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Flywheel Pump Couplings
To minimize harmful reaction forces while tolerating high temperatures, CENTA Corp. (Aurora, IL) has developed a new series of couplings to optimize diesel-driven construction machinery. CENTAFLEX-KF, with a torque...
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Workhorse Group Unveils W-15 E-REV Fleet Truck and Partners with Ryder
Ohio-based technology manufacturer Workhorse Group has unveiled its latest vehicle for fleet customers, the electric W-15 pickup truck. The truck is designed to provide...
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Wobble Plate Compressor
An anchor product for T/CCI Manufacturing (Decatur, IL), the 7H wobble plate compressor is claimed to be the leading design in the industry for the heavy-duty truck and construction sector. According to the company, its...
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High Temperature, Electrically Conductive Adhesive
The EO-98HT from EpoxySet (Lincoln, RI) is electrically conductive epoxy for electrical circuits.
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An Alternative Approach: FPT Industrial Invests in Industrial Engines Running on Natural Gas
The demand for greater environmental sustainability in urban areas coupled with the upcoming reforms that are expected to drastically reduce limits...
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Tata Motors to Supply Safari Storme 4x4 to Indian Armed Forces
Tata Motors has signed a contract to supply 3192 units of the Tata Safari Storme 4x4 to the Indian Armed Forces under a new category of vehicles known as GS800 (General Service...
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Volvo Buses Launches B8R Chassis Globally
Volvo Buses has started the global launch of its latest chassis powered by the 8-L Volvo engine. The Volvo B8R and B8RLE replace the top-selling Volvo B7R and B7RLE, which saw a production run...
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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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Light-Curable Black Adhesive
DELO-DUALBOND GE4949 from DELO Adhesives (Sudbury, MA) is a black adhesive that is light-curable. The black-dyed, multi-purpose, modified acrylate can be used for bonding most metals, plastics and glass. Designed...
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Connectivity Continues Its Advance
Fleet owners have been deploying telematic solutions for some time, but connectivity still is just beginning to move from early adopters to the mass market. Connectivity is providing more owners and...
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Faurecia Targets NOx Reduction at Lower Exhaust Temps with Lightweight Cartridges
The Ammonia Storage and Delivery System (ASDS), developed by Amminex, has demonstrated an ability to nearly eliminate nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollutants from...
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Alt Fuels Make Inroads Despite Obstacles
Commercial vehicles are beginning to adopt alternative energy sources, but the transition remains slow. Batteries and an array of renewable fuels are seeing more usage, but costs and infrastructure...
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Work Trucks Strive to Curtail Addiction to Fuel
Reducing fuel consumption was a focal point of several trucks unveiled in March. Electric drivetrains and four-cylinder engines were among the tactics disclosed at the Work Truck Show in...
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Alternative Powertrain Tech for CO2 Reduction a Focus at ICPC 2017
Focusing on technologies and strategies impacting truck and bus, agricultural tractors, and construction machinery, the biennial AVL International Commercial Powertrain...
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Case Compact Dozer Loader Concept Spawns 30 Pending Patents
Called “Project Minotaur,” the Case DL450 compact dozer loader is a “first-of-its-kind” machine that combines the footprint and performance of a compact track loader (CTL)...
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Isuzu Motors Announces Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Engine for Off-Highway
Isuzu Motors America used the ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 stage to announce its intention to produce a dual-fuel capable (natural gas and propane) off-highway engine by mid-2018,...
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Cat 745 Articulated Truck Boasts Next-Gen Cab, New Machine-Control Features
The 745 is the first Caterpillar machine to feature a new numeric-only coding system, compared to the previous alphanumeric style.
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Ashok Leyland’s ‘Circuit’ Series Is First Electric Bus Made in India
Ashok Leyland’s first Circuit electric bus is designed and engineered entirely in India, by Indians, for India, the company said in a recent product announcement. In line with Ashok Leyland's vision for the future of mass mobility, the country’s first ‘Made in India’...
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Oil- and Abrasion-Resistant Cable
ÖLFLEX 409 P PUR control cable from Lapp Group USA (Florham Park, NJ) is an oil- and abrasion-resistant cable for industrial machine tools and appliances. According to the company, a special interstice...
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SANY India Enters Mining Segment, Launches Range of Off-Highway Dump Trucks
The new mining business unit will be headed by Dheeraj Panda, who is the Business Unit Head and Vice President of Excavators at SANY India.
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Linear Potentiometers
H.G. Schaevitz LLC Alliance Sensors Group (Moorestown, NJ) expanded its sensor product offering by adding resistive technology to its portfolio of linear position products. Environmentally sealed to IEC IP-64, the LP-22...
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Phase 2 GHG Driver for Advanced Technology, Alternative Fuels
Opening day of the SAE 2016 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress featured a well-attended symposium on Meeting the Challenges of Phase 2 GHG: Implications and Effects. A...
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Active Vibration Damping for Construction Machines
Read on to learn more about an innovative concept for active ride control reduces machine oscillations based on frequency identification.
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Consumer Electronics Come on Board
The tablets and smartphones that transformed consumer electronics are now poised to enter heavy-duty vehicle markets. They’re already becoming part of the maintenance and diagnostic world, while some...
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Churning Toward Stronger, More Uniform Aluminum Casts
Macrosegregation is the uneven distribution of alloying elements within a solidified aluminum part, creating, for example, copper-poor regions. This is most likely to occur in the center...
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PACCAR's Sproull Primed for SAE Commercial Vehicle Post
From his early days as a mechanical engineering student at the University of Evansville to today serving as a vice president at PACCAR, SAE International involvement has been a...
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Volvo CE Adds A45G Articulated Hauler to Product Lineup, Increases Tonnage Across G-Series
With the addition of the new A45G articulated hauler to its product lineup, Volvo Construction Equipment offers increased payload capacities,...
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Cat 14M3 'Most Technologically Advanced' Motor Grader for Construction
Caterpillar plans to showcase 40 machines at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017 in March, one being its new 14M3 motor grader that features a larger engine, increased power to ground,...
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Glowing Aerodynamic Add-Ons Could Boost Big-Rig Fuel Economy by 7-10%
“Headlight white” and “stoplight red,” the characteristic colors of the highway at night, could soon get a companion: “plasma purple”—that is, if a new...
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