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Ford, Virginia Tech Partner to Develop Common Visual Communications Interface for Autonomous Vehicles
Looking to prepare for the eventual reality of an autonomous-vehicle future, Ford partnered with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute...
Product Briefs Aerospace
Heavy-Duty V-Profile Clamps
Heavy-duty v-profile clamps from Oetiker (Marlette, MI) operate reliably and safely under extreme conditions of stress, vibration, corrosion and temperature variation. According to the company, the v-profile clamps...
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PACCAR Launches Lightest Heavy-Duty Automated Transmission for On-Highway CVs
PACCAR has announced a new 12-speed automated transmission (AT) and column-mounted shifter to improve fuel economy and driver ergonomics in Peterbilt and Kenworth...
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Volvo CE Sees Major Efficiency Gain from Hybrid-Electric Wheel Loader
Volvo Construction Equipment partnered with Waste Management (WM), the California Energy Commission and CALSTART to put its LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader to...
Technical Innovation Propulsion
Nikola CEO: Fuel-Cell Class 8 Truck on Track for 2021
Stressing that Nikola Motor’s primary intent is to eliminate emissions related to Class 8 over-the-road trucking, company president and CEO Trevor Milton confirmed at a technology...
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Methane-Powered Concept Tractor from New Holland Trims Emissions, Operating Costs
New Holland Agriculture is ramping up its focus on vehicles that burn alternative fuels, unveiling the prototype for a methane-powered tractor set for...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Legacy Semiconductor Test Systems
The MTEK Subsystem (Marvin Test Expansion Kit) from Marvin Test Solutions (MTS), Inc. (Irvine, CA) adds test capabilities to legacy semiconductor test systems that lack the ability to meet the test...
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Distribution Block
Designed with ports for Deutsch connectors, Murrelektronik's (Suwanee, GA) new xtreme DB distribution block provides up to three times the current-carrying capacity compared to blocks of similar size, along with design efficiencies that will help to transform the way control systems are developed by heavy-duty vehicle builders....
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14-Mm Mount Panel LED
The 14-mm mount CL series panel LED from Wilbrecht LEDCO, Inc. (St. Paul, MN) incorporates a 10-mm LED available in red, green, yellow, blue and bicolor options. Pre-wired with internal resistors, the indicators can be...
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Portable Combination Measuring Instrument
The Yokogawa (Amersfoort, the Netherlands) DL350 ScopeCorder is a compact, fully portable measuring instrument available for capturing, displaying, recording and analyzing a wide variety of electrical...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Production-Grade 3D Printing
Proto Labs (Maple Plain, MN) features Multi Jet Fusion as part of its suite of 3D printing technologies. The production-grade 3D printing technology, developed by HP, builds fully functional plastic prototypes and...
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Oil Change Valve
Global Sales Group (Redmond, WA) offers a new and improved EZ Oil Drain Valve with optional hose connectors that can replace an existing drain plug for fast, clean and easy oil changes. According to the company, there is no...
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Cummins Reveals All-Electric Heavy-Duty Truck—just Ahead of Tesla
Two months after chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger detailed Cummins’ plans to transition from a diesel engine maker to a “power technology” provider (read:...
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Automated Guided Vehicle Platform
Agile1500 Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) platform from Comau (Turin, Italy) features the flexibility to be deployed across a wide range of manufacturing and non-manufacturing scenarios. According to Comau, it...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Engine Ion Sensor
Detroit Engineered Products (DEP) Inc. (Troy, MI) offers a commercial prototype of an Engine Ion Sensor that increases fuel economy, lowers hazardous emissions and can enable multiple fuel types. According to the company, the...
Product Briefs Aerospace
Nickel-PTFE-Nanodiamond Coatings
Nanodiamond material specialist Carbodeon (Helsinki, Finland) has worked with metal finishing specialist CCT Plating (Stuttgart, Germany) to develop a new electroless nickel polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and...
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More Intelligence Equals More Efficiency, Enhanced Functionality
Intelligent controls are continuing to reshape commercial vehicles, giving operators more functions and more space while also improving safety. Increasingly more powerful...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Wave Spring Series
The Crest-to-Crest Wave Spring Series from Smalley (Lake Zurich, IL), which features the company’s C (imperial) and CM (metric) Series, has been expanded. Standard sizes are now available from stock down to 0.188 in and 5...
Product Briefs Semiconductors & ICs
Accumulator Design and Assembly Process
To address the disadvantages mainly in the traditional manufacture of diaphragm accumulators, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) developed a new approach—one that...
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Double-Digit Weight Loss Possible for Heavy-Duty Truck Drivelines
The solid-core axle and gearbox shafts on commercial trucks are targeted for weight reduction in an ongoing research project sponsored by two industry groups.
Technical Innovation Propulsion
Kubota Goes 'Big' with First-Ever 200-Hp Diesel Engine
Known for its compact diesel engines below 100 hp (75 kW), Kubota unveils its first diesel engine above that threshold, the 5-L V5009 with an output of 210 hp (157 kW) at 2200 rpm. The...
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Cummins Transitions from Diesel Engine to 'Power Technology' Company
When Tom Linebarger became chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc. in 2012, the company was still very focused on its core diesel engine technologies. However, the commercial and...
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Axial Piston Pumps
Hawe Hydraulics plans to show a variety of axial piston pumps at ConExpo/IFPE 2014, including the new V60N-130 pump type that is a member of the well-established V60N series. The company claims that the V60N-130 pump, in...
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Wärtsilä Virtualizes Marine Engine Design and Testing
The costs of building and running prototype engines are high, but they’re extremely daunting when each cylinder of a marine engine provides more than 1000 kW (1340 hp). That’s...
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Sleek Design, Powertrain Advances Distinguish Volvo’s New VNL Trucks
The new Volvo VNL series is the beneficiary of the truck maker's SuperTruck program, applying lessons learned and advanced technology to achieve an up to 7.5%...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Heavy-Haul Planetary Drive Axles
Marmon-Herrington’s (Louisville, KY) new 90,000 lb (40,825 kg) Sisu tandem axle set and new 136,000 lb (61,690 kg) Sisu tridem axle set are double reduction planetary drive axles designed for heavy-duty...
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Expect Smarter Engines, More Compact Aftertreatment from JDPS
Dr. Xinqun Gui, Manager of Technology, Control Systems and Emissions Compliance for John Deere Power Systems (JDPS), considers himself to be “fairly conservative” in terms of his...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Synchronous Step-Down Controller
The LTC7800 from Analog Devices, Inc. (Norwood, MA), which recently acquired Linear Technology Corp., is a synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that operates at up to 2.25 MHz for reduced circuit size and...
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