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Cummins Powered Rally Trucks Cross the Finish Line at Dakar

by Michael Nagel, Leader - Global Brand
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The checkered flag has dropped on the 2015 edition of the most famous endurance rally in the world, and all three Cummins ISZ13-powered Team Ginaf Rally Power trucks crossed the finish line in Buenos Aires after enduring more than 5,500 grueling miles across Argentina, Chile and Bolivia.

The Cummins-powered engines performed extremely well under brutal weather conditions, confirming the reliability and cross business unit engineering work done by the Cummins Heavy, Medium and Light Duty (HMLD) customer engineering tailoring team in Columbus, Indiana, Turbo Technologies in Huddersfield (UK) and the engineering team in the Distribution Business Unit (DBU), Europe (The Netherlands).

Cummins DBU Europe Application Engineer, Joost van Linden, was tasked with taking care of the engines after each of Dakar's 13 stages. This consisted of preparing the engines (checking ECM, CTT turbos, Allison transmission and oil levels and changing the air filters) and trucks during the night, de-rigging the bivouac in the early morning, traveling up to 600 miles to build the next stage bivouac, and preparing for the upcoming night.

Final Standings

  • Team Ginaf Rally Power driver Jos Smink finished in an impressive 12th place overall.
  • Driver Wuf van Ginkel scored eight top 10 finishes in the 13 stages and was on his way to a solid top 10 position overall, but he suffered a front axle crash and ended up 30th overall.
  • Driver Edwin van Ginkel finished in 33rd position.

Local support was provided to the team by the distributorships of Cummins Chile S.A. and Distribuidora Cummins S.A. (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay), with additional support provided by Valvoline engine oils and spare parts.

More than 3.9 million spectators attended the Dakar Rally in person, and the race was broadcast throughout more than 190 countries around the world, helping Dakar maintain its reputation as the world’s most prestigious endurance race.

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Michael Nagel

Michael Nagel is the Leader - Global Brand at Cummins Inc. As a member of the external communications team at Cummins, he has more than 15 years of digital communications and traditional public relations experience, with a focus on digital communications, corporate brand and content marketing. Michael earned his B.A. from the Indiana University School of Journalism - Indianapolis and currently resides in Indianapolis. 

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Cummins Custompaks are being used for water management as Thailand struggles with its water crisis

by Cummins Inc., Global Power Technology Leader
CustomPak on site

Water crisis

Sixty Cummins Inc. CustomPaks are in service in Thailand as part of a critical water management plan aimed at easing the country’s water crisis – a crisis that has caused enormous economic and social damage and stirred conflict among communities.

Over the past several decades, Thailand has continually faced water problems caused by severe drought. Water reserves in dams and reservoirs are insufficient while water resources are often contaminated with toxins caused by urban communities and the industrial and agricultural sectors.

Severe flooding is a threat, too, at a time when the realities of climate change are hanging over the country.

As a result, the allocation of precious water resources, which must be shared among various stakeholders including new and existing industry, large and small agriculture, and cities and villages has become a flashpoint.

Kittithanapat Engineering Co. (KTP), has been involved in the water management system since 1996, working closely with authorities such as the Royal Irrigation Department, Department of Water Resources, Bangkok Metropolitan Authority and others.

CustomPaks on site

600 hp CustomPaks

To help KTP meet its often urgent requirements, Cummins DKSH (Thailand) has recently supplied 60 Australian-built CustomPaks – 45 powered by Cummins’ X15 engine rated at 600 hp, and 15 powered by the QSL9 rated at 325 hp. These fully self-contained powerpacks are emissions certified to Tier 3.

The CustomPaks are coupled to hydraulically-driven, large-volume submersible water pumps sourced by KTP from US company Moving Water Industries (MWI); KTP is the exclusive distributor in Thailand for these MWI Hydroflo pumps.

Prior to Cummins’ involvement, KTP was using another diesel engine brand but service support wasn’t up to the standard required.

Long-serving KTP engineer Kittisak Thanasoot says Cummins DKSH’s reputation for technical and aftersales support along with the reliability of the Cummins product were a key reason behind KTP’s decision to specify the CustomPaks for the Royal Irrigation Department.

The ability of Cummins DKSH to respond to short delivery times was also important.

“Supplying large quantities of high horsepower diesel engines for emergency situations such as flash flooding can be a challenge for KTP,” says Kittisak Thanasoot.

“Responding to the needs of the government agencies to manage such problems in a timely manner and with least impact on communities, KTP has found the answer in our partnership with Cummins DKSH.”

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Cummins Custompaks are being used for water management as Thailand struggles with its water crisis

by Cummins Inc., Global Power Technology Leader
CustomPak on site

Water crisis

Sixty Cummins Inc. CustomPaks are in service in Thailand as part of a critical water management plan aimed at easing the country’s water crisis – a crisis that has caused enormous economic and social damage and stirred conflict among communities.

Over the past several decades, Thailand has continually faced water problems caused by severe drought. Water reserves in dams and reservoirs are insufficient while water resources are often contaminated with toxins caused by urban communities and the industrial and agricultural sectors.

Severe flooding is a threat, too, at a time when the realities of climate change are hanging over the country.

As a result, the allocation of precious water resources, which must be shared among various stakeholders including new and existing industry, large and small agriculture, and cities and villages has become a flashpoint.

Kittithanapat Engineering Co. (KTP), has been involved in the water management system since 1996, working closely with authorities such as the Royal Irrigation Department, Department of Water Resources, Bangkok Metropolitan Authority and others.

CustomPaks on site

600 hp CustomPaks

To help KTP meet its often urgent requirements, Cummins DKSH (Thailand) has recently supplied 60 Australian-built CustomPaks – 45 powered by Cummins’ X15 engine rated at 600 hp, and 15 powered by the QSL9 rated at 325 hp. These fully self-contained powerpacks are emissions certified to Tier 3.

The CustomPaks are coupled to hydraulically-driven, large-volume submersible water pumps sourced by KTP from US company Moving Water Industries (MWI); KTP is the exclusive distributor in Thailand for these MWI Hydroflo pumps.

Prior to Cummins’ involvement, KTP was using another diesel engine brand but service support wasn’t up to the standard required.

Long-serving KTP engineer Kittisak Thanasoot says Cummins DKSH’s reputation for technical and aftersales support along with the reliability of the Cummins product were a key reason behind KTP’s decision to specify the CustomPaks for the Royal Irrigation Department.

The ability of Cummins DKSH to respond to short delivery times was also important.

“Supplying large quantities of high horsepower diesel engines for emergency situations such as flash flooding can be a challenge for KTP,” says Kittisak Thanasoot.

“Responding to the needs of the government agencies to manage such problems in a timely manner and with least impact on communities, KTP has found the answer in our partnership with Cummins DKSH.”

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