Dana Incorporated Introduces New Series of Spicer® Torque-Hub® Drives for Crawler Cranes, Large Tracked Equipment
With torque ratings from 80,000 N-m up to 450,000 N-m, the new drives offer flexible packaging and gear ratios to meet manufacturer preferences for tracked and wheeled applications.
Spicer Torque-Hub drives can be packaged with Brevini® hydraulic pumps and motors to offer an optimized solution that delivers superior power density, increased torque and efficiency at start-up, and smooth starts and stops.
The first three models in the new series of drives are currently available for field testing by original-equipment manufacturers, with production expected by the end of this year.
"The Torque-Hub brand has delivered performance, durability, and reliability to small- and medium-sized off-highway applications for nearly 50 years," said
Spicer Torque-Hub Drives Offer Flexibility
Dana offers more than 100 versions of Spicer Torque-Hub drives, starting at 1,000 N-m, for a broad spectrum of applications including self-propelled sprayers, mobile elevated work platforms, compact track loaders, and crawler cranes. They feature a compact design with a steerable four-wheel-drive configuration that delivers exceptional maneuverability. Also, Spicer Torque-Hub wheel drives can be easily integrated with Spicer® Central Tire Inflation Systems.
Spicer Torque-Hub drives can be packaged with high-performance electric motors from the Dana electrodynamic product portfolio to deliver integrated e-Hub systems with superior efficiency.
Dana leverages its global footprint to accelerate delivery times to customers' final vehicle assembly facilities by manufacturing Spicer Torque-Hub drives in
Dana's Extensive Support for Cranes
The new Spicer Torque-Hub track drives join Dana's large and growing portfolio of drive and motion technologies for manufacturers of tracked and wheeled cranes.
In 2018, Dana introduced a series of 13 high-performance Brevini winches for cranes and other applications with lift capacities from 1.1 tons (990 kg) to 33 tons (30 tonnes). Each winch in the series features a compact, high-speed piston motor for efficient operation.
Additionally, Dana supports the work functions of cranes with a wide selection of Brevini slew drives, hydraulic pumps and motors, and proportional directional valves.
For rough-terrain cranes, Dana engineers and manufactures advanced Spicer-branded transmissions, heavy-duty steer axles, and driveshafts that are fully customizable with additional features and configuration options to achieve the highest levels of fuel efficiency and productivity.
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Dana is a world leader in providing power-conveyance and energy-management solutions that are engineered to improve the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and off-highway equipment. Enabling the propulsion of conventional, hybrid, and electric-powered vehicles, Dana equips its customers with critical drive and motion systems; electrodynamic technologies; and thermal, sealing, and digital solutions.
Founded in 1904, Dana employs more than 36,000 people who are committed to delivering long-term value to their customers, which include nearly every vehicle manufacturer in the world. Based in
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Jeff Cole, +1-419-887-3535, jeff.cole@dana.com.