All Heavy vehicle articles
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ArticlePowering a bigger dig
The off-highway sector is now seeing the introduction of electric powertrains. Nick Holt visited Hyperdrive to look at the development and production of battery packs for construction equipment
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Navistar to build new ‘benchmark’ San Antonio plant
US - The new Navistar plant will be used to build commercial vehicles in a variety of different sizes
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Flexible thinking
Commercial vehicle sales in Russia are on the decline, but Volvo Trucks has a plan in place to deal with the tough conditions. Michael Nash reports
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Hino builds new factory in Russia
Hino will be making light- and medium-duty at the factory in a bid to increase its global presence
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Mercedes begins Actros production in Wörth
Germany - The first new Actros has come off the production line at the Mercedes-Benz Wörth plant in southern Germany. It is the first facility in the OEM’s global network to start making the new model.
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Eaton and Cummins venture forth
To face an ever-widening array challenges, automotive manufacturing has seen numerous instances of partnerships, alliances, mergers and acquisitions entered into as a means to stay healthy Back in 2017, power management company Eaton and engine manufacturer Cummins formed a joint venture for automated transmissions for heavy-duty and medium-duty commercial ...
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Augmented assistance
Visit any car manufacturing plant in the world and the vast majority of production equipment will be similar, if not the same – that’s the view of Cem Temel, head of Ford’s Gölcük and Yeniköy plants in Turkey and assistant general manager for new projects at Ford Otosan. “The ...
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Daimler hits milestone in India
India - Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), which is part of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), has made 100,000 vehicles at its plant in Oragadam - an industrial town located near Chennai on the south east coast. The news comes just two years after the facility hit the ...
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Renault Trucks takes 'mixed reality' test
France - A team of researchers at Renault Trucks is examining potential benefits from 'mixed reality' technology for the heavy-vehicle maker's engine manufacturing operations. Working in cooperation with virtual- and augmented-reality specialists Immersion, the team has set up a prototype system that uses holographic techniques in a quality control process ...
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Moving your business
Without automated conveyors, modern high-performance facilities could not function, writes Gilles Hernandez, Global Market Manager Automotive at Conductix-Wampfler. Being a historical leader in mobile energy and data transmission systems, Conductix-Wampfler has been moving the industry in China for more than two decades. Primarily the activities focus has been the heavy ...
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The pulling power of GAZ and Komatsu
AMS takes a look inside the OEMs' heavy-vehicle production sites at Yaroslavl, Russia, and Awazu, Japan Since early 2013, Russian heavy-vehicle manufacturer GAZ has been producing its latest generation of medium-duty diesel engines at what it describes as the "most up-to-date engine production" facility in the country. ...
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Big challenges off the road
The volumes may be lower and the unit size larger, but the logistical and manpower issues involved in off-highway manufacturing are similar to the automotive industry The manufacture of huge off-road vehicles follows many of the same processes found in automotive production. Most of these models are made using flow ...
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Perfecting production to cut costs
The AMS South America conference, in São Paulo on October 29-30, will hear experts discuss tough challenges, says Simon Duval Smith. Vehicles sales continue to grow at a healthy rate in South America and this has spurred the building of new manufacturing and assembly plants by both established players and ...
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Heavy work, made light
The diversity of off-highway vehicle manufacturing makes for complex production logistics, reports Sharon Clancy The introduction of EU Stage IIIB and US (EPA) Tier 4 emissions legislations in 2011 led to the introduction of more sophisticated powertrain systems. As is the case with many commercial vehicle manufacturing operations, to achieve ...
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A stronger simpler safer shuttle for PT and EC lines
Simple design reduces maintenance Hydraulic lift-axis drive with energy-efficient load compensation Continuously rotating axis for greater productivity Emergency scenarios – simple solutions An OEM vindicates version 4 High and heavy – no problem A major German carmaker's paintshop has trialled an improved version of a popular PT/EC conveyor that is ...
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Global heavyweight challenges
European confidence and global growth Ashok Leyland - A new approach Caterpillar – Asian expansion Daimler - Demand creating jobs Volvo - Shifting up a gear in Brazil Green giants Fuel from waste Smith Electric - Building in the Bronx OEM truck manufacturers around the world are ramping up output ...
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Commercial sense
The world’s largest LCV markets and a variety of manufacturing facilities in multiple countries show that plans for plug-in van programmes are highly advanced in many markets North America China Europe General Motors & Renault Fiat and PSA Peugoet Citroen Volkswagen Russia Conclusion When the best-selling models in each of ...
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Germany plans for success
Numbers fall but strengths emerge Exports and emissions Truck and bus – how fast is the barometer falling? Suppliers under pressure BMW – quiet confidence behind cost cuts Mercedes-Benz – sharing the pain The German car industry’s workforce has been dealt a bad hand by the global downturn; jobs that ...
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Plant rises from a Delmia digital design
Close collaboration leads to optimisation Visualisation tests improved logistics at the plant Future planning in 3D To break new ground takes courage, but heavy-vehicle maker MAN was confident that the process would go smoothly because the design and construction of its new facility was initially done using virtual software Heavy-vehicle ...
