Cummins Case Studies

The Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government, an indigenous Canadian community on Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula, has accepted delivery of a new 19.81 by 7.31-meter (65 x24-foot) combination crab trap and groundfish trawler. The vessel was designed by NAVANEX and built by Chantier Naval Forillon, both of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. Named Ugjit Mijua’ji’jg in the Mi’gmaw language, the name means “For O

課題 LG CNS釜山グローバルデータセンターの停電時のサービス継続とデータ損失を防止するため、信頼性の高い待機電力システムが必要 解決策 12台のカミンズ製ディーゼル発電機セットからなる包括的な電力システムを納入し、合計27MWの待機電力を提供 結果 LG CNSクラウドデータセンターは24時間の安定稼働と信頼性を確保   LG CNS釜山グローバルデータセンターとは LG CNS釜山グローバルデータセンターは、釜山市にある韓国最大規模のデータセンターです。その延床面積は、サッカー競技場5個分に相当する32,322平方メートル。72,000台のサーバーを同時に稼働させることができ、コロケーション、ターンキーデータセンター、コンサルティングサービスを

100年以上にわたり、世界の農業を支えてきたカミンズ   2050年には90億人を超えると言われている世界の人口。それに伴い、食料の需要が急速に拡大することが予想されています。農業の発展なしにはこの需要に対応することはできません。 カミンズは、農機用エンジンの開発を通じて、100年以上にわたり農業の技術革新に取り組んできました。当社の前身であるカミンズエンジン社を設立後、創業者のクレシー・カミンズが開発した最初の製品は、農業用ポンプに使われる短気筒エンジンでした（以下写真）。 この短気筒エンジン「HVID」は19世紀にルドルフ・ディーゼル氏が開発した技術を応用して開発されたもので、カミンズエンジン社でライセンス生産されました。 続く1929年、カミンズは、パッカード社のリムジンに自社製のU型エンジンを搭載することで、農業から自動車分野へと事業領域を拡大し

Repair, restoration and renovation of an old vessel is a significant undertaking. The reasons motivating a retrofit vary; however, in the case of Tivua, a 1982 Island Gypsy Europa MK1 retrofit, the impetus for change began in the engine room. “Before, the old engine oozed oil out of every corner,” said Rich Fricke, Tivua’s owner. “And we were so slow, running 7 - 7.5 knots and 6’s when windy. W

Pacific Haulage stands tall in the timber industry Pacific Haulage was established in Gisborne on the North Island’s east coast in 1985 to service a five-year NZ Forest Service contract. Three men – Graham Manson, Mike Treloar and Calvin Paddon who had worked together in the forestry industry in the 1970s as diesel mechanics – joined forces to establish the business with, as Treloar puts it,

The search for improved fuel economy and reliability were the key reasons Matthews Transport selected the 15-litre Cummins ISXe5 in 2013 as its standard engine brand. Based at Kojonup in a rich pastoral district 260 km south-east of Perth in Western Australia, the company is currently operating 14 ISXe5 engines in a mix of Freightliner Argosy and Kenworth K200 prime movers. The company, whic

Pricing plays big role in choosing Cummins for mains power NSW Riverina farmer Ken Brain has achieved more than a 50 percent cost reduction through switching from mains electricity to Cummins diesel generator power for irrigation pumping. Early in 2017, Brain acquired a property that was set up with mains power to drive a 100 kW line bore pump. The decision to switch to diesel generator p

  Atlas, the famed Titan in Greek mythology, is renowned for bearing the world and sky on his shoulders, a punishment inflicted by Zeus on the strongest man in the world. Somewhere near St. Louis, MO, the mortal Atlas, a 65-foot triple screw towboat, is besieged with nearly the same fate in his working life on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. This inland river push boat is a comm

Livestock transportation company moves millions of livestock each year Established 73 years ago, Frasers Livestock Transport may well be the oldest substantial livestock trucking business in Australia still under original ownership. Frasers today runs a fleet of 50 prime movers and 150 trailers operating as single, B-double, B-triple and roadtrain configurations. Home base is at Warwick in Q

Cummins has played a key role in the installation of a new emergency power system at one of Australia’s time-honoured medical institutions, Austin Hospital in Melbourne. A hospital steeped in history, reopens after major redevelopment Steeped in history, Austin Hospital was opened in 1882 as ‘The Hospital for Incurables’. The original ‘incurables’ were mostly tuberculosis sufferers but by

Australia’s only cotton seed supplier, Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) has partnered with the CSIRO for a number of years developing improved cotton varieties for the domestic and international markets. Australian cotton is considered the best in the world for quality and yield. In fact, Australian growers using CSD-CSIRO varieties enjoy yields three times the world average and more than twice t

Australia's largest cattle carrier, Road Trains of Australia The vision of roadtrains punching through the great emptiness, plumes of dust marking their progress, will forever remain a trademark of Road Trains of Australia (RTA). Australia’s largest cattle carrier, RTA is a legendary brand, thanks in no small way to its founder Noel Buntine, a pioneer of roadtrain cattle operations in the To

New Zealand company J Swap Contractors is a thriving family-run business with hundreds of pieces of equipment, including 200 trucks. J Swap Contractors is a time-honoured New Zealand family company that operates more than 1000 pieces of equipment, including 200 trucks, over its five business divisions - transport, aggregates, civil construction, stockfood and bulk storage. From humble beginn

Maarten Durent is a force to be reckoned with, as is the team he has built at New Zealand’s Southpac Trucks which won the prestigious Kenworth Dealer of the Year Award for the first time in 2017. Southpac sold over 230 Kenworths in 2017 and Durent is quick to reveal that, at the beginning of March, the company already had orders for more than 150 Kenworths for 2018. “In 2017 we actually sold

Today, Clermont produces around 12 million tonnes of high energy thermal coal a year, its mining fleet including 32 Komatsu 930E and 830E haul trucks and seven Hitachi excavators, all Cummins-powered. Clermont was the first mine in Australia to use the Cummins QSK78, a 78-litre V18 rated at 3,500 hp which was specified in the Komatsu 930E-4SE trucks to ensure good ramp speed out of the pit whic

In a modern world where media notoriety and public prominence can appear to be the pursuit of many companies and individuals, the John L. Pierce fuel haulage company stands like a pillar of profoundly private enterprise. Despite a highly visible and impeccably presented fleet of around 150 trucks, and a reputation as one of the most professional fuel haulage operations on Australia’s eastern se

Steber International is a family-owned boat building business, operating from a 4-acre site in Taree on the Mid North Coast of NSW. The business was founded in 1946 by Bruce and Beryl Steber, operating from their back yard in Brookvale on the northern beaches of Sydney. From those humble beginnings building timber clinker hull boats for the local market, the company quickly grew so began loo

Queenland's first domestic-only gas project, the Atlas Gas Project Located approximately 20km South-West of Wandoan, Queensland’s first domestic-only gas project, the Atlas Gas Project, saw the completion of the 60km pipeline which connects the Wallumbilla gas pipeline to the East Coast gas market. The Atlas Project is on 58 square kilometres of land the Queensland Government granted for domest