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Transportation

Navistar’s SuperTruck II Explores Composites, WiFi to Cut Weight

Lightweighting was one strategy pursued by SuperTruck teams during the first phase of the U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored initiative to improve heavy-truck freight...

Editorial

RF & Microwave Electronics

Deep Learning How to Drive

Learning to drive as a teen is a rite of passage, my own experiences indelibly marked in my brain. But the “brain” learning to drive in the future won’t be blowing out sixteen candles, if Nvidia has its way....

Q&A

RF & Microwave Electronics

Level 3 Automation Not Attractive for Trucks

In his opening keynote address at SAE COMVEC 17 on Sept. 18, Dr. Johannes-Joerg Rueger, President, Commercial Vehicle and Off-Road, Robert Bosch GmbH, noted that a fully autonomous vehicle would have...

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Electronics & Computers

Dynamic Weighing System

The BinWeigh 03 dynamic onboard weighing system from VPG Onboard Weighing (Bradford, UK), a brand of Vishay Precision Group, Inc., is approved for Class Y(b) use on waste collection truck fleets. The system helps...

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Connectivity

Daimler Trucks Launches First All-Electric Truck in Series Production

Daimler Trucks’ Mitsubishi FUSO Truck and Bus Corp. (MFTBC) launched the world’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty truck, the FUSO eCanter, in New York...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Pin Fin Heat Sinks

Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc.’s (ATS) (Norwood, MA) family of Pin Fin heat sinks is designed as cost-effective solutions for systems with adequate airflow. The high aspect ratio design enables ATS Pin Fin heat sinks to...

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Power

Eaton Solves Nuisance Problems with Electrohydraulic Solutions

Hysteresis is a common shortcoming in applying fluid power products to industrial and mobile equipment. It is frequently unreported due to a lack of a cost-effective option to...

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Test & Measurement

Ford, Virginia Tech Partner to Develop Common Visual Communications Interface for Autonomous Vehicles

Looking to prepare for the eventual reality of an autonomous-vehicle future, Ford partnered with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute...

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Aerospace

Heavy-Duty V-Profile Clamps

Heavy-duty v-profile clamps from Oetiker (Marlette, MI) operate reliably and safely under extreme conditions of stress, vibration, corrosion and temperature variation. According to the company, the v-profile clamps...

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Propulsion

PACCAR Launches Lightest Heavy-Duty Automated Transmission for On-Highway CVs

PACCAR has announced a new 12-speed automated transmission (AT) and column-mounted shifter to improve fuel economy and driver ergonomics in Peterbilt and Kenworth...

Original Equipment

Propulsion

Volvo CE Sees Major Efficiency Gain from Hybrid-Electric Wheel Loader

Volvo Construction Equipment partnered with Waste Management (WM), the California Energy Commission and CALSTART to put its LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader to...

Technical Innovation

Propulsion

Nikola CEO: Fuel-Cell Class 8 Truck on Track for 2021

Stressing that Nikola Motor’s primary intent is to eliminate emissions related to Class 8 over-the-road trucking, company president and CEO Trevor Milton confirmed at a technology...

Product Briefs

Electronics & Computers

Legacy Semiconductor Test Systems

The MTEK Subsystem (Marvin Test Expansion Kit) from Marvin Test Solutions (MTS), Inc. (Irvine, CA) adds test capabilities to legacy semiconductor test systems that lack the ability to meet the test...

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Electronics & Computers

Distribution Block

Designed with ports for Deutsch connectors, Murrelektronik's (Suwanee, GA) new xtreme DB distribution block provides up to three times the current-carrying capacity compared to blocks of similar size, along with design efficiencies that will help to transform the way control systems are developed by heavy-duty vehicle builders....

Product Briefs

RF & Microwave Electronics

14-Mm Mount Panel LED

The 14-mm mount CL series panel LED from Wilbrecht LEDCO, Inc. (St. Paul, MN) incorporates a 10-mm LED available in red, green, yellow, blue and bicolor options. Pre-wired with internal resistors, the indicators can be...

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Aerospace

Production-Grade 3D Printing

Proto Labs (Maple Plain, MN) features Multi Jet Fusion as part of its suite of 3D printing technologies. The production-grade 3D printing technology, developed by HP, builds fully functional plastic prototypes and...

Articles

Green Design & Manufacturing

Methane-Powered Concept Tractor from New Holland Trims Emissions, Operating Costs

New Holland Agriculture is ramping up its focus on vehicles that burn alternative fuels, unveiling the prototype for a methane-powered tractor set for...

Product Briefs

Test & Measurement

Portable Combination Measuring Instrument

The Yokogawa (Amersfoort, the Netherlands) DL350 ScopeCorder is a compact, fully portable measuring instrument available for capturing, displaying, recording and analyzing a wide variety of electrical...

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Propulsion

Oil Change Valve

Global Sales Group (Redmond, WA) offers a new and improved EZ Oil Drain Valve with optional hose connectors that can replace an existing drain plug for fast, clean and easy oil changes. According to the company, there is no...

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Transportation

Cummins Reveals All-Electric Heavy-Duty Truck—just Ahead of Tesla

Two months after chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger detailed Cummins’ plans to transition from a diesel engine maker to a “power technology” provider (read:...

Product Briefs

Aerospace

High Temperature, Flexible Epoxy

The EC-1030FL has a 10-15 min work time.

Product Briefs

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Automated Guided Vehicle Platform

Agile1500 Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) platform from Comau (Turin, Italy) features the flexibility to be deployed across a wide range of manufacturing and non-manufacturing scenarios. According to Comau, it...

Product Briefs

RF & Microwave Electronics

Engine Ion Sensor

Detroit Engineered Products (DEP) Inc. (Troy, MI) offers a commercial prototype of an Engine Ion Sensor that increases fuel economy, lowers hazardous emissions and can enable multiple fuel types. According to the company, the...

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Design

BharatBenz Delivers 50,000th Truck less Than Five Years After Market Launch

BharatBenz celebrated a milestone with delivery of its 50,000th truck less than five years after the brand's market launch.

News

Power

Blue Bird Adds Electric School Buses to Alt-Powertrain Portfolio

Blue Bird, a leading independent designer and manufacturer of school buses, is continuing to diversify its portfolio of alternative powertrains for its customers with the...

Product Briefs

Aerospace

Nickel-PTFE-Nanodiamond Coatings

Nanodiamond material specialist Carbodeon (Helsinki, Finland) has worked with metal finishing specialist CCT Plating (Stuttgart, Germany) to develop a new electroless nickel polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and...

Articles

Electronics & Computers

More Intelligence Equals More Efficiency, Enhanced Functionality

Intelligent controls are continuing to reshape commercial vehicles, giving operators more functions and more space while also improving safety. Increasingly more powerful...

Technical Innovation

Propulsion

Double-Digit Weight Loss Possible for Heavy-Duty Truck Drivelines

The solid-core axle and gearbox shafts on commercial trucks are targeted for weight reduction in an ongoing research project sponsored by two industry groups.

Product Briefs

Materials

Accumulator Design and Assembly Process

To address the disadvantages mainly in the traditional manufacture of diaphragm accumulators, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) developed a new approach—one that...