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Regulations/Standards

Building Blocks Toward Collaborative Innovation

Global trends of population growth, the consequent infrastructure replacement and expansion, and the basic need to feed people, combined with ever-increasing environmental concerns and...

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Test & Measurement

Enabling the Future of Harvesting Through Flexible HIL Testing

It seems as though everywhere you turn today, you see a car commercial showing off new features and capabilities that brings us one step closer to the Holy Grail goal of...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Truck Racing Demonstrates New Technology, Aero Design

Season two of the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship took place this spring at India’s F1 track, the Buddh International Circuit (BIC), with Stuart Oliver of Team Castrol Vecton...

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Transportation

Off-highway Calibration Challenges — Big and Complex

The U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final emissions regulations are set for final phase-in during calendar year 2015. This final phase-in period focuses on large engines, producing greater than 560 kW...

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Connectivity

Cybersecurity, Safety Issues Require Government/industry Cooperation

Two days after serving as the “designated survivor” during President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx served as...

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Test & Measurement

Variable Speed Drive

The Rexroth Sytronix SVP 7010 is a ready-to-install variable-speed pump drive offering high dynamics and control accuracy with reduced energy consumption and lower noise levels for hydraulic systems. Suited for a range of...

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Power

Calibration and Complexity

The task facing calibrators is not getting any easier. “The complexity of calibration exploded exponentially when the Tier 4 emissions regulations were introduced,” explained Paolo Di Martino, Business Unit...

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Power

Perkins Tames Complexity

The good news is that heavy-duty diesel engine providers like Perkins have met the challenge of meeting Tier 4 Final and Stage IV regulations. But there was a price in engine complexity.

Product Briefs

Automotive

Three-Channel Portable Data Acquisition System

Model 3340 G-Logger three-channel, portable data acquisition system from Silicon Designs Inc. (SDI) offers powerful Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis and display, as well as real-time...

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Transportation

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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Test & Measurement

Putting Lightweighting to the Test

Addressing the transportation industry megatrends to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, lightweight polymer composites are replacing heavier metal counterparts in automotive, aerospace,...

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Software

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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RF & Microwave Electronics

Hydraulic Controls

Flex VUE from Magnetek provides operators with advanced communications and proportional control in a rugged, handheld product. The high-resolution color display keeps operators apprised of various system status and...

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Software

Design Control

The latest release of the MapleSim toolbox from Maplesoft expands control design capabilities and supports parameterized controllers for improved flexibility. The MapleSim system modeling and simulation tool’s control design...

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Software

Electric Motor Testing

dSPACE offers a flexible solution for hardware-in-the-loop testing of electric motors, combining Scalexio architecture with a programmable FPGA board DS2655 and a scalable electronic load. Users can test electric motor...