Bridging the power gap

An alliance between Cummins and Komatsu provides an intriguing prospect to the industrial engine market with the new QSK78 industrial engine.

Successfully meeting the needs of a market that continually requires manufacturers to push the envelope to reduce costs while still increasing productivity soon requires a degree of compromise or trade off. Power is king.

But reliability still rules the industrial roost, a factor clearly illustrated when considering the demanding surface-mining industry and the increasingly important role engine manufacturers play in it. Significant is their attempt to establish the pace of engine development inline with the scheduled introduction of larger and larger mobile equipment from OEMs.