From RESEARCH to REALITY

Danfoss works closely with off-highway OEMs throughout the development process, testing and demonstrating machines packed with new technology features.

“Customers can't drive a PowerPoint.” That's the short answer for why Danfoss Power Solutions has built three Application Development Centers (ADCs) worldwide-in Ames, Iowa, more than five years ago; at Danfoss headquarters in Nordborg, Denmark, a couple years ago; and most recently in Haiyan, China, in mid-2017.

The system and component supplier employs its ADCs to work with off-highway OEMs during the whole development process-from research through delivery-to develop, test, prove, demonstrate and refine machines' key systems to improve equipment design and production. Areas explored include hydraulics, powertrain, chassis, human-machine interface (HMI), even autonomy-with software playing a vital role in each of these.