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Mobile Hydraulics
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High Tech compost turning
Homeowners who maintain a backyard garden compost pile know the pile periodically needs to be turned over to promote decomposition. But if you’re in the compost business, an occasional turn with a shovel or pitchfork just won’t do — you need an industrial sized machine.
The Topturn X is a self-propelled machine for composting tree clippings, yard and forest waste, and similar materials. Designed and manufactured by Komptech, Frohnleiten, Austria, in 2005 it won the world-renowned Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the Industrial Design Society of America. The muscle of the Topturn X is a large, hydraulically driven turning drum powered by a compact hydraulic-mechanical drive from Bosch Rexroth, which allows the turning drum speed to be infinitely adjusted from zero to 200 rpm.
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Blogging on hydraulic hybrids
With all the talk these days about alternative energy, renewable energy, and energy-efficient systems, it’s useful to get an up-close and hands-on reaction to some of the latest technologies now being field-tested.
A recent post on the new Fluid Power Talk blog by Hydraulics & Pneumatics associate editor Mary Gannon discusses her visit to Bosch Rexroth’s Tech Center East in Rochester Hills, MI, and some of the new developments in hydraulic hydrostatic hybrid drive systems she saw tested there.
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Hydraulics at the Hannover Fair
This year the Hannover Fair hosted over 5100 exhibitors and over 200,000 attendees from across the globe to its displays of controls, automation, robotics, industrial computers, networks, and instrumentation. Presentations by multiple manufacturing, technology and equipment leaders discussed the current state of the global economy, and the prospects for the coming year.
This article by the editors of Control Engineering surveys a number of their presentations and opinions, including new Bosch Rexroth AG CEO Dr. Albert Hieronimus. He spoke about the company’s investments in renewable energy systems, singling out its successful field testing of hydrostatic regenerative braking (HRB) systems in several North American cities.
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Construction races toward using biofuels
Recent U.S. energy legislation includes the establishment of Renewable Fuels Standard, which raises the U.S. biofuels production target to 36 billion gallons by 2022 in a progression that starts at 9 billion gallons this year (about 5.3 percent of total annual gasoline and diesel consumption). The European Community has also adopted aggressive standards for increasing the use of biofuels in its energy consumption mix.
According to this recent article in the June Construction Equipment, these regulatory initiatives, combined with rising crude oil prices and pressures around the world to improve air quality, are accelerating the development and commercialization of innovative new fuel mixes and aftertreatment devices to satisfy demand.
The Bosch Rexroth view: All participants in the mobile equipment industry, from OEMs and component suppliers to end-users, need to investigate and implement new technologies and improved operational practices to control fuel consumption, eliminate waste and minimize environmental impact.
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Staying Cool – properly designed engine cooling systems
It is virtually impossible to overstate the importance of an engine's cooling system because it directly affects how reliable and durable the machine will be in the field. This recent OEM Off-Highway article provides a detailed discussion of the key components of a diesel engine’s cooling system, focusing on explaining which system factors affect the equipment's overall performance.
The Bosch Rexroth view: Integrating sound engineering principles into multiple powertrain systems is crucial to long system life and reliable system performance.
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Regenerative braking makes commercial vehicles more efficient
MSW Management magazine reports on Rexroth’s hydrostatic regenerative braking (HRB) system, which stores brake energy in a hydraulic pressure reservoir and relieves the load on the main drive when the vehicle is accelerating – potentially reducing fuel consumption by up to 25 percent.
For municipal solid waste fleet operators struggling in the face of sky-high fuel costs, HRB offers a new way to control costs – and one more example of how this powerful, energy-efficient Rexroth technology is receiving major attention across the mobile equipment marketplace.
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