OEM Industry Update

In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Gabriel Roberts, Director of Product Development at Jacobs Vehicle Systems, about advancing engine brake and valvetrain technologies. Roberts says valvetrains are becoming more complex as manufacturers work toward lowering emissions. As such, the company is designing valvetrains to be more modular and capable of performing several tasks such as engine braking, cylinder deactivation and decompression for start-stop cycles.

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In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Barry Flannery, CEO and founder of Xerotech, about the company’s battery system development. Flannery says Xerotech is focusing exclusively on the off-highway market to aid OEMs who are looking to electrify or hybridize their equipment. By using a common platform which can be scaled to various machine types, economies of scale can be achieved to lower costs for equipment manufacturers.  

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In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Rob Fowler, CEO, Volta Trucks, about the development of a new operator cab for the Volta Zero electric truck. Because the company was able to start with a ground-up design for its electric truck, it was able to reimagine the operator cab to improve comfort and visibility. This helps with safety and productivity, as well as driver retention.

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In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Rod Dayrit, Director of Business Development, North America, Delta-Q Technologies, and Mourad Chergui, Product Manager, Delta-Q Technologies, about electrification and charging trends the company is seeing. With the growth of electrification has come the increased use of integrated battery chargers, enabling the use of higher-power battery technologies and the ability to recharge a vehicle wherever it may be located. 

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In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Kevin Rhodes, Chief Engineer of Electrification at AVL, about the electrification trends the company is seeing currently. Rhodes says there is a lot of interest in everything from small mobility applications all the way up to heavy-duty off-road equipment. As development in this area continues to increase, it will help to bring down costs and engineering time for electric components, and help normalize electrification.

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In this episode of OEM Industry Update, Johannes Kunze von Bischhoffshausen, Manager, Digital Transformation at Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, discusses the need for predictive maintenance in heavy equipment. This can be achieved through integration of sensors and software to increase machine data collection, such with the company’s Cognitive Sealing. 

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In this episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Jeff Moredock, Chair, ISO TC-82 Mining Working Group 9 and SVP at Sy-Klone International, about a new ISO standard being developed for cab air quality. ISO 23875 is designed to protect machine operators from harmful, respirable particulate found outside the equipment cab in mining environments.

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In this episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Corey Helgeson, Design Engineer at CCTY Bearing, about the increasing use of self-lubricating tie rods in off-highway equipment. While not a new technology for the industry, he says the company has recently noticed a stronger push toward their use than in years past. 

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In this week’s episode of OEM Industry Update we speak with Josh Lupu, Director of Marketing at Webasto, about the company’s battery technology development and a new team it has established to expand its efforts in this area. This new team expands the company’s engineering and R&D capabilities, and works together with OEM customers to ensure the right solution is designed for an application. 

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In this episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Peter D'Addario, VP of Sales at Carling Technologies about current trends in operator interface designs. He notes that evolving vehicle architectures are enabling the development of more complex HMI devices and the ability to integrate multiple functions into a single device as a means of improving operator comfort and productivity.

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