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Eaton/Cummins Endurant 12-speed AMT now available on all major U.S. truck brands
The Eaton Cummins Endurant HD 12-speed automated manual transmission will now be offered on all major North American truck brands. Details on Equipment World.
November 6, 2020
Vocational
Eaton extends coverage for 7-speed Procision AMT to include construction trucks
This expansion includes include medium-duty utility, construction, tanker, refuse and municipal trucks. Details here on Equipment World.
June 11, 2018
Class 7-8
Test Drive: Eaton Endurant 12-speed AMT smoothly balances power, efficiency
Following three years of development and barely 90 days after Eaton and Cummins announced a formal joint powertrain partnership, Eaton’s Endurant 12-speed automated transmission was officially born last month. The first “purpose built” heavy-duty automated transmission on the market, Endurant and its torque ratings of up to 1,850 lb.-ft. will be matched with the Cummins […]
October 27, 2017
Construction Equipment
Allison Transmission unveils the more durable, more powerful 6630ORS
Thirty seven years after first providing a Volvo articulated dump truck with a transmission, Allison has unveiled here at the Bauma show in Munch a brand new model that will launch inside Volvo’s largest truck yet. The new 6630ORS is the latest transmission in Allison’s 6000 Series. The transmission features a new internal damper and an […]
April 13, 2016
Construction Equipment
Integrated drivetrains speak a language all their own, giving fuel-conscious work truck owners even more reason to love AMTs
One surprising trend over the past few years has been the unprecedented market share growth of automated manual transmissions. Many OEMs now are reporting AMT take rates that would have seemed improbable when the first units appeared on North American shores. Volvo, Daimler Trucks North America and Paccar all report AMT specifications in more than […]
September 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
The Hydrostatic Revolution: How crawler dozers became infinitely more versatile when stripped of their gears
Once known as one of the more difficult earthmoving machines to master, the crawler dozerÂÂ, with the right technology, has become one of the easiest to run. The difference? In just 10 years, hydrostatic transmissions have come to dominate dozers in the under-130 horsepower class. That combined with GPS machine control have turned what was […]
October 21, 2014
Construction Equipment
Eaton launches Procision double-clutch automated Class 6 and 7 transmission
Eaton has launched a new, dual-clutch, automated transmission. It’s called the Procision Line and debuts in Class 6 and 7 urban delivery markets, including P&D, beverage, school bus and recovery/towing applications. According to John Beering, senior Vice President and general manager of commerical vehicle transmissions for Eaton, the new transmission was designed with driver safety […]
September 5, 2014
Construction Equipment
Auto for the People: Automatic, automated transmissions make a push in heavy-duty commercial trucks
That’s what makes trucking today so interesting: It is going through several revolutions and evolutions at the moment. The advent of automatic and automated transmissions in heavy-duty commercial vehicles is one such example. In many ways, the explosion in popularity of these units over the past decade is an offshoot of the rapid evolution being […]
July 1, 2013
Construction Equipment
Ford, GM will co-develop nine- and 10-speed transmissions
Ford and General Motors have announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to work together in the development of nine- and 10-speed automatic transmissions. The new transmissions will be built in both front- and rear-wheel-drive variants for cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks. The end goal is unsurprising: to improve performance and fuel economy. As […]
April 16, 2013
Technology
Does the future of transmissions start with a bicycle?
Allison Transmissions, Dana, Fallbrook Technologies, NuVinci CVP, continuously variable planetary, CVT, continuously variable transmision
September 13, 2012
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Mack celebrated 50 years in Hagerstown, MD
Mack Trucks celebrated 50 years of powertrain assembly in Hagerstown, MD, on May 4, 2011. The 1.5 million square foot, Maryland facility opened in 1961. “For half a century, the heart of every Mack truck has originated in Hagerstown,” said Kevin Flaherty, Mack senior vice president, U.S. and Canada. “We’ve always been an integrated manufacturer, with […]
May 17, 2011
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