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l p . l o p b a r d . w w w A U T O M O T I V E Quarterly Newsletter no 3(84) July - August - September 2019 „The fundamental principle of transportation is its safety” FROM THE EDITOR IN THIS ISSUE FROM THE EDITOR YOU CAN FIND: Ladies and Gentlemen! 3 EVENTS Dear Readers ! 3 With a visit at TM4 4 Solutions for land forces 8 KONVEKTA solutions at SOLARISPOSIUM PROBALTCIA 8 Focus on municipal vehicles 10 KONVEKTA offer for rail vehicles 11 The new FORD cars are already cooling 12 Joint promotion 13 NYSA – DRABPOL –joint project 14 WiFi on the sea 15 COVER STORY: Our new offer due to cooperation with Curtiss-Wright 19 WORLD SERVICE CENTERS 20 DTCO 4.0 calibration set off at full steam 22 Latest news – 3rd Quarter 2019 22 Review of trainings 22 They wrote about us Alicja Drabczyńska 4| Solutions for land 13| NYSA – DRABPOL – forces joint project Published by DRABPOL Editor: Drabpol sp. jawna P. Drabczyński i Wspólnik 42-233 Mykanów, ul. Akacjowa 24/26 A U T O M O T I V E tel.0-34 366 00 22, fax 0-34 366 01 02 [email protected], www.drabpol.pl 11| The new FORD cars 20| DTCO 4.0 calibration are already cooling set off at full steam 1 A visit at our partner's headquarters in Montreal With a visit at TM4 In August, at the invitation of our partner – DANA-TM4 company – we went to Montreal, Canada, to the headquarters of the manufacturer of TM4 electric motors. The meeting aimed at presenting the solutions that were included in the DanaTM 4 offer as a result of the above company's new structures and pro- mentioned merger. It is worth to add that during our visit, DanaTM4's production ducts after TM4 was taken over by line was being reorganized and optimized to increase production capacity and meet DANA concern, which took place last the growing market demand for the company's products. year. One of the reasons for inviting us to Montreal was also the fact that DanaTM4 At that time, DANA bought 55% of TM4 management board wanted to personally get to know the management board of our shares from the orginal founder, Hydro- company and our team dealing with their products in Europe. Quebec. In the meantime, it has also After official talks, our Canadian partners showed us the most charming spots in taken over some other companies, such Montreal that impressed us a lot. as Oerlikon, SME Group oraz Nordesa, We would like to say thank you for the invitation, productive talks and a warm becoming a global leader of cutting- welcome. edge solutions that increase efficiency of powertrain systems in all types of vehicles. In November, it will be the two years since we became a representative of TM 4 in Central and Eastern Europe. We had the opportunity and pleasure to visit our Canadian partner before. However, it was the first visit in Montre- al after changing the owner of the com- pany. The meeting was an opportunity to renew cooperation agreement be- tween our companies and discuss our joint technical, commercial and marke- ting activities concerning offered pro- ducts. We also had the opportunity to thoroughly get familiar with the new At Dana tM4 headquarters in Montreal – from the left: Marco Bolduc – Director DanaTM4, Paweł Drabczyński - President, Antonio Valencia – Senior Vice President DanaTM4, Grzegorz Stawicki – PM /Drabpol and Olivier Bernatchez – Sales Manager DanaTM4. NEWS | EVENTS 3 27th International Defense Industry Exhibition in Kielce 3-6 September SOLUTIONS FOR LAND FORCES We have been present at the largest event of the national defense industry – MSPO trade fair in Kielce for eleven years. We present there our wide offer for both the aviation sector and special vehicles dedicated to military applications and for the soldiers themselves. Strictly for land forces, we presented EnerSys Ltd. lead-acid batteries, from the military ARMASAFE plus series – in particular three models 12FV120, 12FV75 and 12FV55. All of them use TPPL (Thin Place Pure Lead), AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) and VRLA (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) technologies. The offer of Enersys batteries was supplemented by the demonstrator of Battery Monitoring System – BMS, DataCell II type, from the same manufacturer. We promoted the above mentioned solutions together with Enersys Sales Manager – Mr. Neil Chilton, who shared with us his observations concerning technical side of products. For combat vehicles, we presented three models of EnerSys lead- acid batteries from the military series ARMASAFE plus. 4 NEWS | EVENTS Neil Chilton – Sales Manager EnerSys. Our offer in the scope of ba- tteries also included solu- tions of the DENCHI Power company. The first was a small lithium-ion battery, type BB2590 SMBus dedi- cated to powering electrical devices operated by a single soldier, as well as for self- propelled robots used for military, police or research purposes. The battery offer at the fair also included DENCHI Power solutions - like lithium-ion battery BB2590 SMBus, dedicated to self-propelled robots or powering electrical devices operated by This battery is successfully used in the a single soldier. light reconnaissance robot – -"BALSA", constructed by Warsaw PIAP. It has also found application in the underwater This battery was presented at our stand with the SPC portable charger for the soldier, robot, called „Cyber Ryba” (cyber fish) together with a charging cable and a power cable for connection to a DC voltage source. that belongs to the Polish Naval Academy Denchi offer also included a power supply, enabling connection of the SPC charger to AC (Akademia Marynarki Wojennej) and was power supply source in the range from 100 to 240V AC at a frequency of 50 – 60Hz. (AC created by engineers from the Cracow Adaptor), equipped with a cable for connection to an AC voltage source and a cable for University of Technology (Politechnika connecting the SPC charger power cable. Krakowska). NEWS | EVENTS 5 MILITARY VEHICLES WITH ARMASAFE BATTERIES AT MSPO Our batteries are succesfully used in numerous vehicles for military purposes. Some of them were presented at this year's trade fair – equipped with EnerSys lead-acid batteries from the military ARMASAFE plus series. These include the prototype of the the new infantry fighting vehicle – BORSUK or the prototype of KTO ROSOMAK BMS – a wheeled armoured personel carrier. Both vehicles were equipped with the DATACELL II – Battery Monitoring System (BMS). Armasafe batteries were also applied in the upgraded Leopard 2PL and Leopard 2A5 tanks, the propelled gun-howitzer - AHS Krab (155 mm), the modernized reconnaissance vehicles: BWR-1S and BWR-1D and the LOTR transporter from AMZ Kutno – also equipped with Continental electronics, please read more on that below. BORSUK Continental - Electronics Our customers were also attracted by Display solutions have been successfully version – LOTR. The vehicle uses the multi-functional displays - here specifically used in many vehicles for military CAN bus with KIBES 32 on-board electro- dedicated to combat vehicles. A perfect purposes for years. At this year's MSPO, nics and MOKI 3 board as a display in the example was Continental's MultiViu AMZ Kutno presented Bóbr 3, an housing. Professional – a display fully programmed armoured amphibious vehicle, in a newer by our engineers that was specifically dedicated to the Rosomak armoured personnel carrier. The multifunctional displays that were pre- sented at our stand can be used in many BÓBR 3 - LOTR version vehicles for military purposes, we can pre- cisely program and customize them in accor- The new, armoured amphibious vehicle from AMZ Kutno has been equipped with the KIBES 32 on- dance with customer needs. board electronics system and MOKI 3. 6 NEWS | EVENTS ROSOMAK BMS LEOPARD 2PL AUTOBOX company presented a wide range of products. Its exposition involved three vehicles, including the modernized electric Star 266M2 with automatic gear- box. This lightweight, electric truck has been equipped with a FlexCluster instru- ment panel, programmed and configured in accordance with the wishes and needs of the Starachowice manufacturer. It is also worth to mention a trade fair presentation of a new version of Honker M-AX, which was an effect of a compre- hensive taking over of Honker by Auto- box company. For many years our exposition has inclu- ded the armored Jelcz heavy truck/ tra- ctor equipped with our sensors and Can Cokpit indicators – of pressure and temperature, as well as the tank and the STAR washer pump. This vehicle could be seen The modernized, electric Star 266M2 from AUTOBOX has been equipped with FlexCluster that at the stand of Huta Stalowa Wola. was programmed and configured in accordance with manufacturer needs. We would like to say thank you for the pleasant atmosphere at our customers' stands, as well for visiting our exposition. We were pleased to welcome represen- tatives of companies such as Autosan and INGRAM, Huta Stalowa Wola S.A., Zakła- dy Mechanicze Bumar Łabędy S.A., RO- SOMAK S.A., Wojskowe Zakłady Motory- zacyjne S.A., AMZ-Kutno S.A., and repre- sentatives of Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements, as well as the top management of Tank and Automotive Service of the Inspectorate for Armed Forces Support. JELCZ Sensors and indicators of the VDO CANcockpit series have been installed in Jelcz armoured tractor, presented at the Huta Stalowa Wola stand, for many years. NEWS | EVENTS 7 Solaris Bus & Coach cyclic technical conference in Lidzbark Warmiński, on September 11-13 KONVEKTA solutions at SOLARISPOSIUM PROBALTCIA At the end of summer, we traditionally took part in a technical conference organized by Solaris Bus& Coach for Baltic countries - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Same as last year, Konvekta was one of Konvekta is a pioneer in this field – for the partners supporting this event.