Diesel Progress North American Edition articles from May 2005

Diesel Progress North American Edition archives from May 2005

Happy birthday--to us.(Top dead center)(Editorial)
May 1, 2005... This will be the only place this month where we will note that this is the 70th anniversary issue of Diesel Progress. For those of you keeping score at home, that's 840 issues, every month since May 1935. It's not that we're disrespectful...

More integration in truck engines on the way?(street smarts)
May 1, 2005... I believe we may soon be seeing the start of even more serious vertical integration of North American-built heavy-duty trucks. The next three years will prove or disprove this observation. Right now I'm betting we will see more truck diesels in...

Basler gen-set controller adds protection, event recording.(controls)
May 1, 2005... Basler Electric has introduced a new version of its DGC-500 integrated digital generator set controller. Launched in 2002, the DGC-500 has seen a continuous series of improvements since its introduction, including the addition of a SAE J1939...

Dateline.(Calendar)
May 1, 2005... Need more information on industry shows? Turn to Diesel Progress on-line: www.dieselpub.com June June 16-18 The Truck Show Las Vegas--Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV; Independent Trade Show Management LLC, 1155 Chess...

The crane market is stirring--slightly.(trend lines)
May 1, 2005... Depending on what kind of cranes you're talking about, life has been tough in the crane market. For much of the last decade, hydraulic rough-terrain and all-terrain cranes have had their difficulties. The same is true for hydraulic truck cranes...

"Data igloos" guard against disaster: Savanna Army Depot ammunition bunkers converted to self-powered data network storage facilities.(power generation)(Cover Story)
May 1, 2005... On the east bank of the Mississippi River lie 13,062 acres of the once-active Savanna Army Depot, a former military ammunition production and weapon storage facility in Savanna, Ill. Following its dosing in 2000, the site's 402 munitions...

Power to keep talking: new Kohler trailer gen-sets target telecom cell towers, other long-term backup power applications.(power generation)
May 1, 2005... In an effort to provide cellular tower operators and others requiring longer term backup power systems with a quiet, reliable alternative, Kohler Power Systems has developed two new trailer-mounted generator sets. The Kohler 40KRC and 60KRC...

New compact power units from MTU Detroit Diesel.(engine power systems)
May 1, 2005... MTU Detroit Diesel, a unit of DaimlerChrysler Off-Highway, has launched a new series of compact diesel engine power units designed for a range of power generation and mechanical drive applications such as irrigation systems, pumps, air...

10,000 and counting ...: milestone of 10,000th quiet tactical generator set highlights Fermont's design, packaging capabilities.(power generation)(Company Profile)
May 1, 2005... In any industrial business, making 10,000 of almost anything is an achievement. When its 10,000 of something that operates in what is easily the most exacting, rigorous and grueling equipment application of them all--the military--it's even...

Spiralock Corp.(newsmakers)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Jim Gillis--to executive vice president and chief operating officer for Spiralock Corp. Gillis was previously vice president of sales and marketing. Also at Spiralock: Arlindo Marques Filho--to chief engineer at Spiralock Europe. He will be...

Miratech's Power Generation Group.(newsmakers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Chuck Salottito manager of strategic accounts for Miratech's Power Generation Group. Salotti will manage business and sales relationships with nominated power generation accounts and will also focus on growing Miratech product lines and...

Anglin new VP at Case.(newsmakers)(Frank Anglin III)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Frank Anglin III, currently vice president of the Case IH and New Holland agricultural business for the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region, has been named vice president of Case IH, North American Agricultural Business. He succeeds Jim...

Godwin Pumps Of America Inc.(newsmakers)(Kathy L. D'Orsaneo appointed)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Kathy L. D'Orsaneo, CMA CPA -- to the position of chief financial officer (CFO) for Godwin Pumps Of America Inc., a manufacturer of portable rental pumps. D'Orsaneo will be responsible for overseeing the company's overall financial issues....

Quadrastat, MCS announce controls alliance.(industry news)
May 1, 2005... Controls manufacturers Quadrastat Corp., Pomona, Calif., and Mobile Control Systems SA (MCS), Brussels, Belgium, have announced a strategic alliance. Quadrastat will be the exclusive distributor for MCS products in North and South America...

More quiet power: Terex expands Super Quiet gen-set line; 36 kW unit targets rental, construction applications.(power generation)(Terex Light Construction)
May 1, 2005... Terex Light Construction has expanded its Super Quiet generator set line with the introduction of a new model targeted toward rental and construction site applications. With a prime power output of 36 kW (45 kVa), the T45 gen-set helps fill out...

FW Murphy creates Industrial Panels Division.(instrumentation & controls)
May 1, 2005... Instrument and control manufacturer FW Murphy, Tulsa, Okla., recently announced a reorganization that has created a separate Industrial Panel Division. The new division is an independent segment of the company dedicated solely to the sale,...

Vehicle integration issues driving Sauer-Danfoss: H1 pumps, new valves, North American Plus 1 launch major step in vehicle integration race.(mobile hydraulics)
May 1, 2005... Continuing its development of hydraulic systems in an emissions-driven engine and equipment world, Sauer-Danfoss has introduced three major new product lines. The introduction is also another significant step by Sauer-Danfoss toward system...

Honda's new small pump set.(stationary power products)
May 1, 2005... Honda Power Equipment said it will introduce a new version of its WX10 lightweight water pump powered by Honda's most advanced mini four-stroke engine. The WX10K1 replaces the WX10A4 in the Honda pump lineup, and was scheduled to be available...

Big power, high style: Volvo's brawny VT 880 targets owner-operators; debut of 16 L, 625 hp D16 in North America.(heavy-duty trucks)
May 1, 2005... Through its long history of selling trucks in North America--a history that dates, depending on how you slice things--either back to the mid-1970s or even as far back as the late '50s--Volvo has made its mark primarily in fleet service. Indeed,...

Bringing gen-sets into focus: Wacker moves all gen-set manufacturing in-house; new mobile and portable units built in "Focus Factories".(industry news)
May 1, 2005... with the recent introduction of its new line of mobile and portable generator sets, Wacker Corp. has moved the production of all of its power generation products in-house. The new gen-sets range from 5.5 to 74 kW and are now one of several...

Air/fuel control key to engine performance: Continental Controls' products combine to increase output, fuel efficiency while holding the line on exhaust emissions.(engine technology)
May 1, 2005... The increased demand and cost of natural gas coupled with ever-tightening exhaust emission standards present a challenge to operators of gaseous-fueled engines. Continental Controls Corp. (CCC), San Diego, Calif., has developed its ECV5...

New management at Eaton.(newsmakers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Seeking to grow its aftermarket business, industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. has filled four positions in its Truck Components Aftermarket business unit: Jeffrey T. Barylak to VORAD global marketing manager, David L. Plaster to Global...

Purosil-Mission Rubber Company.(newsmakers)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Greg Koziel--to director, commercial vehicle sales, for Purosil-Mission Rubber Company. Over the past thirty years, Koziel has held various senior sales and marketing positions with manufacturers serving the medium- and heavy-duty truck market....

Argillon, DCL in product agreement ... Long Beach terminal to use ethanol-diesel blend ... renewable biodiesel plant ...(emissions & alternatives: COVERING FUEL CELLS AND OTHER EMERGING AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES)
May 1, 2005... Argillon LLC, Alpharetta, Ga., and DCL International Inc., Concord, Ontario, Canada, have entered into a cooperative agreement to provide emission control solutions for the stationary power, marine, gas compression and gas turbine markets in...

Remote Ethernet monitoring.(products)
May 1, 2005... Pyramid Solutions has added an Ethernet to J1939 connectivity to its network gateway line. It is designed to allow data from a J1939 vehicle or engine network to be monitored and transmitted from an Ethernet-based controller, HMI or PC. The...

Seals and gaskets for diesel engines.(products)
May 1, 2005... EGC's Tri-clad seals and gaskets are designed to provide leak-free sealing of critical high-temperature connections such as exhaust manifolds, EGR systems, turbochargers and cylinder heads in heavy-duty engines. Tri-clad is a proprietary...

Power inverter.(products)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Shaefer Inc.'s new 3 kW inverter series is designed to deliver pure sine wave power to better handle sensitive loads and improve ac equipment performance in mobile systems. The GP-1-3000C series includes UPS, an integrated charger and is...

Bypass/isolation switch.(products)
May 1, 2005... Russelectric offers combination automatic transfer-bypass/isolation switches for loads up to 3000 amps. The switches are designed to reduce the unit's footprint by almost 50% compared with side-by-side designs. In the standard break-before-make...

Load bank rentals for high power testing.(power generation)(ComRent International)
May 1, 2005... ComRent International is an industry specialist in supplying load banks and load bank rentals to organizations worldwide. The Owings, Md., manufacturer's load banks are used in a variety of applications from testing batteries, generators,...

Government contracts for Komatsu.(powerlines)
May 1, 2005... Komatsu America Corp. has been awarded three contracts for the supply of excavators, bulldozers and skid-steer loaders to the U.S. government. It has purchased 16 D155AX-5 dozers, 32 PC300LC-7 excavators and 10 SK815-5 skid-steer loaders that...

BP Oils in Detroit Diesels.(powerlines)
May 1, 2005... BP Lubricants Americas has announced that two of its engine oils, Castrol Hypuron S and Castrol Tection Extra, meet the new Detroit Diesel Corp. Power Guard Oil specification, 93K214, for use in Detroit Diesel model year 2002 and newer Series...

R&D expansion at Dana.(powerlines)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Dana Corp. has announced the completion of its $6 million expansion of the company's heavy vehicle research and development center in Kalamazoo, Mich. Dana's Heavy Vehicle Technology Center houses the headquarters and R&D center for Dana's...

Arens' SBW on IC buses.(powerlines)
May 1, 2005... Arens Controls LLC has announced the availability of their Safe Bus Shift By Wire (SBW) transmission control as an option on school buses built by IC Corp. The Safe Bus SBW system is designed to reduce the number of manual driver actions from...

Sisu Diesel meets Tier 3 with new Citius engine series.(diesel engines)
May 1, 2005... Sisu Diesel has developed a new Tier 3 engine series, designated Citius. The Finnish engine manufacturer, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGCO Corp., developed the new engine series in preparation for the emission requirements which will be...

Cat introduces low-energy fuel natural gas gen-sets.(power generation)(Caterpillar Inc.)
May 1, 2005... Caterpillar Inc. has introduced two versions of its Cat G3520C natural gas-fueled generator sets designed specifically for applications using low-energy fuels, such as landfill, digester and coal seam gas. The generator sets include...

New couplings, valves from Holmbury.(mobile hydraulics)
May 1, 2005... Holmbury Inc. recently introduced three new lines of hydraulic couplings and a range of ball valves, all of which target mobile hydraulic applications. The new products are the ISO A and ISO B style hydraulic quick disconnect couplings, the TGW...

Generator drive power pack introduced by Perkins.(power generation)
May 1, 2005... Perkins Engines has introduced the 1104C-44TAG2 ElectropaK generator drive power pack. First shown at the World of Concrete show earlier this year, Perkins said the hunch of the engine is with an eye on broadening its overall product range in...

Silex unveils enhanced silencer sizing program.(design technology)
May 1, 2005... Just over a year after fully commercializing its extensive exhaust systems sizing and selection program for diesel and natural gas engines, Silex Innovations has gone one better. The Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, manufacturer of silencers and...

Eaton expands residential power line.(power generation)
May 1, 2005... Eaton Corp. has expanded its line of residential standby generators sold by its Eaton Electrical Division under the Cutler Hammer brand. With 12 new models, Eaton's generator series now extends to 15 units ranging from 5 to 75 kW, serving the...

I-R brings power onboard.(power generation)
May 1, 2005... Ingersoll-Rand Co. has ventured into the onboard power market with a line of compressor, generator and welder products designed specifically for use aboard vehicles. Designated Onboard Power Solutions, I-R offers the system in a variety of...

Engine silencers.(products)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A line of single and dual inlet engine silencers is available from Universal Silencer. Designed in a puck style and marketed under the Nelson brand, the low-profile units are designed to fit into small enclosures to meet the needs of portable...

Panel fans.(products)
May 1, 2005... Daltec Industries has developed a direct-drive panel fan system designed to offer the performance of a belt-drive system without the use of belts and pulleys. The key to the DPF direct-drive panel fan is a newly designed adjustable pitch...

Leak detection.(products)
May 1, 2005... Leak standards are available from Cincinnati Test Systems Inc. The company said the design of the standards follow A2LA accredited calibration procedures to ISO 17025 standards and are manufactured to a specified leak/flow rate at a specified...

Oil cooler upgrade kit.(products)
May 1, 2005... DSG Canada has developed an aftermarket oil cooler designed to fit all GM 6.5 L diesel engines. The oil cooler kit includes abrasion and vibration-resistant stainless steel hose and leakproof fittings designed to reduce or eliminate cracking...

Pressure transducer.(products)
May 1, 2005... Sensor System Solutions Inc. (formerly ACSI) has introduced a new isolated differential pressure transducer. The company said the model 5200 is accurate to 1% and is specifically designed for OEM applications to measure corrosive gas and...

Oil change system.(products)
May 1, 2005... Reverso Pumps Inc. has developed a custom, duplex oil change system designed for boats powered by engines using synthetic oil and transmissions using traditional oil. The system allows for oil changing without contamination. It can be...

Flowmeter system.(products)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... J-TEC Associates Inc.'s new hand-held flow meter for measuring engine blow-by is designed to be capable of measurement in all engine flow applications. The VH563 meter features minimal pressure drop with little effect on engine performance...

Fuel filter/primer combination.(products)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Parker Hannifin Corp.'s Racor Division has released a new gasoline fuel filter combined with a primer pump for all marine outboard powered vessels. Designated the 490R-RAC-01, the primer pump is designed to allow boaters to eliminate the primer...

Hydraulic pumps.(products)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Oilgear Co. has announced the addition of two new pump sizes to the company's line of PVM medium-duty axial piston hydraulic pumps. With the addition of these pumps, Oilgear's PVM pump series now includes a total of 12 displacement option...

Keyless locking assemblies.(product information center)(Climax Metal Product Co.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Climax Metal Product Company has new literature available on its line of keyless locking assemblies covering a range of torques. The company offers all of the products in the brochure in both English and metric sizes. Technical data,...

Industrial switches.(product information center)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Electroswitch has published literature detailing the company's tap, knife and rotary switches for industrial applications. The catalog describes the switches and accessories with photographs, diagrams, dimensional drawings, life expectancy,...

Piston pumps.(product information center)
May 1, 2005... A new brochure is available from Denison Hydraulics covering the company's Gold Cup Series piston pumps for open and closed hydraulic circuits. The brochure includes photos, charts and technical data on the products. A company sales and service...

Chains.(product information center)(Emerson Power Transmission published design manual)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Emerson Power Transmission has published a design manual for specialty and attachment chains. The manual offers data on chain materials and their operation characteristics. A variety of standard attachments are detailed, including straight,...

More light from magnum: new light towers, generators continue company's growth.(stationary power)(Magnum Products L.L.C.)
May 1, 2005... Continuing the expansion of its range of mobile light towers, Magnum Products LLC has introduced a new top end to its Nightbuster light tower line. The MLT5200 light tower is available with four or six of Magnum's newly designed lights that can...

Antifreeze/coolant.(products)
May 1, 2005... Amsoil Inc. has introduced a new propylene engine coolant for diesel and gasoline powered RVs and light- and heavy-duty trucks. The company said it has a life span of up to 750,000 miles in on-highway trucks and is resistant to corrosion of...

Hydraulic puller.(products)
May 1, 2005... The heavy-duty, mobile hydraulic Betex Mobipuller from Canstar Instruments Inc. is designed to aid in dismantling bearings, couplings, gears and other assemblies. The company said it can be operated by a single person and is adjustable in...

Mini fuse panel.(products)
May 1, 2005... Waytek has introduced its newest mini fuse panel designed to provide efficient power distribution in a rugged compact form with applications in marine, construction, agriculture, heavy trucking and specialty vehicle industries. This mini fuse...

Circuit breaker.(products)
May 1, 2005... Bussmann Automotive Products, a division of Cooper Industries, has announced the introduction of the Series 187 marine rated circuit breaker (MRCB). This new class of thermal circuit breaker is designed to be utilized in the recreational,...

Port connectors.(products)
May 1, 2005... Adaconn port connectors with Adaflange and/or Adaflangeport flange adapters are designed to improve performance, compactness and flexibility in plumbing four-bolt split flange type hydraulic systems without welding. The connectors offer...

DARPA grand challenge attracts 195 teams: completely autonomous vehicles have to travel 175 desert miles in under 10 hours; no winner last year.(industry news)(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
May 1, 2005... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that 195 teams have filed applications to compete in DARPA Grand Challenge 2005. DARPA will award a $2 million cash prize to the Grand Challenge team that builds a completely...

Thermostatic valves.(product information center)(Fluid Power Energy Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Fluid Power Energy Inc. offers literature on its thermostatic control valves. The brochure includes valves from 0.5 to 8 in. in size with a flow range from 2 to 1200 gpm. Materials include cast iron, aluminum, bronze, ductile, steel and...

Heat exchangers.(product information center)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... L&M Radiator has published literature on its Mesabi V-tube core radiator designed for heavy-duty equipment exposed to excessive dirt and debris. The radiator features V-shaped tube finning and "flow through" passages arranged to allow debris to...

Testing equipment.(product information center)(Magtrol Inc. released broucher)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Magtrol has published literature on its testing equipment for electric, hydraulic and pneumatic motors and pumps. The brochure includes the company's lines of motor testing software, custom motor test systems, dynamometers, dynamometer...

Damping technology.(product information center)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A damping technology product line brochure has been published by Ringfeder Corp. The brochure includes information on the company's line of friction springs, marketed as RING-springs, as well as the reusable and non-reusable shock absorbing...

Fiat forms Powertrain Group ... Manitowoc, Kobelco do another deal ... Parker in China JV ... CoPar to add EGR production.(global business notes)(Tianjin Tejing Hydraulics Co.)
May 1, 2005... Fiat has announced the creation of Fiat Powertrain Technologies, a new industrial unit that will integrate all the group's capabilities in engines and transmissions. The new company will combine Fiat Auto Powertrain, Iveco Powertrain, Magneti...