Swiveling caster
The heavy-duty forged casters from Hamilton feature Hamilton Precision Integrated swivel technology and have load capacities ranging from 600 to 23,000 pounds per caster to handle operations like automatic guided vehicles and tow-line carts. The swivel design doubles the casters’ number of contact points and have hardened raceways. Casters with HPI include the Maxi-Duty, Enhanced […]
Double-diaphragm spring brake
The EverSure double-diaphragm spring brake for drum brakes has a light-weight construction to help improve fuel efficiency, reduce vibrations and increase payload, the company says. The brake also comes with NoTouch technology, which eliminates the contact between compressed spring coils allowing protecting coatings to remain intact and help reduce corrosion. The EverSure spring brake meets […]
Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid is a Swedish Dream Come True
In 2010 Ford finally unloaded the last remnant of its Premier Automotive Group, Volvo, to Chinese-based Geely. Volvo is very much alive though, and forging ahead with plans for a V60 Hybrid that can switch between three driving modes.
The Volvo V60 wil…
CR – Old Toyota Prius hybrids still a good buy
A CR good buy, even after 10 years
Prius still very reliable after 10 years
Using data from 36,000 consumer surveys, Consumer Reports has found that first generation Toyota Prius hybrid cars have offered “outstanding reliability and low ownership cos…
N.J. toll booth collectors, N.J. Turnpike Authority accuse each other …
Gregory Junemann, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, talks to member’s of IFPTE Local 194 as they rally against Turnpike Authority’s proposed privatization efforts in the lobby of the Authority’s headquar…
Canadian ground transportation rates continue to soften: CGFI
TORONTO, Ont. — The latest Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) shows a continued softening in ground transportation rates. [Full Story]
US truck tonnage begins 2011 on high note
ARLINGTON, Va. — Truck tonnage in the US jumped 3.8% in January, following a revised gain of 2.5% in December 2010. [Full Story]
Mack Adds New Dealer in Alaska
Construction Machinery Industrial, LLC, the leading construction equipment dealer in Alaska, has expanded its business by becoming a Mack Trucks, Inc.
DOE finalizes $96.8M loan guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project; supercritical binary geothermal cycle
The US Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a $96.8 million Recovery Act supported loan guarantee to a project sponsored by US Geothermal, Inc. to construct a 23 megawatt (net) geothermal power project in Malheur County, in southeastern Oregon. DOE ini…
Port of Los Angeles provides AMP Mobile shore-side power to three different cruise lines
The Port of Los Angeles this month became the first port worldwide to provide Alternative Maritime Power (AMP)—shore-side electric power, also called “cold ironing” (i.e., shutting down all combustion)—to three separate cruise lines. In…