Recently added articles from OEM Off-Highway:
Homegrown engine oil.(Feature)
May 01, 2009 ... Homegrown engine oil by Lou Honary Ag-based lubricant specialist takes on the vegetable-based engine oil challenge. For researchers and product developers, creating biobased engine oil has been akin to the search for the Holy Grail. For the past 20 years ...
Radar, sonar and SWIPS.(Feature)
May 01, 2009 ... Radar, sonar and SWIPS by Michelle EauClaire A state-of-the-art technology reads surface waves to map out what lies beneath the earth's surface, bringing efficiency to a whole new level. We have radar for the sky, sonar for the water, aerial photography ...
When the going gets tough.(Feature)
May 01, 2009 ... When the going gets tough Edited by OEM Off-Highway For May's Fluid Power Series, we take a look at what suppliers are doing to ensure hoses stay on the job in the roughest conditions. Getting the job done in some of the toughest places on Earth -- from ...
In Obama's crosshairs?(Feature)
May 01, 2009 ... In Obama's crosshairs? by Dave Jensen Mining industry bears the brunt of new energy policies. No off-highway market has been as shell-shocked as has been mining since the Obama Administration arrived in Washington. The credit squeeze may have wreaked havoc ...
For the people.(Feature)
May 01, 2009 ... For the people by Chad Elmore London takes a novel approach to develop a new double-decker bus. The retired Routemaster double-decker bus is still such a highly regarded icon of London, England, that developing a new bus was made a campaign promise. As ...
New meets old.(Editor's Notebook)
May 01, 2009 ... New meets old Michelle EauClaire We often hear from readers who tell us their customers are doing things with their machines they never dreamed of. It's here that new products might be developed, or a new industry segment discovered. While attending ...
Defining a Movement.(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Defining a Movement by Michelle EauClaire OEM Off-Highway asks, "What does Sustainability mean to you?" Sustainability, green, carbon footprint -- these terms have come to define a growing movement in our nation, but their definitions remain general. By ...
No chip left behind.(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... No chip left behind by Chad Elmore Clever engineering will make solid biomass harvesting profitable. In early February, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle announced that a biomass boiler would be installed in a heating plant located on the Wisconsin capital ...
The technology Pulse.(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... The technology Pulse by Michelle EauClaire Oshkosh Corp.'s ProPulse hybrid electric drive makes for safer and more efficient vehicles in military and refuse applications. The ProPulse technology from Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, WI, started off as a direct ...
Got methane?(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Got methane? by Chad Elmore California dairy farmer converts cow manure into truck fuel. Every day, milk trucks leave Hilarides Dairy and head northwest to Hilmar Cheese Co. Inside the tanker trailer and the composite cylinders installed in the Peterbilt's ...
Fluid health.(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Fluid health For March's Fluid Power Series installment, we take a look at how a couple OEMs ensure hardworking hydraulic oil stays healthy. Much more is understood about hydraulic fluid than it was 30 years ago. Once a side note, it's now included as integral part of ...
More regulations, more pollution?(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... More regulations, more pollution? by Dave Jensen New study suggests NOx reductions may cause ozone levels to increase. Here's one for the "tell me it can't be so" file. A new, five-year study warns that federal regulations designed to reduce NOx may ...
From fruit to fuel.(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... From fruit to fuel by Michelle EauClaire Jatropha is an up-and-coming biofuel source, and BEI Intl. can harvest it. Currently growing on more than 64,000 acres in the Americas, jatropha is one of the fastest growing sources of alternative fuel. It is a ...
DEF goes farming.(Feature)
Mar 01, 2009 ... DEF goes farming by Chad Elmore AGCO selects SCR for its new high-horsepower tractor range. There are so many new things to talk about in regards to AGCO Corp.'s new row crop tractors, it's difficult to narrow it down to a few key aspects. The ...
Enlightened environmentalist.(Editor's Notebook)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Enlightened environmentalist Michelle EauClaire I remember the moral dilemma I had when I first started working for OEM Off-Highway, only two short years ago. In college I took classes like Environmental Ethics and Human Environmental Problems, studied abroad in ...