number of defects in code. Early planning, discipline, and continuous...
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FPT Plans Engines for Complex Market
Expected in 2019, the impending European Stage V emissions regulations for off-highway engines will remain top of the agenda for FPT. EU regulators will limit both particle number, or PN, as well as...
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Advanced Simulation Aids Heavy-Truck Aerodynamics
There is more pressure than ever on heavy-truck engineers to find and create significant improvements in fuel economy and reduce tailpipe greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is being driven...
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MTU Engines, and Engineers, to Reap Benefit of New R&D Test Facility
In late July, a €40 million, 9000-m² test facility in Friedrichshafen, MTU’s lead site and main R&D location, officially went into service. The new five-story...
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Energid Actively Working on Simulation Technologies for Lunar and Planetary Rovers
For obvious reasons, conditions on lunar and planetary surfaces can understandably be hard to duplicate physically, even in the best case when they are...
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High-Strength Aluminum Powder Developed for Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace, Automotive
Metal laser melting has made a successful leap from rapid prototyping to an approved manufacturing technology, and the method is increasingly becoming...
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High-Performance Roto-Translating Valve for Fault-Tolerant Applications
New X-by-wire systems under study for commercial and heavy-duty vehicles such as agricultural tractors are increasingly real autonomous systems, capable of autonomously...
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Cybersecurity, Safety Issues Require Government/industry Cooperation
Two days after serving as the “designated survivor” during President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx served as...
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GKN Develops Electric Flywheel Hybrid System for Buses
The core of GKN’s Gyrodrive flywheel hybrid system was developed by Williams Hybrid Power for a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) designed for the Williams F1 team. GKN acquired...
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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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Argonne, Convergent, and Cummins Team up to Simulate Fuel Injectors
Argonne National Laboratory announced that Cummins, Convergent Science Inc. (CSI), and Argonne’s Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative (VERIFI) entered...
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Flexible, ‘Invisible’ Assembly Lines Gain Popularity
Interest in automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to convey product from one station to another on the plant floor assembly line continues to grow as manufacturers look for greater...
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University of Wisconsin Researchers Develop Mobility Analysis Tool for Military Applications
Despite the integral role that off-road vehicles play in combat and military operations, researchers do not currently have the ability to...
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High-Performance PEKK-Based 3-D Printing a First
Oxford Performance Materials Inc. (OPM) launched in December the first two grades of its OXFAB 3-D printing technology—OXFAB-N and OXFAB-ESD—suitable for aerospace and other industrial...
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Old Is New in Powertrain Laser Welding
Using lasers is often the best choice for welding, especially in precision parts where weight is a premium, such as in powertrain and engine components. Why? Given a proper fit-up, manufacturers can...
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Magnetic Field Lines Made Visible in 3-D and Real Time
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, have developed a high-resolution magnetic line camera to measure magnetic fields in real time....
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Monolayer PA6 a Promising Solution for SORE Fuel Tanks and Permeation Compliance
Since January 2012, fuel tanks fitted to new small off-road spark-ignition engines must comply with permeation requirements set out in the Environmental...
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Caterpillar Joins Argonne's VERIFI Team to Undertake Cooperative Virtual Engine Design
Caterpillar has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the DOE's Argonne National Laboratory and its Virtual Engine...
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Optimizing Commercial Vehicle Muffler Size, Volume Via CFD
Vehicle lightweighting can be achieved by either using lightweight materials or by reducing the size of the existing components. Researchers at VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. in India...
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MAN Launches Heavy-Duty Truck Diesel Engine
MAN gave the first public showing of its new flagship truck engine at the recent IAA Hanover CV Show. The engine, identified by its code number D3876, is an in-line six-cylinder diesel displacing...
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