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Productivity, Uptime, and ROI Driving Equipment Purchasing Decisions
Regal Rexnord Corp.
Today's farm equipment buyers are prioritizing reliability, efficiency and lifecycle value. Explore the trends reshaping agricultural equipment demand.
Productivity, Uptime, and ROI Driving Equipment Purchasing Decisions
Market Analysis
Notes from China
Manfredi & Associates
OEM Off-Highway's Market Forecaster Frank Manfredi summarizes the news and launches of bauma China 2012 in Shanghai.
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Market Analysis
Interchangeable excavator attachments
Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)
Equipment fleet managers ask for multifunctional equipment to avoid costly downtime waiting for the right purpose-built machine for a specific job which prompts the development of interchangeable attachment systems.
Starting in the early 1920s, Bay City Dredge Works offered a unique mast to which a backhoe or skimmer boom could be mounted if frequent attachment changes were being made. It was better to mount the attachment directly to the machine; but the mast, which was discontinued in the 1930s, made the process easier.
Electronics
Are higher cost LED work lamps worth the money?
Grote Industries
The right side of this cultivator is illuminated from the back of the tractor with Grote LED work lamp. The left side is illuminated by a comparable incandescent lamp. Note the more natural color and greater illumination given by the LED work lamp.
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Latches
Benefits of quick-release latching for escape doors and hatches
Southco, Inc.
In the event of an emergency egress from the cab, instead of creating a separate exit, outfitting the existing door with a quick-release latch saves cab designers time and money.
Southco D4 DZUS Quarter-Turn Fasteners provide quick access with minimal operating effort.
Market Analysis
2013 Equipment Market Forecast
Manfredi & Associates
Next year is a tricky one to forecast, but OEM Off-Highway's Market Forecaster Frank Manfredi attempts it under one major assumption, we will avoid the fiscal cliff problem.
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Automated Systems
Drought drives technology, encourages machine replacement
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
The agricultural industry will not have a shortage of demand, be it from food demand which is set to reach an all-time high, as well as opportunities in industries such as postharvest loss reduction efforts.
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Fluid Power
NFPA educational programs develop workforce and technology research
National Fluid Power Association (NFPA)
With a diminishing skilled workforce entering the engineering industry, especially with industry and system specificity such as the fluid power system, the NFPA continues to encourage students of all ages to get involved with educational programs.
The displacement controlled excavator at CCEFP member Purdue University utilizes a unique system architecture that has demonstrated a 50% energy savings over traditional architectures.
Engines
Population and urbanization fuel mobility demands
Shell Lubricants
As the global population continues to expand and more people move to urban areas, mobility needs must be evaluated, including fuel needs and equipment lubrication demands.
Shell is building the world's first floating liquefied natural gas facility (FLNG), which will extract and refine LNG as it moves across the ocean to deliver the final product to customers. Read more about it at www.oemoffhighway.com/10779958
Engines
Future challenges with Tier 4 and Tier 5
John Deere Power Systems
John Deere Power Systems Manager of Worldwide Marketing, Geoff Stigler, comments on the company's Tier 4 Final solution, predicts Tier 5 regulations, and discusses JDPS' solution to Tier 4 used equipment sales to lesser developed regions without ULSD.
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Testing
Insider perspective: Prototype technology trends and challenges with testing
SAKOR Technologies Inc.
The testing services provider discusses the challenges they see with hybrid technology, as well as some exciting technologies they are seeing being developed.
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Bearings
A wholistic approach to OEM and aftermarket business segments
SKF USA Inc.
Two of SKF's presidents respond to global trends, the company's recent internal realignment, and how its moving toward a more holistic approach to the OEM and aftermarket as one unit encompassing the total lifecycle of the vehicle.
Poul Jeppesen, President SKF North America
Market Analysis
Not all ideas pass the test of time
Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)
Some machine design ideas are undoubtedly outstanding on paper, but the resulting product doesn't always work out over time.
Figure 1: F. C. Austin Drainage Excavator Company Templet Levee Builder
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