Claudio Magon is a devoted Scania fan. He has a tattoo of a Scania griffin along with the names of his five sons.

Poliservice is the main genset rental company in Brazil. Beside music shows featuring Beyoncé and other celebrities, Poliservice provides power for São Paulo Fashion Week and Rio Fashion and other large-scale events. In fact the company is scheduled to provide power for the 2014 World Cup. The kickoff for that event recently took place at Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro and involved 33 generator sets, each equipped with Scania 6-cylinder engines and supplying 500 kW of power.

Long relationship with ScaniaMagon’s relationship with Scania goes back many years. When Magon was 18, he left his hometown of Itapuí, in rural São Paulo, to work at Scania. His first stop was a small maintenance workshop of generator sets.

 “I slept in a small room in the back of the workshop, and early in the morning I came across a Scania engine to be fixed,” recalls Magon.

Years later, Magon bought a Scania engine that produced 330 kW of power and assembled his own generator set in his garage. Then, 15 years ago, he founded Poliservice. The rest is history.

Over the years, Magon’s passion for Scania engines has deepened. Now 82 percent of Poliservice’s fleet is equipped with Scania engines. 

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Machine Operator Anders Stenström has worked at the quarry since it opened in 1993 and operates not only stone crushers but also wheelloaders and gensets.

“It’s comforting that the Terex Finlay stone crusher is now available with a Scania engine,” he said.

“It’s not unusual that other engines have trouble starting in cold winter temperatures or that they are out of service for several days while we wait for parts. Scania engines start regardless of weather and services are readily available with swift delivery of parts.”

The stone crusher is powered by a 13-litre Scania engine with emission certification EU Stage IIIB/EPA Tier 4i engine, ranging from 350 to 450 hp at 2,100 r/min.

From extreme heat to Arctic cold. Scania’s new global engine platform can handle all demands.

Scania offers the widest range of heavy-duty trucks on the market, including a comprehensive range of V8 trucks. Now it can also provide a global range of engines, based on the same platform that matches emission standards around the world.

Refining truck engine platform

For years, Scania has been refining its truck engine platform, designed to meet the most stringent emission requirements. Soon, all customers, regardless of country or region, can order their preferred Euro 3, Euro 4, Euro 5, EEV or Euro 6 engine from the new range. The changeover is already taking place at Scania’s production units in South America.

In 2012, the new engines, as well as additional Euro 5 and EEV engines with SCR technology, will be introduced into European production. These engines can operate on up to 100 percent biodiesel.

“With this launch, Scania broadens its engine range covering all emission levels for all emission technologies for all markets needs,” says Vice President, Franchise and Factory Sales Latin America, Christopher Podgorski.

“The new global engine platform also takes robustness to new levels and consolidates Scania’s reputation for low fuel consumption,” he adds.

Scania leads the way

Scania continues to lead the way in meeting and exceeding emission legislation requirements and ensuring low fuel consumption. Since its original Euro 5 EGR engine platform was launched in 2007, numerous refinements have been made to improve the intake and exhaust manifolds, EGR system, turbochargers, pistons and cylinder liners. Liners, for example, are now plasma-coated for lower friction and extended service life.
Scania’s SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) aftertreatment systems have also been developed further.

Injectors for the urea solution have been upgraded to prevent clogging and on the latest Euro 6 engine family, electrically controlled urea injectors further improve control in combination with an advanced exhaust management system.

The new engine platform comes with the latest versions of Scania Opticruise and Scania Retarder, and a new range of gearboxes, for even better uptime and productivity.

As Podgorski sums up: “These engine refinements, in combination with dedicated service support, will enable us to provide our customers with complete solutions tailored to match their needs in any part of the world.”

The use of a common bore on the 9.3- and 12.7-litre engines means that a large number of cylinder parts and components are identical, significantly reducing the number of unique parts needed and facilitating repairs and parts supply.

Built with the latest in EGR emission technology, the new global engines offer low fuel consumption as well as long service life, outstanding driveability and high performance.

The new engines all have torque-to-power ratios around 5, which is an industry benchmark, and maximum torque is delivered from as low as 1,000 r/min to provide exceptional low-rev driveability and fuel savings. Drivers will find that fewer gear changes are needed and driving is more relaxed.
Cruising revs for maximum fuel economy in long-haulage trucks is between 1,100 and 1,200 r/min.

The inline 5- and 6-cylinder engines share the same architecture and modular design, which was conceived for easy servicing and maximum uptime. The familiar engine architecture means that the products are recognised by service technicians worldwide, reducing the need for training.

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Inter Airport Europe covers a vast array of terminal operations, infrastructure and technical installations. With its green options and modular product system, Scania can supply solutions for a great many of these, as evidenced by the exhibits at Inter Airport 2011 in Munich. Scania fire and rescue vehicles – usually chosen for reliability, uptime and performance – are in operation at major airports on all continents.

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Scania G 400 4x4 sweeper/blower/snow plough.

The Belgian company Dewulf has selected Scania's 13-litre engines for its new potato harvesters.

Dewulf, a Belgian company specialising in harvesting technology, has selected Scania’s 13-litre industrial engines for its new Kwatro potato harvesters.

Thanks to Scania’s SCR technology, the new 13-litre industrial engines enable Dewulf to comply with EU Stage IIIB emission legislation on its harvesting equipment.

Karel Decramer, head of sales at Dewulf, says, “Our experience with Scania’s 12-litre engine made it an easy decision to go with Scania again for our new Kwatro. We look forward to using the 13-litre engine; it’s a reliable workhorse with outstanding performance, which is especially important when crops have to be harvested at the right time.”

The Kwatro will be delivered to customers all over Europe.

David Taylor

David Taylor has been trapping lobsters for 50 of his 64 years, and he can’t imagine another life for himself. The Maine resident is so enamoured of his Crowley Beal 33 boat that in addition to using it for work he often spends his vacations on it. “I’ve also been known to come back from work, shower, and head right out again,” he says. “It doesn’t get better than that!”

Taylor built his 33-footer in 2008 from the ground up and with the aim of making it as light as possible. Many of the components on the 12,000-pound (5,455 kilogram) boat include foam. Building such a lightweight boat and equipping it with a powerful engine was important to Taylor, who combines his livelihood with a penchant for racing competitions.

“The Scania 650 hp diesel engine is really powerful and dependable, and it can take quite bit of pounding,” he says. “It has awesome power when you put the hammer down.

“The engine is very good on fuel too,” he says, “and it’s amazing what the oil filter traps. The oil looks clean until you take that filter out. Also, I applied white gelcoat to the inside of the exhaust pipe, and it’s still white.”

Taylor also appreciates the engine’s design, including easy accessibility to the coolant pump’s impeller. “Scania certainly thought of all the things that need to be attended to and made it easy to get at them.”

Anders Stenström has worked at the quarry since it opened in 1993 and operates not only stone crushers but also wheelloaders and gensets. “It’s comforting that the Terex Finlay stone crusher is now available with a Scania engine,” he said. “It’s not unusual that other engines have trouble starting in cold winter temperatures or that they are out of service for several days while we wait for parts. Scania engines start regardless of weather and services are readily available with swift delivery of parts.”

The Vändle quarry annually produces more than 700,000 tonnes of crushed rock. When solid rock is crushed, the volume is three times greater.

“Reliability and quickly obtaining services are really important for us,” according to District Manager Lars Bruksgård at Swerock, which operates the quarry. “The wear on the equipment is considerable and we usually can count on a life span of no more than 7–9 years.”

Scania DC13

• DC13 industrial engine, 350 – 450 hp @ 2100 rpm.
• Emission certification: EU Stage IIIB, EPA Tier 4i

The engine can be utilised in several types of heavy equipment, such as dumper trucks, stone crushers and harvesters.

Anders Stenström looks forward to reliable operations with Scania-equipped stone crushers.

Terex-Finlay with a 13-litre Scania engine.

Alastair Cameron founded Camarc Design in 1986. Today the company is one of the world’s top designers of small craft. Camarc Design is one of the exhibitors at Seawork International in Southampton, 14-16 June.

At UK-based Camarc Design, the customer’s needs come first. “No matter what kind of vessel we are designing, we always start by asking the same question: What will work for the customer?” says Design Director Alastair Cameron.

“That’s because we are charged with designing vessels that will be fit for purpose – vessels that will fulfil, or ideally exceed, what the customer demands and expects of them.”

Cameron learned his trade in the mid-1980s in the boatyards on the Clyde, in Scotland, and along the south coast of England. He founded Camarc Design in 1986. Today the company has developed into one of the world’s foremost designers of small craft.

Although the boats the company develops vary enormously in size, speed and material (steel, aluminium or GRP hulls, for example), Camarc Design’s 12-strong design team approaches each with the attention to detail and engineering and design expertise that are fundamental for the company. Some projects Camarc Design works with can take as much as six years to complete.

During the development process, the challenges faced by the naval architect are many and complex. Cameron explains that the engine rating structure provides a good example of a fundamental difference between the types of boats that inevitably influences the design. “The rating structure is key,” he says. “Typically a pilot boat operates for 2,000 to 3,000 hours a year with a high load factor, so you are looking at a heavy-duty rating for that kind of vessel. In comparison, a search and rescue boat [SAR] may be required to travel at higher speeds but with a lighter rating. Moreover, if the SAR is a rollover model, additional engineering will be required for the control systems and engines.”

The make of the engine itself is another important factor in the mix. “Once again it is a question of what works for the customer,” says Cameron. “In addition to high expectations in terms of build quality, reliability and performance, it boils down to the support that service manufacturers provide, both during the development phase and once the vessel has entered service.

“For us, Scania and its 6- and 8-cylinder engines ticks all the boxes – the right product with the right support,” says Cameron, “which is why we frequently select them for use in high-speed pilot, patrol and search and rescue craft.”

The new 13-litre engine range features a flat power curve during the final 100 r/min increase before the engine speed reaches its maximum. This makes it easier for boat designers to match engine and propeller for optimum operating economy.

Launched at this year’s Seawork in Southampton, England, Scania’s new 13-litre engine for marine propulsion and auxiliary applications gives boat designers more
options. One important feature is the engine’s increased power and torque compared with its 12-litre predecessor, even though both have approximately the same physical dimensions.

“This makes it possible to increase the power on new boats and to repower old ones without any major redesign,” says Max Lindqvist, technical manager application engineering at Scania Engines.

The 13-litre marine engine is available in a number of specifications ranging from 400 to 750 horsepower. With 550 hp for the top rating for continuous use and up to 750 hp for
patrol craft, this makes more power available in continuous operation.

With the most powerful version weighing in at only 1,190 kilograms, it is a compact engine for anything from regular fishing boats to planing patrol crafts with water jet propulsion. As an option the engine can be delivered with a factory-fitted transmission.

A new feature on all engine specifications is a saver ring fitted inside the top of the cylinder liner. The saver ring removes soot and other residue stuck between the upper
piston ring and the topland, which will reduce wear and extend engine life. In certain applications this allows for 25 percent longer intervals between oil changes, which are now
up to 500 hours. In terms of environment and fuel economy, heat exchanger engines offer up to 4 percent lower fuel consumption compared with the earlier 12-litre engine.

In keel-cooled applications where the heat exchanger is not fitted on the engine, only a single cooling circuit is now required. This allows for easier installation on the boat. A
general improvement on the new 13-litre engine that also makes the installation easier is a standardised interface for the electrical connections to the engine.

“The builders don’t have to access the terminal boxes on the engine to make the electrical connections,” says Lindqvist. “There are standardised and easily accessible
connectors with the same functionality, including one for Scania’s diagnostics system. In addition we will launch a whole new type-approved marine instrumentation with
substantially improved functionality.”

Scott Jackson servicing engines for auxiliary power on yacht in Miami, USA.

Scania develops, manufactures and delivers engines to industrial OEMs over the whole world, e.g. for dumpers, material handling and other heavy applications. A substantial part of this equipment operates in North America.

Scania’s strategy is to continually develop and extend its global service network to support operators of equipment powered by Scania. Uptime is crucial for these customers’ business, as well as for their customers, and they can always depend on Scania for support.

Miami based fishing charter boat "Limited Edition" repowered with two Scania 16-litre marine engines.

During 2010, Scania USA Inc. has achieved the biggest-ever increase in the number of service points and today more than 120 new industrial engine service points have signed up. The locations of the service points have been chosen to provide the best possible geographical coverage.

Lars Eklund, Global Service Director, Scania Engines.

“We have been working hard and are now ready to provide world-class support in North America,” says Lars Eklund, Global Service Director, Scania Engines.