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Global product development solutions for mobile OEMs

Ending the uncertainty surrounding infrastructure investment is of vital importance for the entire industry.

Dennis Slater, Association of Equipment Manufacturers

Global Economies Information Technology & Data

It’s becoming more about increasing the precision of operations than about fuel economy.

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Technologies of the Future Diversification Markets Education & STEM Challenges & Hurdles

The unprecedented speed of change in the market is driving an ever faster pace of product development for lower cost, lighter weight, and more compact systems.

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123.6%

•• The index slipped in July after

running up a series of solid upward moves.

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driven by a large, likely temporary, decline in housing permits.

•• July’s index level remained very high and points to ongoing expansion in the U.S. economy.

122 121

120.8%

121.5%

121.1%

121.0%

Jan '15

Feb

123.3%

121.9%

120 119 118 117 116

Actual index (2004=100)

U.S. Leading Indicator:

122.9%

123

115 114 0

Dec '14

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

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U.S. Total Industrial Production:

Housing Starts:

•• The historical production numbers

have been given their annual major revision.

•• Single-family starts rebounded sharply

•• Construction volume rose 1.5% in

•• The 12.8% advance more than offset

•• This was even better than it sounds

in July.

•• This involved incorporating new

Annual % change in quarterly averages

1.0

3.2%

3.2%

3.3%

0.73

lodging and commercial were the only subcategories to decline.

20

Millions of single-family units, seasonally adjusted annualized rates

0.71

3.5%

•• July’s strength was widespread;

biggest gains; the South and West saw more modest advances.

0.8 3.75

as it came on top of nice upward revisions to the May and June estimates.

•• The Northeast and Midwest saw the

•• July’s production data showed a 0.6 point gain which contrasted with declines earlier this year.

July.

the declines during the two previous months.

benchmark data, shifting to updated NAICS codes, and moving the index base to 2012 = 100.

5.00

Private Nonresidential New Construction:

Annual % change in quarterly averages

0.77

0.80

0.83

0.82

0.85 16.1%

15

14.6%

14.5%

0.64

0.6

11.2%

10

2.50

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1.4%

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0.00

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Jun

Sep

Dec

Mar '16

Jun

Sep

Dec

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Jun

Sep

Construction Machinery, New Orders:

Dec

Mar '16

Jun

Sep

Dec

0

Jun

Sep

Dec

Mar '16

Jun

1.1%

Sep

Dec

Total Public New Construction:

Farm Machinery & Equipment Shipments:

•• July orders rose 1.4%; this was the

•• Much of June’s upward bounce was

•• The July report on public

•• There have been monthly swings,

•• Shipment volume declined 5.1%.

•• Shipments have been bouncing

•• But a decline of 1.0% was reported

second consecutive modest upward move.

construction contained big upward revisions for May and June.

given up during July.

but orders have been mostly flat during 2015.

for July.

along at a very depressed level, with no real end in sight.

•• This represents a slowing in the

•• Weaker educational construction was a significant contributing factor.

recovery that began early in 2013.

25

Annual % change in, 12-Month moving total (1982 Dollars)

22.9%

10

8 2.1%

2.1%

0

20

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7

6.0%

5 12.9%

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10

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15

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Jun

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Dec

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Jun

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-40

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Sep

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Heavy-Duty Truck Shipments:

Defense Industry, New Orders:

•• The dip in orders during June was

•• Defense orders jumped 25.6%

more than reversed by July’s 1.9% gain.

•• This made three consecutive •• It was also the strongest monthly

•• It was only a bit short of the

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20.5%

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18.4%

0 7.5%

6.4%

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Sep

Dec

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Jun

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Sep

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Jun

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1.4%

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100.70

100.70

100.69

100.6

100.57

2.5

Jun

Sep

Dec

2.4%

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2.1%

2.0%

2.0

2.1%

2.1%

Sep

Dec

1.8%

1.0%

1.5

0.9

100.48

100.5

Mar '16

•• This good news was tempered by

1.3%

1.0%

Dec

significant contributing factor.

1.5%

1.2

100.63

-38.4%

a 1.4% decline in July new factory orders.

Annual % change in quarterly averages

1.5%

1.5

Sep

•• Stronger domestic demand was a

remains a drag on the overall UK economy.

Monthly index

Jun

during July; it rose 0.7%.

•• The sluggish industrial sector

but more subdued-stability rather than acceleration.

-37.5%

Mar ’15

•• Production in Germany rebounded

with a decline of that magnitude.

•• The broader signal remains positive

Annual % change, in 12-Month moving total (2003 Dollars)

-35.0%

Industrial Production, Germany:

•• This made two consecutive months

followed by a minimal decline in July.

100.68

-40

disappointing; there was a 0.4% decline.

•• Revised data showed June as flat,

100.7

Dec

•• July’s production figure was

indicator showed some softening.

100.8

Sep

-35

Industrial Production, United Kingdom:

•• The latest report for the leading

100.4

Annual % change, in 12-Month moving total (1982 Dollars)

-8.1%

-10%

Mar ’15

Euro Area Leading Indicator:

101.0

-30

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-6

-23.4%

-25

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-14.5%

-20

0

5

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2

10

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-5

4 11.5%

-5

barely noticeable relative to the plunge that began about a year ago.

10.4% 8.4%

6 15

•• Then again, these two gains were

figure in two and a half years.

record levels achieved just before the crash in late 2006.

Annual % change, in 12-Month moving total (2003 Dollars)

upward move, something that hasn’t happened since late 2013.

months of advance.

year high.

23.7%

•• Orders advanced 3.5% during July.

•• This was the second consecutive

during July.

•• Volume was back to a nearly nine-

25

Mining, Oil & Gas Field Machinery New Orders:

1.2%

100.39 0.6

1.0

0.3

0.5

0.0

0.0

100.3 100.2 100.1 0.0

0.1%

Dec '14

Jan '15

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Editor’s Note: Please note that this chart has been modified on the Y-axis to show the trend more easily.

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Mar ’15

Jun

Sep

Dec

Mar '16

Jun

Sep

Dec

Mar ’15

Jun

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Dec

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ABOVE: Spicer® central tire inflation system (CTIS) provides an optimum tire footprint for agricultural equipment RIGHT: Dana’s high-performance suspension steer axles improve vehicle control, operator comfort, traction, and handling characteristics

Dana Boosts Agricultural Productivity and Fuel Efficiency through Drivetrain Innovations

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gricultural producers face unprecedented pressures to optimize yield and minimize operating costs, which is why Dana Holding Corporation offers numerous innovations for the agricultural market that help improve yield and vehicle performance while lowering fuel consumption, downtime, and other operational costs.

The Spicer® central tire inflation system (CTIS) rapidly adjusts tire pressure on demand to provide the optimum tire footprint for tractors, combines, forage harvesters, and other agricultural equipment.

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Dana has engineered two high-performance suspension steer axles for agricultural tractors from 240 to 500 horsepower that offer isolation from body vibration, providing improved vehicle control, operator comfort, traction, and handling characteristics for safer operation,

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especially at on-road speeds.

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by Sara Jensen

New developments in design software aim to reduce the complexity and time required during the design process.

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The latest version of LabVIEW includes new right-click shortcuts that simplify common actions like dropping objects on the diagram, configuring size and shape, and even debugging to help users complete design tasks faster.

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12098926). “With the increased

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pressures on time to market, lower

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aimed at helping engineers com-

within the software environment.

develop new products and features plete their work in a more efficient manner.

In August, National Instruments

(NI) released the latest edition of its system design software, Lab-

VIEW 2015, which features updates designed to help users complete common tasks in less time than

in previous versions (read more,

14

With these improvements,

the execution of various operations “Productivity within the LabVIEW product often boils down to the

number of mouse clicks and key-

build times, execution and debugtranslates directly to faster time

to market, cost of test and higher

product quality. Additionally, he says the new shortcuts ensure LabVIEW users are building their systems

efficiently by accessing shortcuts and environment options that turn their

engineering code into a system that solves their business challenges.

solved this challenge with a host of

Making an engineer’s job easier

fy common actions like dropping ob-

design and development time for

board strokes,” he explains. “We

new right-click shortcuts that simpli-

jects on the diagram, configuring size and shape, and even debugging.”

As part of its efforts to reduce

engineers, Dr. Klaus Lamberg, Lead

Product Manager - Prototyping and

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NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

The high-performance CompactRIO Controller offers users the ability to consolidate many common tasks in a single controller, helping reduce system cost, development time and complexity.

NI’s FlexRIO is one of its newly released controllers optimized for the development of Industrial Internet of Things systems. It enables users to re-use code from previous designs to help speed up development time.

Validation Software Tools at dSPACE

variables. Lamberg says this new

tasks such as testing camera-based

focusing on improving engineering

to create as if it were on a sheet of

by automatically importing various

GmbH, says the company has been data management and providing

better support of multi-user projects

and multi-tool environments. “Model management supports customers in

type of test description is as easy

paper. The resulting test documentation provides a report with vivid

plots and parameter information for

driver assistance systems and ECUs

customer-defined test scenarios into MotionDesk,” says Lamberg.

Phillips notes that field-program-

easy analysis.

mable gate array (FPGA) technology

simulation models,” he explains.

through the addition of remote

ical designs because of increased re-

bility with its SYNECT engineering

dSPACE’s 3D animation software

managing their increasing amount of The company provides this capa-

data management system (read

more, 10799152). With this software, models from different sources can

be integrated, downloaded and simulated on various platforms, such as hardware-in-the-loop test systems.

ECU testing was further improved

control capabilities for MotionDesk, for validating mechatronic systems.

It is typically used to visualize test maneuvers, traffic and test envi-

ronments for vehicles. “This new

remote-control capability simplifies

has become a common part of physquirements for speed, reliability and security while reducing latency and design times. “The challenge is that programming FPGAs is quite hard,

and there is only a finite amount of

experts who can program FPGAs in traditional languages,” he says.

“The test management feature of

SYNECT allows users to manage the immense amount of test cases and

test scripts, interconnect them with requirements for maximized traceability, and organize the execution of hundreds or thousands of tests overnight and over the weekend,

and collect and organize test results, such as passed/failed verdicts,” Lamberg says.

dSPACE’s recently released Auto-

mationDesk 5.0 test automation software also aims to reduce engineers’ development time by improving

DSPACE

how ECU testing is performed (read

more, 12101546). Among the new features are signal-based tests

whose plotter-like editor lets users

intuitively describe stimulus signals

and reference signals for simulation

The AutomationDesk 5.0 test automation software from dSPACE includes signalbased tests whose plotter-like editor lets users intuitively describe stimulus signals and reference signals for simulation variables, helping simplify the ECU testing process for engineers.

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www.oemoffhighway.com/12116113 However, he says NI’s LabVIEW

2015 can make the programming of FPGAs easier due to the graphical

and parallel programming approach built into the software which allows users to directly code FPGAs. The layout and design of code within LabVIEW maps to the layout and

design of the FPGA, he explains, and

The SingleBoard RIO controller allows code re-use for faster development times.

works in tandem with the software’s

motor drives and other components

of these new controllers. According

features to help reduce cycle times

a single programming language,

grammable Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA,

open hardware integration and other and speed up time to market.

As the Industrial Internet of Things

(IIoT) has become increasingly more

prevalent, it has brought about new

challenges for engineers. “One of the

key challenges that system designers face is piecing together components from multiple vendors to embed

intelligence into their ‘things’ (which

from NI, and program them all using LabVIEW. “Using a platform-based

approach improves productivity and efficiency because system designers can develop expertise in a single

toolchain and use this to develop an

incredibly wide variety of embedded control and embedded monitoring systems,” says Butler.

In August, NI introduced several

could be machines, automobiles,

new control systems which have

NI Senior Group Manager – Embed-

more, 12100304). “These controllers

infrastructure, etc),” says Nick Butler, ded Systems.

In response to these challenges,

Butler says NI offers a platform-based approach in which hardware and software integration can be pur-

chased off the shelf. This allows sys-

tem designers to re-use code across targets and choose the deployment

hardware that best meets their application requirements. They can also

purchase their control systems, HMIs,

been optimized for the IIoT (read

are ideal for the IIoT because they

and four or eight slots for C Series

I/O modules for high-performance control and monitoring in harsh

environments. It has the ability to

consolidate many common tasks in a single controller, helping reduce

system cost, development time and

complexity. Both the new Controller

for FlexRIO and the Single-Board RIO Controller enable users to re-use

code from previous designs, further

aiding engineers’ development time.

Phillips says the design space

can perform computation, commu-

is currently in the midst of a tech-

requirements for IIoT systems,” says

bringing together once-disparate

nication and control which are key Butler. “These controllers can con-

nect to virtually any kind of I/O, from sensors to cameras to motors, etc.,

which is also a foundational element for IIoT systems.”

The high-performance Compac-

tRIO Controller is an example of one

nology revolution due to the IIoT

concepts. While there are numerous

distinct design approaches currently

used by the engineering community, he says design software will begin evolving to integrate these design

approaches together into a singular,

consolidated approach. “As the complexity of these systems of systems continues to evolve, integrating

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The impending paradigm shift

More simulation will be the way

industries continue to evolve and

make the design process easier for

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the reasons for this has been the

rapid evolution of Advanced Driver

Assistance Systems (ADAS), particularly in the automotive industry. He

notes that it has been estimated that several tens of millions of road miles

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engineers, says Lamberg. One of

must be driven to validate the au-

tonomous driving functions, making simulation an extremely important

tool for developing these systems in

a time-efficient manner. And as manufacturers have begun reducing the

amount of prototypes they produce, simulation has becoming increas-

ingly more important. Lamberg says tests will increasingly be run in pure

simulation environments directly on

a PC due to the time and cost savings it can provide.

better design decisions upfront.”

software companies and consultants.

will be affected by further establish-

ganization aimed at supporting the

try’s impending paradigm shift—the

as a complement to ‘classical’ HIL

NAFEMS conducts various activi-

“The future of the next few years

ing the role of PC-based simulation

simulation,” he explains. “Simulation will not be limited to a specific platform. There will be a trend towards

more heterogenous, federated, simulation landscapes where different kinds of simulators can be flexibly

interconnected through standard-

ized interfaces.” He adds that dSPACE is among those already conducting research into this.

Matt Ladzinski, Vice President,

Americas, of NAFEMS Ltd. (The

International Association for the

Engineering Modelling, Analysis and Simulation Community), agrees that the simulation industry is prime to grow in the next five years. While

As an international, non-profit or-

simulation engineering community, ties in order to highlight and draw

attention to the factors affecting the industry and its users. NAFEMS ac-

tivities include training sessions and conferences, as well as publishing

articles and white papers to help ad-

“Simulation is a key enabler to

“because it allows companies to make

more important tool. “Simulation is

of great value to everyone, but is still principally handled by the ‘expert’ users,” says Ladzinski.

He notes, however, that this

making their tools easier to use

“We try to really focus on the end

users, their requirements, what they

need to succeed in their businesses,” says Ladzinski. “Through that we can say, ‘This is what industry is telling us, and this is what we need to be focusing on.’”

NAFEMS recently announced it will

20/20 – The Next Five Years!” (read

increased competitiveness,” he says,

that it is becoming an increasingly

engineers need from their products.

expert users, it has seen double-digit past three decades.

simulation. This is due to the fact

growth potential could be hindered

out to software vendors about what

conduct a new webinar series over

growth nearly every year over the

exponential growth potential of

dress these factors and get the word

it has remained a relatively small

industry with just under 1 million

In addition, it will address the indus-

the next year entitled “Simulation

more, 12103814). It will consist of a

total of 14 webinars focused on the critical topics currently facing the industry as determined by input

NAFEMS received from end users,

if software companies do not start and more accessible. Additionally,

experts should package their expertise in applications so that others in product development may be able

to leverage simulation in a safe and effective manner.

“Everybody needs to work togeth-

er at this point to really highlight

the value of simulation because it has such tremendous impact on

business that it requires everybody

to re-evaluate their model, to look at it and really understand the impact

it has on competitiveness and future product development in general,” concludes Ladzinski. |

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THE CLOUD

in

by Sara Jensen

Web-based platforms which allow users to store and access information via the cloud are helping ease collaboration for engineering organizations.

EXA CORP.

Today, the cloud has become a ubiquitous term for the way in

which we store just about every-

thing—photos, music, documents. It enables us to store our information

in a remote location, and then access that information from anywhere at

anytime. The cloud has also made it easier to share information, becom-

ing a key tool in many organizations for project collaboration.

As such, many software com-

panies have begun introducing

web-based platforms which enable

engineers to easily share and access simulation tools and information

via the cloud. Exa Corp. introduced ExaCLOUD in early 2015, a web-

Exa’s simulation tools, now accessible in its ExaCLOUD product, enable customers like Ditch Witch to perform complex aerodynamic, thermal and acoustic simulations of their equipment early in the product design process while there is still time to optimize performance.

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based platform which enables

users to access the full suite of Exa

products (read more, 12056253). “It’s a web application that allows users

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Maplesoft’s MapleSim Server allows users to take simulation models built within the MapleSim design software and deploy the results of that simulation across the organization using any web browser. to access state-of-the-art high-per-

putational needs go from zero up to

session, enabling them to work

Horrigan, Senior Director, IT and

to tap into that capacity over a week-

“They can see the model rotating

formance computing,” says Kevin

Cloud Platform at Exa Corp. “Many of our customers don’t have in-house

thousands of cores where they want

end and have the results on Monday.”

access to large computing clusters,

Benefits of the cloud

access thousands of simulation CPU

use any web browser to upload

and this platform enables them to cores on-demand to execute their

simulations and get really fast turnaround times.”

He says the increasing use of

cloud-based capabilities is being

driven by companies moving to a

hybrid-cloud solution in which they might have some computational

resources at their company, but economically it just doesn’t make sense to purchase large super-computing clusters on-site that may only be

used at certain periods throughout

the year. Customers want to be able to access super computing capacity in an on-demand basis, and to do

so quickly since many projects have tight time constraints.

He notes that more customers are

With ExaCLOUD, an engineer can CAD models, monitor simulations, look at the results and conduct

interactive results analysis. In cre-

rotating the 3D model, zooming into areas to look at regions where there might be an opportunity to change

the design to meet the performance objectives,” says Horrigan.

With its release of MapleSim 2015,

full end-to-end simulation process

tion models built within the MapleS-

company wanted to support the

and provide a complete simulation

environment, as opposed to just an

interface where users would upload models, download the results, then post process locally. “Our goal was

to have it be the central simulation

environment for teams of users,” he says. “We expect the initial biggest advantage is that with no upfront

cost, our customers can get access to state-of-the-art simulation capabilities and then they just pay per use.”

er which allows users to take simulaim design software and deploy the

results of that simulation across the

organization using any web browser (read more, 12104535). Via the web

browser, engineers are provided with a simple user interface (UI) to access the results of the simulation model.

They are also able to enter various

parameters and see how the model

will perform in the overall system that is being simulated.

In the past, companies used to

Additionally, he says ExaCLOUD

have to code the UIs themselves,

ity to connect and access the same

on top of the simulation model.

submitting one or two simulations

set of data and share results. There

time,” says Horrigan. “So their com-

the results in a live kind of mode…

Maplesoft introduced MapleSim Serv-

provides project teams with the abil-

at a time, they’re doing dozens at a

and have a call together to analyze

ating ExaCLOUD, Horrigan says the

moving towards the use of optimization methods, as well. “Rather than

together in the same environment.

is a feature within the platform that allows a user to join another user’s

or hire a consultant to build the UI “MapleSim Server gives you a very

easy, straightforward drag and drop environment for putting these UIs

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they are sourcing from various sup-

able to deploy that model to a wider

something like this up outside of

between having a model and being

audience in the engineering organization,” explains Laurent Bernardin, Chief Scientist and Executive Vice President at Maplesoft.

He notes that there is a large pop-

ulation of the engineering community which is closer to the production

side of the design process, and is not necessarily concerned with building

pliers (see sidebar, pg. 27). “Setting

ERP becomes a way you can allow

tion testing of its SDX platform. It

a distributor and hundreds of part

suppliers to log in and validate bills

of materials without jeopardizing or creating undo security concerns in your ERP,” says Stansbury.

safety parameters of the product

platforms has also come the concern

access to the simulation models, but in a straightforward manner which enables them to play with various

settings of the model and get insight into how it behaves. “They don’t

need a full environment where they design and change that model,”

With the influx of cloud-based

over security. “A lot of companies are uncomfortable, with good reason,

with having their core IP [intellectual property] available to the outside

world or [accessible] on a server that they don’t have direct control over,” says Bernardin.

As a means of ensuring security, he

says Bernardin. “They need a web

says MapleSim Server does not allow

they can investigate that simulation

only within an organization. There

browser and a very simple UI where

model and get some insight from the existing model somebody else built.”

With MapleSim Server, they can do

that and not worry about having the actual MapleSim software.

Trevor Stansbury, President and

founder of Supply Dynamics LLC—a

Stansbury says Supply Dynamics

uses independent auditors to per-

ning] that is compatible with your

Keeping it secure

being developed. They only need

extremely safe environment.”

your ERP [enterprise resource plan-

new models. Instead, their focus is on calibration, validation and the

their data is and will remain in an

information to be shared publicly,

are also options within the platform

which allow users to determine who can access the MapleSim server, as

well as take the more sensitive, internal working knowledge of a component out of the simulation model.

Horrigan adds that navigating

form annual security and penetrawas also completely built in-house,

using no subcontracted third parties, further ensuring the security integrity of the software.

Beyond that though, he says the

company ensures no company’s en-

gineering drawings are stored on the platform. Instead, the drawings are

stored in-house on a separate server

and either sent back to the customer or destroyed once the necessary

information is collected from them.

The only information that resides in the SDX platform is a part number and any part number attributes—

form, alloy, grade, specification and dimensional information. “That

information is much less sensitive,” says Stansbury. “It’s sensitive, but if it were ever disclosed it would not create the kinds of problems that

you would have if for example an engineering drawing or a CAD file were accessed. Notwithstanding that fact, we still take all of the precautions to protect that information.”

Bernardin says the trend towards

company which designs and deploys

security concerns is often a topic

cloud accessibility will only continue

control and manage the parts, com-

ing customers to a cloud solution.

will become consumable by a web

technology solutions to help users ponents and raw materials in their

distributed manufacturing environments—says one of the benefits of

its cloud-based SDX platform is the fact that there is not any complex

software to install. Any web browser can be used to access the stored

information from anywhere around the world.

SDX is a multi-enterprise platform

that allows OEMs to have real-time visibility and control over the raw

material inputs of the components

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of initial discussion when introduc“Customers that are used to having licensed software in-house need

to be educated and assured of the

security provided when operating in our ExaCLOUD environment,”

he says. “Typically we go through a

Q&A with our customers’ IT groups, we review our process for how we authenticate users on a system,

and discuss how data’s encrypted while it’s being transferred to the

remote data center. By the end of the meeting, customers understand that

to progress and that more services browser, as well as mobile devices.

This will make it even easier for

engineers to access information from wherever they are. In addition, the

ease of use and ease of constructing UIs will continue, further easing the design process. “That’s a trend that we’re going to see growing, the

need for making engineering data

easily accessible and removing any

barriers to getting the data you need to quickly get the insight to make better design decisions.” |

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Software profile: SDX

SUPPLY DYNAMICS

Supply Dynamics’ SDX multi-enterprise platform enables OEMs to have visibility and control over the raw material inputs that go into their extended supply chain. Trevor Stansbury, President and founder of Supply Dynamics, explains that over the last 20+ years, OEMs have outsourced the majority of the componentry they used to make in-house to global suppliers. “What many of them lost sight of in that process, however, was the fact that 30 to 60% of the cost of those parts…is mostly related to the raw materials that go into those parts,” he says. “What our software does is connect the dots between the OEM and all of those outside part suppliers, as well as the distributors and mills that are involved in the furnishing of raw materials or other material inputs, and they use that software to choreograph the collaborative purchasing and supplying of materials.”

With SDX, an OEM can direct its suppliers to purchase materials from a single distributor or mill, as well as confirm whether the material was purchased and delivered at the right time. The key benefit from this process, typically called material demand aggregation, is leveraging information to reduce inventory, improve cycle time and standardize types and sizes of materials being purchased by multiple users. “Seventy-five percent of the benefit of aggregation has to do with leveraging information, not leveraging volumes of material,” he says.

“We live in an age where the cost of rapidly exchanging information is so low, yet many of these supply chains do a terrible job of communicating vital information down to the lower tiers of the supply chain. Once you’re able to do that, you’re able to unlock lots of different opportunities for improving efficiency, collaboration, standardization and those kinds of things.”

Information is entered into the system through a process known as Part Attribute Characterization.

OEMs send their engineering drawings to Supply Dynamics and the company then uses a proprietary software to quickly document all of the attributes of the part—the form, alloy, grade, specification and size of the material being used. In addition, it looks at any special processes required during manufacturing, as well as the primary, secondary and tertiary manufacturing processes for making the part. “All of that information goes into the platform, and then the outside part manufacturers are able to log in and validate that information,” says Stansbury.

He says that with SDX, OEMs can now get a level of visibility into their supply chain they did not have before. The old way of doing business was to cut a purchase order for a finished part, send it to the supplier and then wait for it to arrive; they may never know if there was a problem until the part showed up late at their loading dock. SDX, however, allows an OEM to see the supplier relationships weeks, if not months, in advance and whether there will be any issues that could cause the part to arrive late.

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drives equipment design

by Jenny Lescohier

Rental has become a more popular option for many Terex customers because it allows them to only pay for the equipment they need, when they need it most.

The rental market has been a

features. Instead they’re built for sim-

from owner/operators and a more tra-

since the Great Recession. During

investment. There are no losers in this

market, and indicators point to this

bright spot on the economic horizon the downturn, contractors turned

to rental out of necessity when they needed to acquire equipment but lacked the resources to invest in

new machines. By the time things

began to improve, those contractors

TEREX

Equipment manufacturers are recognizing the demand for simpler, lowerspec’ed machines from rental companies aiming to maximize profit potential while providing the right tool for the job.

plicity, durability and a faster return on scenario either, since most equipment

operators are less concerned with premium features when renting and are

more focused on obtaining a machine that can simply get the job done.

had realized the many benefits of

Meeting the demand

no maintenance or repair costs, no

value-conscious than ever,” says Mark

renting: a cleaner balance sheet,

transportation challenges and no

insurance expenses. Many have been calling this a paradigm shift in the

way equipment users view ownership, and some industry analysts believe this shift is permanent.

Evidence of this belief can be seen

in the way that equipment manu-

facturers have responded with new

models designed specifically for rental. Over the past two years, more and

more machines are being designed for rental with fewer bells and whistles, creature comforts and high-tech

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“Customers have become more

Luttmann, Dealer Development and

Marketing Manager at Terex Construction Americas. “Rental has become a more popular option for many Terex customers because it allows them

to only pay for the equipment they

need, when they need it most. This has required that we at Terex focus

on giving these customers a more immediate return on investment in our equipment offering without sacrificing performance and quality.

“Over the past few years, we’ve seen

a dramatic shift in our customer base

ditional distribution base to the rental trend continuing in North America for

at least the next few years. We realized that in order to play in this market, we

needed to position our products for it.”

To that end, Terex introduced its

GEN2 line of skid-steer and compact track loaders in the fall of 2014 with

the goal of offering rental companies machines that could satisfy the end user while earning a competitive

and profitable rental rate. They did this by offering Tier 4-compliant

machines without the maintenance

hassles and fewer premium features,

while keeping the focus on reliability and durability. They followed this up

with the introduction of the TLB840R backhoe-loader in February.

But Terex isn’t the only manu-

facturer capitalizing on this trend.

Case designed its new 580N EP

backhoe-loader specifically for rental because they also saw a need for a

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“We stripped away all the bells and

whistles that are more popular with

has nothing built into it that the

hydraulics machine so the hydraulics

to own and maintain.”

on premium machines. On some

operator doesn’t need, and it’s easy Al Quinn, Director of SDLG

the owning and operating crowd,

North America—a Chinese divi-

the core operating characteristics of

lower-priced wheel loaders—says

and provided a machine that retained the CASE N Series,” says Katie Pullen,

Brand Marketing Manager, CASE Construction Equipment. “It also helped

us demystify Tier 4 Final regulations a bit for rental houses and customers.

“By working with a 74 hp FPT

engine with a particulate matter

catalyst—already proven in our skid

steer, CTL and compact wheel loader lines—we were able to eliminate

maintenance-related activities that go along with more advanced sys-

tems found in machines rated higher than 75 hp. At its core, the 580N EP

sion of Volvo offering simplified,

there is a definite place for no-frills

machines, but some areas are easier

to trim back than others. “We cannot

are not as responsive as they are models we have dry disc brakes,

while premium machines have wet brakes. We make sure customers

understand what they’re trading off

for the price difference to make sure it’s a good fit with their needs.”

technology, however, we do not

Customer feedback drives design process

systems back through the machine

al market in mind has required

compromise on the engine and that

have the electronics and the control to tie in the transmission and dif-

ferent components. Our machines

offer a lot more manual operation.

For example, they don’t have an

automatic transmission; it’s a pow-

ershift transmission so the operator

selects their gear. It’s an open-center

Making machines with the rent-

manufacturers to start by asking

rental companies what’s important

to them, where their pain points are and what’s on their wish list.

“A focus on providing ‘rental

ready’ equipment has required us

to be more customer-focused and

agile,” says Luttmann. “In designing the TLB840R backhoe-loader, for

example, we began by polling customers in the rental community to

get a better understanding of what

they really need in a backhoe-loader

product. Since rental rates are driven by acquisition costs and utilization,

we worked with our factory to design

and develop a product that was competitively priced without sacrificing the quality and features that cus-

tomers expect from us. As for agility, we went from identifying customer

needs to introducing a finished product is less than 12 months.”

With the launch of the Terex GEN2

loaders, Luttmann says Terex adopted a new nomenclature system to

make it easier for rental customers

to select the right size machine for

the job. This new naming scheme is based on the loader’s rated operating capacity (ROC). Because most

renters evaluate skid-steer loaders

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According to SDLG North America, there is a definite place for no-frills machines.

this commonly used specification, which makes it easier for equipment distributors, rental dealers and contractors to

best identify the machine needed to get the job done.

The next step was finding a way to pro-

duce machines efficiently, while keeping costs down at every turn. The answer:

keep it simple and maximize economies of scale whenever possible.

“Through our partnership with FPT, the

engine technology that makes the Tier 4 Final solution technically ‘maintenance

free’ has already been well established, having been used in our skid steers for

more than two years now,” Pullen says.

“In that sense, there were no significant

changes related to engine technology or engineering that we had to figure out.

Otherwise, the base of the backhoe – the frame, the hydraulics, the structure, the over-center design – are all retained.

“Eliminating aftertreatment and the

engineering infrastructure that goes

with it helps reduce the cost – both on

the price tag and in the lifetime owning and operating costs,” she says.

At SDLG, the design and production

process has caused a cultural shift

within the parent corporation. “When

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the economy gains more strength

to train and retain operators, lower

says. “Our philosophy is we’re going

approach still resonate with some

and a general recognition that the

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and stability, will a spartan design

to cost 35% below everyone else.

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“We absolutely see this trend

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continuing, and we have similar

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35% lower in price. That’s become

efforts underway to incorporate

This is not achieved through any

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trick of the manufacturing process,

ucts,” Luttmann says. “You will con-

but primarily through economies of

tinue to see manufacturers simplify

scale. “We’re buying a lower-spec

equipment and provide a wider base

component, such as a powershift

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of both the people who want all of

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Our volatile global economy The most predictable thing about our current global economy is its unpredictability. Since the market is so volatile, long-term

Global Economies

outlooks are becoming few and far between as more people try to focus on the year ahead.

This year we modified the discussion categories to emulate the

Government & Politics

emerging reliance on sensors and data technologies with the topic Information Technologies & Data. As vehicles become more complex and performance expectations continue to rise, automating components and vehicle sub-systems brings new efficiency op-

Diversification Markets

portunities to light, and everyone is capitalizing on them. The old reliables are still there: Global Economies, Government & Politics,

Technologies of the Future, Diversification Markets and Challenges

Technologies of the Future

& Hurdles.

We also added an Education & STEM topic to highlight OEM

and component suppliersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; commitment to the development of

Information Technology & Data

the next generation of engineers, which is one of the off-highway equipment industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest challenges in the years to come.

As always, our goal is to help you learn about both the subtle

Education & STEM

nuances and the big picture of the global marketplace.

Please reach out to us at editor@oemoffhighway.com and let

us know your thoughts on where the off-highway industries are headed in the coming years. |

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Understanding manufacturing issues is paramount for 2016 elections Government & Politics

What government regulations, standards or bills were of top concern that most affected the way your members do business and go to market?

Achieving a long-term highway bill remains one of AEM’s top priorities. Ending the uncertainty surrounding infra-

structure investment and repairing America’s crumbling roads and bridges is of vital importance for all of our

members, and for the entire industry. We strongly sup-

preceding year. That’s why we’re encouraging Congress to pass extensions of expiring tax provisions like Section 179 expensing and bonus depreciation as quickly as possible, to provide meaningful certainty to AEM members.

How are you making a difference to engage with policy makers?

AEM has been working proactively to broaden our spec-

trum of engagement with policy-makers on all levels, along with positioning our members to make our industry’s case

to elected officials and equipping them with the tools they need to be successful advocates.

Through I Make America, we’ve enlisted thousands of

ported the Senate’s efforts to pass a real highway bill this

new grassroots supporters to support our manufacturers.

good on its promise to pass its own long-term bill this fall.

AEM and I Make America. Our grassroots supporters have

summer, and are working to encourage the House to make We’re also focused on helping to advance pro-manu-

facturing trade policies. We worked this year to support

passage of presidential “trade promotion authority” that will help ease the path for major trade agreements with Asian-Pacific and European trading partners. We’re also fighting to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, so that

manufacturers can avail themselves of this important tool

In many ways, 2015 was a record-breaking year for both sent lawmakers tens of thousands of emails on industry

issues, and we’ve gotten more representatives from our member companies to Capitol Hill this year than ever

before to engage with their Congressional leaders. We’re planning to build on those successes with an even more robust campaign in 2016.

We’re also working to inject equipment manufacturing

to establish new business.

issues into the center of the presidential campaign. The

ant issue for AEM members, especially at this time of dif-

backbone of America’s economy, and AEM wants to ensure

The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) is also an import-

ficulty for the agriculture industry. We remain committed to fighting for commonsense standards that will support America’s farmers and agricultural equipment manufac-

bottom line is that our industry reflects the manufacturing that candidates—in both parties—for the nation’s highest office are responsive to our issues.

We’re also working to open our member companies’

turers. The RFS remains an important tool for supporting

doors to candidates and elected officials so that we can

we’re repeatedly conveying to both the Obama administra-

help manufacturing workers make informed decisions. |

agriculture and promoting energy independence, a view tion and other stakeholders in this important debate.

We also need tax policies that make sense for manufac-

turers. We’re constantly reminding Congress that manu-

facturers and their customers need a more consistent and

certain tax climate to make appropriate investments. Man-

ufacturers and their customers shouldn’t have to wait until December to determine their tax obligation for the entire

communicate our industry’s views to these leaders and

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Global Harvesting, Crop Care, Advanced Technology Solutions and Dealer Technical Support, AGCO Corp.

Drones, sensors and data-driven decisions on the farm

STATE

INDUSTRY

Responses from Eric Hansotia, Senior Vice President,

Technologies of the Future

Where are vehicle electrification and hybridization efforts taking us as an industry?

More functions on machines are moving to electrification. This

allows for more precise controls

offering including guidance, telemetry and increasingly sophisticated controls.

They are also looking to optimize their farm based

on data-driven decisions in order to reduce input costs, maximize uptime, prevent downtime and simplify their

operations. We aim to help them do that by increasing the

availability of wireless data, and helping them put it to use.

These requests are driving development of precision

which can optimize machine handling. For example, on a

technologies to augment machinery, as well as technolo-

ical or hydraulic drives; in this area it’s becoming more

out of Fuse Connected Services. It is how AGCO dealers will

planter row unit, rate control is better than with mechanabout increasing the precision of operations than about fuel economy.

gy-enabled services, which is what is driving AGCO’s roll

help our customers optimize their operations to achieve these productivity needs.

What technologies on the horizon will affect your existing and future product development?

Information Technology & Data

manufacturers will employ them in new ways to create

what it is, how it’s stored, who owns it, and how to use it.

making on the farm. At AGCO, we’re really excited about

of data to AGCO’s Fuse strategy cannot be understated.

Sensors are becoming more and more sophisticated, and more knowledge and further inform growers’ decision

what sensors will enable our customers to do, particularly in the areas of planting and harvesting.

Drones can also offer another layer of information

Where is Big Data in your company’s equation?

We hear a lot from our customers about data—

This is why the importance of the creation, transfer and use It drives products and services, and is a key way in which AGCO’s approach is different from others in the industry.

We have structured our data flow into two separate

about growing crops, for instance, that growers can use

pipelines, one for machine data (such as engine hours, RPM

turers like AGCO will help farmers succeed by integrat-

(work orders and work records). This allows our customers

to enhance their crop care treatments plans. Manufac-

ing this additional data stream into farm data management systems.

Lastly, mobile devices aren’t new, but their utility to

farmers will continue to grow. For this reason, centralizing

user interfaces and mobility are central to AGCO’s technology strategy.

What are the key customer requests that are most driving technology and vehicle development? How? Customers are asking for precision ag tools to best

address specific spots in the field. This is driving our Fuse

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and fuel efficiency) and one for sensitive agronomic data the choice of whether to share their data with AGCO and AGCO dealers, or not. Another choice AGCO’s approach enables for customers, is the ability to work with their

preferred service providers such as farm management software and agronomic advisors. |

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Simplification of systems with sensors Global Economies

What international economies are your primary targets for new investments and continued growth?

We target regions that are making

advances in automation technolo-

gies, so for MTS Sensors it would be Europe, China, Japan, Korea and Brazil.

Diversification Markets

Any products on the horizon for new markets to broaden your reach?

A new area for us will be the rail transportation

industry. We have sensors in development designed to meet specific rail industry requirements.

Technologies of the Future

Are you seeing a shift toward overall part reduction and system simplification?

While sensors and simplification may seem at odds,

our sensors are used to reduce the complexity of some

Have you seen a shift toward smaller equipment?

Our technology is usually used on larger machines but

we are seeing a push towards smaller machines adopting automation technology. The impact to MTS Sensors is it

requires us to develop products that are more compact as well as products that are capable of lower cost and higher volume.

What are the key customer requests that are most driving technology and vehicle development?

Our customers are the machine manufacturers and the

trends we see driven by their end-user customers center

around safer systems, higher productivity, rugged design and lower costs.

Information Technology & Data

How is MTS participating in the information technology movement?

In a word, Data. Designed for the networks

deployed on off-highway machines, our sensors’ core function is to provide reliable data.

mechanical systems. In addition, by automating process-

Where is Big Data in your company’s equation?

machine use for the operator—a slightly different yet

Data, but rather provides products that supply the infor-

es, machine builders are addressing the need to simplify important interpretation of “system simplification.”

What technologies on the horizon will affect your existing and future product development?

While the engineering team is the largest professional

team at MTS Sensors, the demand by our customers for improved productivity and safety keeps it one of the busiest.

The continued adoption of motion control, miniaturization of electronics, and need to integrate multiple sensing

technologies into a single package are influencing what we offer today and in the future.

MTS Sensors as a company is not necessarily a user of Big mation used in a Big Data environment. Our sensors can be found in a manufacturer’s development stages, field

validation testing, and real-life applications. We contribute to the vital pool of data used to design, test and operate today’s off-highway equipment. |

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Rapid market change drives faster product development

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Responses from Ben Patel, Vice President, Clean Air, Global Research & Development, Systems Integration, Tenneco Inc.

Global Economies

What international economies are your primary targets for new investments and continued growth?

Tenneco serves the world’s leading

on- and off-road commercial vehicle

and engine manufacturers, and sees significant growth

opportunities in the BRIC countries as well as the Mercosul countries in South America, with Argentina and Chile now adopting emission regulations similar to Brazil.

Japan also represents a good growth opportunity for

Tenneco as we have recently expanded our technical

center in Yokohama, established our first manufacturing

facility in Osaka, and new regulations are impacting both on-road commercial trucks as well as non-road engines produced in Japan.

What are the key customer requests that are most driving technology and vehicle development? How?

Today, customers are very focused on low cost, light-

weight, and compact designs in their requirements, and

these three design principles are imbedded in Tenneco’s new product development methodology.

Education & STEM

What education programs do you offer or participate in to help cultivate the next generation of engineers?

Tenneco is partnering with universities throughout the

Midwest to develop sustaining relationships that aid in future career recruitment in the core sciences. The company is also actively collaborating with university engineering

programs on long-term industry research projects, particularly in the area of emissions technology.

Technologies of the Future

Challenges & Hurdles

Hybridization trends are a more near-term trend than full

market is driving an ever faster pace of product develop-

cation is still awaiting a significant innovation in battery

systems to meet the regulatory challenges facing our

Where are overall vehicle electrification and hybridization efforts taking us as an industry?

electrification simply because cost effective full electrifitechnology to become a mass market reality.

Have you seen a shift toward smaller equipment?

The next round of regulation in Europe for non-road

mobile machinery, Stage V, will for the first time cover

smaller engines below 56 kW. This creates an incremental

opportunity for many of Tenneco’s products, which due to

their modular designs can be scaled down to address these smaller engines.

What new challenges have arisen that affect the way you do business?

The unprecedented speed of change in the

ment for lower cost, lighter weight, and more compact customers over the next decade.

Tenneco is successfully addressing these challenges,

using our extensive knowledge of the global regulatory landscape, to develop innovative clean air technologies

that anticipate the needs of our customers ahead of the stringent emissions legislative timelines they face. |

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Responses from Mahendra Muli, Director – Marketing and New Business Development, dSPACE

Technologies of the Future

Are you seeing a shift toward overall part reduction and system simplification?

From our perspective, due to

regulations, mandates and customer experience expectations, the

complexity of electronic systems in vehicles is on the rise.

It is clearly evident by the millions of lines of code that are being implemented through distributed and networked electronic control systems.

Additionally, due to the increase in development tasks

and the number of variants from “mass customization”

enabled by software, the amount of data generated in the development process is huge. Our customers are chal-

lenged in managing traceability, transparency and number of variants of work products. We are providing solutions to make this data management challenge easier.

capabilities to support various simulation environments

connected through standardized interfaces. The rise of FMI and ASAM standards in these regards are a significant de-

velopment. We, at dSPACE, are at the forefront of defining and implementing these standards.

Information Technology & Data

Where is Big Data in your company’s equation?

We are looking at the challenges in managing

the engineering data. As mentioned earlier, the development process of embedded software generates a large

amount of data in the form of requirements, tests, models, signals, parameters, tests, test results, etc. The traceability and reusability of these artifacts is only possible if there

is a strong infrastructure to manage these work products.

We have endeavored to take on this challenge and provide a data infrastructure backbone to our customers through our product – SYNECT.

What technologies on the horizon will affect your existing and future product development?

Education & STEM

vehicles is driving the future product development in the

Recently, the pace of technology growth in the industry

the roads is a challenge that will have to be addressed and

there exists a significant skill gap in the engineering

Clearly, the vision of accident-free driving and autonomous industry. Putting these systems safely and effectively on we are supporting it.

Development of these advanced technologies though

is challenged by the fact that the products will have to be tested by running those systems through tens of millions

of miles, while the number of prototype vehicles available to engineers continues to reduce. Therefore, simulation and virtual development will become an extremely im-

portant capability for engineers. Development and testing of the advanced features through PC-based, virtual and high-fidelity simulation will make this task easier.

Additionally, the future through virtual development will

require a more heterogeneous simulation landscape with

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What education programs do you offer or participate in to help cultivate the next generation of engineers?

is very rapid, and it is therefore common knowledge that students graduating from our universities to the expectations of their workplaces in the industry. We are, therefore, endeavoring to provide the same technology and

tool experience to students at universities through highly discounted packages that are the same products used in the industry. |

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Responses by Eric Lanke, National Fluid Power Association

Technologies of the Future

Provide an overview of the 2015 updates made to the Technology Roadmap in regards to advancements in the fluid power industry.

The 2015 NFPA Technology Road-

map: Improving the Design and Function of Fluid Power Components and Systems identifies the following six

broad areas of research challenges for the fluid power

industry to tackle in order to meet the future needs of its customers, expand fluid power into new customer

markets, and attract the best and brightest students to the field.

• Increasing the energy efficiency of fluid power components and systems

• Improving the reliability of fluid power components

and systems (e.g., increasing up-time, reducing maintenance requirements, making fuid power safe and easy to use)

• Reducing the size of fluid power components and

systems while maintaining or increasing their power output

• Building “smart” fluid power components and systems (i.e., ones that perform self-diagnostics and trouble-

shooting and that integrate easily with “plug and play” functionality)

• Reducing the environmental impact of fluid power

components and systems (e.g., lowering noise, eliminating leaks)

• Improving and applying the energy storage capabilities of fluid power components and systems

Organizations that wish to pursue projects of impor-

tance to the fluid power industry should seek alignment with these challenges. A full copy of the report can be downloaded from:

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Education & STEM

What education programs do you offer or participate in to help cultivate the next generation of engineers?

At the pre-college level we have the Fluid Power Chal-

lenge, a competition that challenges students to solve

an engineering problem using fluid power. They work in

teams to design and build a fluid power mechanism, and

then compete against other teams in a timed competition.

We also have a new Student Career Connections program where students get to tour an NFPA member company

and learn about fluid power careers. At the college level,

we offer laboratory and teaching grants to 2-year technical schools and 4-year universities that teach fluid power. We

are also supporters of IFPS technical certifications for fluid power professionals.

Global Economies

What international economies should be targets for investment and growth for fluid power manufacturers?

It’s a little hard to find the bright spots around the world

in terms of investment and growth prospects. A few years ago, everyone was talking about the emergence of the

BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Now, the economies of Brazil and Russia are struggling. And China’s economy

is expected to continue slowing, dampening the demand

for fluid power. It’s hard to find a vibrant growth economy

in Europe, though it looks like Oxford sees Italy as a bright spot for fluid power demand growth.

Closer to home expectations for Mexico have been re-

vised downward to slow growth, and Canada’s growth has been flattened out by lower oil prices. |

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Equipment purchasers are making smarter buying decisions

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Responses from Jim Hasler, Vice President, CASE Construction Equipment, North America

Government & Politics

What government regulations, standards or bills most effect the way you do business?

The legislation that will most

positively grow our industry is the

passing of a long-term highway bill.

In absence of that, individual states have been doing an

excellent job of passing legislation to move transportation

funding and construction forward. We are moving forward

in a positive direction, but it will take both state and federal action to bring our country’s infrastructure up to where it needs to be to meet current demands.

Technologies of the Future

Have you seen a shift toward smaller equipment?

We’ve seen a shift towards smarter equipment

buying, and that is affecting how we design and align our

Education & STEM

What education programs do you offer or participate in to help cultivate the next generation of engineers?

CASE has made it a point to work with and support the

education and training of engineers, diesel technicians

and equipment operators. We recently donated a backhoe loader to Southeastern Community College in Burlington, IA for their construction and agriculture programs. CASE has also helped support programs at Washburn Tech in Kansas for heavy equipment diesel engine technicians,

and at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and

Technology for diesel engine repair. We’re also working to

connect veterans with skilled jobs in the construction and manufacturing trades.

Challenges & Hurdles

What new challenges have arisen that affect the way you do business?

Emissions regulations continue to drive this as

products. Some of that is driven by size – for instance,

manufacturers roll out Tier 4 Final machines. CASE has

and CTL models while maintaining a comparable or smaller

machines are not only better for the environment, but

we’ve boosted operating capacities in certain skid steer

footprint. We’ve built technology into our backhoes that

provides lifting capacities similar to a 7- or 8-ton excavator.

Our excavators have become faster and more powerful to provide productivity that can rival larger machines while

lowering fuel consumption, which seems intuitively contrary to what you’d expect.

Some of it is driven by emissions. CASE has worked to

simplify Tier 4 Final engine solutions and to enhance the

performance of equipment through advances in hydraulics, electronics and machine intelligence. We’re seeing

that equipment buyers, maybe more than ever, are weighing carefully their production needs against equipment size, horsepower and operating capacities in order to

achieve the optimal combination of operating cost and production.

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always made it a point to go beyond compliance so that more efficient/productive for our customers. Meeting

emissions is simple if you take a one-size fits all approach and pass the cost on to the customer. For us, making it

better for customers by matching the right solution to the

application, and complementing that with significant gains in productivity and efficiency, has always been our top

priority. This is a major obstacle, but with our partner FPT

and a nationwide support network that understands each technology and product platform, we’re definitely up for the challenge. |

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An approved Highway Bill holds promise for growth

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Responses from Brian Bieller,

Government & Politics

What government regulations, standards or bills were passed that most affected the way you do business and go to market?

Tier 4 Final regulations as well as the

necessary engineering and components associated with it have certainly increased costs of equipment for all manu-

facturers. We saw it as an opportunity to maintain our sustainability mission by designing new models with features

that minimize overall cost of ownership and boost ROI. For example, we are equipping every Tier 4 Final model roller

with our ECO Mode system, which reduces fuel consump-

Any new products on the horizon for new markets to broaden your market reach?

In 2016, we will reveal a new 66-inch soil roller designed

specifically for the rental market. The roller will withstand tough jobsites, yet be streamlined with its easy-to-use interface. Its engine will be cross-mounted, or placed

perpendicular to the frame, which makes it easy for tech-

nicians to access all necessary engine components as well

as the hydraulic pump. This means faster and easier service and maintenance than with existing rollers on the market.

Technologies of the Future

Have you seen a shift toward smaller equipment?

Safety on road construction projects has always

tion by as much as 20%.

been a huge concern for contractors, and one of the most

Are there any presidential platforms that you are keeping your eye on that could affect your business?

crews more room and equipment that provides optimal

An approved highway-funding bill would have a huge

impact on the industry and our business. We would see an influx of large, long-term projects that were put on hold

until a highway bill could guarantee enough funds for the duration of those projects. If the government approves a bill we expect to see a sharp rise in equipment sales and rentals.

Diversification Markets

Has your company recently diversified into any new markets with its existing product portfolio?

We’ve seen a growing demand for road construction

equipment in the rental market, and Tier 4 Final imple-

mentation and the additional costs for exhaust-reducing

components drive this demand. For contractors who need

a specific piece of equipment for two or three certain types of jobs a year, renting the equipment might be more cost effective.

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effective ways to increase safety on these projects is giving visibility. For example, our pavers’ operator platforms

swing out from each side, giving operators a clear view of the area and work surface.

Challenges & Hurdles

What new challenges have arisen that affect the way you do business?

Tier 4 Final has certainly created a challenge for

all manufacturers as far as equipment cost. To offset the

higher price tag that comes with the new designs, we’ve value-added features to minimize cost of ownership

and shorten customers’ return on their investments. For

example, contractors can save as much as 20% of fuel costs with our ECO Mode system on many of our rollers and the VarioSpeed system on many of our pavers. |

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Electrohydraulics will be the key for future product development

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Responses from Astrid Mozes, Chief Technology Officer, Eaton’s Hydraulics Group

Technologies of the Future

What technologies on the horizon will affect your existing and future product development?

The handshake between hydraulics and electronics is key. We are hear-

ing this more and more from our customers in both the

economically feasible and have a long working life. Finally,

our customers are looking for on-board intelligence to op-

timize vehicle performance to help maximize functionality and minimize operating costs.

Information Technology & Data

How is your company participating in the information technology movement?

mobile and industrial space. When hydraulics only looks

Eaton’s first hydraulics product connected to the Internet

looking at compatibility.

hose that self-diagnoses its health. IoT then utilizes the

at hydraulics, and electrics only look at electrics, no one is In the mobile equipment space, solutions like our Pro-

FX technology help make machines more precise and

efficient. Recently, working with Phoenix Curb Machines and distributor Spencer Fluid Power, the team utilized

the Pro-FX technology to develop a custom controller solution, complete with a self-diagnostic function,

which helps machine operators control every system

function on the slipform curb machine and allows them to quickly pinpoint and troubleshoot problems as they arise (read more, 12114219).

What are the key customer requests that are most driving technology development? How?

of Things (IoT) is our LifeSense hose product—the only

infrastructure of the Cloud to report on the hose’s status.

Eaton has been offering IoT connected devices for many

years such as items from Uninterruptable Power Supplies that report their health to connected human-machine

interface panels that can email the energy consumption of

the machine being operated, or fluid condition monitoring to ensure the health of the overall system is intact.

Providing customers the means to collect data on their

machines through the IoT, Eaton can help read the patterns and raise the signal before equipment fails allowing

companies to schedule downtime and maintenance, rather than face unplanned downtime.

The key drivers in the hydraulics space are increased

Where is Big Data in your company’s equation?

increased use of on-board intelligence which drive effi-

liver not just data, but the information and knowledge that

safety, increased reliability, increased power density and ciency improvements. Our customers want a product that

is safe to use, meets all regulatory mandates and is certified to do so. Regulatory mandates from governmental bodies are also driving many of the changes in equipment – for

example, the European Union Machinery Directive and Tier IV and V emissions standards. Along with these increased

regulatory requirements comes the growing requirement

for smaller footprints and lighter packaging for both design and fuel efficiency.

Increased reliability, especially in developing economies,

is also pushing designers to develop products that are both

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Eaton is investing heavily in Big Data and the ability to decan be gained from applications. We see a broad range

of ways in which this data will be used. Everything from

machine health, operator behavior and energy efficiency

at the individual machine level all the way to informing the duty cycles we use to design our future products. |

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Responses from Fausto Carboni, CEO Business, Bonfiglioli Group

Global Economies

What international economies are targets for new investment and growth?

As a supplier to OEMs, Bonfiglioli

is interested in emerging markets where new equipment is being

made such as India and China, and in a different way, the

United States. Brazil is also a target, even though the current economic circumstances are not perfect.

Technologies of the Future

Are you seeing a shift toward part reduction and system simplification?

We are definitely seeing a system simplification

approach in industrial process automation, where more and more customers are trying to find a one-stop shop

for the whole system. To meet this need we are enlarging

our range of electronic controls and power electronics for

maintain, including roads in cities, where the equipment has to be small enough not to block a road or passage.

Bonfiglioli has developed a very wide range of prod-

ucts in the last five to 10 years, mostly for small utility

equipment, which is extremely successful now due to this trend.

Education & STEM

What education programs do you offer or participate in to help cultivate the next generation of engineers?

For our team, we have several programs that give employees an opportunity to improve their skills in their

area of expertise (engineering, for example) or that can familiarize them with other areas of the business (i.e.,

cross-functional training). We also have management

training for those who are interested in promotion and growth within the company either in people management or project management.

We also offer internships and apprenticeships to stu-

industrial automation.

dents from local institutions and universities.

Where are overall vehicle electrification and hybridization efforts taking us as an industry?

Challenges & Hurdles

There is definitely a lot of opportunity for electric and

hybrid technology. The big gap in technology, however, is

What new challenges have arisen that affect the way you do business?

The volatility of the economy is always a concern,

more in the controls than in the electric motors. Controls

because things can go very wrong very quickly, and that is

in the case of construction machinery, for instance, the

past. On the other hand, things can also change in a posi-

are still relatively far away from being developed because machines are very complex and have a lot of different

movements to control. The features of electronic products need to be very reliable and sophisticated in order to

withstand the harsh environments and there is still a little way to go on this.

Have you seen a shift toward smaller equipment?

Yes, because in the western world we do more mainte-

nance than new construction and have a lot of capital to

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certainly a challenge, maybe a bigger challenge than in the tive way and new opportunities can come up. Globalization has certainly introduced a big change in the way we do business, and can affect our business very quickly. |

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Responses from Dr. Robert V. Geiger, President, STW Technic, LP

Information Technology & Data

How important is automation to your future outlook and design?

Automation is critical to our future and we have

been engaged in a number of automation projects. Autocontroller operating system decisions, safety capabilities,

Technologies of the Future

Are you seeing a shift toward overall part reduction?

In the electronics and controls

domain we are seeing more system complexity rather than less. The

Internet of Things (IoT) and increased

connectivity and networking within vehicles are providing more information and control capabilities, which are easily facilitated by increasingly sophisticated controllers.

security additions and the integration of information

technology. One can argue that the advances in control systems on off-highway vehicles have always been an evolution toward automation. |

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Responses from Scott Christman, Director of Vertical Markets, TURCK

Technologies of the Future

Are you seeing a shift toward overall part reduction and system simplification?

What we are seeing is just the oppo-

on vehicle is becoming more advanced based on additional communication protocols and higher EMC standards now found on many vehicles. In the past we only talked about J1939 communication, and now today many are running CANopen and Ethernet protocols as well.

more intelligent. Vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) are seeking a

What technologies on the horizon will affect your existing and future product development?

ing from mechanical to solid-state technology. Connectivity

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We see little effects on our legacy products and develelectrical architectures and technology are advancing at a rapid pace. TURCK’s development teams and product managers are continuously releasing new

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Eric Lepine, President of CECE and General Manager for Caterpillar France S.A.S.

hopes to master the digital transition

by Anja Schnieder, CECE

European associations and committees call upon the EU to develop a smart regulatory framework for digital machine technology.

At a joint political summit held in

full potential of the digital economy

the Committee for European Con-

sectors of construction and agricul-

Brussels, Belgium, the presidents of struction Equipment (CECE) and the

European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) presented a Mani-

festo with five EU priority actions for

a successful digital transformation of

the construction and the agricultural machinery industries.

CECE and CEMA called upon the

EU to create a smart European regulatory framework to help unlock the

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and empower its respective market

tural equipment to master the digital transition. The five priority actions are:

1. Devise smart regulations for smart

European Investment Plan.

4. Improve broadband infrastruc-

ture in rural and urban Europe for rapidly growing data flows.

5. Support and encourage the development of digital skills.

For OEMs and their customers, this

machine technology.

will mean considerable change and

single market.

New policy-making approaches are

2. Create a true and reliable digital 3. Use relevant EU tools and programs such as the Common

Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the

challenges, but also opportunities.

needed to accompany and support

the industry transformation that lies ahead.

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M A R K E T F OR EC A S T: EUROP E www.oemoffhighway.com/12121339 Head online to read more about

the Five Priority Actions put forth

at the CECE CEMA Summit at www.

ic Research at Natixis Asset Manage-

ing the worst year since 2009 in

economy clearly lacks significant

significant growth of 17% until 2019.

ment, pointed out that the world

oemoffhighway.com/12121339.

growth drivers. This has implications

Economic benefits of a digitized EU

can be expected to remain low in the

In terms of economics it was made clear that tides are changing, and

markets that were shining just a few years ago are in deep troubles now.

In the Economic Forum held at the

summit, industry experts discussed

why the world economy is not doing too well at the moment, where construction activity will be seen in the near future, and why the prospects for construction equipment manufacturers are not that bad after all.

In his introductory speech,

Philippe Waechter, Head of Econom-

on commodity and oil prices, which

foreseeable future. While this is good news for regions like Europe as purchasing power rises, it brings more troubles to emerging markets that rely on exports of these products.

According to Waechter, it is unlikely to expect significant interest rates hikes in the near future, as long as

the overall economic climate does not improve.

For the construction sector,

things seem to look a little better.

According to Antonio Mura, Director at CRESME Ricerche, the world

construction industry is experienc-

2015, but this will be followed by

Growth in construction is usually

concentrated in emerging econo-

mies and, despite the current emerg-

ing markets slowdown, this trend will be seen in the next years, as well. By 2019, two thirds of the construction investments will take place in these regions. The good news, however,

is that with the exception of Japan

there will be substantial growth even in mature markets, though clearly on lower levels.

Therefore, demand for construc-

tion equipment should be back on

track when emerging markets take up their role as engines of growth.

Unfortunately, as highlighted by

Erik Sjödin, Associate Principal at

McKinsey, those regions are typically not the most profitable ones for

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equipment manufacturers. Highest margins are currently generated in the North American market, and

it will clearly be one of the major

future challenges for manufacturers to profitably participate in growing emerging markets.

According to David Phillips of

Off-Highway Research, as the Chi-

nese construction equipment market tumbles—and Chinese manufacturers run at a capacity of under

20%—and headlines are made with crises and scandals from Russia to

Brazil, we see the unusual situation

that sales growth is concentrated in Europe and North America.

Ann Duignan, equity analyst at

JP Morgan, discussed with industry

experts the short- and medium-term prospects of these markets, and how European manufacturers can remain competitive. Free trade agreements

like TTIP may foster growth and competitiveness. The comparably weak European currency certainly helps

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in the short run, but the industry

should look at staying competitive because of its core strengths like technological advancement and

powerful distribution and after sales networks in the regions.

Until 2019 global construction will be rising by 17%. By 2019, two thirds of the construction investments will take place in emerging economies.

~ Antonio Mura, Director at CRESME Ricerche

A study on future trends in the construction equipment sector

where margins are quite good. A few

from IT and digitization. Thus, Big

that with the help of McKinsey it is

of volumes and revenues like for example crawlers.

element and will not only change

During the summit, CECE announced undertaking a study exploring the

machines types make up majority

service but whole business models.

Sjödin said that considerable

While customer structure is chang-

future trends in the European con-

change was to be expected in the

companies will be reacting to it. Erik

two decisive factors for the industry:

struction equipment sector and how Sjödin of McKinsey explained that the sector is characterized by low

volumes but high complexity, a relatively fragmented OEM landscape and high profits in a few segments

years to come and that there were disruptive technology shifts and a

tough demand situation in a changing competitive landscape.

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Truck-mounted hydraulic excavators

by Thomas Berry

Rubber-tired carriers of cable-operated excavators filled a niche into the 1960s.

Rubber-tired excavators date to the

1920s, shortly after the introduction of the first

crane specifically designed for truck mounting in

1919. While never as common as crawler mountings, rubber-mounted cable-operated excavators filled a niche into the 1960s.

It was only logical that, as hydraulic excavators

This image from a Hein-Werner advertisement illustrates one of the problems faced by a truck-mounted backhoe: When a backhoe has to be moved to continue the trench, the operator has to change cabs twice rather than simply propelling from the excavator cab.

gained acceptance in the market, some should also be

quickly moved to a new digging position as the trench was

ment from job to job. The means of accomplishing this varied

leave the cab, climb into the truck cab for the move and go

mounted on roadable, rubber-tired carriers for ease of movewidely from company to company and model to model.

Some excavators were mounted on commercial trucks,

advanced, the operator of a truck-mounted hoe had to back to resume digging.

The other was the inability of a truck to carry big back-

as were the original truck cranes, and others went on

hoes. In the late 1950s and 1960s, most hydraulic backhoes

backhoe was simply attached to the back of a truck or a

but truck mounting was impractical for the larger back-

purpose-built crane carriers. In some cases a partial-swing tractor-like chassis. In at least the case of the Bucyrus-Erie H-3 and H-5 Hydrocranes, a backhoe attachment could

in America were small enough for truck mounting to work; hoes that came into wide use starting in the 1970s.

Although truck-mounted backhoes faded away in

be substituted for a telescopic crane boom, and the

the 1970s, self-propelled backhoes did achieve a degree

backhoes could also be equipped as shovels early in their

ly Badger, had a production run of approximately 40

Drott Yumbo truck-mounted and Cruz-Air self-propelled production.

Despite the advantages of speed and mobility, the idea

of a truck-mounted hydraulic backhoe capable of traveling at highway speeds never really took hold. There were two apparent failing points to the concept.

One was sheer practicality. For all its utility in moving

quickly from one job to another, a truck backhoe was

inefficient for digging a trench of any length. Where a crawler-mounted or self-propelled backhoe could be

of success. The Cruz-Air, built by Drott, Case and final-

years, and several other manufacturers continue to offer

self-propelled hydraulic backhoes. Evidently, self-propelled cabless carriers are preferred to trucks for these machines for compactness and ease of operation; the wheelbase is shorter and the machine is propelled from the excavator

cab, although there is a trade off in travel speed compared to a truck. In contrast, Gradalls and other telescopic boom

excavators have always been much more popular on trucks than on self-propelled rubber carriers. |

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