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Whitepapers
ArvinMeritor Product Training and Service Learning System: Technical Training for Heavy-Duty Truck and Trailer Technicians Blends Online and Instructor Led Learning
 If you say ArvinMeritor to a service technician, chances are good he’ll think of the company’s broad offering of product maintenance training.
Courtesy of ArvinMeritor
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Driving Efficiency: Alternative Powertrains for Freight-hauling Commercial Vehicles
Wal-Mart Class 8 Diesel Electric Drivetrain; Purolator Courier Hybrid-Electric PAckage Vans.
Courtesy of ArvinMeritor
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Innovation in the Execution: Three Ways Suppliers May Distinguish Their Products and Services in the Aftermarket
The heavy-duty aftermarket is hardly known as a bastion of innovation. By its very nature, the business is reactive: when a component breaks down it must be repaired or replaced. The mechanic or truck owner checks his stock to see if he has the materials he needs and, if he doesn’t, calls a distributor. The process is the same whether you have a broken truck or covered wagon. Where is innovation in the heavy-duty aftermarket? It’s in the execution.
Courtesy of ArvinMeritor
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Six Market Trends Impacting the Dynamic Commercial Vehicle Aftermarket
The aftermarket has never been more important to North American truck operators as they strive to maximize life and uptime from their current fleet of trucks and trailers. With an average vehicle age approaching nine years, the fleet manager, with his distribution channel for replacement parts, focuses on quality parts availability and overall life cycle costs, including appropriate parts support, counsel and expertise.
Courtesy of ArvinMeritor
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Stability Control Systems for Commercial Trailers
For Fleets with an Immediate Need for Stability Control, Trailer-Based Systems Represent the Most Practicable Way to Protect Drivers, Cargo and Equipment.
Courtesy of ArvinMeritor
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Corrosion and Rust-Jacking on Heavy-Duty Brake Shoes... How to Recognize and Prevent Corrosion and Rust-Jacking on Heavy-Duty Brake Shoes
When rust creeps in between the brake lining and shoe table, it can cause the lining to fracture. Provided chunks of the linings do not break off, the real problem that fleets are facing is “out-of-service criteria” which dictates that a crack is not acceptable.
Courtesy of ArvinMeritor
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How to size a genset: Proper generator set sizing requires analysis of parameters and loads
While most sizing exercises are best done with sizing programs or with the help of a manufacturer’s representative, it is still important to understand the factors that affect the operation of your generator set so you can be confident you have the right equipment for your application.
Courtesy of Cummins
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What You Don't Know Could Burn You!
How To Avoid The Unknown Dangers Of Handling Fuel In Your Shop
Courtesy of JohnDow
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White Paper on Fuel Economy
This Kenworth White Paper on Fuel Economy will examine Kenworth’s range of activities and offer information designed to assist truckers and fleets in achieving the best fuel economy in their application. Each year, Kenworth invests significant resources and conducts extensive on-the-road and in-the-lab testing in pursuit of advances in fuel economy. Kenworth engineers and dealers also work closely with customers on a continuing basis to strive for enhanced fuel economy in their applications.
Courtesy of Kenworth Truck Company
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Truck Aerodynamics and Fuel Efficiency
This white paper reviews the following: The basics of aerodynamics as applied to trucking; The evolution of aerodynamic Peterbilt truck design; Aerodynamic claims in the Class 8 market; Specific current efforts of Peterbilt in aerodynamic study; A brief overview of other factors that affect fuel economy.
Courtesy of Peterbilt
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Keeping Score - How to Measure Return on Investment
In a trucking environment marked by razor thin profits, wringing the most out of every dollar is often what separates the winners from the losers.
Courtesy of PeopleNet
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