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DEF Tank Drain Solution
A full stainless-steel version of EZ Drain Valve from Global Sales Group (Redmond, WA), the manufacturer of the EZ Oil Drain Valve, is now available for diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank applications. Unlike a plastic...
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Power Connector Line
Able to withstand harsh environments, Positronic’s (Springfield, MO) new power connector family provides IP65/IP67 sealing capability. According to the company, the new Panther line of rugged electronic connectors is the...
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The Evolving Tire-Development Paradigm
Engineers working in today’s vehicle-development environment are faced with a unique challenge in relation to prototype vehicles: the cost of constructing prototypes and assemblies limits their...
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Cummins Goes for Big Power, Low Emissions with All-New X-Series Heavy-Duty Diesels
Calling its new-generation X series heavy duty diesel engines symbolic of a “new era at Cummins,” executives and engineers for the Columbus, IN-based...
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Anti-Friction Coating
Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, MI) offers a new silver-metallic color for a proven Molykote brand anti-friction coating (AFC) to enhance design options for reducing friction, noise and wear on various automotive components. According to Dow, the new silver-colored Molykote D-709 anti-friction coating offers the same...
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Jaguar Land Rover Constructs Slovakian Manufacturing Plant to Support 'A Truly Global Business'
Construction has started on a new Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing facility in Nitra, Slovakia. According to the company, the 300,000 m²...
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Non-Hazardous Specialty Polymers
EpoxySet Inc. (Lincoln, RI) has released SetWORX specialty polymers, a line of high-performance materials. According to the company, SetWORX was developed to be non-hazardous for shipping, therefore reducing...
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SAE Survey: Mobility Engineers Getting Younger
SAE International recently released the results of its 2016 Mobility Engineering Professionals Salary Survey that also includes an interactive online Salary Calculator. Among the survey's key...
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Volkswagen Engineer Pleads Guilty in U.S. Diesel-Emissions Coverup
A veteran Volkswagen AG engineer pleaded guilty in federal court to a criminal charge for his involvement in the German automaker’s ongoing diesel-emissions scandal,...
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Creating a ‘Green’ Value Stream with LPPD
James Morgan, Ph.D, is a senior advisor for lean product and process development at the Lean Enterprise Institute. A former global director of Body Exterior, Safety, and Stamping Engineering at...
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Mazda's 2017 G-Vectoring Control Brings Dynamic Refinement
Spend time with Mazda's talented vehicle-dynamics engineers as they fine-tune a new model before production release and you may hear the Japanese term jinba ittai—the concept of...
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Citroën to Unveil CXperience Concept at 2016 Paris Show
Having shrugged off the inhibiting effects of conventional design that took it into the category of the mundane for many years, PSA Citroën’s latest demonstration of its original...
Original Equipment Electronics & Computers
Electric Power to Revolutionize Heavy-Duty Distribution Trucks
Daimler Trucks will display its Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck concept vehicle at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, this September. The company claims the Urban...
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Auxiliary Hydraulics Highlight Productivity Focus for Deere Reduced-Tail-Swing Excavators
John Deere recently updated the 135G and 245G LC reduced-tail-swing excavators, which are designed to maneuver in tight spots for projects such as...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Miniature Pressure Sensor
Model ASUH miniature hybrid high-integrity pressure transducer from KA Sensors (Danbury, CT) is designed for use in rugged environments from -65 to +300ºF (-54 to +149ºC) and vibration levels of more than 20 g. Its...
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Foam-Fill Simulation of Polyurethane Systems
BASF (Florham Park, NJ) offers an additional service for polyurethane (PU) systems in automotive interiors. The Ultrasim simulation tool has been expanded so that the behavior of PU systems during...
Product Briefs Test & Measurement
Signal Analyzer Software Upgrade
To speed up noise and vibration data analysis for vehicle manufacturers and industrial machinery, Brüel & Kjær (Norcross, GA) offers RT Pro 7.3 enhanced software for its Photon signal analyzer. The RT...
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Digital Factory Solution for Smart Manufacturing
With FASTSUITE Edition 2, CENIT (Auburn Hills, MI) provides an efficient Digital Factory solution for smart manufacturing. The latest generation of CENITs’ universal software platform, which...
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Inside Porsche's New V8 and V6 Powertrains
Porsche broke a “golden rule” of automotive engineering when it began development of the second generation Panamera: Never develop a new car, a new powertrain and a new factory simultaneously....
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Digital Reference Images for Die Castings
As a new option, YXLON (Hamburg, Germany) provides ASTM E2973 digital reference images for aluminum and magnesium die castings in its imaging software Image2500 and Image3500 of X-ray inspection...
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Solving the GHG Puzzle
When the U.S. EPA published its Technical Assessment Report (TAR) draft in July on how well the auto industry is meeting federal fuel economy mandates, as a prelude to the Mid-Term Evaluation of the 2022-2025 national...
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Electric Vacuum Pump for Brake Systems
HELLA’s electrically driven vacuum pump for vehicle brake systems is designed to provide on-demand brake-system vacuum for high-efficiency gasoline engines, diesels and turbo- and super-charged...
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Inside the Autonomous Vehicle
As self-driving technology eventually becomes reliable and safe, the role of the human driver will change dramatically. Instead of acting as a full-time operator, the driver will become a part-time operator...
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2017 FiatChrysler: More Dodge Muscle, Fewer Fiat Models
At a mid-summer media program to reveal its 2017 model lineup, nobody from FiatChrysler Automobiles said anything about some fizzy rumors speculating the company might have engineered...
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Delphi Launches Driverless Pilot Program in Singapore, Aims for Level 4 Operation by 2019
Delphi Automotive on August 1 announced an extensive autonomous-vehicle pilot program in Singapore, aimed at demonstrating cloud-based fully automated...
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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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Navy Ship Completes Test Trials Using 100% Renewable Diesel
It’s a first for a U.S. Navy ship: running on 100% renewable fuel, that is.
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More Details Emerge of Citroën's New “Hydraulic Cushion” Suspension
First details are emerging of Citroën’s new vehicle refinement package including an innovative suspension system, the existence of which was revealed by AE late...
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Racing Toward Autonomous Future, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz Reveal Sultry, Drive-It-Yourself Concept Cars
In the autonomous-vehicle future, will the ultimate luxury become driving for yourself?
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