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Isuzu Takes High-Level Approach to T4F Solutions
Depending on which off-highway engine manufacturer you’re talking to, it is either an advantage that its teams of engineers design specifically and solely for the off-highway industry, or it is an advantage that its teams of engineers design for both the on- and off-highway industries. In this...
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Brothers Win Eaton's Top Innovation Awards for Advanced Technologies
A pair of brothers, who are both employees at Eaton and SAE International members, have each won Eaton’s “Gamechanger” Award—the company’s highest recognition...
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Yokohama’s Take on Commercial Tire Trends
Fuel-efficiency gains for commercial vehicles can come from many areas, the powertrain and aerodynamics chief among them. But where the rubber meets the road—the tires—is another significant...
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Formulating a Winning Motor Oil
Paul Bastien (SAE Member, 1990), Senior Research Engineer and Product Development Specialist for Shell Global Solutions (U.S.) Inc., is part of a team of scientists and technicians responsible for passenger...
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Teams from Kansas and Brazil Top Fields at Dual FSAE Events to Wrap up CDS Season
Student engineers gathered at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE, on June 19-21 to compete at SAE International's Formula SAE–Lincoln/Formula SAE–Electric.
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New Fuel Cells Increase Airplane Efficiency
Washington State University researchers have developed the first fuel cell that can directly convert fuels, such as jet fuel or gasoline, to electricity, providing a dramatically more energy-efficient...
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EcoCAR 3 Teams Work to Improve Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions of Chevy Camaro
Sixteen university teams from the U.S. and Canada will transform a Chevrolet Camaro into an energy-efficient, eco-smart muscle car without compromise to the...
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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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Saab Developing New Methods for Optimizing Flight Efficiency
The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute (NARI) awarded Saab a cooperative agreement to prototype and test a new tool for the optimization of air traffic across multiple phases of...
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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...
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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,...
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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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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...
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GMZ Energy Demos Device for Waste-Heat Recapture
GMZ Energy has announced the successful demonstration of a high-temperature thermoelectric generation (TEG) unit designed for automotive (civilian and military) waste-heat recapture. In the...
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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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Novel Nanocatalysts for Fuel Cells
One of the biggest obstacles to widespread adoption of clean hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars and trucks is the high price and rarity of the platinum and platinum-family catalysts that the stacks need to...
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Mazda Reaches out to High Schoolers for STEM
The engineering and race professionals from Mazda presented the nuances of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to a group of high school-age students May 27 at Martin Luther King...
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NASA Tests Alternative Jet Engine Fuels
For the second time in as many years, NASA researchers are using a DC-8 and other aircraft to study the effects on emissions and contrail formation of burning alternative fuels in jet engines. The...
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Dual-Use Heater Core Contributes to Better Vehicle Fuel Economy
Imagine a vehicle towing a 3000-lb (1360-kg) trailer up a 6% grade on a 110°F (43°C) day. This scenario describes less than 1% of driving time, but 100% of vehicles have...
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Advanced Engineered Material Technologies for a Challenging Environment
This is a time of both great challenge and great opportunity in the transportation industry. In February, President Obama directed the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Driving Good Dynamics
Dave Rollett, Vehicle Dynamics Team Leader at motorsport and engineering consultancy Prodrive, is forthright in his views about car buyers: “Most do not know what good dynamics feel like, yet they form strong...
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Delphi and Westport Team on Next-Gen Injectors for Natural Gas Engines
Previously having been strictly a contract manufacturer for Westport Innovations, Delphi Automotive under a new agreement will co-develop with Westport new high-pressure...
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MY2012 Was Record-Breaking for Fuel Economy and CO2 Emissions
Average MY2012 vehicle CO2 emissions fell by 22 g/mi from MY2011, with a corresponding improvement in fuel economy, according to a new report by the U.S. EPA. The figures of 376...
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Aircraft Engine Coating Could Triple Service Life and Save Fuel
Researchers at University West in Sweden are using nanoparticles in the heat-insulating surface layer that protects aircraft engines from heat. In tests, this increased the service...
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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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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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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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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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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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