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New Komatsu Wheel Loader with Tier 4F Engine Consumes 13% less Fuel
Equipped with an EPA Tier 4 Final certified engine, the new WA600-8 wheel loader from Komatsu combines an enhanced lockup torque converter function and SmartLoader logic to...
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Arctic Cat Debuts Purpose-Built 'Snow Bike' in 2017 Model Line
Arctic Cat’s recently unveiled snowmobile lineup for the 2017 model year includes an OEM industry first: the all-new SVX 450 purpose-built, single-ski snow bike. Other 2017...
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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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International Re-Enters Construction Market with New Class 8 Truck
International Truck launched the International HX Series, a new line of Class 8 premium vocational trucks designed for the severe service industry, at the recent World of...
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Doosan Offers New DL220-5 Wheel Loader with High-Lift Option
Doosan has added the Tier 4-compliant DL220-5 with a 3-yd³ (2.3-m³) bucket capacity to its wheel loader lineup. The 160-hp (119-kW) DL220-5 replaces the DL220-3 model.
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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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'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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Fatigue Life Analysis Software
Endurica LLC announced the release of version 2.32 of its fatigue life analysis software Endurica CL, a computer simulation that can model the development of damage in an elastomeric part operating under...
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Looking for a Better Image
As design teams work to continually improve operator efficiency and comfort, many are focusing on the critical role displays play in human-machine interfaces. HMIs are the link to the functions that actually do...
Original Equipment Transportation
Gleaner Upgrades Cabins, Drives on S9 Series Combines
AGCO’s transverse rotary combine brand, Gleaner, will be debuting for 2016 its new S9 Series combines, which includes three models—the S96, S97, and S98—to meet the needs of...
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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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Motiv Electric Powertrain Paired with Ford Chassis, Starcraft Bus Body
Motiv Power Systems and bus dealership Creative Bus, Inc. recently announced a partnership to build a new all-electric school bus, which will have a similar look and...
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HydraForce Strengthens Electrohydraulic-Controls Position in India
HydraForce, a manufacturer of hydraulic cartridge valves, manifolds, and electrohydraulic controls, has established a new LLC corporation in India. HydraForce India LLC,...
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Volvo Launches First Hybrid Buses in India
The first Volvo hybrid city bus pilot will start in the first half of 2016 in Navi Mumbai with Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT). To promote environmentally friendly vehicles, the Indian...
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Self-Lubricating Plastic Bearing Material
The iglide L500 plastic bearing material from igus is suited for continuous operation in high-speed rotation applications under low loads. The material combines high wear resistance in long-running,...
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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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Hot-Stamping Process from Schuler Employs Flexible 'Pressure Controlled Hardening'
In the press hardening method, parts are heated to 930°C (1,706°F) and then simultaneously cooled and hardened in the subsequent forming process, which gives the parts their extremely high rigidity.
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Pumping Up Hydraulic Capabilities
Hydraulic technologies are evolving rapidly as clever engineers figure out how to alter spools and valves. These mechanical changes pale in comparison to the advances that transpire as design teams...
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Daimler Trucks' Lessons Learned from SuperTruck Program
Daimler Trucks North America has referred to its $40 million, five-year SuperTruck program that concluded earlier this year as “a playground for our engineers.” Overseeing this...
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Doosan Introduces Tier 4 Final Wheeled Excavator
Doosan has expanded its wheeled excavator lineup with the Tier 4 Final DX210W-5 excavator, which replaces the -3 Tier 4 Interim model.
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Fiber Laser System
Prima Power has introduced the Laserdyne 430 Versa 3D fiber laser system with third-generation BeamDirector, designed for the typical laser processing needs of tool rooms, model shops, and R&D centers of manufacturers. The system provides a balance of cost, flexibility, and precision for laser cutting, welding, drilling,...
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Thermal Shields
Interface Performance Materials has introduced two new thermal shields in the Select-a-Shield thermal product family—THH-1010 and TFP-3065—the first innovations in a series scheduled to be released through 2016. Suitable...
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Quick Connector for Fuel and Urea Systems
Norma Group has developed a new plastic quick connector for use on fuel and NOx-reducing diesel urea systems in passenger, commercial, and off-highway vehicles. Produced at a Norma Americas plant in...
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Clean-Sheet Design for Proterra's All-Electric City Bus
The Proterra Catalyst all-electric transit bus nabs double-digit miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe), vastly outperforming its diesel, compressed natural gas, and diesel hybrid-electric...
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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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Standards Step Forward in Design of Off-highway Electronics
Functional safety has become a watchword in many fields as regulators and product developers attempt to ensure that failures will be minimal, and that safety isn’t impaired when...
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Lightweighting to Improve Off-Highway Emissions
In many segments of the ground-vehicle industry, lightweighting is a hot topic, and yet the off-highway segment lags behind in terms of more eco-friendly vehicle design. However, legislative...
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Waste Heat Recovery for the Long Haul
The FPT Industrial range of engines currently achieves a brake thermal efficiency (BTE) of approximately 46%, which is higher than comparable engines on the market today. However, through a series of...
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HMIs Extend Beyond the Cab
Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) are evolving in multiple paths — they’re becoming a more important product differentiator while also expanding their control functions outside the vehicle. As connectivity...
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