In conjunction with IFPE and ConExpo-Con/AGG, Dana Inc. today launched a new series of eight Spicer Torque-Hub drives, expanding the company’s offering of drive and motion technologies for crawler cranes and other large tracked vehicles. With torque ratings from 80,000 to 450,000 N-m, the new drives offer flexible packaging and gear ratios to meet manufacturer […]
Dana showcasing company’s integration with Brevini
Dana Inc. recently debuted comprehensive offerings for the global construction, mining, and material-handling industries that include Spicer drivetrain solutions and newly acquired Brevini power-transmission and fluid power solutions. Dana has demonstrated a complete drive and motion system for 55- to 110-ton (50- to 100-tonne) wheeled and crawler cranes that highlights the company’s market-leading position for managing power conveyance to move machines […]
Dana to purchase select Brevini Group businesses
Dana Incorporated today announced a definitive agreement to purchase the power-transmission and fluid power businesses of Brevini Group, S.p.A. Under terms of the agreement, Dana plans to initially purchase an 80% share in the Brevini businesses, with an option to purchase the remaining 20% by 2020. Dana has valued 100 percent of the Brevini businesses […]
Bauma and sustainability
While hydraulic and machine performance and value are front and center at Bauma, sustainability is a key theme as well. Since 1991 productivity in the construction machinery sector has been flat in terms of output per hour, signifying the need for more automation, labor saving and worker safety. That’s according to Juergen Weber, head of […]
Trends in construction machinery hydraulics
Hydraulics define the evolution of construction machinery. Article updated on April 15, 2016 with new text and images. If you asked my 20-year-old self to describe the typical day on a construction site, I’d probably have described the stereotypical scene: five guys standing around watching a sixth dig a ditch. Even if there was ever any truth to that […]
