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Specialty-material seal
2015-05-01
An innovative seal design from Trelleborg Sealing Solutions in a specialty material ensures long life and reliability in hydraulics.
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Caterpillar's wheeled excavator design based on customer input
2014-09-22
For the M318F and M320F, customers specified quality and reliability, low operating costs, durability, and operator comfort and safety.
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Hitachi updates dump trucks with more comfort and serviceability features
2014-09-17
Many legacy features are continued on Hitachi Construction Machinery's most recent version of its EH1100 rigid dump truck, the EH1100-5
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Big performance in small packages
2014-08-15
By regulating light-duty engine variable speed fans based on heat rejection demands and ambient temperature, consistent power savings over the entire operating spectrum can be achieved.
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Calibration and complexity
2014-09-26
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Electrohydraulic power steering pursued for heavy-duty vehicles
2015-05-07
Researchers from Tsinghua University propose a new type of EHPS system suitable for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, with the purpose of reducing the power demand of an electric motor while guaranteeing sufficient power assist. The motor is only activated on-demand, which also helps to improve fuel economy.
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Hyundai launches all-new crawler excavator
2015-06-19
Hyundai Heavy Industries Europe considers the brand-new 52-t HX520 L, which debuted at Intermat 2015, one of the most important members in the all-new Hyundai crawler excavator HX family.
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Compact diesel
2015-04-16
Perkins' turbocharged aftercooled 2.2-L 400 Series model should be of particular interest to compact equipment manufacturers, especially for construction applications.
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Noise joins exhaust emissions on industry challenge list
2015-04-21
Off-highway vehicles may not move at the same speed as trucks or other large road vehicles, says Exa's Doug Hatfield, but that in itself presents challenges that on-road vehicles do not face.
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Multiphysics modeling and simulation apps
2015-04-18
COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.1 supports the creation of multiphysics models and simulations as well as the building and sharing of easy-to-use simulation apps.
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Enabling the future of harvesting through flexible HIL testing
2015-04-15
Given the pace of innovation, the goal of autonomy and automation will force more and more features into the electronics of off-highway vehicles, according to Ian Fountain, NI's Director of Application Segments.
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Molded screen insert assemblies
2015-05-01
Molded screen insert assemblies from Minnesota Rubber and Plastics are custom-designed for off-highway applications to filter out fluid contaminants and reduce product failure.
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The good, the bad, and the biodiesel
2015-04-15
Biodiesel fuel is a viable supplement for traditional fossil fuels, as long as manufacturers make the necessary changes in equipment to accommodate these new types of fuels, according to Freudenberg-NOK's Joe Walker.
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Low-alloy steel for injection molding
2015-04-27
Product designers and engineers can now get injection-molded low-alloy steel prototypes and low-volume production parts at Proto Labs, Inc., to complement the company’s existing stainless steel materials for injection molding.
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Electro-hydraulic steering unit
2015-05-01
Concentric AB's new electro-hydraulic steering (EHS) unit is designed primarily for servo steering applications in trucks, buses, and off-highway applications.
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Aftertreatment module
2015-04-16
The EcoFit Single Module takes advantage of innovations in catalyst and urea dosing technologies unique to Cummins Emissions Solutions.
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Comprehensive simulation environment
2015-04-27
ANSYS 16.0 enables companies to validate complete virtual prototypes of complex systems to address emerging engineering challenges—from Internet of Things to advanced materials to embedded software.
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Alternative starter
2015-04-16
Mitsubishi Electric has launched its new, full-featured Diamond Power S60 (DPS60) starter as an upgrade for Freightliner and Western Star trucks using the Detroit DD15 and DD16 engines.
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Electronic governor option
2015-04-13
Kohler Engines has introduced an electronic governor as a new option on the company’s Command PRO horizontal shaft gasoline-powered engines.
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Bringing intelligence into fluid power systems
2015-05-04
Industry 4.0 drives the Internet of Things to be integrated in fluid power components and systems, as well as machines and enterprises, which will create new opportunities throughout the fluid power industry, believes Eaton's Astrid Mozes.
