Story by: Gunjan D. Bidani Steelbird International, manufacturers of filters and rubber components has come up with a better performing filter, charged with the improved dust holding capacity. Competing with the global R&D standards, Steelbird’s innovative filter will hold double the amount of dust it held before. As a result, the service interval of the filter has been doubled. The[Read More…]
Story by: Bhushan Mhapralkar The Blazo X from Mahindra & Mahindra now has better fuel efficiency, higher payload and the ability to offer better productivity and profitability than its previous model Blazo. The company made these achievements through significant changes at the product level. The truck promises 5-7% fuel efficiency gain, in some models it can be 9-10%, owing to[Read More…]
Story by: Sricharan R Future sustainability of road transportation will require substantial improvement in the efficient use of energy by vehicles. As new technologies are being deployed to reduce total vehicle energy consumption, the contribution of tyre design is playing a major role. Shaping a tyre tread is an endeavour in balance between engineering and appearance. In brief, a tyre[Read More…]
Story by: Bhargav TS The global automotive industry is facing challenges in several key areas, including energy, emissions, safety, and affordability. Lightweighting is an important and strategic method to deal with all of them. Minimising vehicle weight requires a systems-engineering design optimisation and iteration process that combine material properties and manufacturing processes to meet product requirements at the lowest mass[Read More…]
ACI Bureau HBM Test and Measurement (HBM) complements its ‘HBM eDrive Testing’ enhanced power analyser with additional functions for testing 6-phase machines. This integrated solution enables torque, electrical quantities, temperatures, CAN bus, and other signals to be measured in an extended range of applications. ‘HBM eDrive Testing’ is a custom measurement system for testing inverter-fed electrical machines. Unlike conventional power[Read More…]
ICAT was setup under the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure project (NATRiP). It is one of the most significant initiatives in the automotive sector under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. The NATRiP project was setup to build several R&D and infrastructure projects in the country at several locations representing unique collaborative efforts by the Government of[Read More…]
Story by: Sricharan R MTS Systems Corporation (MTS), a global supplier of test systems and industrial position sensors, plans to expand in India following the new norms and trends coming up in the market. The company provides test and measurement solutions to determine the performance and reliability of vehicles, aircraft, civil structures, biomedical materials and devices and raw materials. The[Read More…]
After the success of Impact Design Language, Tata Motors have decided to introduce its next version, Impact 2.0. The passenger vehicles designed under its aegis will have their interiors influenced by Indian architecture. “Looking ahead, we are slated to launch two new platforms at the start of 2019. The first is the advanced modular platform (AMP), which will act as[Read More…]
Story by: Bhargav TS & Sricharan R The France-based global automotive supplier, Valeo, is planning to increase its members in R&D in India by 2023. This will make it one of the largest R&D centres of the group under one roof. Valeo, as an automotive supplier is partner to all automakers worldwide. As a technology company, Valeo proposes innovative products[Read More…]
ACI Bureau “Automotive aftermarket industry provides 4 times more employment than any other sector in manufacturing, and many of the manufacturing companies survive on the profitability which they derive from the aftermarket,” R Dinesh, Chairman of Auto Serve 2018, and Joint Managing Director of T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons Ltd, said. He was speaking at the inauguration of Auto[Read More…]
