Cummins Case Studies

About 6,000 of Indonesia’s 17,508 islands are inhabited by over 250 million citizens. Many of these citizens earn their living on the sea or live near the 54,720 kilometers of coastline. In addition to the islands, the country has 93,000 square kilometers of territorial waters. The huge archipelago is located on the major maritime trade routes between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The

Marshall Alexander has been fishing the Gulf of Maine for over 50 years. He knows the seas, the fisheries, and the boats that make up his way of life. When he got his first boat, he named her De Dee Mae. She worked well for him. In 1979, success led him to Billings Diesel and Marine Service in Stonington, Maine for a larger boat. The 54 by 17-foot fiberglass vessel, known as a Northeast 54, bec

With all systems checked out and tuned to perfection, the big catamaran’s GPS display read a crisp 25 knots. This met her design speed and the tastefully appointed galley and accommodation area matched the renderings approved by the owner. Another Powerplay boat was ready for delivery. James Dewing started developing Powerplay catamarans in Australia and he has since built in China before settl

As sometimes happens with boats in the maritime world, the recent repower of a tug shone a light on a pair of well-known independent companies. The tug Gretchen H. (ex Harry Olsen, Polar Breeze) was built by Rodriguez Shipbuilding of Coden Alabama in 1997 and is currently owned, since 2005, by Boyer Towing. The Gretchen H is a good solid boat and her owners decided she was well worth a new set

At 128.9 by 24 meters, the RRS Sir David Attenborough is not a large ship, but she is a wondrously complex ship. Designed and built to meet the contemporary science requirements as a seagoing science platform the ship can also provide support to land-based polar science. In addition to onboard laboratories the ship will carry: remote controlled instruments, which can safely open up extreme polar e

Placing a board deck across two canoes, to make a broad flat and stable surface for transporting passengers and freight, was often done to form early ferries. The true catamaran is an evolution of that practical design concept. In recent decades, Australia has led in the development of all shapes and sizes for aluminum catamaran ferries. In December 2019, Dongara Marine of Port Denison delivere

Australian cotton is considered some of the best in the world for quality and yield. Under a joint venture agreement, CSD (Cotton Seed Distributors) and CSIRO have invested more than AU$70 million in cotton breeding and research since 2007 and by 2024 this investment will reach AU$140m in total. The key challenge now for CSD is providing varieties to meet the demands of the burgeoning cotton indus

Tim and Marney O’Brien own and manage 40,500 hectares (100,000 acres) of irrigated and dryland farm property in the Pilliga and Cryon regions of north-west New South Wales, Australia. In just over 12 months, the O’Briens installed nine Cummins power units as they upgraded and developed the irrigation process for 4,050 hectares (10,000 acres) of their land for cotton farming. In addition, they have

When Canetec (Queensland, Australia) introduced its new Cummins QSL9 powered AX7500 cane harvester, it claimed it would set new standards for operating efficiency. Greensill Farming was Canetec’s first AX7500 customer and we visited them to find out exactly what they thought. Greensill Farming is an agribusiness growing sugar cane, sweet potatoes and water melons in Queensland. The family compa

Overview Challenge: Provide an emergency standby power system solution that would support the expansion of the water treatment plant in Oman approximately doubling capacity from 57,000 to 125,000 m3/ day for the treatment plant and from 130,000 to 260,000 m3/day for the pumping station using a “single-window system” capability. Cummins Solution:

Overview Challenge: Ecologically sensitive city required reliable standby power for sewage collection system upgrade to increase safety and reduce the risk of sewage backup. Cummins Solution: Seven Cummins generators ranging from 20 kW to 200 kW, with a sound-attenuated enclosures and compact footprint and transfer switches. Result:

Overview Challenge: A large regional water treatment plant wanted to ensure that water would continue flowing to more than 200,000 residents even if the electric utility failed. Solution: Cummins provided a complete standby power system solution that included two 2.7 MW diesel generator sets for a total capacity of 5.4 MW as well as transfer sw

Overview Challenge: Design and install an emergency standby power system as part of a major upgrade at AnMed Medical Center in Anderson, SC Solution: Cummins installed three 2000 kW diesel fueled generator sets, transfer switches and digital master control (DMC). Prior to installation, a factory “witness” test was conducted at the Cummins plant

Overview Challenge: Krankenhaus Bozen (KH BZ) Antagen Societa Consortile needed to build a new hospital facility in Bolzano, Italy after an investment request from the local Bolzano medical authority. This required a new emergency power generation system that fit the specific requirements of hospital regulations and met ISO 8528-5 international standards.

Overview Challenge: A substantial redevelopment project in the town of Wayzata, Minnesota was going to bring hundreds of new apartments, additional office space and a small hotel. All of that required an expanded wastewater system with larger lift stations. One of the larger lift stations would handle wastewater for about half the town. Reliable standby po

Overview Challenge: Design and install new generators, digital controls, paralleling switchgear and transfer switches for life-safety and supplemental power at one of the largest private medical centers in Louisiana Solution: Cummins installed one 1750 kW diesel generator and five 1750 kW lean-burn gas generators equipped with PowerCommand® dig

Overview Challenge: Provide reliable emergency backup power supply for one of Australia’s largest public health infrastructure projects. Solution: Four C3000D5 generator sets powered by Cummins biggest low-emission diesel engine, the 78-litre QSK78G9, with a total a continuous rating of 2.2MW. The fully integrated system also incorporated a sin

Poland’s impressive history in maritime research will continue to grow with the delivery of two new multipurpose vessels in the second and third quarters of 2020.  Under construction at the noted Remontowa Shipbuiding yard in Gdańsk the two 60 by 12.8-meter vessels will replace two 35-year old vessels working under the direction of the maritime office in Szczecin and Gdynia. The diesel