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Green Design & Manufacturing

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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Transportation

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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Propulsion

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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Manufacturing & Prototyping

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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Green Design & Manufacturing

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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Propulsion

EPA-OTAQ Chief on GHG Mandate: ‘Things Look Really Good’

The most encouraging aspect of the U.S. federal government’s mandates on fuel economy and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions is that “customers are buying more fuel efficiency...

Technical Innovation

Energy

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,...

Technical Innovation

Propulsion

Dana Brings CVP Technology to Lighter-Duty Equipment

Dana Holding Corp. took advantage of the venue of CeMAT to announce progress with its VariGlide technology, a new transmission design that incorporates continuously variable planetary...

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Automotive

Multimedia Analyzer

ViCANdo from Zuragon is a multimedia software tool for development, physical testing, and validation of various applications such as vehicle fleets, hybrid-electric systems, active safety systems, autonomous vehicles, and...

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Manned Systems

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...

Technical Innovation

Motion Control

New Power Steering Concept Uses Variable Displacement Pump

Modern on-highway vehicles have been making steady strides when it comes to employing technological advances featuring active safety systems. However, off-highway machines are...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

The Drive for Driverless Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles are a hot topic, most noticeably in the automotive world where high-profile projects such as the Google Self-Driving Car receive plenty of press. But automated driving/operation is...

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Propulsion

Hatz's Next-Generation Industrial Compact Engine

This past January, Hatz Diesel began series production and sales of its brand new four-cylinder 4H50TIC diesel engine. Hatz announced at ConExpo that during the development of the 2-L...

Original Equipment

Transportation

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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Energy

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...

Technical Innovation

Manufacturing & Prototyping

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...

Technical Innovation

Power

Cummins Has a V8 for Commercial Applications

After some self-described “false starts,” Cummins has officially launched its ISV5.0, a new commercial 5-L V8 diesel engine designed for North America to power pickup and delivery vehicles,...

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Power

Making the Most of a Clutch Situation at Formula SAE

Rookie Formula SAE Michigan participant Matt Kramer designed a mechanically automated clutch that won Altair Engineering’s first place award for most innovative design at the 2014...

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Software

Oregon State Captures Fourth FSAE Michigan Title in Five Years

Oregon State University’s Global Formula Racing (GFR) team took top honors with a total score of 876.6 at the 2014 Formula SAE Michigan competition, held May 14-17 at Michigan...

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Defense

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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Transportation

Watching for Ways to Stand ABOVE THE CROWD

Whether design teams are responding to the demand for more features and functions or meeting regulatory requirements, they’re using sensors to link digital controls to the analog world. Sensor...

Technical Innovation

Materials

High-Strength Sheet Steel That Bends

Basic car structures have traditionally been stamped from sheet steel, but stricter fuel-economy standards have the auto industry turning increasingly to more costly alternative materials including...

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Power

Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck Nabs 10.7 Mpg in Real-World Driving Test

A Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck demonstrator notched 10.7 mpg with a fully loaded tractor-trailer, representing a 75% fuel-economy increase and a 43% greenhouse gas (GHG)...

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Transportation

Deere Updates Motor Graders to Meet Tier 4 Final

Deere's G-Series motor graders have been updated to meet Final Tier 4 emissions standards with the implementation of a John Deere PowerTech EPA Final Tier 4/EU Stage IV engine. The engine...

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Power

Claas Expands Its Forage Harvester Line

The all-new Jaguar 800 Series forage harvesters from Claas are seen by the company as a complement to the current 900 Series, meeting the needs of producers and custom harvesters who need the reliable...

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Propulsion

BorgWarner Begins Production of Fan Drives in Brazil

In May, BorgWarner announced that it had begun production of its electronically controlled Visctronic fan drives at its new plant in Itatiba City, Brazil.

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Power

RCCI Engine Begins In-Vehicle Demonstration Testing

Higher fuel efficiency and reduced exhaust emissions are two potential benefits associated with Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI), an engine combustion technology that...