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Comment on The 100 MPG Carburetor – By Mike Brezonick by Beats Guru

Beats Guru — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:17:54 +0000

Cheers…

Really good blog, thank you very much for your time in writing the posts!…

Comment on Where You Gonna Stick It? – By Dawn M. Geske by Gordon Carlson

Gordon Carlson — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:16:32 +0000

Are you the Bruce Ingold from Woodward/ Barber Colman? Would like to get in touch??

Comment on The Time Might Be Right For Navistar – By Mike Brezonick by Al Bianco

Al Bianco — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:37:38 +0000

Mr. Duffy;
Your comments are specifically addressed in my Nov’10 response to Mike’s good thoughts. All cooments thusfar have directed toward Navistar’s dilemma,which as I have stated,is very easily accomplished by “in the Cylinder Technology’,as opposed to SCR directed at the Exhaust stream,with a complementary Catalyzer technology. And that is what they are pursuing in Denmark.
All they need to do is open their knowledge base to the U.S.Industrial Complex to accomplish their needs which fits the American Mind-set and quite easily. But the fact is that their beaurocracy won’t allow it.Talk to one of their HD truck dealers and you will know why all this verbage is just that;Verbage.
Regards and Thanks for that input.

Comment on The Time Might Be Right For Navistar – By Mike Brezonick by Mike Brezonick

Mike Brezonick — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:52:17 +0000

Mr. Duffey, I guess I’m not grasping what’s “not true” here and I respectfully suggest you read the blog again. Specifically, the part that said:

“But the question really comes down to whether or not Navistar can make its no SCR strategy work over the long term.

And it’s becoming more apparent that the answer is clearly yes.

How?

By going to SCR.”

There has never seemed to be much question that over the long haul, Navistar was going to have to use something beyond its EGR-only strategy. But the company’s position has been that liquid urea-based systems were not the long-term solution. Amminex or Amminex-type technology, which is in development by several manufacturers, would seeem to be the likely path and it avoids using liquid urea (key word here being “liquid), which has to be refilled, kept within a specific temperature range, etc.

If in the 2012 timeframe, Navistar is able to implement that in some form, it would allow it to comply with clean air mandates while staying true to its belief that the owner or user of a truck should not be responsible for compliance.

Now it’s likely that if Navistar does go in that direction, some will crow to the effect of “See? They’re using SCR! They were wrong all along!” But if liquid-based SCR is a transitional technology and solid or other forms of SCR are indeed the future, I suspect Navistar will end up being happy to be “wrong.”

We’ll see.

Comment on The Time Might Be Right For Navistar – By Mike Brezonick by Mr. Duffey, Detroit

Mr. Duffey, Detroit — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:08:40 +0000

Sorry — Not true! If you were at the 20009 DEER (Diesel Engine Emission Reduction) conference , Dr. Ning Lei, combustion expert at Navistar, herself stated that in the long run (2013+) this “No-SCR” strategy of Navistar will NOT work and they “will have some challenges”! Navistar has recently invested in a non-liquid (non-urea) SCR technology, developed by the Danish company Amminex, which essentially does use a SCR catalyst, and is under heavy considerations at Navistar now. So, this says it all.

Comment on Connecting The Dots To Be 100% Wrong – By Mike Osenga by Kamini Patel

Kamini Patel — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:58:14 +0000

Hey you were still way ahead in the story…

Comment on Connecting The Dots To Be 100% Wrong – By Mike Osenga by Al Bianco

Al Bianco — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:39:55 +0000

Hey Mike;
You always were just like this story–right to the point.
Let’s go a little further in your research and cogitate on the fact that the subject company acquisition history goes back to it’s early hitory as “adoptimg” other company’s technologies and proving it’s Mktg. expertise by leading in all phases in that adopted technology. If my memory serves me correctly,the only technology,that the company actually developed is the Crawler tractor,Articulated 3 axle, and 2 axle Push Scraper, and let’s not forget that Navistar now has it’s discontinued On-Road engine technology,which should give you a hint about MWM’s capability in that arena,following that same history of taking a technology to market readily and without much effort.
Now ,I am not the Guru that you are, but have,in my own little sphere of influence over 50 years in the Material Handling industry,having sold some of it’s machinery,and competed with the first Japanese crawler penetration in Calif.,(and was part of the only U C C registration quarter to outsell that brand in Agriculture), I cherish those facts as setting some precedent which changed the industry and perceptions to enlighten the user to alternative avenues for profitable decisions. Indeed ,I still am striking out with another technology,developed forty years ago, which is only now changing how Vehicle Maintenance decisions reflect dramatic results in tough economic times.

Always good to hear your comments,and look forward to your great insight and knowledge of your chosen Literary AND Construction Industry comittment.
Regards Al Bianco Fresno,Ca.

Comment on Sustainable Interest? – By Mike Brezonick by Mark Johns

Mark Johns — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:58:31 +0000

Sustainable Greetings,

1)To be sustainable is simply to endure. These days many companies find it harder to endure but the companies that work on new technologies and new products will endure or have sustainability.

2) As we all look to increase our operational efficiency overall we need to invest in areas that will maintain sustainabilty. In other words grow our businesses with our customers, Existing and new.

3)If you do not have product and services for your customers you will not endure or be able to sustain.

4) I think you do not need to read about the word of sustainability but you need to read and live about how to provide the best products and services for your customers as they change and if you do you will also be able to have a sustainable future.

Comment on Significant Moments – By Mike Brezonick by Al Bianco-TR1fuelsaver,com Div.

Al Bianco-TR1fuelsaver,com Div. — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:03:40 +0000

Nice going,Mike.
On the other side of the Lubricant coin,the use of nomenclature as “synthetic”,tells a similar story. A.P.I. certification of Highly refined Petroleum lubes may meet some of the standards and specifications,and indeed are higher quality (due to extra refining phases),petroleum lubes. But they are NOT in the True Synthetics ,A.P.I.Group IV category,utilizing same refining and blending characteristics,but with totally differing more costly componentry and capabilities in all factors qualifying them as “Superior Grade”.
The difference here is that some manufacturers are riding on the “Label”,but are in a totally differing,Age-Old industry and technology. I reference to the old adage of the “3000mile oil drain. Indeed ,when the petroleum lube can fail at prox 230 Degrees F,in a High-Temp engine and compartment in today’s autos/Trucks,let’s be assured that you should drain it early.. Fact is that, when the Petro-synthetic is installed, the same rule applies in many cases. Many state that oil drains can be extended ,only two have products that they allow that to occur; one has ONE lube that qualifies,(at extended pricepoints),and the other has invented those extended drains for over 35 years,as regular company policy,under similar use conditions.
So your point is well taken ; Maybe what is happening in the stressful transport and Equipment Maintenance scenario currently,has demonstrated that the old hype doesn’t fit the new reality.That is demonstrated by the growth of the PAO Synthetics Marketplace and industry.
Always enjoy your very pertinant remarks ,not usually covered by the “Regular Industrial Media”
All the Best; Al “DPF Dr.” Bianco

Comment on The Time Might Be Right For Navistar – By Mike Brezonick by Al Bianco-TR1fuelsaver,com Div.

Al Bianco-TR1fuelsaver,com Div. — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:10:15 +0000

Great info and options for that up-start company(in Emissions tech.) Why not use the OTHER , documentable Selective Catalytic Regeneration technology ,which is electronically recorded and dispensed directly into the Combustion chamber ,via the fuel source,and which accomplishes all the additional compliance levels needed ,AND which has a dramatic R O I , all during the life of the engine and compliance requirements in the future.
Europe used it also,especially in Large marine vessels,and is enviornmentally friendly. Somewhere there is a marketer which can solve ANY problem,if the impedimentary decisionmakers are left out of the equation. Check with one old-one,who has done it before.