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A crucial requirement of G.P.R.’s facility upgrade in Coreno Ausonio (FR), Italy was continuous operation around the clock, no matter the operating or environmental conditions. As part of the upgrade, a new, reliable generator was needed to better support their energy needs. For this reason, G.P.R., a specialist in crushing granules of marble and other stones into calcium carbonates, selected a
With more than eight years working in the hydrogen industry, Anna Murray has dipped her toes into some of Cummins' biggest fuel cell and hydrogen technologies projects. You may have seen recent announcements about our fuel cell trains across Europe or may have caught wind of our deployment of the largest PEM electrolysis hydrogen facility in the United States, and now our work on the world's large
NACV is one of the largest gatherings in the global on-highway industry with fleet owners, original equipment manufacturers, maintenance managers and over 15,000 trucking industry professionals typically gathering in Atlanta, Georgia during the last week of October to attend the four-day event. Cummins had a strong presence at last year’s NACV show, showcasing a wide range of the company’s late
Linebarger, however, said the importance of masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) has been perhaps the most valuable lesson, giving him optimism about the company’s ability to operate in the future while protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of all its stakeholders – employees, suppliers, customers, communities and shareholders, as well “The first thing we know is that masks and d
A lot has happened in the two years since that story was posted as the company pursues its mission of making people’s lives better by powering a more prosperous world: 1. PLANET 2050 In late 2019, Cummins unveiled PLANET 2050, an environmental strategy to address climate change and other environmental issues. The plan includes challenging, science-based goals timed to
Although he hasn't been in the Cummins office over the last few months due to COVID-19, Jaydeep Patel has been working hard to adapt to the "new normal" of working from his home office, keeping his projects on track. As the Inverter Technical Project Leader, Jaydeep's role involves leading a small technical team to develop traction inverters and power electronics platform components for batte
One of the most important machines in the modern row-crop production cycle is the sprayer. From helping prepare the ground prior to planting, to applying fertilizer during key points in the growth cycle, a sprayer is a valuable piece of equipment for today’s farmers. The Apache AS 1250 XP sprayer by Equipment Technologies (ET), which is powered by either a 260 or 300 horsepower (HP) B6.7
No doubt the COVID-19 pandemic has brought countless unexpected variables with an extended effect on projects’ life cycles including supply chain, manufacturing and testing. At the end of 2019, Cummins Africa Middle East was contracted by a leading provider of cloud and computing web services to supply nine (9) C3000D5E units enclosed in customized acoustic enclosures, extending the system that
Powering a passenger train with hydrogen. It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, but in Europe, this is now a reality. Cummins’ customers can depend on a range of technologies from diesel and natural gas, to fully electric and hydrogen solutions. As the demand for zero-emission transportation increases, alternative technologies continue to be the right solution for customers around the
Allan Dearth Generators and Sons is a generator dealer based out of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina (USA) that is giving “family business” a whole new meaning. Owner and operator Allan Dearth has been doing electrical work for many years and even in the early stages was familiar with Cummins’ product. But it wasn’t until his eldest son decided to move home and dive into business with him that th
A California resident that worked in the technology business and lived in the San Francisco (USA) Bay area is a familiar story. But one that is a little more unusual, is the female tech guru that left the coast to settle her roots on a 13-acre horse ranch in the more remote area of Pilot Hill, California (USA). Meet Lory Hopkins, a west coast homeowner living the dream. Hopkins is a businesswom
This year has been far from normal, but regardless of a global pandemic hurricane season still comes around every year. The 2020 Atlantic Basin hurricane season is already off to a historically eventful start and meteorologists are expecting the tropics to remain active. As of the August forecast, Meteorologists at NOAA and Colorado State University are now predicting 19-25 named storms in the
Only 13% of engineers in the U.S. are women. Though that number is expected to continue growing in the coming years, women interested in engineering still face significant challenges and obstacles when pursuing a career as an engineer. Clarissa Arriaga is one of the young women at Cummins blazing trails for female engineers, present and future. As a manufacturing engineer at the Cummins MidRange E
Henok Yemane has been laser-focused on quality for the past 11 years. As one of Cummins' certified welders (both ASME IX and EN ISO 9606-1 - American and European welders accreditation standards), Henok is responsible for ensuring the piping on Cummins electrolyzer meets international welding standards. Despire working on time-critical prototypes and high customized jobs, Henok never lets
It could cost the mine operator over thousand dollars per hour for a mining dump truck or a mining excavator not to be working. With such high costs associated with downtime, there is no question how important it is to improve equipment availability within the mining industry. Let’s define equipment availability as the duration the equipment is ready when it matters. This is important for
In an effort reduce the likelihood of wildfires in California, power companies are planning power outages when weather conditions appear to be dangerous. In the event of extreme temperatures and high winds, California residents can expect that there may be a planned power outage. With the frequency of planned power outages increasing, homeowners in California are calling for more informati
Oil leakage of a turbocharger is a failure mode which can lead to reductions in performance, oil consumption, and emission non-compliance. Cummins' latest oil sealing innovation reduces these risks through the development of a more robust sealing system which compliments other leading innovations developed for Holset® turbochargers. The redefining oil sealing technology from Cummins Turb
When Clark University in Massachusetts, U.S.A. needed to replace its aging generator to power and heat the campus in a cogeneration application, it not only got an upgrade in efficiency and power density, but the excess power produced by the QSV91G gas generator unit is exported to the National Grid, offering significant cost savings. Cummins Power Generation supplied the 2 MWe QSV91G lea