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Executive Viewpoints Software
A Simulation-Led Future for Off-Highway?
In common with the entire automotive industry, designers of off-highway vehicles are under ever increasing pressure to reduce program development times and costs, while at the same time meeting...
Executive Viewpoints Manufacturing & Prototyping
Integrating Factory Automation into the Off-Highway Industry
In most industries, companies are faced with constant pressure to increase productivity and decrease operating costs. The off-highway industry is no exception, and operators,...
Executive Viewpoints Manufacturing & Prototyping
Unmanned Equipment Presents New Design Challenges
If the last 20 years have been any indication of the speed at which the off-highway industry can and will advance, the next 20 years will be no different as next-generation machines and...
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The Future Lies in Emissions, Comfort, and Performance
The key factors in the next 20 years in the off-highway industry lie in reducing emissions to meet regulations, increasing comfort-levels for drivers, and increasing vehicle...
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Making Sense of Hybrids
In contrast to the automotive market, where battery-powered hybrids are the dominant alternative to internal-combustion engines, multiple powertrain options are vying to gain acceptance in the off-highway market....
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Display Platform
Maximatecc introduces the CCpilot VC product platform featuring an efficient ARM core, advanced software platform, and readable 5-in (127-mm) display that adapts technology from the Smartphone and automotive markets for the...
News Transportation
College Students Design Lightweight Steel Wheels
A college sophomore nabbed the top spot in a steel wheels competition focused on eye-appealing, lightweight-structure concept renderings from Lawrence Technological University (LTU) design...
Product Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Thermoplastic Connectors
Amphenol improves its AT Series circular (ATC) thermoplastic connectors by incorporating AT contact technology. These upgraded connectors mate with a positive reverse bayonet retention system for quick mating and...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Bosch Rexroth Leverages Automotive Experience for Construction Equipment
Bosch has developed a number of technologies to improve the efficiency of the internal-combustion engine. One of these is start-stop technology, which contributes to...
Product Briefs Automotive
Tire Inflation System
Dana Holding updates technology to support the Spicer central tire inflation system (CTIS), optimizing the performance of lower-flow CTIS applications for smaller government defense and vocational vehicles with a...
News Automotive
Lund University Runs Truck Diesel Engines on Gasoline to Boost Efficiency, Reduce Emissions
Using gasoline in modified truck diesel engines can result in more than 50% efficiency if the combustion process is done correctly, according to...
News Unmanned Systems
Simulating Lightweight Vehicles Operating on Discrete Terrain
Engineers increasingly rely on simulation to augment, and, in some cases, replace, costly and time consuming experimental work. However, current simulation capabilities are...
Original Equipment Propulsion
Hyundai CEA Unveils Prototype Excavator
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas took the opportunity at ConExpo to unveil to North America its R220LC-9 HI-POSS excavator prototype. This concept model, which first debuted at Bauma in 2013, features Hyundai’s next-generation power system that it says provides improved fuel consumption and...
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Plans May Grow Enough to Transform Fuels
Fuel for combustion engines has not transformed significantly over the past 100 years, but things may change. Biofuel research continues to advance as off-highway engineers develop new techniques...
Technical Innovation Power
Fuel Savings Modeled for Hybrid-Electric Front Wheel Loader
Fuel efficiency and reduced emissions are two of the top considerations in all organic fuel power generation, including diesel engines. Alternative powertrain concepts including...
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Software Makes Solid Impact
Digital controls continue to expand their reach, impacting everything from the intricacies of engine operations to the interactions between operator and machine. This takeover has driven an explosion in the...
News Transportation
Gearshift Actuator Dynamics in a Dual Clutch Transmission
Some emerging transmission technologies have seen a growing trend toward increased drive comfort, fuel efficiency, and low CO2 emission. The most recent additions have been variants...
Articles Energy
Fuel Cells for Auxiliary Power
Idling of heavy-duty truck engines causes significant costs and emissions, yet electrical energy for driver comfort functions such as climate control and personal-use electronics is required. Fuel-cell...
Articles Automotive
Damping Out Booming Noise
As NVH gains importance in the quality of off-highway machine performance and operator comfort, it is essential to understand every aspect of the machine noise and its annoyance effect on the operator, then reduce...
Technical Innovation Transportation
Caterpillar Equipment Gets Smarter for Productivity Results
While “connectivity” has become an important part of the nomenclature as of late to both the automotive and on- and off-highway heavy-duty industries, it could be argued that...
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Flex-Fuel Snowmobile Challenge Results in Improved Efficiency and Lower Emissions
The Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC), which is part of the Collegiate Design Series of SAE International, was created to challenge students to reduce the...
Original Equipment RF & Microwave Electronics
BYD Electric Bus Provides 30-H Service on Single Charge
BYD Motors and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently announced some findings from a two-month pilot test on a 40-ft (12-m) BYD battery-electric bus...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Volvo CE’s Road to the Future
As Vice President of Product Platforms for Volvo Construction Equipment, Alan Berger (SAE member, 2013) is responsible for the life-cycle management of the product line, its profitability, commercial performance,...
Technical Innovation Manned Systems
Variable Trailer Design Drastically Cuts Aerodynamic Drag
Tractor-trailer design is significantly influenced by legal conditions regarding the vehicle dimensions and the provision of a maximum transportation volume.
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Refining Heavy-Duty Diesel Fuel Systems
How are heavy-duty diesel fuel systems likely to evolve in Europe, now that Euro-VI, the tightest yet emissions regulations applied to heavy trucks and buses in the European Union, have come into...
Original Equipment Manufacturing & Prototyping
Komatsu America Expands Intelligent Machine Control Dozer Family
Komatsu America Corp.'s D51EXi/PXi-22 is its latest intelligent Machine Control (iMC) dozer for the North American market, and it brings the same iMC technology to another key...
News Transportation
Systems That Talk Together, Are Efficient Together
The need to trim fuel consumption and emissions is forcing design teams to take a broader look at equipment operations, linking various systems so they work together closely. Engines,...
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