Peregrine Falcon boat builders, of Eagle River near Anchorage Alaska, have a history of innovation from aluminum landing craft to Bristol Bay gillnetters. They recently sea trialed Bryan Mcmahan’s Esa Ruth, the first of their latest pair of Bristol Bay boats that will be turning some heads on the Bay during this Summer’s sockeye season.

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) today announced Brian Ondre is the new President, Rocky Mountain Region for Cummins Sales and Service North America. This region, located across the U.S. in New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho, serves customers in a wide variety of applications including, agriculture, construction, oil and gas, fire and emergency, recreational vehicles, on highway and transit, defense, rail and power generation.

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The company, however, still has work to do to fully meet Cummins’ goals to increase its recycling rate to 95%, cut energy use per hour worked by 32%, reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the shipment of goods within the company’s own network by 10%, and meet its water neutrality and zero disposal site goals. 

Cummins Arabia worked closely with Speedy International to develop the bespoke power generation solution: Two C440D5 units enclosed in a customized soundproof and weatherproof container provide a total of 800 kVA prime power for the offshore operation. The generator sets will be installed offshore Abu Dhabi, UAE under highly adverse conditions: low-quality fuel, rust prone, high ambient temperature, continuous running and minimum maintenance. 

In the first half of 2019, Cummins Sales & Service North America (CSSNA) employees hosted three Oil Changes for Survivors (OCFS) events. Employees from branches in Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin worked with local domestic abuse shelters to host events at their respective sites, reaching over 30 families and logging over 200 Every Employee Every Community (EEEC) hours.

We’re currently living in an era of choice when it comes to distributed generation. Or so says Satish Jayaram, General Manager of Distributed Generation Business at Cummins.  “It has transformed how we access healthcare, revolutionized the telecom industry and reshaped how we think of transportation,” Jayaram said. “It’s also transforming the century-old electricity markets and offering customers the power of choice.” 

Generator paralleling is a complex topic that has changed drastically from the operator in the early 1970s to today's autonomous microprocessor-based technology. In order for design engineers to design a comprehensive, reliable paralleling system, a good understanding of how paralleling is accomplished is needed. Paralleling encompasses synchronizing, de-energized bus arbitration, sync checks, load sharing, protection, metering, fault tolerance and paralleling with the grid and other power sources.

Editor's Note: Since the publication of this story, the U.S. and Canada stores have been united on one website, at shop.cummins.com.  

In Karachi, Pakistan's first manufacturing plant for alloy wheels will serve local automotive manufacturers and local automotive users. Previously, these parts had to be imported from car assemblers for their high-end vehicles. Hi-Tech Alloy Wheels is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Loads Limited, a business segment of the Treet Group of Companies in Pakistan.