OEM Industry Update

Athan Tsokolas, Product Manager of Electrification for Vanguard, details the ins and outs of an electrification ecosystem and why it matters to your customers' bottom line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EAO Automotive's Michael Schankin discusses the role functional safety plays with off-highway vehicles and why it's required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Phil Domm from MAXAM Tire talks about recent developments and innovations involving tires used in off-highway industries with OEM Off-Highway editor Chris Vavra. He examines trends such as automation and information gathering and shares anecdotes on where the industry is heading and what challenges await. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn what MAXAM is highlighting and emphasizing during MINExpo 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we're uncovering the top five misconceptions and myths when it comes to selecting and mounting mining tires. Plus, MAXAM Tire's Phil Domm shares his views on the critical roles of payload and tire pressure, and how the industry can learn from some of its mistakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a look at the latest in tire technologies, we spoke with Matt Fagan, director of R&D at Maxam Tire. Listen as we explore liquid phase mixing versus dry mixing, and learn more about the company's newest focus, EcoPoint³. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Hottovy, director of OEM at Maxam Tire North America, breaks down OEM relationships and what makes them work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we're speaking with Ryan Bass, territory manager at agricultural machinery manufacturer CLAAS, to see what's unfolding on the ag frontier and learn more about the company's latest updates, including some new innovations and emerging tech and the two awards it took home from this year's Commodity Classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

: In this episode, we take an engineering look at what's inside today's tires and why it matters to the performance of off-road equipment. From key compounds and operating conditions, we discuss the science and strategy behind tire manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we're chatting with Rob Bauer, engineering manager at ZQuip, and Holger Pietzch, director of business development at Moog Construction, about the companies' latest release and the technology behind it. Tune in to hear more about its origins, how it works, and its path forward in the market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During Realize Live this summer, Lori Ditoro spoke with Nand Kochhar, VP of Siemens Automotive and Transportation Industries. She and Kochhar discussed how Siemens software solutions can help the off-road industry design equipment and solve problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Sarah Webb for OEM Off Highway, sits down with Nick Moore, Director of Product Management, electrification at Briggs & Stratton, about electrification, what OEMs need to know about battery power and how Vanguard is meeting those needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Accelera is a new brand of Cummins. In this podcast, President Amy Davis shares its history and how the team is iterating and learning as they grow the portfolio and partner with OEMs. ·      Tell us a little about the history of Accelera and why Cummins launched the brand when it did. ·      What are your thoughts on whether one power source is the solution for the future? ·      What are some technologies that Accelera currently produces? ·      What technologies are on the horizon? ·      Is there anything else our listeners should know about this new endeavor by Cummins? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With about 30 minutes before her well-received keynote, Cummins President and CEO talked with OEM Off-Highway Editor Lori Ditoro about her first seven months in her new position. She also discussed her passion for people and how including diverse personnel helps improve creativity and the work done at Cummins. She also previewed her keynote, which was well-received and quoted throughout the Green Truck Summit. Her label of the “messy middle” of the transition to zero emissions became a talking point for many other presenters during the event. Learn more from this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Briggs & Stratton Senior Marketing Manager for Electrification Christine Davison discusses the company's current blend of battery and engine power solutions as the shift towards construction equipment electrification continues. Contractors and OEMs alike can see new and ready-to-work electrification solutions at World of Concrete 2023, the Vanguard booth (Silver Lot — O31434) January 17-19 in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Moore provides insight into Vanguard's growing electrification portfolio and plans the company has to further grow its power lineup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Electrification continues to be a primary trend in the off-highway industry. Vanguard Commercial Engines remains committed to helping original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) meet their power needs. In this podcast, Brian Hazelton, senior vice president & president of Briggs & Stratton's Power Business Unit, and David Frank, vice president of electrification for Briggs & Stratton, share how their teams support the electrification expansion, new products that they are excited about and how they are different from other power providers. Listen now to learn more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From raw materials and the supply chain to alternative fuels, the industry and the timing of equipment conversations are undergoing changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether construction OEMs are planning to migrate a product to electrification or just looking to specify a battery for a product that already relies on electrification, the battery is key to the customer experience. In this episode of OEM Industry Update, Nick Moore, Director of Sales for Electrification at Briggs & Stratton, shares insights about how duty cycle, the ability to collect health data, the types of abuse the battery will be subjected to, end-of-life considerations and more should factor into battery specification decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update we speak with Tarik Bolat, CEO of GPR, a company which has developed ground positioning radar technology to help improve safety of various vehicle types. This technology helps to leverage subterranean data via radar underneath a vehicle to gain information about a vehicle's position, what might be located beneath dirt a machine is about to dig into and more. Data provided by GPR's technology will not only help to improve safety but also aid with the transition toward more automated systems and fully autonomous vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update we speak with Rod Dayrit, Director of Business Development, North America, Delta-Q Technologies about smart chargers and battery systems. Battery management systems with built-in communication helps to ensure optimal battery and charger performance. It also aids with communication and data collection with other vehicle systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ACEINNA says adoption of guidance and navigation systems has increased as technology has improved and costs have come down which will aid further growth of autonomy in heavy equipment. Summary: On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with James Fennelly, Product Manager – Inertial Measurement Systems, ACEINNA Inc., about current trends regarding the use of guidance and navigation technologies for heavy equipment. Fennelly also provides an overview of ACEINNA's newest Inertial navigation System and how it can help design teams with their autonomous system developments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, our colleague Becky Schultz, editor of Equipment Today and contributor to ForConstructionPros.com, speaks with Kenton Williams, U.S. project lead for Honda's Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV), and Tyler Parker, business optimization manager at construction engineering company Black & Veatch, about the development and application of the AWV prototype. Williams and Parker provide their insights on the lessons learned from the field trials in which Black & Veatch is participating with the AWV as well as what lies ahead for the technology and its potential for use on construction jobsites in future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Joseph Liefer, Senior Product Manager for Autonomy, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, about the full autonomy solution available for the John Deere 8R tractor. Use of new and existing sensor, automation and other technologies enables the tractor to operate unmanned so farmers can be elsewhere on the farm focusing on other work or spending more time with their families. This is particularly beneficial as the ability to find skilled labor continues to become more challenging in agriculture and other similar applications.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Keith McComsey, Product Group Director – Air Disc Brake and Systems, and Mark Holley, Director of Marketing and Customer Solutions – Wheel End at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, about the growing use of air disc brakes in commercial vehicles. The sharp growth pattern for air disc brakes has been driven by the various benefits they provide such as shorter stopping distances and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Jeremy Harsin, Cummins Global Construction Manager, about the various alternative power sources the company is currently researching and developing, as well as other sustainability related technologies for the off-highway equipment industries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Anand Rau, Chief Technology Officer at CalAmp, about cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology. C-V2X enables communication between machines, people and infrastructure, which will help to improve safety on job sites especially as autonomous equipment becomes more prevalent in off-highway applications like construction. Advancements in 5G will help with the emergence of C-V2X in the coming years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Rosenbauer and Volvo Penta about the design of a specialized fire truck for mining operations. Duane Kann and Paul Powell from Rosenbauer discuss how the business has grown in recent years and the development of the fire truck, as well as why the company chose to use Volvo Penta engines for its vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Greg Morris, Americas Product Application Specialist- Greases, Americas PAS Team Lead, at Shell about a new grease specification for heavy-duty equipment as well as the role greases can play in construction equipment performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, our colleague Becky Schultz, editor of sister publication Equipment Today, speaks with Brian Henning of John Deere about the benefits of the company's 310 X Tier concept engineering machine that was demonstrated at The Utility Expo 2021. Advantages of the machine include operating inside of buildings or noise sensitive areas like hospitals. The design is intended to provide substantially lower daily operating costs, lower jobsite noise, enhanced machine reliability, and zero tailpipe emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Nick Block, Director, Global Marketing & Sales, John Deere Power Systems about electrification and engine technology trends in the off-highway equipment industry. Technology improvements are enabling electrification to become more common and helping to increase efficiency. Engines, however, will still be an important power source for many types of heavy-duty machines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary: On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Ryan Manthiri, Project Manager for Shell's Starship 2.0 program. Several new technologies were utilized on the next generation of the concept truck which showed a high level of fuel efficiency gains could be achieved, demonstrating what is possible with technology that is available in the market today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Christian Sanz, the founder and CEO of Skycatch, a company which is developing technology for use in drones which can create repeatable, high-precision data. Information captured by the drone can be fed back to a fleet office to create models of the job site or sent to a piece of autonomous equipment to help map its route. In the future, the company is looking to offer this technology for integration directly into a piece of equipment to enable autonomous operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with David Frank, Global Vice President of Commercial Sales- Engines & Batteries, at Briggs & Stratton, about the company's Vanguard battery offering and electrification trends in the off-highway equipment industry. According to Frank, the company is continuing to develop new products and work with OEM partners to meet their application requirements. It also sees electrification as an enablement for robotics and autonomous operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Sue Ozdemir, CEO, Exro, about how the company's coil driver technology is being utilized to develop advanced eAxles. Exro's coil driver provides a tighter level of control for electric motors to help better optimize torque profiles and thus improve performance of eAxles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Mihai Dorobantu, Director of Technology Planning and Government Affairs at Eaton, about current electric vehicle charging infrastructure technology and industry needs. Rapidly deploying a large number of electric vehicle chargers is the biggest barrier to increased market uptake, says Dorobantu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Scott Halley, Director, Strategic Technology, Lubrizol Additives and Gareth Fish, Technical Fellow, Industrial Additives, PhD, DIC, BSc (Hons), ARCS, CSci, CLS, GLGS about the impacts hybrid and electric vehicles are having on lubricants and greases. While many performance parameters for lubricants will remain, aspects such as material compatibility, thermal management and conductivity will now need to be taken into further consideration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Yonatan Geifman, CEO and co-founder of deep learning company Deci. Geifman discusses how those developing artificial intelligence (AI) based systems should start rethinking how they go about their designs to help overcome the current chip shortage. This shortage is not likely to end any time soon, necessitating software developers to adapt their processes to utilize new methods and multiple hardware platforms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Kim Heybroek, Research Engineer at Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), about a digital hydraulic actuator the company is currently developing. The company is partnering with Norhydro on the actuator and has matured it enough to begin testing it in construction equipment. Volvo CE sees the digital actuator providing efficiency improvements as the inclusion of electronics helps to provide more precise performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, Andrew Sunderman, Senior Manager of Global Farming Systems at AGCO, provides a look at the second generation of the Fendt Xaver robot. The concept agricultural robot incorporates many technologies which are currently utilized on Fendt equipment, such as guidance systems and the company's suite of precision technologies for seeding and planting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Justin Savage who is the global co-leader of Sidley Austin's environmental group and leads Sidley's Automotive and Mobility Sector about emissions compliance for off-road equipment. While there are no new regulations currently being proposed, OEMs and engine manufacturers need to ensure proper development and testing of their products to comply with current emissions regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, our editor Sara Jensen speaks with Eric Alström, President of Danfoss Power Solutions, about the recent acquisition of Eaton's hydraulics business. He says there were several factors which motivated the merger, from expanded market capabilities to similar company cultures. Bringing together the two companies' wealth of hydraulics knowledge will help to advance product development and new technology solutions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, our editor Sara Jensen speaks with Dijam Panigrahi, co-founder of Grid Raster Inc. A recent analysis from GlobalData found augmented reality (AR) is now the most disruptive emerging technology. According to Panigrahi, the global pandemic has helped accelerate use of and interest in AR because many companies realized the need for a tool which could enable remote work.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, editor Sara Jensen speaks with Jared Aho, Director of Marketing, Transportation at NI, about the company's new collaboration with Seagate which aims to improve testing and development of autonomous vehicles. NI's high performance in-vehicle data logging systems will be brought together with Seagate's data transfer and edge storage services to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers efficiently leverage data to ensure the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update we speak with John Pannone, EAO's VP of HMI Systems, on the potential impacts of autonomous vehicles and systems on operator interface designs. Human machine interface (HMI) products which are adaptable to support both autonomous and manual operation benefit OEM designs as well as end-use customers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update I'll be speaking with Janosch Fauster, Director Application Development Center at TTControl, about emerging technologies in the off-highway equipment industries. Perception technologies, such as computer vision and artificial intelligence, are key areas of focus for TTControl as it sees them enabling a high level of machine automation. Continued advancement of autonomous systems and equipment will help to improve efficiency and safety, as well as overcome labor challenges within the off-highway equipment industries.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's OEM Industry Update, we speak with Josh Israel, Market Development Manager, Horiba Automotive Test Systems, about the potential for a new zero-emissions regulation in California for small non-road engines. The new regulation would create or accelerate the market for electric solutions in lower horsepower equipment, such as that used in lawn and landscape equipment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update we speak with Claire McConnell, Vice President of Proterra Powered, about the company's battery technology as well as it's partnership with Komatsu to develop a battery-electric excavator. This is Proterra's first project in the off-highway market, which it believes is an important one for electromobility.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of OEM Industry Update, we speak with Matt Bentley, Product Manager, Commercial Engine Oils and Denis Gryazev, OEM Account Manager, Off Highway at The Lubrizol Corporation about the evolution of heavy-duty engine oils to meet emissions regulations and OEM requirements.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's OEM Industry Update, we speak with Kimmo Rauma, Vice President of Danfoss Power Solutions, about the Electric Powertrain Integration for Heavy Commercial Vehicles (EPIC) consortium. As part of EPIC, Danfoss Editron is working together with Meritor Inc. and Electra Commercial Vehicles to develop advanced electric powertrains.  Each company will bring together its expertise to ensure heavy-duty vehicle electric powertrains are designed to meet industry needs. With so many technologies coming together for electric vehicles, it is beneficial to have partners who can specialize in certain aspects and then work together to create an optimized design, says Rauma.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices