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Optimizing Cooling and Air Systems for Increased Efficiencies
Off-highway vehicles operate in the harshest environments, performing in dirty conditions, under tremendous loads, over uneven terrain and in extreme temperatures. Final Tier 4...
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A Simulation-Led Future for Off-Highway?
In common with the entire automotive industry, designers of off-highway vehicles are under ever increasing pressure to reduce program development times and costs, while at the same time meeting...
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The Future Lies in Emissions, Comfort, and Performance
The key factors in the next 20 years in the off-highway industry lie in reducing emissions to meet regulations, increasing comfort-levels for drivers, and increasing vehicle...
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Making Sense of Hybrids
In contrast to the automotive market, where battery-powered hybrids are the dominant alternative to internal-combustion engines, multiple powertrain options are vying to gain acceptance in the off-highway market....
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Lund University Runs Truck Diesel Engines on Gasoline to Boost Efficiency, Reduce Emissions
Using gasoline in modified truck diesel engines can result in more than 50% efficiency if the combustion process is done correctly, according to...
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Hyundai CEA Unveils Prototype Excavator
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas took the opportunity at ConExpo to unveil to North America its R220LC-9 HI-POSS excavator prototype. This concept model, which first debuted at Bauma in 2013, features Hyundai’s next-generation power system that it says provides improved fuel consumption and...
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Plans May Grow Enough to Transform Fuels
Fuel for combustion engines has not transformed significantly over the past 100 years, but things may change. Biofuel research continues to advance as off-highway engineers develop new techniques...
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Fuel Savings Modeled for Hybrid-Electric Front Wheel Loader
Fuel efficiency and reduced emissions are two of the top considerations in all organic fuel power generation, including diesel engines. Alternative powertrain concepts including...
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Gearshift Actuator Dynamics in a Dual Clutch Transmission
Some emerging transmission technologies have seen a growing trend toward increased drive comfort, fuel efficiency, and low CO2 emission. The most recent additions have been variants...
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Fuel Cells for Auxiliary Power
Idling of heavy-duty truck engines causes significant costs and emissions, yet electrical energy for driver comfort functions such as climate control and personal-use electronics is required. Fuel-cell...
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Flex-Fuel Snowmobile Challenge Results in Improved Efficiency and Lower Emissions
The Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC), which is part of the Collegiate Design Series of SAE International, was created to challenge students to reduce the...
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Volvo CE’s Road to the Future
As Vice President of Product Platforms for Volvo Construction Equipment, Alan Berger (SAE member, 2013) is responsible for the life-cycle management of the product line, its profitability, commercial performance,...
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Refining Heavy-Duty Diesel Fuel Systems
How are heavy-duty diesel fuel systems likely to evolve in Europe, now that Euro-VI, the tightest yet emissions regulations applied to heavy trucks and buses in the European Union, have come into...
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Systems That Talk Together, Are Efficient Together
The need to trim fuel consumption and emissions is forcing design teams to take a broader look at equipment operations, linking various systems so they work together closely. Engines,...
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Injection Strategies for Improving Emissions Characteristics
Traditional diesel engine combustion controlled by fuel injection and fuel-air mixture is typically diffusion combustion. There is a trade-off between NOx emissions and soot...
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Tier 4 Final Engines
Cummins’ latest generation of engines ready to meet EPA Tier 4 Final near-zero emissions regulations extend from 49 to 675 hp (37 to 504 kW). New engines on display at ConExpo 2014 will include the QSF3.8 suited for...
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Axial Piston Pump
Bosch Rexroth plans to introduce a new size 28 model A1VO axial piston pump later this year that it says is an energy-efficient alternative for fixed displacement pumps. The 28 model will not be displayed at ConExpo, but the...
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Deere's Updated Skid Steers and Compact Track Loader
John Deere’s newest additions to its E-Series line of skid steer loaders and compact track loaders (CTLs) include two skid steer models (318E, 320E) and two compact track loader models...
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Voith Improves Efficiency of Transmission Components With Structure Optimization Software
As environmental standards become stricter and consumer demands for vehicles with greater fuel efficiency rise, automotive suppliers need to support...
Original Equipment Transportation
Volvo CE’s New Short Swing Radius Excavator
With a weight of 2.5 ton (2.3 t), the ECR25D compact excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment achieves greater breakout and tearout forces—8453 lb (38 kN) combined—than the 2.8-ton...
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