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Optimized Pumps Minimize Maintenance and Decrease Downtime

A modular design approach and a wet seal with external barrier fluid help extend the life of centrifugal pumps.

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Electric Truck Deployment Ready for Acceleration in 2023

The number of available electric truck models is increasing, with OEMs ramping up production volumes of these models.

The Parker CTIS can deflate tire pressures significantly lower than other systems while operating reliably over a wide range of temperatures and altitudes.

Choosing the Right Central Tire Inflation System Can Increase Crop Yields with Reduced Compaction

As farm machinery has increased in size, tire volume has also increased, but the overall footprint of the tires has not increased proportionally. As the load on each wheel increases, tires must be inflated to higher pressures to run safely.

Functional safety is a critical component of equipment and component manufacturing.

Functional Safety: What Is It and What Do OEMs Need to Know?

A safety strategy for reliable components

Achieving functional safety with scenario-based testing.

Self-Driving Trucks: A Great Opportunity for the Logistics Industry and a Challenge in Development and Validation

The development and certification of autonomous driving applications for trucks is a challenge for which new approaches and methods must be introduced.

An all-electric compact digger showing the positions of the all-electric actuators, traction motors, computer processing gear

Is an All-Electric Construction Vehicle Industry More Than Prototypes and Hype?

Connectivity and telemetry are just some of the requirements to move to electrification.

Not all of LeTourneau’s telescopic scrapers were unusually large. This Model LU Carryall has only an 11-yard heaped capacity, but this image shows the significant effect of the loading of the first of two buckets. It will soon be moved back, and the second bucket will load in its place.

Telescoping Bowl Scrapers

This technology was developed to eliminate needing the high power required to force the load down the entire length of the frame.

Who needs diesel engines and hydraulics, anyway? A 1918 Russell & Company 30/90 traction engine owned by Jim Lashaway of Bowling Green, Ohio, pulls two 1920 Baker Maney D wheeled scrapers and a 1929 Galion Leaning Wheel E-Z Lift No. 10 pull grader from the museum’s collection.

HCEA Convention Illustrates Equipment Evolution

The HCEA Museum will host the show again next year, September 22 to September 24.

Digitalized mobile hydraulics combine hydraulic hardware, electronic components and network solutions to help machine manufacturers create the next generation of mobile machines.

The Future of Mobile Hydraulics Is Digital

Digital technology reduces mechanical complexity and improve functionality.

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Influencers of and Challenges to EV Adoption

What pushes electrification forward and challenges it?

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Electric Actuators Continue Gaining Traction in MOH Applications

This technology may provide safety and efficiency as well as decreasing costs.

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Power and Engine Providers Respond to Off-Highway Industry’s Changing Needs

A diversified response to changing power needs is required to meet the increasing demands for decreased emissions and improved performance.

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The Automotive Space Is Poised for a Supply Chain Nightmare

Exciting as this flurry of activity may be, it presents a very real threat to the automotive supply chain – one that supply chain executives should be paying careful attention to.

An EAS platform makes it easy for equipment manufacturers to include automatic unlocking in their machines, giving fleet operators improved security and efficient audit trail management.

Boosting Equipment Productivity with Access and Position Control Technology and Hardware

Latches, locks and entry door hardware designed for gloved hands improves the operator experience and assists autonomous functionality.

Image 3. The modular batteries’ compact, energy-dense format makes the battery packs easy for engineers to configure for use on virtually any vehicle platform.

Moving Mobile Equipment to Zero-Emissions

A modular battery system with eBTM technology maximizes battery lifespan by enabling each battery to function at its optimum operating temperature.

Image 1. A Euclid TDT series twin-power scraper’s extra power helped it take a healthy load of clay on the Massachusetts Turnpike in 1956.

Euclid’s Twin-Power Concept

The basis of this concept was powering each drive axle of a truck or scraper with its own diesel engine and powertrain.

With the new controls, only two hoses and a wire harness must be run and connected.

New Electronic Controls Reduce Install Time, Streamline Integration of Hydrostatic Tail Winch

A new install package with electronic controls for a hydrostatic tail winch significantly reduced its installation time. It paved the way for near-seamless integration of the controls in the cabs of host machines.

Given its many benefits, hydrogen is gaining traction as a viable fuel solution within the transportation industry.

Designing a Leak-Free System with Hydrogen

Hydrogen is gaining traction as a viable fuel solution within the transportation industry given its many benefits.

In general, electric outdoor power equipment vibrates at a decreased level when compared to gas-powered counterparts. This enables the user to work more comfortably for longer periods of time without sacrificing safety, thus improving productivity.

Is Battery-Powered Equipment the Future of the Construction Industry?

A battery management system plays a huge role in safe equipment operation.

Customized truck bodies designed for the mine’s specifications increase loading safety and reduce the potential for loading damage by ensuring that the width is correctly paired with the loading tool.

Rear Eject Bodies and Other Features Decrease Mining Costs

Considerations for selecting a truck body must include the equipment’s total cost of ownership.

Software can connect GPS, electronic logging devices and predictive maintenance technology with transportation management systems to provide insights for drivers and dispatchers.

Overcoming Electric Vehicle Adoption Barriers

How OEMs can help fleets be safer, cleaner and more efficient by encouraging the move to EVs

Software and hardware can extend equipment life and improve jobsite safety.

Employing Vehicles with Aftermarket Automation Keeps Existing Fleets on the Road

How COM Express software for small footprints fuels the extended deployment, long life cycle, and value of today’s heavy mobile equipment

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The Fastest Path to Emissions Reduction for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines

Make the most of current technology and alternative fuels.