…for heavy truck transmission pumps
A leading global manufacturer of heavy trucks has awarded Concentric AB a multi-million pound contract to manufacture transmission pumps for lubrication and for cooling the transmission oil in a range of gearboxes.
Concentric AB will build two different transmission pumps in its Birmingham, UK plant for seven manual gearboxes, which are available across a range of heavy trucks. The Concentric pumps are being introduced into volume production during the latter part of 2014 following a rapid prototyping programme.
The transmission pumps are of rotor configuration and relatively simple arrangement. They will be located on the end wall of the gearbox and are driven by a gear via the countershaft. Oil is forced through an integrated, full-flow filter then continues out to all the bearings, apart from the rear bearing of the countershaft, which is lubricated by partial immersion in oil.
Concentric is a specialist in the design and manufacture of lube, cooling and fuel pumps for commercial diesels. The company offers a range of technologies to address all drive cycle options, whether by improved efficiency of conventional pumps, or by single-stage hydraulic through to electronically-controlled infinitely variable pumps offering the maximum potential for power savings.
David Woolley, President and CEO of Concentric AB commented: “We regard this contract as a significant endorsement of the benchmark manufacturing standards embodied in our Concentric Business Excellence model. The customer is one of the world’s largest and certainly most prestigious heavy truck manufacturers, renowned for the quality and reliability of its products and for demanding the same high standards from its suppliers.”
About Concentric:
Concentric is an innovator in flow control and fluid power, supplying proprietary systems and components for trucks, buses and industrial vehicles, worldwide. The company encompasses two technology/product areas, hydraulics and pumps for diesel engines. With over 1,000 employees and yearly sales of approximately 2 billion Swedish Kronor, Concentric AB is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
For more information, please visit:
www.concentricAB.com
