Cummins launches joint gas turbine study
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• From Columbus, Indiana, it is announced that the Cummins Engine Company and the Garrett Corporation, one of the Signal Companies, have signed an agreement for a joint programme to explore the feasibility of gas turbine applications to highway trucks and construction equipment.
The companies say that recent advances in turbine technology, coupled with the increased speed and weight predicted for future vehicles, along with requirements for less air pollution and reduced noise, may permit the gas turbine to take its place alongside the diesel and petrol engines as an economical power plant for future trucks and construction equipment.
For this project, the two companies will
utilize their separate existing skills and technologies to develop commercially successful gas turbine units for these applications.
The Garrett Corporation is a major producer of gas turbines for the aerospace industry.
According to Cummins' president, E. Don Tall, and Garrett president, Harry Wetzel, "the two companies jointly have a unique competence to determine both the technical and economic feasibility of the gas turbine for heavy-duty truck applications".
Cummins will assemble, sell and service any gas turbine engines developed from the project. Garrett will manufacture and supply turbine power sections, and Cummins will manufacture the balance of the engine.