July/August 2015

OEM Off-Highway July/August 2015

Cummins' recently introduced EcoFit Single Stage aftertreatment system is up to 60% smaller and 40% lighter compared to currently available combined SCR and DPF systems.

Stricter emissions targets arriving in Europe

According to Tucker Perkins of PERC, propane engines provide are capable of meeting the same emissions standards as diesel engines but in a more simplified engine design.

Propane’s evolution into the off-highway market

TransPower's ElecTruck system enable vehicles, including Class 8 trucks, to operate on battery power to help eliminate emissions and fuel costs.

Trucks enter the electric age

TransPower's ElecTruck system enable vehicles, including Class 8 trucks, to operate on battery power to help eliminate emissions and fuel costs.

Trucks enter the electric age

For the Innovation Truck, ZF used existing components from its various product lines and brought them together into one harmonized system.

Autonomous operation goes mobile

The transportation solution for environmental sustainability

As more people around the world seek a better, cleaner, more productive and sustainable future, companies in the vehicle sector see an opportunity to leverage their expertise to lend a hand.

August 1, 2015

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Putting theory into practice

By applying mathematical theory and leveraging unique atomic structures, an engineer creates a fuel injector magnetostrictive actuator for true variable rate fuel injection.

July 27, 2015

Figure 2. Preliminary data from the proof-of-concept injector demonstrator slated to be tested on an engine soon. Actuator displacement is virtually proportional to current. Measured flow quantities changed with displacement. While a steady open position is shown here, other rate shapes have been tested.

Make idle time profitable

An all-electric hybrid propulsion system allows vehicles with stop-start duty cycles to reduce engine operation and gain upwards of 30% in fuel savings with emissions reduction to boot.

July 24, 2015

Pump powers vehicle equipment with engine off.

Compact excavators

Unable to transition the cable-operation of excavators into a compact version, a different design was used involving a bucket mounted to a universal joint at the end of a dipper stick.

July 24, 2015

A restored P & H S-20 Stik-Clam owned by Dave Geis of Seward, NE, at the Historical Construction Equipment Association’s 2013 International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition.

Working under pressure

An update on the current and future hydraulic and pneumatic hybrid market.

July 24, 2015

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Market Analysis

Connected: An editor abroad

July 24, 2015

A race to the starting line

Part one of the emissions reduction strategy may be completed with system implementation underway, but the reduction expectations of the government are far from over.

July 24, 2015

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