THE MAGAZINE FOR INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN & ENGINEERING iVT Industrial Vehicle Technology International Technology Industrial Vehicle New OEM concepts › Volvo GaiaX › Yanmar YT01 Design Challenges › Chinese concepts › JCB Project 120 September 2014 SEPTEMBER 2014 VOL 22 No SEPTEMBER 2014 . 3 Interview Carlo Lambro Brand President, www.iVTinternational.com New Holland Agriculture Ergonomics Intuitive delivery of in-cab data Published by UKIP Media & Events Ltd Raging bull Strength with style: Lamborghini adopts a new look as it prepares for the battle of a lifetime www.iVTinternational.com EFFICIENCIES you may not see, but will surely NOTICE. Visit us at Bauma China 2014 At Dana, we offer a full line of Shanghai New International Expo Centre effi cient driveline systems that Stand 210, Hall N5 November 25-28, 2014 work within your specifi ed designs. 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MD and on-highway vehicles. Joe Albertelli furthers the discussion Cobo’s Smart Sentinel offers Yet although some operators still of robustness: “If thermoformable view their durability with a healthy composites are utilized, when a skepticism, this is an area that is structure is damaged, it can be The manual gearbox is evolving again. now further adding to the green heated and reworked. There are credentials of composite materials. plastic composites such as Spectra When used to substitute material that have damage-tolerant, impact- advanced integrated technology for that is prone to impact and damage, resistant laminates, which we use in for instance, they can also support high-impact environments.” the strength and durability of However, Albertelli says higher The innovative SIM propulsion system products over time. They also offer costs are currently a deterrent in the opportunity to introduce new their wider implementation, but he solutions to shape vehicles for believes that, as fuel costs continue exceptional fleet management improved cosmetic and functional to rise, this will change. design, replacing materials that are But John Darlington, head of less malleable or lose strength product management at TenCate from Linde Hydraulics is the next step through processing. Advanced Composites, a developer Rodney Hansen, MD of Dark and manufacturer of thermoplastic Matter Composites, a consultancy (TenCate CETEX) and thermoset offering composite training and composite materials, isn’t convinced advisory services, certainly believes remolding after impact is practical: that maintainability