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Carbon-Fiber Concept Trailer from Great Dane Cuts Weight by 4000 Lb
The Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience is a prototype tractor-trailer developed to demonstrate the possibilities of future transport. Innovation and collaboration were key...
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WSU Team's Transportable Hydrogen Fueling Station Wins Design Contest
A group of students from Washington State University (WSU) won the Hydrogen Education Foundation’s 2014 Hydrogen Student Design Contest with plans for a transportable...
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Screens, Cameras Provide New Look in Cabs
Liquid crystal displays have rapidly gone from limited usage to mainstream, transforming human-machine interfaces (HMIs). Video images are being added to the diverse list of functions for these...
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Deere Upgrades Excavators with Tier 4 Final Engines
John Deere's goals in the development of its new G-Series Final Tier 4 excavators went beyond making the machines emissions ready, but to also include design and functionality improvements...
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Peterbilt, Exa Examine the Aerodynamics of Drafting
On-highway tractor-trailer vehicles operate in a complex aerodynamic environment that includes influences of surrounding vehicles. Typical aerodynamic analyses and testing of single...
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Autodesk Moves Full STEAM Ahead with Its Commitment to Education
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education has been a hot topic in education for many years. But recently, others are joining the movement to promote...
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Ashok Leyland Develops Bimetal Brake Drum to Improve Heat Dissipation, Reduce Weight
To achieve weight savings in vehicles, OEMs and component suppliers are increasingly using ultra-high-strength steel, aluminum, magnesium, plastics, and...
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Yokohama’s Take on Commercial Tire Trends
Fuel-efficiency gains for commercial vehicles can come from many areas, the powertrain and aerodynamics chief among them. But where the rubber meets the road—the tires—is another significant...
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Longer Truck Cabs for Europe?
European Union proposals affecting the length of semi-trailer trucks and cabs are set to have a dramatic effect on European cab-over truck designs and will also allow for folding aerodynamic aids to be fitted...
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Continental Acquires Emitec, Becomes Provider of Exhaust-Gas-Treatment System
Continental announced Thursday in a release that it has acquired 100% ownership of Emitec, an exhaust technologies specialist.
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Horton Introduces New WindShift Fan Blade
Horton recently introduced its most efficient fan blade, the WindShift WSE, according to a company release. It has been computer-optimized to allow for increased airflow and reduced operating noise....
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Noncontact Laser Scanner
Hexagon Metrology’s Leica T-Scan 5 handheld system for laser trackers is said to operate more than 15 times faster than the previous model. The unit is ideal for noncontact laser scanning for CAD-to-part inspections...
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Cornell Wins Iron Team Award as Baja SAE Series Concludes (Video)
Each year, SAE International sponsors the Collegiate Design Series (CDS), a series of competitions around the country where teams of student engineers are given a chance to...
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ZF Forms Chinese JV for Tractor Steering Axles
ZF Friedrichshafen AG has formed a joint venture with YTO, a leading manufacturer of construction and agricultural machines, on the production of tractor steering axles for vehicles from 25 to...
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Meritor, Brakes India Expand Offering of Air Disc Brakes
Troy, MI-based Meritor, Inc. and brake system supplier Brakes India, Ltd. have signed a licensing and technology assistance agreement for the manufacture and sale of Meritor ELSA air...
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WABCO Opens Second Application Engineering Center in India
WABCO recently opened a new Application Engineering Center in Pune, the supplier’s second such facility in India. The new center will allow WABCO’s team of application and test engineers to work closely with global commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in India to jointly develop...
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Volvo E Excavators Said to Excel in Efficiency
Volvo CE says its new EC250E and EC300E crawler excavators deliver a 5% improvement in fuel efficiency over past models, and not just due to the Tier 4 Final/Stage IV-compliant Volvo engine,...
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Contamination Protection for Hydraulics
Fluid Line Products, Inc. has released what it calls the Anti Blocker, a device designed to protect sensitive or expensive control mechanisms in hydraulic operating systems. A steel mesh filter element...
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Lead-Acid Rules as Forklift Battery, but Alternatives Pursued
When it comes to electrification, forklifts are both ahead of the car market and behind it, and they are likely to stay that way for the near future.
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Racket Busters
Since the days, several decades ago, when there was no acoustic trim or materials applied to agricultural tractor cabs, manufacturers have become keenly aware of the importance of a quiet cab to equipment buyers and...
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Autonomous Vehicle Challenges Span Many Fields
Engineers from fields as diverse as military, agricultural, and mining who are racing to craft autonomous vehicles share many similar technical challenges. Distributed architectures,...
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Off-highway Engines Advance Beyond Tier 4
"The technical solutions for Tier 4 Final are all there and in production,” said Andy Noble, Head of Heavy Duty Engines for Ricardo, during an interview with Off-Highway Engineering. “Engine...
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Formula E Racers Zap Expectations
On a global scale, racecars burn an irrelevant amount of fuel, so racing series’ interest in fuel-saving technology has nothing to do with saving the planet from racecars’ environmental impact.
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Improving Lignocellulosic Biofuel Biorefining
When making cellulosic ethanol from plants, one problem is what to do with a woody agricultural waste product called lignin. New research from scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology,...
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JCB Providing Additional High-Speed Backhoes to U.S. Army
JCB will be supplying high-speed backhoe loaders to the U.S. Army under a $50 million contract. The High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEEs) will be manufactured at JCB’s North...
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Caterpillar's 990K Wheel Loader Offers More Power, Increased Payload
Designed as an optimum loading tool for Caterpillar construction and mining trucks, specifically the 773, 775, and 777 ranging from about 60 to 100 ton (54 to 91 t)...
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Vehicles Nab Ultra-High Mpg at 35th Annual SAE Supermileage
U.S. consumers were still reeling from the 1970s oil embargo that caused gasoline prices to soar when the top SAE Supermileage team fielded a car that snared 558 mpg at the...
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Igus Develops 3D-Printable Bearing Material with Low-Friction Properties
igus has developed what it claims is the world’s first tribologically enhanced plastic filament for 3D printers, which are used to print full-size, three-dimensional...
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Anti-Static Filters
SwiftStaticDischarge filter elements from Swift Filters employ a media technology that dissipates triboelectric charges generated via the flow of fluids through filter media. The technology ensures a low charge across media and fluid over long time periods to mitigate sparking. Electrostatic discharge is a common problem with...
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