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Caterpillar Eyes 3D Printing for Production Parts
This past November Caterpillar opened its new Additive Manufacturing (AM) Factory at its Tech Center in Mossville, IL, to consolidate and expand its 3D printing activities and to better...
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Evaluating Thermal Design of Construction Vehicles
Design and evaluation of construction equipment and vehicles constitute a very important but expensive and time-consuming part of the engineering process, due to a large number of...
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Software’s Role Continues to Expand
Software has become a central factor in many new vehicle features and functions, forcing hydraulic system developers to employ a range of technologies to meet ongoing demands for more functionality....
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Stricter Stage V Regs Pose Challenges
Worried about the adverse health effects of diesel exhaust in general, and diesel soot in particular, the European Commission’s new Stage V regulations will further reduce allowable limits on criteria...
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Origami Goes High-Tech for Potential Military Applications
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Tokyo have taken a keen interest in origami, which they...
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Nanotechnology May Provide Self-Cleaning, Energy-Saving 'Smart Glass' for Vehicles
Improving driver visibility is a major aspect of vehicle safety that is increasingly supported by stereo cameras, LiDAR, and infrared systems. But...
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Turbo Compounding, I-Shift with Crawler Gears New to Volvo's 2017 Powertrain Lineup
Volvo Trucks North America checks off multiple customer requisites with its model year 2017 powertrain refinements—increased fuel efficiency,...
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Stage V-Ready Engines Take Center Stage at Bauma
Mid-April in Munich marks the 31st edition of the largest trade fair in the world, Bauma. With more than 3400 exhibitors and 530,000 visitors at the last iteration in 2013—not quite the...
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Autonomous Vehicles Demonstrate Ground-Air Cooperation
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, recently announced a joint autonomy demonstration that proved the capability of new, ground-air cooperative...
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Connected-Vehicle Technology
Dana Holding Corp.’s Spicer Smart Suite technology is a platform of fully integrated, connected-vehicle features that converts operating data from the drivetrain into actionable insights for enhancing...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Microcontroller-Based Display
The CL-712 from HED is a solid-state Cortex A8 ARM microcontroller-based display and member of the HED CANLink multiplexed control family. Delivered in a plastic enclosure, the unit provides communication messages...
Product Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ultra-Compact Cable Extension Sensor
The POSIWIRE sensor WS21 from ASM Sensors is designed for measuring ranges up to 20,000 mm. It is fitted with a robust, noncontact, magnetic multi-turn-sensing encoder, which gives wear-free operation and enables long measuring lengths to be packaged in compact designs. With a protection class of IP67/69K, this...
Product Briefs Electronics & Computers
Hybrid Lever Connector System
The AMPSEAL 16 hybrid lever connector system from TE Connectivity is a heavy-duty environmentally sealed system that withstands the harsh conditions of agricultural, construction, trucking, marine, and off-highway industries. It features 28 position connectors that consist of a mix of twenty-four size 16 contacts and...
News Test & Measurement
Accelerated Ash Load Testing of Particulate Filters on an Automated Test Rig
The detrimental effects of ash on diesel particulate filter (DPF) and now gasoline particulate filter (GPF) performance is of significant concern because the resulting permanent backpressure penalty compromises both fuel economy and soot storage capacity, leading to more...
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LED Work Lighting
Grote’s BriteZone line of LED work lamps is a price-conscious option for high-quality work lighting. The line features six lamps, including two handhelds and four colored lens attachments. Mountable lamp options include the...
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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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Design Validation for Harsh Off-Highway Conditions
The growing role of electronics and software is altering the design process, requiring a greater focus on validation and verification. Tools are evolving to let developers do more tests...
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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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Flux Gains Safety Certification for Li-Ion Forklift Battery Packs
Flux Power recently announced that its Light EV battery packs became the first for forklift use to be listed to UL 2271. The Flux Power UL Listed line of 24-V LiFT Pack...
Product Briefs Test & Measurement
Camera-Based 3D Measurement
Imetrum’s precision, noncontact 3D measurement system, the Precision Displacement Tracker (PDT), slashes setup times and provides richer data sets without compromising measurement resolution or sampling speed. The...
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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...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
High-Voltage, High-Current Connectors
Amphenol Industrial Products Group’s ePower connectors series, rated at 800 to 1000 V dc, now includes right angle overmolded connectors for 200 A and 400 A connection systems. New designs for higher...
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Argonne Centers to Focus on Expediting Commercialization of Technology
When it comes to enablers for a variety of future technologies that will move the industry forward in terms of efficiencies and cleanliness of power and energy, it is...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
'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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Measuring and Accounting for Suspension
The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) contracted Scientific Expert Analysis Limited (SEA) to build a vehicle suspension parameter testing machine that...
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