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Propulsion

Variable Transmission Platform

Dana Rexroth Transmission Systems’ R2 hydromechanical variable transmission (HVT) is a modular platform that delivers various configuration options and software controls, such as direct or remote mounting,...

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Power

Turbo Air Intake Precleaner

Turbo Filtration offers the turbo air intake precleaner for air filtration machines in agriculture, off-highway, heavy-duty, military, and other demanding environments. Designed to protect engine components, turbo...

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Power

Sulfur Tolerance Solution

As part of its effort to provide advanced off-highway diesel engine technology, Rolls-Royce Power Systems offers a high-sulfur fuel capability for its family of MTU industrial engines. The Sulfur Tolerance Solution...

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Power

Heavy-Duty Alternator

Mitsubishi Electric offers the 200-A Diamond Power (DP) A200 for heavy-duty trucks. With a high efficiency rating for 12-V heavy-duty alternators and providing increased fuel economy, the DP A200 weighs 21.8 lb (10 kg), which is 24% less than the closest competitor and improves installation and payload potential, the company...

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Power

Engine Start Module

Maxwell Technologies expands the ultracapacitor-based Engine Start Module (ESM) product line from class 7 and 8 heavy-duty diesel to class 3 through 6 medium-duty trucks. The ESM ULTRA 31/900 offers 900-A cold cranking or a...

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Power

Mobile Generators

Kohler Power Systems’ line of mobile generators offer increased power output and customization options. The line includes 11 diesel gensets ranging from 35 to 680 kVA and four liquid-propane gensets from 30 to 125 kVA. The...

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Energy

Rammer Engine

The GXR120 general-purpose engine from Honda was designed as a source of power for rammers, or for equipment used to compact soil or other granular material. Offered as a second power option to the GX100 engine, the GXR120...

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Power

Inverted Driveshaft

GKN Land Systems offers the Synergy 5C-10C inverted slip design driveshaft range for construction and mining. The range was developed by linking GKN off-highway technologies from the Mechanics Series U-Joints range with...

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Energy

Curve Gasket

The Curve Gasket elastomeric static seal from Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies supports the powertrain design trend for lightweight components. With greater stability, lower reaction forces, and wider compression ranges, the...

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Propulsion

Hose Assemblies

ContiTech Fluid Technology develops and manufactures high-performance hose assemblies and selective catalytic reduction lines for construction industry applications from fuel supply to exhaust gas management and...

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Propulsion

HEV Drivetrain System

Oerlikon Fairfield offers a complete hybrid-electric drivetrain technology system with energy recovery from engine to wheel. Components of the system include an engine-driven generator to produce electrical power; an...

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Propulsion

Tier 4 Industrial Engines

Caterpillar's U.S. Tier 4 Final, E.U. Stage IIIB, and Stage IV engines range from 4.1 kW (5.5 hp) to more than 895 kW (1200 hp), and meet industry expectations for reliability, performance, fuel and fluid efficiency,...

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Propulsion

Engine Cooling Package

Horton's Modulator LCV40 fully variable fan drive and WindMaster plastic LS11 fan that were previewed at ConExpo consist of an engine cooling solution that delivers optimized efficiency and cooling in a wide variety of...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Hydraulic Filtration

Donaldson's FLK system is its newest medium-pressure hydraulic filtration technology for OEM and aftermarket customers involved in a host of applications, including heavy-duty construction and mining equipment operations....

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Aerospace

High-Strength Steels

SSAB offers Hardox wear plates in thicknesses from 0.7-mm (0.027-in) 22-gauge to 6.25-in (160-mm) combined with updated dimensions and the ability to double as structural steel. In testing, a 474-lb (215-kg) torpedo was dropped from 9.2 ft (2.8 m), with a resultant weight savings of 59% using Hardox 450 5-mm (0.2-in) vs. S355...

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Materials

Acrylic Polyurethane Coating

Sixteen AIC Metal Direct factory package colors have been added to ACME Quality Paints’ AIC product line for industrial, machinery, and equipment applications. AIC Metal Direct is a fast-drying, direct-to-metal,...

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Test & Measurement

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...

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Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition

The M300 data acquisition and datalogging system from Rigol Technologies integrates the company’s 6.5-digit multimeter technology into a versatile system mainframe with modules enabling applications from multichannel...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Distribution Module

Murphy’s PowerCore Intelligent Xpansion power distribution module (PDM) expands CAN bus control networks by replacing traditional relay and fuse boxes with solid-state switches that drive lights, cooling fans, wiper motors, and directional dc motors. Twelve PDM outputs can switch or control 15-A loads and feature built-in...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Piezo Positioner

PI's P-763 XY nanopositioning stage is an affordable addition to the company’s range of piezo stage positioners. The compact P-763 flexure-guided stage has a footprint of less than 3 x 3 in (76 x 76 mm) and a large travel...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Plasma Cutting

Hypertherm introduces the portable Powermax30 XP plasma cutting system for high-power applications. The Powermax30 XP system is 50% more powerful than its predecessor, but maintains the original’s light weight and small...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

RFID Electronic Immobilizer

Strattec Security’s i-Guard is a radio-frequency identification (RFID) electronic immobilizer system developed for the construction, fleet, and rental equipment industries to prevent equipment theft and to keep...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Mercedes Improves 2015 Sprinter with 4x4 Option, Cross Wind Assist

After a major upgrade for the 2014 model year, Mercedes-Benz has made further investments for MY2015. Some of the major changes seen in 2014 were updated styling and an...

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Power

Regulations, Consumer Demand Drive Product Development

In the future, emissions aftertreatment systems will be challenged to continually adapt to a number of key trends, including increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, changing...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Green Cleaning Solvent

Honeywell introduces Solstice performance fluid (PF) with improved cleaning power for metal and plastic parts. Solstice PF effectively cleans oils, greases, and other substances commonly encountered in off-highway, military, and aerospace equipment repair and features a global warming potential (GWP) of 1, which is...

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Aerospace

Coating Process

The Bluestop chrome coating process from Nelson offers protection for chrome-plated exhaust components against discoloration. The multi-step, clear-ceramic coating process features temperature resistance greater than 1000°F...

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Materials

Corrosion Inhibitor

Cortec’s EcoLine 3680 is a certified bio-based, biodegradable, ready-to-use temporary coating for multimetal protection. EcoLine 3680 is formulated with renewable raw materials and provides indoor and outdoor multimetal...

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Aerospace

Surface Coating

Ultra-short pulsed laser deposition (USPLD) surface coating technology from Picodeon enables creation of porous or dense aluminum oxide (Al2O3) coatings on heat-sensitive substrates in various industrial metallization...