Cummins provides powertrain solutions, and these products are governed by the emission standards.
Anjali Pandey Engine Business and Components Business Leader, Cummins India What products are being showcased at Excon and what will be your focus of display? Recently India moved to CEV BSIV (Construction Equipment Vehicle
– Anjali Pandey
Engine Business and Components Business Leader, Cummins India
What products are being showcased at Excon and what will be your focus of display?
Recently India moved to CEV BSIV (Construction Equipment Vehicle Bharat Stage IV) emission norms from Apr’2021, applicable for wheeled construction equipment. Cummins has launched two new engines to address these emissions norms. These engines are designed with an objective to offer simple solution to its customers with better performance and reliability.
QSB4.5 CEV BSIV provides 121 hp to 173 hp rating and is suitable for application like Soil Compactor, 3T to 3.5T Wheel Loaders, Pavers, Motor Grader, among others. This engine provides best in class fluid economy, high power density and smaller envelop to help package in the existing equipment as compared to 6-cylinder engines
QSB6.7 CEV BS IV providing 173 to 260 hp is the highest selling product for Cummins globally. This product is most suitable for Motor Graders, 5T Wheel Loaders, Crane, Harvester applications, among others. This engine provides best in class Performance, Reliability, and total cost of operation in this power range. In India, Cummins is using B6.7 BSVI engine for On-Highway applications as well and till date we have sold more than 90,000 of these engines meeting advance emissions.
Both these engines come with No EGR (Exhaust Gas recirculation) advance single module after treatment system which is the most compact solution housing DOC (Diesel Oxidation Catalyst), DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) and SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) in one single body and has 50% less space claim & 30% weight savings. No EGR solution eliminates some of the high failure modes. No EGR architecture also enhances better thermal management leading to compact cooling system. Thus, by eliminating these components, customer can get better uptime & TCO advantage.
What is your insight on your company’s road map for next three years?
We see the construction equipment market growing significantly and Cummins has done requisite investments in its products and capacity to address the future growth.
Cummins displayed state-of-the-art latest range of QSB4.5 (121 hp to 173) &QSB6.7 (173 to 260 hp) compliant with CEV BSIV norms, which caters to the wheeled construction equipment. These products are flexible to cater to the wide range of construction equipment industry requirements. These products are capable and scalable to next emission level of CEV BS V and CEMM BS IV/V (Construction, Earthmoving, Mining and Material Handling Equipment Bharat Stage IV/V). This will ensure that our product offerings will continue to remain mainstay offerings for Cummins, among others, for this decade. Also, with CEMM emission norm’s introduction for tracked construction equipment, these products will also get introduced in those applications.
Additionally with India’s emissions levels coming at par with global norms, and cummins presence across the world, we have additional opportunity to export Make in India engines to cater demand across the world.
What are the various challenges faced in the sector with upcoming emission standards, and how Cummins plans to overcome them?
Cummins provides powertrain solutions, and these products are governed by the emission standards. With growing emission and environmental concerns, we are seeing emission norms getting tighter. Latest emission standards (CEV BS IV) call for >90% reduction in some of the pollutants. To meet these tighter emission standards, we need advance electronically controlled engines with active after treatment system.
While this brings a challenge to upgrade the products, at Cummins we see this as an opportunity to serve the market and offer cleaner and greener products. Cummins is a global powertrain supplier and have significant experience with tighter emission standards across the world. This along with Cummins India manufacturing and strong engineering and development teams, puts Cummins in a leading position to support our customers in making the change smooth.
Cummins QSB 4.5 and QSB 6.7 CEV BS IV have been tested for more than 18,000 hours of running in real life duty cycle. With right product design and adequate validation, we are confident that these products will deliver best in class Total cost of ownership, reliability, durability, and performance for the end-user.
Another focus area is aftermarket service, where these sophisticated electronic products with additional after treatment system need to ensure uptime. Cummins has invested significantly across various areas of our aftermarket such as network, tools, and technicians to address and support our customers and end users.
Ensuring aftermarket support availability, Cummins has 19 full service capable dealers with 436 touch points. These are complemented by 200+ Cummins Component Care Center (CCCs). This network is supported by capable and skilled manpower. With On-HW markets moving to electronic engines with active after treatment since year 2017, our service network and technicians are fully equipped and experienced to handle latest technology. Also, all Cummins service and component care centers are equipped with advance diagnostic tools to quickly identify issues. These facilities are also equipped with advance repair facilities, to help repair component instead of replacing them.
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