YANMAR America Launches YANMAR//ACADEMY and POWER//TRAIN

YANMAR America is pleased to announce the launch of the YANMAR//ACADEMY and POWER//TRAIN following the recent opening of the EVO//CENTER, YANMAR America’s training and customer experience center headquartered in Acworth, GA. Both initiatives provide an enhanced training experience focused on YANMAR’s dealerships, employees, and customers. The YANMAR//ACADEMY consists of eight schools; six focused on dealer training, one on employee training and one dedicated to customer training. POWER//TRAIN is the registration, curricula control and e-learning system for dealers and employees focused on sales, marketing, service, parts, finance and other business topics.

YANMAR//ACADEMY brings a systematic approach to training with a variety of course offerings for YANMAR’s product lines, including agricultural equipment, construction equipment, utility task vehicles, industrial diesel engines, marine diesel engines, combined heat and power systems and variable refrigerant flow systems. These courses are led by staff experts; are structured to meet the needs and skill levels of the enrolled students and are conducted in state-of-the-art, product-specific training labs designed with classrooms featuring 60-inch computer displays and student computers, as well as hands-on learning spaces complete with master and student tool boxes and room exhaust systems at the EVO//CENTER.

Tim Miller, YANMAR America’s Senior Manager of Learning & Development, stated, “My goal for our training is to not just train students on how to repair units that are broken, but to also teach them how to properly troubleshoot and develop the right diagnostic steps and practices, so that when technicians get on different machines, they can use the same steps and theology.”

YANMAR’s POWER//TRAIN is an integral part of the YANMAR//ACADEMY, which presents instructor-led and eLearning curricula in five skill levels ranging from beginner to train-the-trainer. This system also tracks student enrollment and transcripts with the ability to create reporting for dealership management on their staff’s training progress.

In addition to the current technical course training offerings, YANMAR America is adding staff focused on curriculum development to add additional technical courses, as well as business management courses for sales, marketing, service, parts, finance and other business needs.

To learn more about YANMAR//ACADEMY and the YANMAR EVO//CENTER, visit www.YanmarEvoCenter.com.

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Specifications	24V 6.0KW 13T
Application	Kobelco Excavator K914 Engine; Mitsubishi Engine 8DC6, 8DC8, 8DC9, 8DC9-T
Cross Reference	Mitsubishi	M004T95071, M4T95071, M004T95072, M4T95072, M004T95076, M4T95076, M004T95082, M4T95082, ME067433, ME067500, ME067677, ME067695 ME090542, ME090543
	Lester	19265
	WAI	2-2236-MI-1

Do you know how Starter Motor works

Do you know how starter motor works and how to start the engine?

Hope the following video can help us to understand it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNyQK7U59ko

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Application	IVECO Cursor 10/13 Engine
Cross Reference	Mitsubishi	M009T61671; M9T61671 M009T67671; M9T67671
	IVECO	2995372; 42498715; 504042667
	Lucas	LRS02401; LRS2401

Starter recommendation_Mitsubishi Starter Replacement for Kubota V3300

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Application	Kubota V3300
OE No	Mitsubishi	M008T70971

Asia’s largest trade fair for automotive parts, accessories, equipment and services

Big plans are underway for the next Automechanika Shanghai, scheduled for 29 November – 2 December 2017. Each year, the show continues to expand with the scale, exhibitor and visitor figures increasing.

Held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Puxi, Shanghai, the exhibition space will climb to 340,000 sqm this year. Approximately 6,000 exhibitors from 40 countries and regions are expected to attend this year. The number of visitors attending the show is expected to see an increase, with 130,000 from 140 countries and regions.

SHANGHAI GZONE sincerely invite you to our booth 4.1 N112 at the fair.

                             

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	Kubota	1C01063010; 1C01063011; 1C01063012; 1C01063013; 1C01063014; 1C01063015;
	Lester	18398
	WAI	18398N

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Delco Remy 39MT Starter Replacement For Mercedes 4000

Specifications	24V 7.6KW 12T 39MT
Application	Mercedes 4000 DD 13/15  Year 2015 and Older
Cross Reference	Delco	8200436 8200519
	Lester	6857
	WAI	6857N

New Replacements for Denso Series Starters will be Showed on Automechanika Shanghai 2017

SHANGHAI GZONE has developed 17 NEW replacement items for Denso Series Starters which will be showed on Automechanika Shanghai 2017.

They can replace Denso series starters with the Part Numbers as below: 

428000-5740, 428000-5741; 

428000-9920, 428000-6900; 

428000-7341; 

428000-7100; 

428000-7120; 

428000-7110, 428000-7111, 428000-9940, 428000-994; 

428000-7090, 428000-7091, 512800-0980; 

428000-5120, 428000-5230, 428000-5310;

428000-5860, 428000-5861, 428000-5862, 428000-5863; 

428000-5930, 428000-5931, 428000-5932; 

428000-6030, 428000-6031, 428000-9910, 428000-9911, 428000-9912;

428000-6110, 428000-3330, 428000-3331;

428000-6800;

428000-6980, 428000-6981, 428000-6982;

428000-9340;

428000-7140;

428000-4610, 428000-4611, 428000-4612.

Any interest, welcome your visit on our booth N112 in Hall 4.1.

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Specifications	24V 7.6KW 12T 39MT
Application	Cummins ISB, ISC, ISL Navistar DT466. DT530 Volvo D12
OE No	Delco	8200435 8200465
	Cummins	5284106
	Caterpillar	339-5406
	Lester	6823
	WAI	6823N

Starter Recommendation_Delco Remy 39MT Starter Replacement For Leste 6837 /WAI 6837N

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Delco Remy 39MT Starter Replacement For Leste 6837 /WAI 6837N

Specifications	24V 7.6KW 11T 39MT
Application	Cummins ISM, ISX, N14 Caterpillar C12, C13, C15 Detroit S60; Mack E7
Cross Reference	Delco	8200330 8200430 8200724 8200725
	Cummins	3103916 3938503 4070569 5284083 5284084
	Lester	6837N
	WAI	6837N

2017 Automechanika Shanghai

Big plans are underway for the next Automechanika Shanghai, scheduled for 29 November – 2 December 2017. Each year, the show continues to expand with the scale, exhibitor and visitor figures increasing.

Held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Puxi, Shanghai, the exhibition space will climb to 340,000 sqm this year. Approximately 6,000 exhibitors from 42 countries and regions are expected to attend this year. The number of visitors attending the show is expected to see an increase, with 130,000 from 140 countries and regions. 

SHANGHAI GZONE CO., LTD. which is the manufactory of the Heavy Duty Starter Motor will attend Automechanika Shanghai and hope to meet you at N4.1 N112.

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Application	IVECO Cursor 10/13 Engine
Cross Reference	Mitsubishi	M009T61671; M9T61671 M009T67671; M9T67671
	IVECO	2995372; 42498715; 504042667
	Lucas	LRS02401; LRS2401

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Delco Remy 28MT Starter Replacement For Ford, New Holland Tractor, Hyster, Perkins

Specifications	12V 2.9KW 12T 28MT
Application	Ford, New Holland Tractor, Hyster, Perkins
Cross Reference	Delco	8200435
	Lester	6823N
	WAI	6823N

The Kobe Steel scandal: What we know so far

It's the latest big scandal to rock corporate Japan.

Kobe Steel (KBSTY), a century-old industrial giant, has admitted to falsifying data on products sold to top customers like Boeing (BA) and Toyota (TM).
It says as many as 500 companies could be affected, including manufacturers of Japan's famous bullet trains.
Here's the lowdown on the crisis that's rippling through major industries around the globe:

What happened?

Essentially, Kobe employees faked reports to make it look as though products met the specifications requested by customers when in fact they didn't.

The scandal initially concerned copper and aluminum parts, but has spread to steel products, too. It has raised doubts about thousands of tons of material shipped over a period of more than 10 years.
For the aluminum and copper parts, false data was given about their strength and durability.

Related: New corporate scandal shakes Japan Inc

Which industries?

Kobe steel sells metal to all kinds of different businesses. Some of the main industries to which it has supplied the suspect products include aviation, automobiles, railways and nuclear power.

Who's affected?

In the aerospace industry, Boeing and Japan's Mitsubishi (MHVYF) both used Kobe parts made with falsified data in their aircraft. But the two companies insisted they don't believe the parts present a safety concern.

Japanese automakers Toyota (TM), Honda (HMC) and Nissan (NSANF) acknowledged they had used affected Kobe materials but were still assessing the consequences for their vehicles.

Ford (F) has said it found aluminum parts in the hood of its Mondeo model in China, but can't confirm if they were sourced during the affected period.

Other big companies -- including GM (GM), Mazda (MZDAF) and plane-maker Airbus (EADSF) -- said they haven't found any suspect parts so far but are combing their supply chains regardless.

Related: Kobe Steel scandal ensnares Boeing and Mitsubishi

What happens next?

The future of Kobe Steel is unclear, but it looks bleak right now. Its stock has nosedived 40% since the revelations first emerged.

Some analysts have warned the company could go bust, and others have suggested it could be broken up and sold off to rivals.

Kobe hasn't put a number on the likely size of the financial hit from the scandal. The firm's CEO has said it will bear the costs of any product recalls by its customers. He is also leading an internal probe into what happened.

Related: How things got ugly for some of Japan's biggest brands

Doesn't this sound familiar?

Japan Inc has amassed a growing pile of embarrassing scandals in recent years.

They include Takata's deadly airbags, Mitsubishi Motors' fudged fuel-efficiency tests and Toshiba's damaging debacles over its accounting and nuclear power business.

-- Sherisse Pham, Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo, and Jon Ostrower in Seattle contributed to this article.

by Daniel Shane @CNNMoney

Starter Recommendation_Replacement Starter for ISUZU 6HK1

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Replacement Starter for ISUZU 6HK1

Specifications	24V 5.5KW 11T
Application	ISUZU 6HK1
Cross Reference	M008T60972

Starter Recommendation_Delco Remy 28MT Starter Replacement For Ford, John Deere

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Delco Remy 28MT Starter Replacement For Ford, John Deere

Specifications	12V 2.9KW 10T 28MT
Application	Ford, Jonh Deere
Cross Reference	Delco/Ford	10465044, 10465295, 10465323,10465437, 1113274, 1113597, 1998350
	John Deere	523502

News from Caterpillar ------ BUILDING THE FUTURE: OUR BEST MODERN BREAKTHROUGHS

BUILDING THE FUTURE: OUR BEST MODERN BREAKTHROUGHS

Caterpillar has a long history of innovation, from the first commercially successful track-type tractor to electric drive technology and more. Our people continue to build on this legacy today with the development of groundbreaking solutions – solutions that will influence our competitors, change the future and allow our customers to build a better world.

Check out 10 of the most notable innovations from the Caterpillar family over the last decade:

AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS FOR LARGE MINING TRUCKS

Our autonomous solutions – which are currently used in three mine sites -- are improving safety and productivity for our customers, especially within rugged and remote locations. This amazing technology allows some of our largest, most powerful machines to determine the location of nearby objects, anticipate the movements of manned vehicles and communicate about their location and movements.  

3-D PRINTING

The 3-D printing, or “additive manufacturing,” industry is growing rapidly, and Caterpillar is at the forefront of this space. Last year, Caterpillar opened the Additive Manufacturing Factory in Mossville, Illinois. Here, our engineers are encouraged to experiment with the different ways 3-D printing can be applied.

“The technology gives us the chance to solve problems we never thought possible – for example, combining multiple parts into one to eliminate assembly and potential quality problems or creating a lattice structure inside a heavy part so it’s lighter,” said Stacey Delvecchio, additive manufacturing product manager. “We can also use it to make parts closer to our customers to eliminate downtime.” 

DRONES AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY TECHNOLOGY

Drone technology enables 2-D/3-D surveying of terrain using overlapping GPS-enabled photographs that are stitched together to create a highly accurate, high-density terrain map from the individual pixels. This information can be used to track material, create site maps and monitor project progress.

In the past, a surveyor on foot had to traverse rough ground to record individual survey points. It could take hours to gather data points over a small area. Now, a drone can swoop in and capture millions of data points over the same area in 15-20 minutes – resulting in a higher resolution map at lower cost.

Caterpillar's experience with GPS technologies, and our ability to transform 3-D terrain maps into machine control and guidance programs, has helped put us ahead of our competitors in this rapidly growing area.

WELDING SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY

Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art welding simulation software is second-to-none. The Weld Distortion and Residual Stress Simulation tools simulate and predict the stress that creates distortion of the materials being joined by a welding process. These tools impact manufacturing cost by eliminating the processes currently used in factories to straighten parts affected by welding distortion to ensure top-quality machines.

Weld Sequence Optimization (WSO) is capable of simulating hundreds of welding sequences in a short amount of time (days vs. months), and it can identify the ideal welding sequence that produces very little distortion – making straightening operations no longer necessary.

Today we have over 45 products designed using WSO software. Current research is focused on putting the tool in the hands of design and manufacturing engineers.

DYNAMIC GAS BLENDING™

Dynamic Gas Blending (DGB) is Caterpillar’s brand of dual fuel diesel/natural gas engines. DGB substitutes inexpensive natural gas in place of diesel fuel, giving customers significant cost savings while maintaining reliability, durability and emissions compliance. DGB retrofit kits allow customers to update their existing fleets, and full diesel backup gives customers flexibility in fuel sources.

CAT® CONNECT TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES

Cat Connect is our unified go-to-market offering across all industries that represents Cat technology and technology-enabled services for Cat equipment and fleet applications. Cat Connect is focused on solving – even anticipating – our customers' challenges by providing them with the data and analytics necessary to become more productive, efficient, safe and profitable.

VIRTUAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (SIMULATION)

Caterpillar uses simulation in all stages of its product development process and even after production. Using simulation early in the process provides great value by allowing Caterpillar engineers to virtually explore potential product and process designs without having to first build prototypes in iron, which is costly and time consuming. Using simulation helps engineers from all areas of expertise:

Drive product development efficiency.
Save money.
Decrease time spent doing re-work.
Improve quality.
Allow for fast-paced innovation.

SURFACE ENGINEERING

Surface engineering is a broad description of several technologies that are additive manufacturing at their core and include: thermal spray coatings, advanced cladding and thin film coatings. These techniques allow engineers to impart high performance surface characteristics only on specific, strategically targeted components, to provide enhanced resistance to wear, corrosion and high-temperatures.

Surface Engineering Technology in use at Caterpillar:

Replace hard Chrome plating on LMT suspension and lift cylinders.
Double the sealing system life of undercarriage track joints.
Increase fuel systems’ robustness to variable fuel quality.
Enable the remanufacture of LMT struts and numerous engine components.       

CAT MICROGRID TECHNOLOGY

For more than 70 years Caterpillar has been providing diesel and gas generator sets to power remote microgrids. In April 2015, Caterpillar announced a strategic alliance with First Solar, expanding the Cat Microgrid offering to include photovoltaic panels.

The Cat Microgrid technology suite now includes power systems with environmentally friendly solar panels, state-of-the-art energy storage and advanced monitoring and control systems, along with the traditional line of reliable power generation equipment – all designed to reduce fuel expenses, emissions and total cost of ownership.

ADVANCED ANALYTICS

Analytics allows us to leverage vast amounts of data and advanced mathematical techniques to predict potential outcomes and make better business decisions. We’re using analytics in business applications like marketing, supply chain management and aftermarket solutions as well as for product quality, product optimization and site productivity optimization.

Computer vision is one specific area of development in analytics. It uses information from images and video streams to understand machine operations, track technicians in factory settings, measure wear on undercarriage systems and more. One project in particular is using vision to determine the distance and relative velocity between machines.  These measurements will allow the integration of advanced control features that will assist operators by actively managing machine to machine interactions in real time during a work cycle.  Additionally, video is also being used to determine when work tools, such as buckets, blades or scraper bowls, are at their full capacity, saving the operator from monitoring these levels directly. Bottom line – artificial intelligence is here, and it's great for productivity!                     

News from Caterpillar

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Specifications	24V 4.0KW 10T 28MT
Application	Cummins
Cross Reference	Delco	10461469
	Lester	6582N
	WAI	6582N

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Delco Remy 28MT Starter Replacement For Chevrolet GMC 6.2L, 6.5L

Specifications	12V 2.9KW 10T 28MT
Application	Chevrolet GMC6.2L, 6.5L
Cross Reference	Delco	10465014
	Lester	6469N
	WAI	50-8402-2

Internal and External Earth of Starter Motors

To understand the internal and external earth of the starter, you must understand what the earth is first. The earth is a term of circuit, most commonly seen in the auto repair industry.

The path that current flows through is called circuit. The current starts from the positive pole and pass through the entire circuit, of course, there must be resistance in the circuit or there will be a short circuit. After the current passes through all the electrical appliances and back to the negative pole that’s a formed closed loop.

There are also positive pole and negative pole on the battery of the car. The current flows from the positive pole of the battery and pass all the appliances on the car to the negative pole which formed a closed loop to supply the electricity to all the electrical appliances, so that all the appliances on the car can work properly. And because the body of the car is made of metal which has electrical conductibility so when people design the car they usually use the body of the car as the negative pole to connect with the negative pole of the battery.

The internal earth of the starter means the armature of the starter is directly connected with the housing. Because the housing is installed on the frame of the car, the current directly flows through the frame and back to the negative pole of the battery to form a closed loop. The external earth is the armature of the starter insulates from the housing, it needs a terminal to connect the negative pole of the battery to form a closed loop.

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Ford to cut production at five North American vehicle plants

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Tuesday it plans to idle five North American vehicle assembly plants for a total of 10 weeks to reduce inventories of slow-selling models.

The plants affected include three assembly plants in the United States and two in Mexico, the company said in a statement. The vehicle models include the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ midsize sedans, the Ford Focus compact car, the Lincoln Continental and Ford Mustang, Ford Fiesta and the Ford Transit van.

The factories involved employ more than 15,000 people, according to Ford’s website. The company did not say how many of those workers would face temporary layoffs.

As of Sept. 1, Ford had 111 days’ worth of unsold Mustangs, 87 days’ supply of Fusions, and a 103 days’ supply of Transit vans, according to Automotive News. Dealers had enough unsold Lincoln Continentals to last 162 days. Automakers aim for 65 to 70 days of inventory of most models.

Ford and rival General Motors Co (GM.N) have wrestled most of this year to rein in high inventories of passenger cars as consumers have shifted to buying pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. 

Production cuts slice into revenue, but also could help the automakers avoid deeper price cuts on vehicles they can sell.



News from:https://ca.reuters.com

Material Selection of Armature Commutator

Commutator is a component of starter motor which changes the direction of current in order to allow the starter motor keeps turning.

Copper is a key material of commutator, usually the hardness ranges in HB80-HB120 and the best range should remain between HB95 and HB105. Besides adding silver into the copper can ensure that the commutator have sufficient hardness even at extreme temperature.

When the starter motor is running, the commutator is subjected to a high linear velocity. So when it changes the direction, the spark will constantly ablate the surface of the commutator, causing a dramatic increase in the surface temperature of commutator. But after adding a certain amount of silver into the copper, it can increase the high temperature resistance of the silver-copper alloy as well as the hardness of the commutator, so that the surface of the commutator won’t be distorted easily. And there is a misunderstanding that the more silver it contents in the copper the better it is. In fact, it is not the case. With higher content of the silver, the conductivity of the silver-copper alloy will decline, also it brings negative impact to the commutator itself which makes it not easy to form a useful oxide film.

One other factor that needs to be considered is the softening temperature of the copper. The general softening temperature is 150℃ and it can rise to 250℃ when the copper contains 0.06% of silver. Hence here involves another issue, the matching problem of carbon brush. With higher silver content of the copper, the hardness of the carbon brush should adjust accordingly or the life of the carbon brush will be shorter. So the content of silver in the copper can’t be generalized.

At present, the general material using in the commutator of low-end configuration starter motor in domestic is T2 copper ( US grade C11000/ Japan grade C1100) or 0.08% silver-copper for standard ones.

The case of the commutator is made of glass-reinforced thermosetting plastics or bakelite powder which has high requirements on the heat resistance and mechanical strength of plastic, and also requires the thermal expansion to be as close as possible to the copper of the commutator segment, so the material of the bakelite in the commutator is also critical.

Bakelite is a kind of hard and brittle thermosetting plastic which has high mechanical strength, good insulation, tough wear-resistant, dimensional stability, heat and corrosion resistance.

Generally the bakelite powder using on the commutator of high-end configuration starter motor is 6830 and for standard configuration ones is 6630. As for low-end starter motors, some manufacturers will use fiberglass to replace bakelite powder too.



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Caterpillar Starter Motor Cross Reference for CAT 304

VOLVO Diesel Engine Starter for VOLVO FM9

Why recently Chinese factories can’t deliver the shipments on time?

According to the news of Ministry of Environmental Protection, the seventh round of the yearlong strict inspection on air pollution control started on 7^th July and completed on 20^th July ( details: 

http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/news_release/201707/t20170727_418638.shtml ).

​​​​​​​During the period, the inspection teams checked a total of 5,322 businesses (organizations), and found environmental incompliances in 1,389 of them. Of the incompliant enterprises, 347 were unlicensed small polluters, two did not attain emission standards, 252 failed to install pollution control facilities, 160 failed to keep such facilities in normal operations, 536 had VOCs control problems, and four had other problems.

Starting 21st July, the inspection team launched the eighth round strict inspection over the air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas. On the sidelines of the eight strict inspections, the Ministry is about to initiate six rounds thematic inspection in Hebei and Henan which will last for 84 days.

Thus many factories have to close for reorganization in order to meet the standards of the Ministry. The production has been suspended and resulting the delay of the lead time.