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DEUTZLIVE
DEUTZ AG Magazine
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Edition 1/2008
Expertise
Football Championship
– champions of the hearts
Innovation
Technology
is trumps
Dr Helmut Leube – an
interview with the new
Chairman of the Board
Life
Tractor pulling –
who brakes, loses
Editorial
Dr Helmut Leube,
Chairman of the
Board of DEUTZ AG
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also increased considerably by 18.4 per cent to 397
million euros. The operative result was 19.7 million
euros and therefore 36.8 per cent higher than last
year. The EBIT margin was increased from 4.3 to 5.0
per cent. The company result after tax increased by
68.8 per cent to 13.5 million euros. A result with
which we have every reason to be pleased and
which I would like to continue in my new post!
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ear DEUTZ-LIVE readers, I am happy to be a
part of this company since the 1st of February 2008 in my position as new Chairman of
the Board and to be able to introduce myself to you
in this issue of DEUTZ LIVE. 2007 was an extremely successful business year. The targeted full utilisation of assembly capacity of more than 30,000
engines of the new TCD 2013 4V series was
achieved. We also completed the relocation of production of the air-cooled series from Cologne to Ulm
at the beginning of 2007 on schedule, there is now
a total capacity of 35,000 engines since the expansion. Another milestone in the history of DEUTZ
was the official start of the Joint Venture in Dalian,
China in August 2007. An impressive example of the
global presence of DEUTZ.
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Based on the continuing growth in our markets and
our strong market position we look forward to another successful business year with a two-figure sales
growth within a range of at least 10 per cent and an
increase in the EBIT margin of approximately seven
per cent in 2008. DEUTZ will be paying out a dividend this year again for the first time in 22 years.
A fact that underlines and confirms the performance
of our company.
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How to shop:
On the Internet, go to www.deutzshop.de – then follow the link to DEUTZ Lifestyle. The goods are clearly divided into the sections “Clothing”,
“Accessories”, “Historical Posters” and “Models & Toys”. Information about your order can be found under the various menu items on the screen.
Incidentally: our Present Service can pack your order in attractive wrapping paper.
The figures for the first quarter also show that we
are on the right road: Sales in the first three months
of 2008 were higher than in the same period last
year with an increase of 14.3 per cent. The turnover
I would like to introduce myself to you in this issue
by telling you something about my previous career
and what particularly interests me about my work
(page 8). The success of a company is reflected in
the quality of its product. Our quality demands are
high – as are the demands we make on our
engines. The prerequisite for the high technical
state of our engines is the extraordinary purity of
the components. Read how this is inspected in the
so-called cleanroom on page 12.
If not us, who else – a slogan which not only applies
for sport but also for DEUTZ. DEUTZ will be present
at the European Football Championship in Switzerland and Austria. When the strongest and the best
compete, DEUTZ will be a part of it (page 14). However, in order to stay a market leader and trendsetter for the future, we not only have to set but also
surpass technical standards. The motto is: Technology is trumps. DEUTZ is investing several million
euros in the mechanical production this year for
instance. Expansion and modernisation are just two
of the slogans here (page 16).
That DEUTZ operates world-wide is a well-known
fact. However, few people know that DEUTZ regularly
crosses the island of Corsica. 24 DEUTZ engines
drive twelve locomotives of the Corsican Railways
and ensure their trouble-free trip across the Mediterranean island (page 18). But DEUTZ does not only
climb steep mountain ranges with ease. The Dieselwiesel team from Rheine demonstrates what DEUTZ
is capable of at the Tractor Pulling (page 20).
Success is there to be repeated – and I stand for
continuity. I look forward to continuing the company’s
course of success with you.
Kind regards
Your
Dr Helmut Leube
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Contents
Contents
Geneva, Stade de Geneve (SUI)
Expertise
12 Pure components for clean engines
Euro 2008: For the emergency power supply at the matches between Portugal and Turkey
(7.6.), Czech Republic and Portugal (11.6.) and Turkey and Czech
Republic (15.6) a DEUTZ TBD 616
V12 is in operation in the Stade
de Geneve (Geneva).
Basel (SUI)
St.-Jakob-Park
Bern-Wankdorf (SUI)
Stade de Suisse
Zurich (SUI)
Letzigrund
Innsbruck (AUT)
Stadium Tivoli new
Salzburg (AUT)
Wals-Siezenheim
Klagenfurt (AUT)
Wörthersee Stadium
Vienna (AUT)
Ernst Happel Stadium
Cover picture
Headquarters: The cover
photo of this issue shows
the new head office of
DEUTZ AG which was
opened in December 2006.
The modern building is the
place of work of the new
Chairman of the Board
Dr Helmut Leube.
Cover story
8 An excellent position
Dr Helmut Leube, the new Chairman of the
Board, introduces himself to DEUTZ LIVE readers
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Photo: Fondation du Stade de Geneve, Implenia AG/Comet Photoshopping GmbH, Zürich, Olympiaworld/Matthias Clemenc, Stade de Suisse, Stadtpresse Klagenfurt/Horst, SWS/Rehrl, Wien Tourismus, www.euro08.basel.ch
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Contaminated components are traced
at DEUTZ in a so-called cleanroom
12
The production of modern
engines is a clean business:
In order to ensure the high
quality level in production,
DEUTZ places great emphasis
on the purity of the components
14 Champions of the hearts
DEUTZ puts in an appearance at the European
Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland
Innovation
16 Technology is trumps
With investments in the employees and the locations
DEUTZ lays the cornerstone for further growth
Technology
18 Diesel locomotive on the success track
The French railway vehicle manufacturer CFD uses
DEUTZ engines in the new AMG 800 locomotive
Life
20 Who brakes, loses
Engines from DEUTZ are on board when the
European tractor puller elite match their strengths
18
The AMG 800 panorama locomotive of the French
manufacturer CFD will be driven by DEUTZ engines in future
Service
22 World-wide support around the clock
With an Internet-aided database DEUTZ makes documents
available world-wide in many different languages
22 Logic of the logo
The company logo in the mirror of time –
the development from 1917 to the present day
Columns
3 Editorial
6 News
20 Magnificent men in their smoking machines: The Dieselwiesel team
from Rheine in Westphalia causes a stir at the Tractor Pulling event
23 Press articles
23 Readers action
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News
News
USA
EXHIBITION
COLOGNE
Full steam ahead
Art in the foyer
Press Officer
It goes by the name of “Hero” –
and the work that the tug did for
the last 34 years before being fitted with a new DEUTZ F12L413
engine in March was truly heroic.
It is mainly yachts which the
“Hero” navigates backwards and
forwards on the Atlantic Coast
and the New River for its owner,
Bradford Marine Towing in Fort
Lauderdale (Florida). “There are
not many tugs with an air-cooled
diesel engine – not to mention
engines with 80,000 operating
hours behind them”, Mar vin
Spurlin, OEM Service & Warranty
Manager of the Deutz Corporation
in Norcross (Georgia), remembers
the first 413 engine with which
the little “Hero” tugged the up to
3,175 kg loads. But even the
toughest engine has to go into
retirement some time: At the end
of 2007 Bradford Marine contacted the local DEUTZ dealer “Motor
Services Hugo Stamp” (MSHS) –
and with the help of the Deutz Corporation found a new 413 engine
in the Bavarian factor y in
Head of Corporate
Development
Übersee. In addition to the long
life of the predecessor it was also
the warranty services and the fact
that the replacement engine
necessitated no further modifications to the tug that were convincing, Joerg Scheele, Director Ser-
vice and Product Suppor t at
MSHS reports. People in and
around Fort Lauderdale agree:
The “Hero” not only shines like on
its first day in service but will honour its name for many years to
come in terms of tugging power.
Bradford Marine runs
the world’s largest covered
dock for yacht repairs. The
little “Hero” is indispensable
as a tug boat
Five ambitious artists brightened up the foyer of the
new DEUTZ head office
Janina Decker has taken over the
management of the DEUTZ magazines
Many people who set foot in the foyer of the head
office in Cologne-Porz between the beginning of
March and the end of April were more than a little
surprised: Inge Hartwich, Brigitte Schmitt, Karl-Heinz
Bertram, Joachim Decker and Roland Gomoll exhibited their works of art in acrylic, water colour and oil
there for eight weeks. The DEUTZ employees are
enthusiastic artists and the motifs of their 37 exhibited works ranged from a couple in deep embrace in
the desert, happy sails in the wind to the inventor
and DEUTZ founder Nicolaus August Otto.
Janina Decker has been the new
Public Relations Of ficer of
DEUTZ AG since February 2008.
In this function the 27 year old is
also responsible for the project
management of DEUTZ LIVE and
DEUTZ TALK. Janina Decker was
previously with Wella AG in
Darmstadt and took over from
Steven Roller who left the company in January.
UNIVERSITY DAY
MONUMENT
“Family reunion” in Cologne
A successful premiere
Historic band saw with single cylinder
tiative for the visit came from the
management of the French subsidiary. They invite their employees to an end of year celebration
every year. In 2007 they decided
to visit Cologne to show the
employees the head office there.
The 50 visitors from DEUTZ France in front of the head office in Cologne-Porz
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The DEUTZ University Day which was held for the
first time in Cologne-Porz at the end of 2007 was a
successful premiere. The information day was
staged by the Personnel Development and Marketing department. Numerous students from mainly
engineering courses took the opportunity to make
their first career contacts and to get to know DEUTZ
as a potential employer. Technicians and managers
from different company departments presented
their fields of responsibility.
The University Day was well received
Photo: Bau-Service-Bröder, Bradford Marine, Janina Decker, DEUTZ AG, MSHS, Steven Roller
FRANCE
“Visit from relatives” to ColognePorz: 50 employees of DEUTZ
France were guests at the head
office in Cologne-Porz on the 14th
of December 2007. The employees also visited the Technology
Centre and the production. The ini-
NOTICES | Short & Sharp
Dr Udo Specht became
Head of Corporate
Development on the 1st
of Januar y 2008. He
took over the post from
his predecessor Christian Krupp who moved to
the Deutz Corp. in
Atlanta as new CFO. Dr
Specht is a graduate of
managerial economics.
After working as an
assistant in the Auditing Dr Udo Specht
and Controlling faculty of
the University of Augsburg for several years he was
employed by McKinsey Business Consultants from
2001. The man from Münsterland sees the focus of
his work at DEUTZ in growth and internationalisation
strategy. The 30 year old has one son and likes to play
tennis and chess in his spare time.
Senior Vice
President Purchasing
Gerhard
Gehweiler
became Senior Vice
President of the Purchasing Department on
the 1st of Januar y
2008. He succeeds Dr
Ralf Köster who left
DEUTZ AG last year. Gerhard Gehweiler studied
Management and Economics and Economic
Law. The 49 year old
worked in Purchasing at Gerhard Gehweiler
Linde AG from 1998.
Before that he worked for Gartner Denver and Eisenmann Maschinenbau KG. Gerhard Gehweiler is married
and was born in Baden-Württemberg.
Financial dates for 2008
21.5.
13.8.
Kamp-Bornhofen, at the heart of the World Cultural Inheritance of the Upper Middle Rhine
Valley region, has a very special industrial monument: A self-driven band saw with horizontal single-cylinder DEUTZ MAH 516, built in 1932. Josef Jakob Kimmel (top right) drive
through the region as a “mobile sawmill” until the 1960s. Franz Bischoff (bottom right)
restored the historical piece which has been given a place of honour by the community.
General Meeting 2008
Publication of intermediate report
1. for the first six months of 2008
Press conference
Telephone conference with analysts
and investors
Trade fair calendar for 2008
Mobile machinery
13.-15.5.
SED, Corby/Milton Keynes (GB)
17.-21.6.
CTT, Moskow (RUS)
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Cover story
Cover story
In February of this year, Dr Helmut
Leube assumed the position of the new
Chairman of the Board of DEUTZ AG.
Within this framework, the 54-year-old
will bring in his many years of experience in the automobile industry for the
engine manufacturer in Cologne. DEUTZ
LIVE met Dr Leube for an interview
Executive Board
An excellent
position
ince February 1, 2008, DEUTZ AG has had a
new Chairman of the Board. In Dr Helmut
Leube, the company has gained a proven
expert from the automobile industry. After his predecessor, Gordon Riske, left in October 2007 for the
Kion Group, the Director of Finance, Helmut Meyer,
assumed the position on an interim basis. Dr Leube
now had some time for an interview with DEUTZ LIVE.
Photo: DEUTZ AG
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Cover story
Cover story
Dr Leube, how have the first months of your position as Chairman of DEUTZ AG’s Board gone?
Dr Leube: It has been thoroughly exciting. I could
find myself quickly becoming familiar with the company. In numerous personal conversations, DEUTZ
AG employees have introduced me to “their” company and have given me a better understanding of
the company’s interesting surroundings. Thus, they
have made it easy for me to become familiar with
DEUTZ AG and to learn the ropes. In order to gain
a comprehensive view into the corporation’s activities, I have visited production and development
sites in Ulm, Übersee, Cologne-Deutz and CologneKalk as well as the locations in Dalian, China,
Zafra, Spain and Atlanta in the USA.
Your predecessor, Gordon Riske, was Chairman of
the Board for seven years and was very successful in this position. Have you accepted a momentous task?
In this capacity, he has made a substantial contribution to the successful development of DEUTZ AG. This
is of course something that I would like to continue.
Where do you see the company’s strengths – what
would you like to achieve?
DEUTZ has an excellent starting base from which to
further develop its present growth in the future. The
markets in North America and China have a lot of
potential. With this background, we will continue
the strategy of internationalisation on a continuous
basis. A strength of DEUTZ has always been to
enhance engine technology. In order to master the
challenges of the future, it is essential for us to further expand our activities, especially in the area of
exhaust gas treatment.
How do you assess the present economic situation of the company?
I think that we can look optimistically to the future.
DEUTZ is moving, and we can look excitedly at what
comes. DEUTZ AG has achieved a lot during the last
few years and is superbly positioned.
Where do you see the company in five years?
Three things are near and dear to me: first of all, I
would like to be able to say that we have developed
and marketed the right products. Our employees
should be able to identify with DEUTZ and be happy
to work here. Thirdly, it is important to me that
stockholders put their faith in us and realize that
DEUTZ is an attractive investment.
What does the name DEUTZ mean to you?
The name DEUTZ stands for reliability, trust and
strength. DEUTZ is a world renowned name that can
maintain its position as such. The fact that we are
represented in over 130 countries doesn’t come
from nowhere. We have intensified our activities in
the Chinese market with the joint venture in Dalian.
Of course, I know very well that the past has not
always been friendly to the company. One cannot
overlook the fact that DEUTZ has definitely experienced some hard times in its 144-year history.
However, the company could always count on the
strong support of its employees. In my opinion,
DEUTZ has emerged from this experience stronger
than before. Due to positive business development
in the last few years, we can currently promote
worthwhile projects for the future. Our products are
first class, and there is nothing standing in the way
of a continuation of our profitable growth.
How do you characterize your management style?
Teamwork plays an important role in one’s professional life. Working together can achieve a lot – this
is an important component of the everyday workday. I am a person who works very fast, specifically and logically. I also admire these qualities in our
employees.
Please allow a few personal questions …
With pleasure. I am 54 years old and married with
two sons, ages nine and fifteen. In my spare time,
I like to travel a lot and play sports. This excellently
balances my professional life.
Speaking of your professional life, would you
please briefly mention what had led you to DEUTZ?
I studied at the technical university in Aachen and
received my doctorate in mechanical engineering.
From 2004 to 2008, I was member of the Executive
Board of Webasto AG in the capacity of Chief Operating Officer responsible for the areas of research
and development, sales, production and quality
assurance. Before this, I occupied various leadership positions at BMW AG for 17 years and was
director of MBW Manufacturing Co. LLC in Spartanburg (South Carolina, USA) among others. Then, I
was a manager for BMW’s plant in Munich which
produces 220,000 vehicles annually.
Metaphorically spoken, your career proceeded
from the automobile to the engine …
One can say this is certainly so; as an engineer
I naturally have a huge interest in motors and
things related to technology. By the way, I started
working at BMW manufacturing engines. Therefore,
it is rather correct to say that my path has led from
the motor to the automobile and back again to the
motor. DEUTZ’s slogan “We love engines” also
applies to me – “I love engines!” Cars are nice to
look at, but its heart beats under the bonnet and,
in the end, depends on it. For this reason, I am
especially pleased about the challenge to be able
to work in a traditional company like DEUTZ AG. The
motorisation of the world began in Cologne and it
has made the lives of people easier in various
ways. It fills me with pride to have the opportunity
to lead this company now. [jd]
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INFO | Executive Board
The new Executive Board of DEUTZ (from left): Dr Helmut Leube, Helmut Meyer, Gino Mario Biondi and Karl Huebser
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INFO | Dr Helmut Leube
Photo: DEUTZ AG
With the appointment of Dr Helmut Leube as Chairman of the
Board at DEUTZ, the entire Board
has been commissioned. In September 2007, the company created a fourth managing division
with the areas of purchasing and
logistics, which is now headed by
Gino Mario Biondi. Since June
2003, Helmut Meyer has been
responsible for the finance and
personnel divisions. In July 2007,
his contract was extended for
another five years. After Gordon
Riske left the position of Chairman of the Board, the 58-year-old
Meyer assumed the position on
an interim basis until February
2008. Karl Huebser, who was
born in South Tyrol, has been a
member of the Executive Board in
the field of technology and, therefore, responsible for that area
since August 2001.
Dr Helmut Leube, who was awarded a doctorate in mechanical
engineering, has had a successful career in the automobile industry. He occupied various leadership positions at BMW from 1987
to 2004. Dr Leube was the director of BMW Manufacturing Co.
LLC in Spartanburg (South Carolina, USA) among others and was
responsible for the Munich plant
in 2004 as plant manager. In
2004, Dr Leube left to become a
member of the Executive Board of
Webasto AG. The 54-year-old has
been Chairman of DEUTZ’ Executive Board since February.
Since February 2008, Dr Helmut Leube has been the new Chairman of the Board at DEUTZ
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Expertise
Expertise
when a Hydac CTU 2400 was purchased and
installed in the Material Technology department as
the first machine for testing the cleanliness.
Component cleanliness laboratory
Pure components
for clean engines
Optimised cleanliness testing
Just two years later an increase in the efficiency and
improvement of the machine was considered. The
challenge of the project was in the large number of
components to be tested. The cleanliness test at
DEUTZ covers many components of different sizes.
In comparison with the machines of suppliers who
usually only have to inspect one component, a comparable machine at DEUTZ must have great flexibility. DEUTZ was able to secure employees of Bosch
as experts who came up with numerous suggestions for optimisation. The project came to a
head in 2007 with a newly designed cleanliness
laboratory and the purchase of a small Hydac
CTU 1200 test system. Finally, in December
2007 a further optimisation of the contamination testing was effected. The DEUTZ
Common Rail injection (DCR) and the
analysis system and washing processes have been tested in production
The increasing demands on modern
engine generations in connection with
narrower and narrower tolerances make the
cleanliness of components a real quality feature.
Contaminated components are tracked down at DEUTZ
in a so-called cleanroom
octors were probably the first people to realise that strict cleanliness is more
than just a habit. The environment and the contamination of objects is a decisive
factor for the success and quality of precision work. Realisation of this necessity
has led to the sterile conditions in operating theatres in modern hospitals. But that’s
not enough: Industrial companies have recently become concerned with a
high degree of purity in certain areas of the production
process. The conditions in chip production are
almost notoriously clean. The high-tech production deals with ranges of a billionth of a metre
(nanometer). The market leaders Intel
and AMD position millions upon millions of transistors in this sector (insert on page
13). The cleanliness requirements in engine production are a relatively new discipline. Increasing demands on the modern engine generations set new challenges for
the production processes and make the cleanliness of the components an elementary quality feature. The conditions are similar to those in chip production. The
cleanliness requirements at DEUTZ are not quite on the scale of those at AMD and
Intel but they are still very demanding. The contamination threshold at DEUTZ is on
the scale of micrometers and therefore in range of millionths of a millimetre. The
days when cleanliness in the production of industrial engines was defined by chips,
burr and scale-free are over. The trend towards a high purity at DEUTZ began in 2003
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Photo: AMD/Sven Döring, DEUTZ AG, Steven Roller
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Cleaning in the Hydac CTU 1200
since with the investment in a particle counting
microscope. “The use of a particle counting microscope is an important progress. It counts and measures the individual particles. As a result we get the
number of particles per size class,” Thomas
Wankelmuth, the man responsible for cleanliness
testing since February 2005, explains. The expert
continues: “The contamination result even divides
the particles into the categories metallic, non-metallic and fibres.”
INFO | AMD Saxony
Search for particles
The components relevant to cleanliness such as
crankcase, crankshafts, DCR or media bearing components are rinsed specifically under laboratory conditions. Then the particle-contaminated liquid is filtered through a membrane and dried at 110 degrees
Celsius for about 45 minutes. After that the extracted particles are weighed and examined under a
microscope and with an image software. The search
is made mainly for abrasive particles such as metal,
sand or glass. These could cause failures later. To
maintain a high standard of quality, the suppliers
must meet certain cleanliness requirements. The
prerequisite for a precise testing of the contamination is a clean environment. The laboratory therefore
has a sluice with an air conditioning system. It creates an overpressure with filtered air of purity class
9. The particle entry into the laboratory is therefore
reduced to a minimum. The walls can be cleaned
additionally to bind dust particles. The reduces
the measuring uncer tainties and also
improves the entire test process. [jp] ■
Unique: CTU 2400 for engine blocks
Particle concentration in the filter
Clean environment in the AMD
factory 36 (Dresden)
Extreme cleanliness requirements dictate the microprocessor production in the Dresden
chip production of AMD. In the
highly modern environment of the
Fab 36 built in 2005 AMD – the
second biggest manufacturer of
semiconductors after Intel – produces in the 65-nanometer technology and has even already
begun pilot production of the 45nanometer technology. The
changeover to the 45 nanometer
has many advantages for the
users but makes enormous
demands on the manufacturers.
The chip producers can lithograph almost twice as many transistors onto the chip surface and
still reduce the power consumption by up to 30 per cent. Despite
this strength, the microprocessors are incredibly tiny regardless
of their shape because: one
nanometer is only one billionth of
a metre. It is not hard even for
the layman to imagine what damage contamination can wreak in
production. Even the slightest
impurity is immense on this
scale. They also cause high
waste rates. To avoid this,
employees and components are
subject to strict standards.
Determination of the contamination
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Expertise
Football’s Euro 2008
St.-Jakob-Park, Basel
Letzigrund, Zurich
Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna
Stadium Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim
When Europe’s best football players go head-to-head in Switzerland and
Austria in June, DEUTZ will be right in on it, too. It’s not just the managers
who are getting engrossed in their teams in the Alpine nations …
hen Switzerland’s “Nati” – as the national team are
known – contest the opening game in the 13th European
Football Championship on 7th June in Basel, the Alps will
long have been bedecked in their red and white colours. It is the
first time in the history of the European Championships that two
countries, Switzerland and Austria, will jointly host the tournament.
And both teams will be making their bid for the title in their red and
white national colours.
“The closer we get to the start of the tournament, the more you
can sense the excitement,” reports Johannes Becker, MD of
DEUTZ Austria. It is a sentiment that is shared by Leo Hürlimann,
Managing Director of DEMTECH AG, DEUTZ’s service partner in
Switzerland. “The Swiss are behind their team to a man,” confirms
Hürlimann. If the European Championship delivers what people in
Europe are expecting from it, the positive commercial trends that
Becker and Hürlimann are predicting can recede into the background for a few days. After “two very good years” the prospects
remain positive, but in June 2008 it will be the Beautiful Game that
dominates life in the two Alpine nations. Of this the DEUTZ staff in
both Switzerland and Austria are convinced – and not entirely
impartially. “When the new Swiss stadiums were being built,
DEUTZ was involved in every building site,” says Hürlimann, referring to the new and refurbished stadiums.
And DEUTZ will also be playing a key role as spectators flock in
their millions to the two Alpine lands. The organisers’ strategy for
travelling fans largely rests on public transport, and operators in
both countries use DEUTZ engines to drive their rail systems.
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“DEUTZ has traditionally been strong in shunting locomotives and
contact lines in Switzerland. This is exclusively done with particle
filters,” says Hürlimann. The Austrian Federal Railways are also
playing it safe and are having extraordinary inspections carried out
on the DEUTZ drive engines in order to avoid any threat to their
availability.
Each team to support its own nation
Right now, the tension is not just rising amongst the 19 staff of
DEUTZ Austria and the five service partners. The Swiss, with Leo
Hürlimann and his team of 13, are also thrilled at the prospect of
the opening game. The Austrians, meanwhile, have an interim highlight with a game on 16th June at the Ernst Happel Stadium in
Vienna in which the home team will take on Germany. Meanwhile,
the Swiss, too, are relying heavily on home advantage. Leo Hürlimann is dreaming of a Germany-Switzerland final, “with the Swiss
coming out on top”. The Cologne-born Johannes Becker feels that
Germany are the hot favourite for the title. His staff in Vienna, of
course, see things rather differently.
Once the new kings have been crowned, DEUTZ engines will
once again assume top priority. And there is nobody better able to
judge how reliable and robust they are than a certain German, resident in Switzerland, who knows more about engines than most.
Multiple Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has just
bought a BF6M1013FC from Leo Hürlimann as an ermergency
power generator for his new property on Lake Geneva. [jp]
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SWITZERLAND
PORTUGAL
CZECH REPUBLIC
TURKEY
Pop./Surface Area: 7.6 m./41,285 km2
Pop./km2: 183.9
Capital: Bern pop. approx. 122,000
Info: www.swissworld.org
Pop./Surface Area: 10.6 m./92,117 km2
Pop./km2: 119
Capital: Lisbon pop. approx. 1.9 m.
Info: www.portugal.org
Pop./Surface Area: 10.2 m./78,866 km2
Pop./km2: 130
Capital: Prague pop. approx. 1.3 m.
Info: www.czech.cz
Pop./Surface Area: 72.9 m./814,578 km2
Pop./km2: 92
Capital: Ankara pop. approx. 3.6 m.
Info: www.kultur.gov.tr
Euro record*: Q: 1996, 2004
Players**: 571,700
Association founded: 1895
FIFA world ranking: 41st place
Euro record*: 2nd place: 2004 |
SF: 1984, 2000 | QF: 1996
Players**: 547,734
Association founded: 1914
FIFA world ranking: 8th place
Euro record*: 1st place: 1976 |
2nd place: 1996 | 3rd place: 1960, 1980 |
SF: 2004 | Q: 2000
Players**: 1,040,357
Association founded: 1993
FIFA world ranking: 6th place
Euro record*: QF: 2000 | Q: 1996
Players**: 2,748,657
Association founded: 1923
FIFA world ranking: 18th place
DEUTZ dealers: 1
DEUTZ dealers: 1
DEUTZ dealers: 8
DEUTZ dealers: 3
* Semi-final (SF), Quarter final (QF),
Qualified for finals (Q)
AUSTRIA
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CROATIA
GERMANY
2
2
POLAND
2
2
Pop./Surface Area: 8.2 m./83,858 km
Pop./km2: 99
Capital: Vienna pop. approx. 1.6 m.
Info: www.austria.info
Pop./Surface Area: 82.3 m./357,050 km
Pop./km2: 230
Capital: Berlin pop. approx. 3.4 m.
Info: www.deutschland.de
Pop./Surface Area: 4.3 m./56,538 km
Pop./km2: 78
Capital: Zagreb pop. approx. 1 m.
Info: www.croatia.hr
Pop./Surface Area: 38.1 m./312,678 km
Pop./km2: 122
Capital: Warsaw pop. approx. 2.4 m.
Info: www.poland.gov.pl
Euro record*: –––
Players**: 967,281
Association founded: 1904
FIFA world ranking: 84th place
Euro record*: QF: 1996 | Q: 2004
Players**: 362,514
Association founded: 1912
FIFA world ranking: 12th place
Euro record*: –––
Players**: 2,000,264
Association founded: 1919
FIFA world ranking: 20th place
DEUTZ dealers: 6
Euro record*: 1st place 1972, 1980,
1996 | 2nd place: 1976, 1992 | SF:
1988 | Q: 1984, 2000, 2004
Players**: 16,308,946
Association founded: 1900
FIFA world ranking: 5th place
DEUTZ dealers: 1
DEUTZ dealers: 13
** FIFA study: Big Count 2006
DEUTZ dealers: 65
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OZEAN
RHINE
Czech Republic
Tunis
Algier
DANUBE
Casablanca
Rabat
Tunesien
Marokko
Tripolis
Germany
France
VIENNA
Algerien
West
Basel
Zurich
Sahara
BERN
Geneva
VIER WALDSTÄTTER
SEE
Morocco
Liechtenstein
Austria
Innsbruck
Slovakia
Klagenfurt
Mauretanien
Switzerland
Nouakchott
LAKE GENEVA
NEUSIEDLER SEE
Salzburg
Libyen
LAKE CONSTANCE
Tschad
Niger
Mali Italy
Slovenia
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LAKE MAGGIORE
Stade de Geneve, Geneva
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Stadium Tivoli new, Innsbruck
Wörthersee Stadium, Klagenfurt
NETHERLANDS
ROMANIA
ITALY
FRANCE
Pop./Surface Area: 16.3 m./41,528 km2
Pop./km2: 454
Capital: Amsterdam pop. approx. 743,000
Info: www.holland.com
Pop./Surface Area: 21.6 m./237,500 km2
Pop./km2: 94
Capital: Bucharest pop. approx. 2.1 m.
Info: www.romania.org
Pop./Surface Area: 58.4 m./301,277 km2
Pop./km2: 196
Capital: Rome pop. approx. 2.6 m.
Info: www.enit.it
Pop./Surface Area: 63.2 m./547,026 km2
Pop./km2: 96
Capital: Paris pop. approx. 10.8 m.
Info: www.frenchculturenow.com
Euro record*: 1st place: 1988 |
3rd place: 1976 | SF: 1992, 2000, 2004 |
QF: 1996 | Q: 1980
Players**: 1,745,860
Association founded: 1889
FIFA world ranking: 9th place
Euro record*: QF: 2000 | Q: 1984, 1996
Players**: 1,034,320
Association founded: 1909
FIFA world ranking: 13th place
Euro record*: 1st place 1968 |
2nd place: 2000 | SF: 1988 |
4th place: 1980 | Q: 1996, 2004
Players**: 4,980,296
Association founded: 1898
FIFA world ranking: 3rd place
Euro record*: 1st place 1984, 2000 |
SF: 1996 | 4th place: 1960 | QF: 2004 |
Q: 1992
Players**: 4,190,040
Association founded: 1919
FIFA world ranking: 7th place
DEUTZ dealers: 1
DEUTZ dealers: 31
DEUTZ dealers: 2
DEUTZ dealers: 1
SPAIN
GREECE
RUSSIA
SWEDEN
Pop./Surface Area: 10.5 m./132,000 km
Pop./km2: 84
Capital: Athens pop. approx. 4.5 m.
Info: www.gnto.gr
Pop./Surface Area: 45.1 m./505,990 km
Pop./km2: 89
Capital: Madrid pop. approx. 3.1 m.
Info: www.spain.info
Pop./Surface Area: 9 m./450,295 km
Pop./km2: 20
Capital: Stockholm pop. approx. 771,000
Info: www.sweden.se
Pop./Surface Area: 142.2 m./17.1 m. km2
Pop./km2: 8
Capital: Moscow pop. approx. 10.8 m.
Info: www.russiaprofile.org
Euro record*: 1st place: 2004 | Q: 1980
Players**: 760,621
Association founded: 1926
FIFA world ranking: 10th place
Euro record*: 1st place: 1964 |
2nd place: 1984 | QF: 1996, 2000 |
Q: 1980, 1988, 2004
Players**: 2,834,190
Association founded: 1913
FIFA world ranking: 4th place
Euro record*: SF: 1992 | QF: 2004 |
Q: 2000
Players**: 1,006,939
Association founded: 1904
FIFA world ranking: 24th place
Euro record*: 1st place: 1960 |
2nd place: 1964, 1972, 1988 |
4th place: 1968 | Q: 1992, 1996, 2004
Players**: 5,802,536
Association founded: 1991
FIFA world ranking: 22nd place
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DEUTZ dealers: 1
2
2
DEUTZ dealers: 4
DEUTZ dealers: 72
DEUTZ dealers: 10
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Innovation
Innovation
INFO | Design award for Aircooled Diesel Gensets
DEUTZ AG can be pleased about a special award: The new product series DEUTZ Air-Cooled Diesel
Gensets (ADG) could prevail in one of the most famous and difficult design competitions. Regarding the Red Dot Award in the categor y of product
design in 2008, the ADGs were awarded the “Red
Dot” symbol of quality by a world class panel of
exper ts. The distinction is only awarded to par ticularly creative, innovative and high-quality products.
The air-cooled diesel generators have a per formance range of 28 to 152 kVA and
are offered with a sound insulation capsule, among other things, which is distinguished by a highly-functional, contemporar y, aesthetic industrial design. The design
is appreciated not as a mere decoration but instead offers the user various other
additional uses. The intuitive user guidance is a typical component; it directs one’s
attention to the aggregate’s active zone. In addition, the design of the product is
presented as modern, durable and having technology that is highly appropriate for
use. So, all of the operating components are integrated deep inside the housing
which protects it from damages during the coarse of a rigorous work day and
prevents accidental tripping. Four doors allow free access to all of the relevant par ts
that need to be ser viced. In total, 3,203 products from 51 nations were judged
by the panel of exper ts.
Ulm are also manufactured at
Cologne-Deutz. The plant in
Cologne-Kalk produces crankcases for water cooled engines with a
capacity of 4-8 liters for the 2012
and 2013 types produced in Hall
40 in Porz. However, the mechanical manufacturing of the most
modern components only be
ensured with the right equipment.
People and machines
DEUTZ invests in machinery
Investments
Technology is trumps
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he large “whole” is mostly
composed of the “one”.
Werner Friede, Director of
Mechanical Manufacturing at
Cologne-Deutz, Cologne-Kalk and
Herschbach, knows that without
the five components, i.e.
crankcase, crankshaft, cam shaft,
cylinder head and connecting rod,
nothing runs at DEUTZ. The
crankcases
2011/912-914,
crankshafts 2012, 2011, 912914 and all cam shafts are manufactured at Cologne-Deutz, as are
pipes, for all engine types. Likewise, the cylinder heads and pipes
for air-cooled engines produced in
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Photo/Illustration: DEUTZ AG
Strategy Training was conducted in
order to introduce employees to new
automated machines. Dieter Meurer,
production manager for the manufacturing of crankcases in Deutz and
Kalk, remarks that “employees
should be able to solve problems by
themselves as much as possible
and to hold the machines in check.”
Mechanical manufacturing and mounting are the
heart of an engine manufacturer. However, more and
more is being expected. Growing markets mean
more diverse and varied demands on the engines,
not to mention amended exhaust gas legislation and
stricter laws for the exhaust-gas aftertreatment,
which goes hand in hand with individual customer
requests. In order to fundamentally comply with
these demands, one must have perfect equipment.
DEUTZ LIVE has once more gone over the emphasis
on investment with a fine-tooth comb
Last year, for example, more
than ten million euros were
invested in manufacturing at
Cologne-Deutz plant, especially
for technical equipment. In addition to lathes and milling, sanding and straightening machines,
whirling machines and CNC tube
bending machines, among others, were also purchased.
However, something has been
done in Kalk: due to the idea of
enlarging capacity, 4-8 liter
crankcases could be put into
operation in five machining centers of Grob in Kalk. Each of
these five centers is staffed with
three employees per shift. Currently,
eleven
6-cylinder
crankcases or twelve 4-cylinder
crankcases can be finished. Likewise, 380,000 euros were
invested in the area of cover
mounting and intermediate
cleaning. Every day an employee
is responsible there for cover
mounting, tool pre-setting and
the honing machine.
To this end, DEUTZ provides
foundations, energy connections,
hoists and cranes, as well as
turn over devices for finishing
workpieces, workplace equipment and workplace design and
the relocation of the adjustment
machines from Building 34 to
Building 35. Olaf Dierks, in his
capacity as the director responsible for machine acquisition,
explains that with just an investment of seven million euros, an
enlargement in capacity to produce 10,000 crank cases yearly
for the 4-cylinder 2012 engine
could be created.
A honing machine could also
be put into operation for just 1.2
million euros. Now, regarding
new technological processes, a
spiral glide honing process could
occur from Project, Tier 3. So,
then the exchange of pollutants
can be reduced. In addition, the
higher demand for surface area
is fulfilled while a more slight surface roughness is achieved in the
cylinder pipe.
From the annual requirements
of the Cologne-Kalk plant of
120,000 crankcases with a 4-8
liter capacity without a commer-
cial vehicle engine, 60,000 proceed via a transfer line with 17
tiers. The transfer line is composed of six sections interlocked
via a chain. It is from this transfer
line that the workpieces are transmitted in a spatial and temporal
sequence. Ten thousand pieces
roll over the supporting manufacturing of the transfer line, which
was put into operation to
increase efficiency, ten thousand
roll over Grob’s plant in Kalk,
twenty thousand roll over the supplier’s company and another
twenty thousand crankcases the
joint venture in China that began
in August 2007. If the Grob
plants were not put into operation, there would be an underperformance of ten thousand pieces.
Worthwhile investments
Approximately 620 employees
are currently employed at Deutz
in the area of mechanical manufacturing; the number is 120 in
Kalk. Around 90 per cent of the
employees operating the purchased machines are newly-hired
skilled laborers and trainees. In
total, 24 new work places were
created just by starting the Grob
manufacturing. These are investments that are worthwhile any
way you look at it. [jd]
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Bastia
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Technology
Technology
Calvi
Monte Cinto
2710
Corte
Vizzavona
INFO | Corsica
Ajaccio
Corsica
Bonifacio
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10
20 km
At 8,680 km2, Corsica is the fourth-largest island in the
Mediterranean after Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. Some
280,000 people live on the island, whose capital
Ajaccio is famous for being the birthplace of Napoleon
Bonaparte. Corsica is also known as “the mountain in
the sea”, as the peaks in Corsica’s biggest ridge, which
soar to 2,710 metres, are covered in snow right
through to early summer. The Ajaccio-Bastia narrowgauge line, which was opened in 1894, is highly popular with both tourists and railway enthusiasts. One highlight on the route through the Corsican mountains is
the 94 metre high bridge over the Vecchio, which was
designed by Gustave Eiffel.
Sardinia
Diesel railcar
heading for success
French railcar manufacturer CFD opts for a drive system
combining a Voith gearbox and a DEUTZ engine in their
new AMG 800 panoramic railcar
quiet, fast and enjoyable ride on the mountain – this was how the AMG 800 was
revealed when it made its Corsican debut on
23rd June 2007. Since then the railcar, fitted with
two DEUTZ BF8M 1015 CP engines, has been
crossing and re-crossing the Mediterranean island
from the capital Ajaccio to Bastia.
“In all, Corsican railways ordered twelve railcars
from the French Compagnie des Chemins de Fer
Départementaux (CFD),” explained Michel Boucher,
the DEUTZ France Project Manager. “Each vehicle is
40 metres long and can change direction on the single-track route without a terminal loop.” To accomplish this, the AMG 800 has two driver’s cabs and two
drive units, meaning that, altogether, 24 Deutz
engines are in use. A spare engine was also supplied.
A
Compact design
“It seems that it was, above all, the DEUTZ engines’
compact design and legendar y reliability and
longevity which was the clincher for the drive package,” believes Lothar Kelling, from Rail Application
Sales at DEUTZ Customer Service in Köln-Kalk. “Following on from the delivery of 400 TCD 2015 V6s to
the Danish State Railways to replace the engines in
their IC3 fleet (DEUTZ LIVE 2/2005) and the collaboration with Railpower (DEUTZ LIVE 3/2007), the
partnership with CFD is further evidence of the power of the 1015/2015 series.”
However, before the railbus started operating,
its drive packages had already made several successful journeys. DEUTZ’s partner on this innova-
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The new panoramic
railcar on the line
from Ajaccio to Bastia
tive drive solution for the rail sector is Voith Turbo
GmbH, who supplied the T 212 bre turbo transmission for the compact underfloor drive system in the
diesel railcars. The hydrodynamic gearbox is then
flange-mounted to the BF8M 1015 CP at DEUTZ’s
Ulm plant. The assembly of the complete railcar,
including the marriage with the drive package, is
carried out at CFD’s Bagnères-de-Bigorre site in the
French Pyrenees.
Dynamic power and performance
Photo/Illustration: DEUTZ AG, Michael Göken, Pixelio, privat, Voith
Corsica
The success of the fine adjustments made by the
two market leaders is quite apparent – the AMG
800 proudly hits 83 km/h even on the steepest
stretches in the strange mountain terrain. This has
reduced journey times on the main 157 kilometre
route from four hours to two-and-a-half. “Our experi-
Railcars Unlike locomotives,
railcars can also carry people.
Operating diesel railcars is
particularly more costeffective than entire trains in
the case of non-electrified,
local lines that are not
heavily used.
ence and the skills we have acquired from over
11,000 railcar gearboxes worldwide form the ideal
basis for innovative drive solutions for 21st century rail transport,” said Bernd Schick, Voith Turbo
GmbH Project Manager, of the latest example of the
long, successful partnership with DEUTZ.
And it seems that the Corsican railway modernisation has made a good impression outside
France, too. Before 2007 was out, CFD had already
received an order from Tunisia for ten AMG 800s
with exactly the same design as the vehicles supplied to Corsica, except for the interior fittings. The
20 DEUTZ drive units needed for that order are due
to enter their test phase in late April. “We’ve planted the seeds, and this first follow-up order shows
that the train is pulling in the right direction,” is how
Kelling views the excellent prospects for the rail version of the 1015/2015 series. [rr]
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INFO | Voith
From its official foundation in 1867, Voith were first primarily involved in developing and making paper machinery, wood and magazine grinders and water turbines.
But the company was soon also making history in the automotive engineering
sector. 1928 saw the launch of the first pusher tug with a Voith-Schneider
propeller, which hugely improved the manoeuvrability of tugboats and ferries, for
example. Six years later, the delivery to the Austrian State Railway of the first Voith turbo transmission for the first dieselhydraulic railbus signalled the start of a 75-year success story during which over 38,000 turbo gearboxes were supplied
to the world’s railway companies. Today, 4,500 people are employed at Voith’s headquarter in Heidenheim, on the
River Brenz, and 36,000 are employed worldwide. In the shunting locomotives, standard gauge locomotives and railcars
segment alone, Voith’s lengthy partnership with DEUTZ has resulted in over 200 applications throughout the world.
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Life
Life
ENGINE | Dieselwiesel drive
Working with a F6L912 serial engine, the Dieselwiesel team used a crankshaft with 130 stroke from
a DEUTZ experimental engine, strengthened the block with 20 millimetre thick steel plates, and
enlarged the cylinder linings and pistons from 100 to 108 millimetres. The pistons were also milled
out to increase the capacity to around 7.3 litres. The cylinder head, which also came from an experimental engine, has larger valves and ducts. The camshaft’s control times were also optimised by
grinding it. The fuel supply – up to ten times higher – comes from a Bosch pump with 13 millimetre
elements and a set of strengthened injection lines and nozzles. An exhaust turbocharger provides
more air, and output-dependent water injection is used for charge air cooling. The engine draws up
to four litres of diesel and two litres of water from its twin tanks during a single pull. For safety
reasons, these need to be mounted on the front of the tractor’s frame.
Tractor pulling
eafening noise and a huge cloud of smoke
above the workshop on the Winterbrock
estate indicate that something unusual is
going on in Rheine in Münsterland. In fact, Andre
Feldermann, Norbert “Nobs” Reismann and their
team of five are testing the Dieselwiesel – a 1969
DEUTZ D9006 powered by a F6L912. Having put in
around 10,000 operating hours in the agricultural
sector, the tractor was dedicated to “more worthy
tasks during its previous life”.
D
Who brakes, loses
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the strongest of them all? DEUTZ
engines have been flexing their muscles as tractor pulling attracts
increasing numbers of teams and spectators throughout Europe
Only vaguely similar to serial versions:
the modified F6L912
From tractor to Dieselwiesel
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Photo: Alfons Deitermann
The Dieselwiesel team: Tractor pulling is a game of two halves!
Tractor pulling Unlike other categories,
the ProStock class, which was started in
2002, involves only slightly modified tractors weighing up to 3.5 tons. The rules
say that neither the engine block nor the
housing for the coupling and gearbox may
be altered. So the units still look very
similar to serial versions. The beefy competitors are powered by conventional
diesel fuel.
The 9006 model owes its second career to the first
tractor pulling contest that the two technicology
affine mechanical engineers attended, early in the
1980s. “We loved it right from the start,” says Reismann, who now drives the Dieselwiesel in the ProStock class. The competitions involve tractors
pulling a brake-van down a 100 metre long loam
earth track. Apart from the van’s empty weight of
eight to ten tons, the tractor also has to get its
claws into a further load of up to 20 tons. There is
another problem – a special mechanism causes the
van to brake harder with every metre. The test of
strength is won by whoever gets furthest.
The tractor has to be able to call on maximum
power from the very start of the pull. And that is
exactly what the team work on so painstakingly. All
the modifications made to the engine have one purpose – to get more air and fuel to achieve greater
power. Feldermann and Reismann’s Dieselwiesel
team have transformed the 92 HP of the original
engine to well over 600 horsepower by now. But how
many precisely? “Nobody can say. But we’ve got various ideas as to how we can increase it a bit more,”
says Andre Feldermann with a wink. And since the
monster’s real tractive power can only be tested in
competition, all those involved are tremendously
excited. Once they are hooked up to the brake-van,
each team has just two attempts, so everything has
to be right first time.
Tons of work for ten seconds' fun
“Ideally, under a full load, the tractor lifts at the front
and can only be steered using the brakes,” explains
Reismann. The Dieselwiesel’s per formance
depends on his driving skills. “Who brakes, loses.”
The pullers know that the highly-tuned engines can
only briefly tolerate the extreme load. So, after the
pull, they have to cool the drive down again as quickly as possible. In-between each attempt, there is
rarely time to make fine adjustments or repairs.
“The spectators are drawn by the unusual spectacle
and, even more, by the impressive noise of the
engines,” says Feldermann. Extraordinary situations
are part of the agenda. “It’s not unusual for axles to
crack or for engines to be written off completely.”
With a modicum of luck and sufficient power, the
tractors go the whole distance right up to the
acclaimed “full pull” in under ten seconds. The best
teams then go up against one another again in a
“pull off” – a playoff involving an even heavier brakevan – to determine the winner.
Preparing for the next contest
In-between the events, the Dieselwiesel team spend
a lot of their free time in the well-equipped workshop. The quantity of tools and spares underlines
the seriousness with which the team members take
their hobby. And the guys are faced with plenty of
work after each competition. The Dieselwiesel’s
engine, coupling and gearbox are completely dismantled and inspected for the slightest damage. In
preparation for the next competition, photos and
videos are studied and the strategies and technical
nuances of rivals are analysed with a view to making the next pull a success.
Three of the eight German ProStock teams have
opted for DEUTZ. As well as the Dieselwiesel, the
Beesten pulling team go to the start line with a
DEUTZ D8006, alias “Locomotive Breath”, and Jürgen Waibel with a D9005, aka “New Obsession”. In
the free competition classes, self-built tractors pit
their strength against one another. These “tractors”,
frequently resembling dragsters, often output up to
10,000 HP (7,457 kW). [ad | rr]
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Service
Service
Global SIS
READERS ACTION | Prize game
World-wide support
– around the clock
Since man has been trying to utilise energies, the
sealing of pistons and shafts has become particularly
important. The industrial development of pistons and
cylinders began in 1765 with the use of the steam
engine. Problems with unsatisfactory seals in the first
steam engine pistons made of hemp, leather, fabric or
complex metal rings were solved in 1854 by a new
kind of metal ring which was also used 13 years later
by the DEUTZ founders Nicolaus August Otto and
Eugen Langen. The two of them used a self-tightening
metal ring in the legendary atmospheric gas engine
which is considered the forerunner to the modern
piston ring. Here is the prize question:
DEUTZ gives itself a clear competitive edge in service with an Internetaided database. With the Global Supporthouse Information System (SIS)
documents are available world-wide and in many different languages
he world-wide network that
DEUTZ sets up with its dealers is held together by
many strings. One of the main
elements of the dealer network is
the striving to give the customer
competent support anytime, anywhere. Geographically related
time shifts and language barriers
make this a real challenge. The
T
Information Systems Sales &
Service department headed by
Dirk Rehder tackled this problem
and developed an exemplar y
service with the Global Supporthouse Information System (Global SIS) which not only guarantees
24 hour support but is also available in several languages.
Service via Internet
The 41 year old joined the company five years ago as Head of the
Information Systems Sales & Service Depar tment. Many tasks
awaited him, including a large
stock of technical documentation
such as workshop manuals, operating manuals, service bulletins
or information about technical
modifications. Some of these
were only available in unusual file
formats or as hard copy.
The idea was soon born to make
the data accessible via the Internet. It has taken almost two years
to save the several thousand
pages in the platform-neutral PDF
format and make them available
to registered dealers as a database. A clear organisation according to series makes access easier.
Rehder explains the advantages of
the systems referred to as Global
Supporthouse Information System
(Global SIS): “We are able to jump
time shifts and have a clear competitive edge by offering the documents not only in German, English, French, Spanish and Italian.”
The new system enables dealers
to call up information locally just
in time all over the world. Without
Global SIS it would take at least
24 hours to answer these questions. The intelligent, user-friendly
system more than compensates
for this time loss and crosses language barriers with ease.
manufacturingtalk.com
13 March 2008
Send us your answer by e-mail to
decker.ja@deutz.com or by fax to
+49 (0)221 822 32 78.
Closing date is the 30th of June 2008.
Translations into up to 26 languages are planned for certain
documents in the future which
will reach approximately 3.7 billion people world-wide. If a language is needed which is not
available, no problem. This can
be translated within two weeks.
Dirk Rehder and his staff can be
proud of what they have
achieved: The database should
have grown to 100,000 document pages this year. [jd]
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We will be drawing the winner of a bottle
of “DEUTZ Champagne” from the private
Geldermann cellars from the correct
entries.
History of the tower symbol
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DEUTZLIVE 1/2008
approx. 1920 The signet is
refreshed optically. The name
“Magirus Ulm” is added as an
outer contour. Fire safety vehicles
are given a red gear wheel – trucks
a blue one.
From 1925 The combination of
the cathedral tower and the initial
capital letter “M” of Magirus and
the label “MAGIRUS ULM A.D”
(a. d. Donau) appears. On the
30th of September 1925 the
signet is registered at the patent
office as a trademark under
number 352 015.
Photo: Janina Decker, DEUTZ AG, Pixelio/Markus Hein, Pixelio/Sonja Winzer
1936
1917 With the beginning of the truck
production in Ulm the first company
logo of C.D. Magirus AG is born. It
depicts the Ulm Cathedral inside a
gear wheel.
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Dirk Rehder, Head of
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Sales & Service
Isn’t one of the Cologne
Cathedral towers
missing, DEUTZ employees are often asked.
Actually the roots of
the logo lie in Ulm
Forbes Magazine
19 February 2008
Who is the self-tightening metal ring named after?
A) Herbert Simmer
B) James Watt
C) John Ramsbottom
D) Robert Bosch
Other extensions planned
Logic of
the Logo
Press articles
ab 1938
ab 1946
1936 Humboldt-Deutzmotoren AG in Cologne
takes over C.D. Magirus AG. A contract with KlöcknerWerke AG in Duisburg has the company named
Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) from 1938. The
newly designed logo is used in combination
with the label “Magirus” as a product name and
in modified forms for the products of the KHD factory
Magirus in Ulm.
ab 1964
From 1964 to celebrate the 100 year anniversary
of the company the tower symbol is adopted as a
uniform logo for the entire corporation. It is used
with the additions KHD or KHD DEUTZ among others.
seit 1999
Since 1999 The company logo valid
until the present day was introduced
with the reorganisation of KHD AG
as DEUTZ AG in 1999. So colour
has been brought back to the
company logo for the first time since
1925. It still symbolises Ulm
Cathedral and not Cologne Cathedral
as is often wrongly assumed.
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