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SE ASIA / NE ASIA | ISSUE 03 | NOVEMBER 2018

COMMENTARY

POWERING ON

Showcasing our customers’ successes

2 3NOV 2018 CUMMINS COMMENTARY

CONTENTS

A n article in this issue – Caring in Cambodia – highlights Cummins’ work with

humanitarian organisation CARE to improve the education of young girls from

marginalised communities in Cambodia where poverty, chronic food shortages and

geographic isolation are hallmarks of their existence. In fact, the Cambodia project is

just one element of an ambitious global community initiative known as Cummins Powers

Women in which we’re investing US$10 million in a range of programs aimed at creating

large-scale impact in the lives of women and girls around the world.

Many other communities worldwide are being touched by Cummins. Corporate responsibility is

one of our core values, a value that has long been considered important to our success around

the world. Cummins’ philosophy, right from its days as a fledgling diesel engine business in the

early 1900s, is that a company is only as strong as the society in which it does business. So while

being an industrial and technological leader is important, of equal importance to Cummins is the

responsibility to help improve the communities in which we live and work – a responsibility brought

to life through the actions and activities of our employees. Last year, globally, 56,646 Cummins

employees contributed over 365,000 hours to community projects.

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New tug fleet for $9 billion Vietnam oil refinery A fleet of seven Cummins-powered tugs is being commissioned by

PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation to support the loading and

unloading of massive tankers at the new Nghi Son oil refinery.

Cummins Commentary SE Asia/NE Asiais published by Cummins Asia Pacific8 Tanjong Penjuru, Singapore 609019

Editor: Murray CliffordEmail: [email protected]: +61 419 268 289

Premium power to spur Vietnam coach manufacturerSAMCO has turned to Cummins as part of its plan to become Vietnam’s

leading bus and coach manufacturer.

Cummins generators boost reliability of Thailand’s power supplyA new fleet of mobile Cummins generator sets has been put into service

by Thailand’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to boost nationwide

power security.

Critical protection for Genesis data centreCummins DKSH has become a prominent supplier to Thailand’s data

centre industry.

Sapor is shipshape as tide of work risesTing Hua Ping, owner of Malaysia-based shipping and shipbuilding

companies, has a strong allegiance to Cummins power.

From tragedy to transformationBoth an iconic feat of British colonial architecture and until recently a

decaying, mysterious presence in the city, the Secretariat building in

Yangon, Myanmar, is starting a new chapter.

Yangon on track with Cummins rail powerCummins’ legendary 855 cubic inch diesel engine is popular with

Myanmar Railways in Yangon.

Boom times ahead for TadanoCummins power is integral to the success of Japanese company Tadano’s

rough terrain cranes.

Caring in CambodiaCummins Asia Pacific is working with international humanitarian

organisation CARE to improve the education of young girls in remote

areas of Cambodia.

Drilling deep for successEpiroc and Cummins are long-term partners in the mining and construction

industries. We look at the success of their partnership in Japan.

The rise of Cummins JapanCummins Japan was established as a small entity in Tokyo in 1961 to

supply parts and service. Today, a vastly different picture emerges.

Toughing it out in brutal extremesCummins and its Indonesian partner PT Altrak 1978 are ensuring the

success of a vast amount of equipment at Grasberg, one of the world’s

great mines.

Silent Piler drives critical tsunami defence workCummins power is behind a world-first technology that has caused a

‘construction revolution’.

A rich seam for SemiraraCummins has a strong presence at Semirara Mining and Power

Corporation, the largest coal producer in the Philippines.

Cummins gensets the ‘premium’ choiceOne of the newest residential complexes in Hanoi, Vietnam, relies on

Cummins for emergency power.

On top undergroundThe Cummins brand is now making its mark at Nui Beo Coal, supplying

emergency power for the underground mine.

Emergency response calls for Cummins powerA Malaysian-built vessel has been designed to provide medical services to

Fiji’s many islands as well as support communities during disaster relief and

humanitarian operations.

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Peter Jensen-Muir at a remote school in Cambodia which is being supported as part of the global Cummins Powers Women program.

By Peter Jensen-MuirExecutive Managing Director

Cummins Asia Pacific

Cummins’ unique approach to its social responsibilities is due in large part to Joseph Irwin Miller,

chairman of Cummins from 1951 to 1977. A great leader, social activist and philanthropist, he

brought a humanitarian’s sensibilities to the business world. And in doing so he built a legacy that

has carried over to this day. Famous American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr described

Miller as one of the most progressive business leaders in the country. US presidents John F

Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson turned to Miller for both advice and leadership in the effort to

promote a more open society. In October 1967 — not an easy time in American life with racial

tensions, a youth rebellion and several conflicts raging — Esquire magazine published a pensive

picture of Miller on its cover, with a captivating headline: “This man ought to be the next President

of the United States.”

Today, as Cummins’ business footprint continues to expand in South East Asia, our commitment

to communities in this region becomes even more important. Last year, 482 Cummins employees

across South East Asia spent 4,765 hours working with their local communities on special projects,

a participation rate we’re proud of. One of our larger projects was ‘Liter of Light’ in Malaysia and

the Philippines where we provided solar-powered bottled lights to underprivileged communities.

A total of 178 Cummins employees volunteered for this project, which positively impacted 1349

people who no longer live in darkness.

So, as we close in on Cummins’ 100th anniversary – February 3, 2019 to be exact – we can reflect

with great pride on many years of delivering community improvements wherever we’ve operated.

Commitment to our communities will never abate. Sustainable corporate responsibility is one

of our core values – and a tradition that will forever remain at the core of what Cummins and its

employees stand for. ■


A fleet of seven Cummins-powered tugs

is being commissioned by PetroVietnam

Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) to

support the loading and unloading of massive

tankers at the new Nghi Son oil refinery, 260 km

south of Hanoi.

The refinery and petrochemical complex cost

around US$9 billion to develop. It is the second

refinery – and the largest – to be built in the country,

after the Dung Quat refinery in central Vietnam.

The Nghi Son project aims to improve energy

security in Vietnam and help meet the growing

demand for refined and petrochemical products

due to the country’s rapid industrialisation

and modernisation.

The refinery has capacity to process 200,000

barrels of crude oil imported from Kuwait per

day (equivalent to 10 million tons per year) for

production of diesel, gasoline, LPG, jet fuel and

numerous petrochemical products.

Nghi Son refinery is co-owned by Vietnam Oil and

Gas Group (PetroVietnam, 25%), Kuwait Petroleum

Europe (35.1%), and Japanese firms Idemitsu

Kosan (35.1%) and Mitsui Chemical (4.8%).

All seven of PTSC’s Cummins-powered vessels for

the Nghi Son operation are being assembled at the

Strategic Marine shipyard, 100 km south east of

Ho Chi Minh City, and will be in service by the

end of 2018. The steel tugs were designed by

Singapore-based SeaTech Solutions.

PTSC, which owns and operates Vietnam’s largest

fleet of offshore vessels for the oil and gas industry,

is servicing the Nghi Son refinery under a 15-year

contract. Cummins was selected to power the new

vessels for several specific reasons.

Cummins…the premium brand.

“We wanted a premium engine brand for reliability

and durability, and we wanted the best possible

aftersales service. Competitive pricing was

also important,” says Nguyen Van Tho, PTSC

engineering manager for the maritime services

part of the Nghi Son project.

The largest tug, 29 metres in length, is powered by

dual Cummins QSK60 MCRS engines, each rated

at 2500 hp. This tug will assist in manoeuvring the

VLCCs – Very Large Crude Oil Carriers that weigh

up to 360,000 tonnes loaded – as they connect to

the single-point mooring buoy 35 km offshore.

This anchored buoy links the massive tankers to

the subsea pipeline that transfers the liquid cargo to

or from the shore facilities. Smaller 100,000-tonne

tankers don’t require the single-point mooring

buoy as they can travel close to the shore for direct

loading/unloading. In this case, two 25-metre

tugboats - each with dual 1600 hp Cummins

KTA50 engines - assist manoeuvring of the tankers.

The four other vessels that make up the Nghi Son

fleet are a 35-metre guard tug with dual 1350 hp

Cummins KTA38 engines to protect the single-point

mooring, one 20-metre line-and-hose handling

tug with dual 800 hp Cummins QSK19 MCRS

engines, one line handling tug also with dual 800

hp Cummins QSK19 MCRS engines, and one

15-metre line-handling tug powered by a single

400 hp Cummins QSM11 engine.

Long life-to-overhaul.

All the Cummins engines have a reputation for

long life-to-overhaul: The QSK60 with its modular

common rail fuel system (MCRS) technology

has a proven track record in some of the

harshest applications around the world, while the

mechanical KTA38 and KTA50 are long established

platforms noted for their robustness and ease of

maintenance, especially in work boat applications

in SE Asia. The QSK19 MCRS and QSM11 are also

highly regarded engines in the longevity stakes. ■

New tug fleet for $9 billion Vietnam oil refinery

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We wanted a premium engine brand for reliability and durability, and we wanted the best possible aftersales service.

The first batch of Kuwait crude oil for the Nghi Son refinery was delivered by the Millennium tanker in August 2017. The new Cummins-powered tugs will

take over the marine operations from leased vessels later this year.

Nguyen Van Tho, PTSC engineering manager for the maritime services part of the Nghi Son project (centre) with Cummins DKSH Vietnam’s Bui Trong Dien (left) and Tran Thanh Long (right).

The massive tankers connect to the single-point mooring buoy 35 km offshore. This anchored buoy links the tankers to the subsea pipeline

that transfers the liquid cargo to or from the shore facilities.

The most powerful of the new tugs with twin 2500 hp Cummins QSK60 MCRS engines will assist the

VCCCs (Very Large Crude Oil Carriers) that weigh up to 360,000 tonnes loaded.

VIETNAM


V ietnamese company SAMCO has

turned to Cummins as part of its plan

to become the country’s leading bus and

coach manufacturer.

Based in Ho Chi Minh City, SAMCO has been

building buses and coaches for 40 years, selling

more than 1000 coaches per year.

The Vietnamese automotive manufacturer is now

working with South Korean company WE Global,

the key partner on new model development, in the

first instance a medium-size coach.

WE Global, as a supply chain management

specialist in sourcing and distribution, is

responsible for the drivetrain including the engine

and some other main components for the new

SAMCO model.

High expectations.

“Cummins is a famous brand in diesel engines

which is the reason we have selected the ISB4.5

for the new coach chassis,” says WE Global

president and CEO Dongcheol (David) Seol, who

has held key management positions around the

world with automotive companies Hyundai, Kia

and Ssangyong.

He points out there are high hopes for the

Cummins-powered coach and that the aim is to

sell at least 2,500 units in the first five to six years.

“The expectation is that it will be the best-selling

model in the future,” he says confidently.

The four-cylinder, 4.5-litre ISB comes from Cummins’

Darlington plant in the UK and is rated at 207 hp; it

drives through a ZF six-speed transmission.

“Quality and performance are the key factors

stipulated by SAMCO and the Cummins product

shines in these areas along with its compact and

lightweight design,” says Dongcheol Seol.

Confidence in Cummins’ quality.

“We are confident in Cummins’ quality, durability

and superior technology backed by the Cummins

team and management,” says Vu Khoi, deputy

director of Samco An Lac. “The Cummins-

powered coach will be sold into the domestic

market as well as exported to other countries,”

he adds.

The Euro 4 version of the ISB4.5 is required for

Vietnam, with selective catalytic reduction (SCR)

used for emissions compliance. The SCR is a

fully integrated exhaust aftertreatment system

developed by Cummins Emissions Solutions,

dosing AdBlue (urea) into the exhaust stream to

reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions.

“We believe Cummins is the answer for a

premium product,” says Dongcheol Seol. “The

technical support we’ve had from Cummins

around the world, especially Cummins Asia

Pacific, will also be a key factor in the success of

the new coach model.”

The plan is also to extend the Cummins-powered

Samco product range, with future models

to include a long coach powered by another

Cummins engine.

SAMCO has a manufacturing plant in Ho Chi Minh

City for its bus and coach range. Covering 2.5

hectares (6 acres), it has been in operation since

2006 and will be expanding in the near future. ■

Premium power to spur Vietnamese coach manufacturer

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Cummins is a famous

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VIETNAM

Neat installation of Euro 4 Cummins ISB4.5 engine which uses SCR technology for emissions reduction.

Left: New Cummins-powered SAMCO coach is expected to be a huge success.

Above: Vu Khoi, deputy director of Samco An Lac (right), with WE Global president and CEO Dongcheol (David) Seol.

A new fleet of mobile Cummins generator

sets has been put into service by

Thailand’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)

to strengthen the reliability and efficiency of

the power distribution system for nationwide

power security.

The 26 mobile generators are specially designed for emergency response and disaster situations, as well as to provide back-up electricity supplies to the general public, business and industrial sectors. They can be monitored and controlled remotely using a mobile phone or computer.

PEA is a government enterprise focused on electricity distribution throughout Thailand except Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samutprakarn. Its new mobile, truck-mounted Cummins generator sets are used for both standby and prime power applications. PEA has a total of 134 mobile generators nationwide.

Cummins…a trusted product.“We are very happy to have Cummins here. We trust the quality and performance of the Cummins product,” says Niwat Kaipetch, leader of PEA’s mobile generator fleet in a district 100 km north of Bangkok.

He points out that quality and reliability are critical, especially when PEA needs to provide power for emergency response or an important event such as a ceremony involving the monarchy. In an event like this, the mobile generators sets are used as prime power units, to ensure reliability of supply.

The longevity of the Cummins brand is well proven at PEA. Twenty years ago, 12 Cummins VTA28 generator sets rated at 625 kVA were put into service and are still operating strongly – a record unmatched by competitor brands.

Another key factor behind the selection of Cummins generator sets for PEA’s mobile fleet was the reputation of Cummins DKSH Thailand for pre-sales, technical and aftersales support. Interfacing the generators with the PEA control system was a complex task, carried out expertly by Cummins DKSH project engineers in collaboration with PEA personnel.

Low emission engines.The new mobile fleet also features low-emission Tier 2-capable Cummins engines that are long established in some of the toughest applications around the world – the QSK19 powering 14 sets rated at 625 kVA and the QST30 powering 12 sets rated at 1000 kVA. Low emissions are a key requirement for the generator sets, especially when they are operating in public spaces.

The 19-litre QSK19 features the high-pressure modular common rail fuel system (MCRS) – a key element of Cummins’ high-horsepower technology platform for low-emission engines rated up to 5000 hp.

Since it was introduced by Cummins, MCRS technology has highlighted improvements in engine reliability and longer life-to-rebuild. The system’s multiple injection events and precision fueling result in even pressure between the cylinders. This means that unbalanced fueling – a contributor to vibration and harshness – is eliminated. There’s also reduced loading on the camshaft and geartrain due to the fact that camshaft-driven injectors are eliminated with the common rail system.

The Cummins generator sets are obviously a key addition to PEA’s mobile fleet, underpinning its policy to support economic expansion and growth in strategic areas around the country and to ensure nationwide power security. ■

Cummins generators boost reliability of Thailand’s power supply

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We trust the quality and performance of the Cummins product.

Top: Low-emission Cummins QSK19 and QST30 (pictured) engines power the generator sets.

Bottom: The mobile generators are specially designed for emergency response and disaster situations, as well as to provide back-up electricity supplies to the general public, business and industrial sectors.

THAILAND


T hailand’s data centre industry has been

growing steadily in recent years, fuelled

by the same potent mix of developments

seen in other parts of SE Asia – the growth of

smartphones, skyrocketing social media use,

and increasing dependency on cloud services.

Against the backdrop of robust economic growth,

there’s also strong interest to establish Thailand

as a data centre hub to serve the Mekong region

of countries such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar,

Vietnam and a small part of China.

Cummins DKSH has become a prominent name

in Thailand’s data centre industry, providing critical

generator protection power in a seamless process

of supply, installation and commissioning. The new

high-security Genesis data centre, 30 km from

downtown Bangkok, initially has three 1675 kVA

Cummins diesel generator sets with a further two to

be added in 2018.

The Genesis data centre has been developed

for commercial customers by three Thai public

companies – warehouse and factory developer

WHA; telecommunications network service provider

Interlink Telecom; and IT infrastructure integrator AIT.

Stringent uptime requirements.

General manager of the Genesis facility, Charlie

Chairatanatrai, points out the data centre is

Tier III certified by the Uptime Institute (Design

Documents and Constructed Facility), therefore

meeting stringent requirements around uptime,

reliability, and security.

“Customers can move in and immediately enjoy

a facility that is designed to operate at 99.982%

uptime, has excellent connectivity, and uses

international-standard security systems,” he says.

The Uptime Institute confirms certification of

the Genesis data centre while adding that many

providers claim to build ‘Tier III’ data centres, but

“few have the discipline to go through the rigorous

process of seeking actual certification”.

The generator sets are a key component of the

stringent data centre requirements for uptime and

reliability. Charlie Chairatanatrai says the track

record of Cummins DKSH in providing critical

protection power to the data centre industry was

an important reason Cummins generator sets

were specified for the Genesis facility.

Aftersales support a winner.

“The reliability and price competitiveness of the

Cummins product along with the reputation of

Cummins DKSH for engineering and aftersales

support were the key factors behind our purchase

decision,” he points out.

Redundancy at the Genesis data centre is a

minimum N+1 meaning all systems have at least one

independent back-up so there is system availability

in the event of component failure or maintenance. In

fact, the cooling and electrical systems at Genesis

have N+2 and 2N redundancy respectively.

A data centre’s massed racks of servers – the

Genesis facility has capacity for over 1000 racks

– draw significant power and also generate a lot

of heat, placing considerable demand on power

supply and air conditioning systems. Emergency

back-up power is thus critical to ensure integrity

and functionality of the computer environment.

Each of the Cummins gensets – powered by

Cummins’ long-standing 50-litre KTA50 engine – is

connected to a 1500-litre day fuel tank, while two

20,000-litre tanks provide back-up fuel supply.

The generators work in conjunction with a UPS

(Uninterruptible Power Supply) system of batteries.

In the event of a grid failure, the UPS system

maintains power supply until the gensets come on

line and take over within 10 seconds.

Achieving the reliability required for Tier III

certification requires expert attention to system

architecture and unfaltering system redundancy.

The owners of the Genesis data centre can

promote with real certainty to customers that their

facility meets best practice and rigorous global

standards for data centres. ■

for Genesis data centreGenesis data centre initially has three 1675 kVA Cummins diesel generator sets with a further two to be added in 2018.

Cummins power generation territory manager Kim Siong Ang (centre) discusses the generator installation with data

centre manager Charlie Chairatanatrai (left) and Apiched Bunluenuecharee, Cummins DKSH.

Cummins DKSH has become a prominent supplier to Thailand’s data centre industry.

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Reliability of the Cummins product along with the reputation of Cummins DKSH for engineering and aftersales support were the key factors behind our purchase decision.

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Cummins support rates highly. From left: Kim Siong Ang, Cummins Asia Pacific; Apiched Bunluenuecharee, Cummins DKSH (Thailand); Charlie Chairatanatrai, general manager of the Genesis facility; Sithidetch Kosabodee, deputy head of data centre engineering; and Rungrote Silawatcharapol, Cummins DKSH (Thailand).

Critical protection

Security is among the stringent requirements for Uptime Institute certification

THAILAND


MALAYSIA

as tide of work risesSapor is shipshape

T ing Hua Ping, owner of Malaysia-based

shipping and shipbuilding companies, is

specific in his reasons for choosing Cummins

power: “The Cummins product is a good

choice due to its reliability and durability,

competitive pricing and the fact it is highly

requested by our clients.

“I’ve had a 30-year relationship with Cummins,

a relationship that will continue,” he says

emphatically, adding that ease of maintenance,

parts pricing and availability, and aftersales

support are other key reasons for his allegiance to

the brand.

Ting Hua Ping has been in shipping and ship

repairs for more than 35 years, while his

Sibu-based Sapor Shipbuilding Industries

business was established 15 years ago.

His shipping operation comprises 20 tug-and-barge

units that have worked – or are working – in

countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, the

Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Papua New

Guinea and United Arab Emirates, hauling logs,

sawn timber, aggregate and coal.

Confidence in Cummins.

“Seventy percent of my tug-and-barge fleet is

Cummins powered,” he says. “The heaviest

barges have a deadweight of over 10,000 tons

and the tugs pulling them have two KTA50 M2

engines rated at 1600 hp.”

The legendary 50-litre KTA50, along with its

mechanically-injected stablemates, the 38-litre

KTA38 M2 (1200 hp) and 19-litre KTA19 (600 hp)

are the core power units in the tug fleet and their

robustness and performance are behind Ting Hua

Ping’s confidence in the Cummins brand.

He points out that the classification requirement

for vessels in Malaysia is that their engines be

overhauled every five years but such is the

reliability and durability of the Cummins engines

that he looks at overhaul every eight to 10 years.

“Even at this age the Cummins engines are still

performing cost efficiently,” he states.

Sapor Shipbuilding Industries is one of Malaysia’s

leading shipbuilders and repairers although in recent

years its activities have been impacted by the low

oil price and its effect on the oil and gas industry.

In Sibu alone, there are around 40 shipbuilders –

mainly family companies – but only around 10 of

those are currently ‘active’.

Quality at a reasonable price.

Ting Hua Ping points out that his company’s strong foundations, its reputation as a service

company and understanding of customers’ needs is seeing it through the difficult times.

“We build quality vessels at a reasonable price,” he emphasises. “That’s why we have a lot of

repeat purchase customers.

“We’ve built at least 150 boats – tugs, landing craft, offshore support vessels – in the 15 years

we’ve been in business and around 75 percent of those boats have been Cummins powered.”

Sapor recently started building two new vessels – a 68-metre landing craft and a 30-metre tug –

and both are powered by twin Cummins KTA38 M2 engines rated at 1200 hp.

Apart from the twin KTA38s, the landing craft has five more Cummins engines on board – a

450hp QSM11M bow thruster engine, three 6CT8.3DM generator sets rated at 110 kW, and a

6BT5.9DM emergency generator set rated at 78 kW.

In 2019, Sapor will also start building a 32-metre tug powered by a pair of 1600 hp

KTA50 M2 engines.

” We build quality vessels at a

reasonable price…“

Sapor Shipbuilding Industries’ owner Ting Hua Ping (left) with Cummins Sibu sales executive Michael Teo.

Top: 64-metre landing craft equipped with twin 1200 hp Cummins KTA38 propulsion engines, a 450 hp Cummins QSM11 bow thruster engine, and four Cummins gensets.

Above: 45.5-metre anchor handling tug with two 2200 hp Cummins QSK60 engines and three 250 kWe Cummins QSM11 DM gensets.

One of the 20 tug-and-barge units – most of them Cummins powered – owned by Ting Hua Ping.

61.25-metre offshore support vessel equipped with twin 1600 hp Cummins KTA50 engines for propulsion and

three 500 kWe Cummins gensets.

Pride, proactive approach.

In its 15 years in business, Sapor Shipbuilding has demonstrated its capability in the

construction of tugs from 23 to 36 metres in length, landing craft from 45 to 68 metres

in length, offshore support vessels from 32 to 70 metres in length, and barges over 100

metres long.

It’s easy to get the impression Sapor takes a lot of pride in its shipbuilding and repair

activities. Its headquarters in Sibu, Sarawak, has a core complement of 80 to 100 staff,

comprising skilled workers, engineers, and a naval architect. Quality control is critical to the

success of the company.

In recent times, Sapor has taken a proactive approach to the market, building vessels to

spec based on inquiries from both local and international customers. Repeat purchases are

important to the business, and Sapor is confident its ‘quality at a reasonable’ will continue to

underpin its success. ■

” I’ve had a 30-year relationship

with Cummins, a relationship that

will continue…

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B oth an iconic feat of British colonial

architecture and until recently a decaying,

mysterious presence in the city, the Secretariat

building in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), is

starting a new chapter.

The Secretariat was the site of tragedy on July

19, 1947, when national hero General Aung San,

who paved the way for Burma’s independence

from British rule, was assassinated.

The assassination occurred six months before

independence, when Aung San – Premier of the

British Crown Colony of Burma – and six of his

cabinet ministers were gunned down during an

Executive Council meeting by a gang of armed

paramilitaries acting for a rival political group.

The day of the assassination is now

commemorated as Martyrs’ Day and is

a national holiday.

General Aung San’s daughter is Aung San Suu Kyi,

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Myanmar’s first State

Counsellor, a position akin to a prime minister. In

November 2015 she led the National League for

Democracy to seeping victory in the country’s first

openly contested election in 25 years.

New chapter for Secretariat.

The new chapter for the Secretariat is its

restoration which is now underway on a grand

scale and will see it become the cultural

epicentre of Yangon.

Formerly the home of administration during

British colonial rule and later for Burma’s

independent government, the magnificent

Secretariat complex was fully completed in 1905

and sprawls 6.5 hectares (16 acres) across an

entire city block in downtown Yangon.

An earthquake in 1930 laid many of the

Secretariat’s iconic features – including its turrets

and central dome – to waste, and the building

was left to fall into disrepair post-independence.

Two Cummins generator sets are being installed

by the joint venture business, Cummins DKSH

Myanmar, as part of the restoration project.

“Cummins DKSH is proud to be involved in

this historic project,” said Tony Brown, general

manager of Cummins DKSH Myanmar. “Respect

for the Burmese people, their culture and

history is foremost in our minds as we build the

Cummins DKSH business in Myanmar.”

Premium brand generator.

“We did a lot of research into the brand of

generator set we should use,” said Daw Win

Win Khine, managing director of the Secretariat

restoration project. “We wanted a premium

brand for this important heritage building and

we also wanted the reliability that we knew the

Cummins generator sets would provide.”

The generator sets are a C550D5e (550 kVA

prime) powered by Cummins’ QSX15 engine,

and a C1675D5A (1500 kVA prime) powered by

Cummins’ KTA50.

Restoration of the Secretariat to its former glory,

under the guidance of Anawmar Art Group,

historians, curators and Yangon Heritage Trust,

is scheduled to be fully completed in 2020-21

and will feature museums, galleries and cultural

event spaces. ■

From tragedyto transformation

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Cummins DKSH is proud to be involved in this historic project.

Artist’s impression of the Secretariat courtyard when restoration is complete. Central memorial marks the

cultural celebration of Martyr’s Day.

MYANMAR

Tony Brown, general manager – Cummins DKSH Myanmar.

Top: Inside the grand Secretariat, from left: Prateek Sinha, Cummins regional sales specialist, SE Asia; Daw Win Win Khine, managing director – Secretariat restoration project; Kan Win

Oung, group general manager – The Secretariat; Sai N Thway, Cummins DKSH sales leader; Ye Kyaw Swe, Cummins DKSH sales engineer.

Middle: Where the assassination of national hero General Aung San took place on July 19, 1947.

Bottom: The Secretariat in the early 1900s.

Cummins generator sets are being installed as part of the restoration project.

“ ”Our mechanics like Cummins because there are no problems.

Tony Brown, general manager, Cummins DKSH Myanmar (left) with Tun Nwe, deputy general manager of mechanical engineering for Myanmar Railways in Yangon; and Tun Tun Ngwe, aftermarket leader for Cummins DKSH Myanmar.

Although the Yangon Circular Railway is primarily used by local commuters, it is now also a tourist attraction for visitors to see how the locals of Yangon go about their daily lives.

C ummins’ diesel engine reliability rates highly with Tun Nwe, deputy general manager of mechanical engineering for Myanmar Railways in Yangon.

“Cummins is a very reliable engine… our mechanics like Cummins because there are no problems,” he says.

The time-honoured 855 cubic inch (14-litre) Cummins NT855 is the engine Tun Nwe is referring to, and Cummins DKSH Myanmar is in the process of overhauling 10 units for Myanmar Railways.

The NT855 engines, rated at 300 hp, came into Myanmar in trains built by Niigata in Japan. The trains were actually donated by the Japanese government and were up to 20 years old when they arrived in Myanmar.

The first Cummins NT855 engines went into service in 2015 and have clocked up over 5000 hours a year, with rebuild taking place between 12,000 and 15,000 hours.

Simple, easy to repair.“The NT855 is a popular industrial engine in Myanmar,” says Tony Brown, general manager of Cummins DKSH Myanmar. “It is simple, easy to repair, and there is good spare parts availability.” Tun Nwe nods in agreement with Tony Brown’s summation of the NT855.

Myanmar Railways is operating 51 NT855 engines, most of which are powering trains on the Yangon Circular Railway which was built by the British in 1954 to connect rural suburbs and townships to the city’s commercial heart.

Today, the trains carry between 100,000 and 150,000 passengers daily along the 46 km track, stopping at 38 stations and taking around three hours to complete the journey.

Although the train is primarily used by local commuters, it is now also a tourist attraction for visitors to see how the locals of Yangon go about their daily lives. The cost of a ticket for a complete circuit is just 200 kyat (US$0.20 cents) – one of the cheapest tourist attractions on the planet!

A major upgrade of the Yangon Circular Railway will take place over the next couple of years, funded in part by a development assistance load of more than US$200 million from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

All the trains are eventually to be replaced – requiring 66 new diesel multiple units – while new signalling will also be installed. The good news for commuters is that the current time taken to complete the circuit of around three hours will be reduced to less than two. More commuters are using trains to avoid Yangon’s steadily worsening road congestion problem. In fact, daily passengers are predicted to increase to around 260,000 after the upgrade.

Asked which engine brand is preferred for the new trains, Myanmar Railways’ Tun Nwe is quick to respond: Cummins! ■

Yangon on trackwith Cummins rail power

The quickest way to get from one platform to another as a Cummins-powered train pulls into

the platform at Yangon Station.

MYANMAR


A round 1000 Cummins engines will

be installed in rough terrain cranes

manufactured by Tadano this year at its Shido

plant in Kagawa, Japan.

One of the biggest names in cranes globally,

Tadano began using Cummins engines in

2003 when it decided to increase its export

business. “Cummins is a respected global brand

with quality product and a worldwide service

support network,” says Minoru Hirose, manager

of Tadano’s Quality Assurance Group. “We

considered that very important in helping us

expand our global reach.”

Last year, 43% of the cranes Tadano manufactured

in Japan were exported, and the aim is to increase

this to nearly 67% by 2022.

A time-honoured company, Tadano – like Cummins

– will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2019.

Founder Masuo Tadano began a small welding

company in 1919 and it wasn’t until 1955 – after

earlier developing a railroad track maintenance

machine – that he introduced Japan’s first hydraulic

truck crane, with a 2-ton lifting capacity. The first

exports were made in 1960.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Peak of technical prowess

Today, Tadano manufactures all-terrain cranes,

rough terrain cranes, truck cranes, telescopic

boom crawler cranes, aerial work platforms and

truck loader cranes and has production facilities

in Japan, Germany, Thailand, India and the US.

Emphasising the quality of its products,

the company says its manufacturing sites

outside Japan share “proven Japanese-style

manufacturing technologies…”

Its rough terrain cranes “represent the peak

of Tadano’s technical prowess”, the company

asserts, and it’s in this crane category that

Cummins and the Japanese manufacturer have

forged a strong partnership.

Tadano builds 1500 to 1800 rough terrain cranes

a year at its Shido plant, with up to 75% of

production having Cummins engines – QSB6.7 and

QSL9, almost all sourced from Komatsu Cummins

Engine Co (KCEC) in Japan, and powering cranes

with lift capacities from 16 to 160 tons.

The 6.7-litre QSB with Tier 4 Final emissions

compliance – currently the most stringent

off-road emissions standard in the world – is

the biggest selling engine in the Tadano line-

up with ratings up to 194 kW (260 hp). “The

QSB6.7 is compact and lightweight with high

power density and its ratings best suit our

requirements,” says Shusaku Komatsu from

Tadano’s Powertrain Development Unit.

Cummins’ emissions technology

He rates Cummins’ emissions solutions technology

highly, pointing out that the Tier 4 Final engines

have been performing reliably in the field.

Cummins’ ability to design, develop and integrate

all key technologies, from air handling to exhaust

aftertreatment, provides benefits in terms of

simplicity, packaging and overall efficiency.

The standard of engines produced by KCEC is another factor enabling Tadano

to underpin its key messages such as quality and dependability, while Cummins’

strong technical and aftermarket support are other important elements

contributing to the Japanese company’s success.

Some impressive performance data emerges when you look closely at the

specifications of Tadano’s rough terrain cranes. For example, the top-rated unit,

the GR-1600XL designed for North America, is powered by the Tier 4 Final

QSB6.7 and has a lifting capacity of 160 US tons – the highest capacity in the

world for this class of crane. It has a six-section boom length of 61 metres (the

longest in its class) and a maximum lifting height of 61.3 metres with the boom

alone, increasing to 92.2 metres with the boom, jib and optional jib insert.

A telematics system called HELLO-NET is also offered, providing a range of

operational data to determine machine efficiency while helping plan maintenance

and inspection schedules.

Tadano makes no secret of the fact it aims to become No.1 globally in the lifting

equipment industry. ‘Lifting your dreams’ is the company slogan and with its

commitment to quality and determination to continued growth worldwide, the

dreams could well become a reality. ■

“”

Cummins is a respected global brand with quality product and a worldwide service support network.

JAPANCummins power is integral to the

success of Japanese company Tadano’s rough terrain cranes.

Tadano GR-1600XL designed for North America is powered by Cummins QSB6.7 with Tier 4 Final emissions compliance.

Top: Cummins QSL9 with Tier 4 Final emissions compliance being fitted to a Tadano rough terrain crane chassis at its Shido plant.

Right: Cummins’ support is important to Tadano. From left: Takatoshi Murase, parts sales associate, Cummins Japan; Shusaku Komatsu,

Tadano Powertrain Development Unit; Minoru Hirose, manager – Tadano Quality Assurance Group 1; and Nobu Hirokado, account manager,

engine sales and engineering, Cummins Japan.

Below left: Tadano introduced Japan’s first hydraulic truck crane in 1955, with a 2-ton lifting capacity.

Below right: Cummins-powered Tadano rough terrain crane (left) preparing counterweights for an all terrain crane in Edmonton, Canada.

Boom times for Tadano


T he heartbreaking plight of indigenous ethnic minority communities in

Cambodia’s remote Ratanak Kiri and Mondul Kiri provinces can’t be overstated.

Deep poverty, chronic food shortages and geographic isolation are the disturbing

hallmarks of their existence.

Yet the value of education is now being recognised by these marginalised communities, where

the work of CARE and similar non-government organisations is achieving remarkable results.

As part of the Cummins Powers Women program, Cummins Asia Pacific is partnering with

CARE, an international humanitarian organisation fighting global poverty, with a special focus

on working with women and girls to bring sustainable changes to their communities.

Jan Noorlander has been an influential and inspirational figure for CARE in Cambodia

since 2002. It wouldn’t surprise if his inner self has been deeply affected by the enormous

challenges he has faced. Yet he remains upbeat: “Failure is not an option,” he says. “That’s

why we’re in this business, to make a difference.”

The sight of young girl students, dressed in beautiful white blouses and neatly pleated

skirts, giggling and screaming with joy in school playgrounds in Ratanak Kiri, seems such

a contradiction. Yet it’s obvious the advancement of education in Cambodia is profoundly

affecting these communities. And CARE can take enormous pride in its achievements in a

country where the trauma of past politics is still evident.

A Cummins Asia Pacific team – led by senior counsel Kate Teixeira, a Cummins Powers

Women program champion, and executive managing director Peter Jensen-Muir, Cummins

Powers Women sponsor for Asia Pacific – visited two schools in Ratanak Kiri to gauge the

work that has been done, and still needs to be done, to overcome the challenges in education

that were regarded as insurmountable not so long ago.

The stark reality is that officials estimate that 75% of teenage girls in remote ethnic minority

communities still don’t go to school. There are numerous reasons for this including traditional

gender roles that require them to collect water every day and do household chores. Another

reason isolating them is that they don’t speak the national language Khmer. Families also

consider that the long distances needed to travel to school are unsafe for girls and for many

families the cost of transport and of staying in boarding houses is often prohibitive.

Most ambitious initiative ever.

The Cummins Powers Women program represents Cummins’ commitment to the advancement

and prosperity of women and girls around the world. It is Cummins’ most ambitious community

initiative ever, with more than US$10 million being invested in proven programs designed to create

large-scale impact in the lives of women and girls globally.

The specific goals of the Cummins-CARE partnership are to help provide education and

opportunities for more than 12,000 ethnic minority students in Cambodia, provide training for

teachers, and increase the number of girls attending lower secondary schools. It is believed that

only around 50% of girls transition from primary to lower secondary school. The program works

with the Cambodian government to provide it with the expertise to deliver multi-lingual education

across the country and to ensure this is sustainable over the long term.

One of the CARE Cambodia projects currently in the spotlight – and which is a specific focus

of Cummins’ partnership – is Know & Grow, which comprises four streams ranging from STEM

(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) to sexual reproductive health.

“The world is changing, how we learn is changing, so the education needs to be updated. Know

& Grow is preparing children for this changing world,” says Noorlander.

Know & Grow ensures that lower secondary school students from ethnic minority populations,

especially girls, have equal opportunities to access quality education in their own languages. This

will enable them to obtain 21st century skills to enhance their future career prospects. The project,

for students aged 13 to 15, is being carried out in Ratanak Kiri in 11 schools with more than 4,000

students and in eight boarding houses with over 400 students.

As Cummins Asia Pacific executive managing director Peter Jensen-Muir pointed out while visiting a

CARE-supported school, STEM is one area where Cummins can provide specific support due to its

resources in this area as a global power leader.

CARE is providing laboratory equipment, such as microscopes, for STEM students, while laptops,

tablets and smart phones are being supplied to improve digital literacy skills to help students with

their research and study. Teacher training is another critical aspect of CARE’s work, especially for

science and technology subjects, and also to support culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Marriage is romanticised.

At the other end of the Know & Grow spectrum,

sex education is the most sensitive topic on the

teaching agenda. “Marriage is romanticised in

ethnic minority communities,” says Noorlander.

“The result is that marriages and pregnancies

among girls under the age of 16 are frequent with

young boys, forcing the girls to leave school.”

Prevention of gender-based violence against

women is addressed as well, with the

curriculum emphasising the importance of

equality in relationships.

In addition to working with secondary schools

and teachers to improve the quality of teaching,

learning and infrastructure, CARE provides

scholarships so that ethnic minority students from

the poorest families can go to secondary school.

The scholarships cover the cost of boarding house

accommodation, food, uniforms and transport

home once a month.

Back in the classroom, seemingly a world away

from the confronting daily reality of their lives, a

group of girls eagerly gather around Kate Teixeira,

senior counsel for Cummins Asia Pacific, as she

talks about her girlhood. With their bright eyes

firmly focused on her, the girls listen intently as she

tells them about her life growing up on a farm in

rural Australia, and how she went to school. Then

how the opportunity to go to university far away

in the big city arose and about the career she has

crafted since that time. Her job as a lawyer for

Cummins takes her around the world. She tells

the girls what a defining factor education has been

in her life, and now as a mother of three children

herself, how critical it is for their futures.

It is this opportunity to have an education and

the life-changing consequences it can bring, that

inspires the CARE programs.

As Peter Jensen-Muir reflected on the visits to two

remote schools, there were “wonderfully inspiring

moments” watching the teachers and students at

work. However, the significance of the challenges

faced by the marginalised communities was “very

apparent and confronting”.

“The respect government officials have for CARE

and the work the organisation does in Cambodia

was clear,” he said.

“I am proud that we can support CARE in

Cambodia and look forward to further deepening

the relationship between CARE and Cummins.

Thank you, CARE, for all that you do to make such

an incredible difference to the lives of the young,

marginalised indigenous ethnic minorities.” ■

CAMBODIA

Cummins Asia Pacific is working with international humanitarian organisation CARE to improve the education of young girls in remote areas of Cambodia through the global Cummins Powers Women program. A special report by Murray Clifford.

Caring in Cambodia “”

I am proud that we can support CARE in Cambodia and look forward to further deepening the relationship

Cummins Asia Pacific’s Kate Teixeira and Peter Jensen-Muir with students at Ratanak Kiri.

Cummins Asia Pacific and CARE team with teachers at a Ratanak Kiri school.

18 19NOV 2018 CUMMINS COMMENTARY18 19CUMMINS COMMENTARY

A t first, the name Epiroc might sound unfamiliar. However, when you look closely at

its background, an emerging yet strongly-structured brand appears.

Early in 2017, the venerable 144-year-old Swedish company Atlas Copco announced it would

be splitting: It would continue manufacturing industrial power tools, compressors and vacuum

pumps, while a new independent company called Epiroc would focus on mining and construction.

The reasoning was that the business split would give both companies the chance to focus on

their strengths.

Epiroc means “at rock,” reflecting the company’s focus on mining, rock excavation and

natural resources, proximity to customers, and the strength of its partnerships. It is now

master of its own destiny, no longer having to fight other industrial divisions at Atlas Copco

for resources. It will be able to act quicker to meet global demands and trends, in particular

strengthening its technology expertise.

Cummins Japan forged a strong partnership with Atlas Copco that obviously now continues with

Epiroc, manufacturer of hydraulic surface drill rigs at its Yokohama, Japan, factory. This factory was

owned by Ingersoll Rand from 1975 until its drilling business was acquired in 2004 by Atlas Copco.

Japanese standards of quality are what keep the manufacturing operation in Yokohama

going, and ensure an excellent reputation for its products around the world.

Lowest total cost of ownership.

Cummins is a key element of Epiroc Japan’s marketing strategy as it strengthens its focus on lowest

total cost of ownership, confident it has the drill products that achieve best-in-class cost targets.

Cummins will supply around 180 engines – all 6.7-litre QSB units – for the hydraulic tophammer

drill rigs Epiroc is manufacturing at its Yokohama plant in 2018. These PowerROC rigs – the T25,

T35 and T45 – are designed for construction and quarrying operations and provide drill hole

diameters from 51 mm (2 in) up to 127 mm (5 in).

Most of the rigs are exported to developing countries in SE Asia, Africa and South America, their

QSB engines sourced from Komatsu Cummins Engine Company (KCEC) in Japan and compliant

with Euro 3 emissions standards.

Epiroc is also building rigs with QSB engines that are Tier 4 Final compliant – currently the most

stringent off-highway emissions standard in the world – although these are for the US, Europe

and Japan and are being sourced from Cummins’ Darlington Engine Plant in the UK.

“Cummins’ Tier 4 Final engine is very compact,” says Epiroc’s senior product manager

Masanori Kogushi. “We’ve only had to carry out small engineering modifications for

engine installation.”

He points out that the QSB6.7 engine sourced from KCEC is “very good quality” and has a

proven reliability and performance record in the field with ratings up to 194 kW (260 hp). “We are

a very loyal customer of KCEC,” says Kogushi. “We started sourcing engines from KCEC in 1993

and were, in fact, KCEC’s first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customer in Japan.”

Class-leading fuel economy.

Kogushi adds assuredly: “Fuel consumption is very important now with the greater

emphasis on total cost of ownership, and with the Cummins QSB engine we offer best-

in-class economy.” The Epiroc machines now feature a Power Eco function where engine

speed, depending on rock conditions, can be set to 2000, 2100 or 2200 rpm, reducing fuel

consumption by up to 10%.

Additionally, the Cummins engine is a “very good matching” to the crawler reduction gearbox

in the PowerROC rigs, says Kogushi, while Cummins Japan’s engineering support and

service response also rate highly.

“We have over 140 years of drilling history behind us,” he says with conviction. “We’re proud

of what we manufacture here. Made in Japan means a commitment to quality, and we’re the

leader in our field because of that and the operational efficiency of our products.”

Epiroc also has manufacturing facilities in Sweden, Italy, US, India and China with Cummins

supplying a wide spread of industrial engines for the company’s products such as

underground loaders and haul trucks, reverse circulation exploration drill rigs, rotary blasthole

drill rigs, and well drill rigs. These engines range from the 2.8-litre QSF2.8 rated at 64 hp right

up to the 45-litre V12 QSK45 delivering 1500 hp. In between are the QSB (3.3, 4.5 and 6.7

litres), QSL9, QSM11, QSX15, QSK19, QST30 and QSK38 emphasising the strength of the

Epiroc-Cummins partnership. ■

Drilling deep for successTop: Epiroc senior product manager Masanori Kogushi (centre) discusses the features of the PowerROC drills with Epiroc purchasing manager Hiroshi Takemura and Cummins marketing communications manager Hellene Jung.

Bottom: Cummins supplies a wide spread of industrial engines for Epiroc products such as its class-leading underground mine trucks. Pictured here is a Cummins QSK19-powered MT6020 at an underground mine in Western Australia.

JAPAN

Epiroc and Cummins are long-term partners in the mining and construction

industries. We look at the success of their partnership in Japan.

“”

…with the Cummins QSB engine we offer best-in-class fuel economy.

Epiroc means ‘at rock’, reflecting the company’s focus on mining and construction.

Epiroc’s PowerROC drill rigs feature the Cummins QSB6.7 engine.

C ummins Japan was established as a small entity in Tokyo in 1961 to supply parts

and service for Cummins-powered equipment in that country. Today, a vastly different

picture emerges, of a business serving an array of original equipment manufacturers

(OEMs) and end-user customers.

General managers Michael Holes, Kei Sato and Eric Waters have been jointly leading Cummins in

Japan since late 2017. Although each has joined Cummins Japan in the past two years, Japan

is not new to them. Michael, who heads up Cummins Filtration, has been living and working

in Japan since 2001 while Kei was Nissan application engineer/account manager for Cummins

Japan from 2008-2012. Eric Waters was supply chain leader for Komatsu Cummins Engine Co

from 2011 to 2014 before returning to Cummins HQ in Columbus, Indiana. Both he and Kei

played integral roles in bringing the new Cummins 5.0-litre V8 to market for the redesigned Nissan

Titan XD pick-up truck.

Komatsu Cummins Engine Co (KCEC) – established in 1993 in Oyama, Tochigi – is producing

around 40,000 engines a year as a manufacturing joint venture, supplying both Cummins and

Komatsu with engines from 3.3 to 9.0 litres. The Cummins engines, with Tier 3 and Tier 4 Final

emissions compliance, are used by leading construction and mining equipment manufacturers

such as Tadano, Epiroc, Giken, Hitachi KCM, Kato, Morooka and Sakai.

An engineering joint venture

– Industrial Power Alliance

(IPA) – is also in place between

Cummins and Komatsu in

Oyama, focusing on the

application of Cummins engines

to industrial applications. In fact,

the 78-litre, 18-cylinder QSK78

was designed through IPA.

Cummins and Komatsu

had partnered well before

KCEC and IPA were set up;

in fact, the two companies

first signed a licensing agreement in the early 1960s that allowed Komatsu to build Cummins

engines. Most of the early engines, 855 cubic inch units, were used in Komatsu bulldozers.

The enduring partnership today sees Cummins engines up to the 3,500 hp QSK78 used in

Komatsu mining equipment.

On the subject of high horsepower, Hitachi is another global Cummins customer, sourcing engines

from the 567 kW (760 hp) QSK23 to the 2125 kW (2,850 hp) QSK60 for its mining excavators and

dump trucks built in Japan.

Cummins is making its first foray into Japan’s data centre market in 2018, supplying four QSK60

generator sets to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation for emergency power at a new

data centre in Tokyo.

While Cummins doesn’t (yet) supply engines to any of Japan’s on-highway truck manufacturers,

the Cummins Emissions Solutions business does sell aftertreatment systems to Isuzu, Mitsubishi

and Hino, primarily for their Chinese assembly plants. Isuzu also sources some of its truck engine

filtration products from Cummins.

Yanmar and Mitsubishi are other users of Cummins aftertreatment systems – for their larger marine

engines – while Yanmar and Komatsu source turbochargers from Cummins Turbo Technologies.

Cummins Filtration also does major business with Komatsu and Hitachi for its

off-highway equipment. ■

The rise ofCummins Japan

Cummins Japan team

From left: Eric Waters, Kei Sato and Michael Holes who lead Cummins Japan.


INDONESIA

in brutal extremesToughing it out

M ore than 700 Cummins engines are

in service at Grasberg – the mine in

Papua, Indonesia, that has reached almost

mythical status.

Grasberg is certainly one of the world’s great

mines: The iconic copper and gold mining

complex incorporates both open pit and

underground mines, and its high-altitude

operations are on a scale unique even by the

standards of modern mega-mining.

Some call Grasberg – built at an oxygen-depleted

altitude of 3,500 to 4,285 metres (11,500 to

14,000 ft) – the most spectacular mineral deposit

ever found. The isolation, high altitude, and

incessant rain and fog also contribute to one of

the world’s most hostile mining environments.

In 2016, Grasberg – operated by PT Freeport

Indonesia – produced more than 500,000 tonnes

of copper and over 1 million ounces of gold.

‘Cumminising’ the mine.

Ten years ago, Cummins South Pacific regional

branch manager Ralph Cremer, who oversees the

Cummins operation at Grasberg, left no doubt as

to the company’s intentions: “One of our goals

is to ‘Cumminise’ the Grasberg complex, and

we’re well on the way to achieving that with our

dedicated team on site,” he said at the time.

Six years later, the 500th Cummins engine entered

service at Grasberg (in 2013), and today the

Cummins total stands at over 700. These don’t

include the 50 Komatsu 930E haul trucks with 2700

hp Cummins QSK60 engines which have now been

shipped out as the open pit nears the end of its life.

The real challenge now at Freeport is the big transition

to underground mining. As the open pit winds

down and production moves into the massive GBC

(Grasberg Block Cave) mine, Cummins’ operation

is changing dramatically with a population of more

than 400 small bore engines to be maintained in a

challenging underground environment.

A dedicated team of technicians from Cummins

South Pacific and Cummins’ Indonesian distributor

PT Altrak 1978 works around the clock to keep the

fleet of over 400 engines running at high availability.

In fact, PT Altrak has around 135 technicians in the

forever growing underground mine that has 450 km

of road and 50 km of rail lines.

The star player underground.

The 6.7-litre QSB is Cummins’ star player in the

transition to underground mining, and has proved

itself time and again for reliability and durability.

The QSB engines are engaged in a variety of

underground tasks, propelling concrete agitators,

flat-deck trucks, crane trucks, scissor lifts and

loaders. Cummins power can also be found in

a wide variety of other applications at Grasberg,

ranging from generator sets, water pumps,

welders and compressors to cranes and forklifts.

Ten German-built Zephyr locomotives are also

Cummins-powered and they will support the

targeted 130,000 to 160,000 tonnes of ore per

day from the GBC underground mine to the

oreflow and concentrating process.

While there’s a vast amount of Cummins-powered

equipment involved in the actual mining at

Grasberg, a fleet of 300-plus Western Star trucks

are used as support vehicles for the operation of

the mine; they do not haul any mined product.

In 1992, Western Star sealed a significant contract

with Freeport and since then has provided hundreds

of trucks which carry containers of consumables as

well as the tyres, equipment, fuel and anything else

that needs to be hauled to the mine site.

Given the cost and constraints of air transport,

nearly all major supplies and equipment arrive via

sea port and are hauled up the main supply route

to the mine.

Since 2012, all the new Western Stars that have been put into service by PT Freeport

Indonesia – 121 units – have Cummins ISX power, 400 hp to be exact. Now that rating may

suggest a fairly leisurely run to the Grasberg mine site. Nothing could be further from the truth,

with grades as severe as 30% on the HEAT – Heavy Equipment Access Track.

However, the Western Stars – brutish 6900 XD models with the Cummins ISX driving through

an automatic transmission to a 6x6 drive configuration – handle the conditions remarkably well

and are a critical cog in the overall efficiency of the mine. ■” The isolation, high altitude, and incessant rain and fog also contribute to one of the world’s most hostile mining environments.“

Grasberg is defined by the spectacular high-altitude open pit mine but it’s underground where the action now is and where more than 400 small bore Cummins engines are in operation.

Top: Altrak 1978 management celebrate the 40th anniversary.Above: Prominent Indonesian businessman and president director of Altrak 1978 Murdaya Poo.

A t the age of 40, Altrak 1978 has grown to become one of the leading heavy equipment

distributors in Indonesia. The company has been Cummins’ Indonesian distributor for

34 years.

“Altrak 1978 does not stand solely for profit, we exist to take part in the development of Indonesia

by adhering to our company motto, Be There Among the Best,” said CEO Loeky Moniaga at Altrak

1978’s birthday celebration in June.

Altrak 1978 celebrates 40th anniversary

The celebration was lively and filled with various activities, including awards for 40 employees with

long service years and also plaques for the three companies who have worked longest with Altrak

1978 – Cummins, CNH Industrial and KCM.

President director Murdaya Poo expressed his happiness at the birthday of the company he built

40 years ago, and was also proud because day-by-day Altrak 1978 is getting stronger. ■

Cummins and its Indonesian partner PT

Altrak 1978 are ensuring the success of a

vast amount of equipment at Grasberg,

one of the world’s great mines.

A fleet of 300-plus Western Star trucks are used as support vehicles for the operation of the mine. Since 2012 all new Western Stars have had Cummins ISX 400 engines.

More than 400 Cummins QSB engines power underground equipment at the Grasberg complex.

Altrak 1978 underground service support team with Cummins South Pacific managing director Steph Disher.

T sunamis, which are sparked by undersea

earthquakes, are rare. But they can be

deadly, as seen in 2011 when a magnitude 9.0

earthquake caused the tsunami that slammed

into Japan’s Honshu Island, devastating the

Fukushima nuclear power plant and killing tens

of thousands of people.

That disaster caused a drastic rethink of

tsunami defence plans around Japan, the

country of earthquakes.

One region of Japan that has taken steps to

mitigate the cost, both human and structural,

of a future tsunami is Kochi on the southern

island of Shikoku.

The frightening forecast is that the town of Kuroshio

in Kochi Prefecture could face a 34-metre-high

wave if an earthquake occurs in Nankai Trough, an

underwater trench passing just south of Shikoku

Island. In 1946, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck

Kochi with coastal areas inundated by waves of up

to six metres which left 679 people dead.

Today, not far from Kochi city on the Pacific Ocean

coastline is clear evidence of the measures that

have been taken for disaster mitigation.

A reinforced embankment – 13.5 km long, rising

8.0 metres above sea level and comprising

13,000 steel piles driven 19.5 metres into the

earth – was built over five years, from 2012-2017,

for tsunami defence.

Silent Piler’s key role.

One Japanese company that played a key role in

the construction of the embankment was Giken,

whose ‘Silent Piler’ technology was used for the

extensive project. Cummins QSX15 engines also

contributed to the successful five-year operation,

powering Giken’s Silent Piler machinery.

Giken was founded in Kochi in 1967 with a vision

to remove “pollution” – noise and vibration – from

construction work. In 1975, the company released

its first Silent Piler – a world-first, creating what

Giken calls a “construction revolution”.

Conventional dynamic pile driving is ill-suited to the

urban environment, creating noise and damaging

ground vibrations. Giken’s Silent Piler technology

allows the construction of steel pile walls with

no vibration and very little noise. Importantly, the

company states that “scientific evidence” has

always been the basis for its work.

The Giken technique of pile installation is known as the ‘press-in’ method and makes

use of hydraulic rams to provide the force necessary to jack pre-formed piles into the

ground. In simple terms, the rams form part of a robotic machine that grips to previously

installed piles to utilise the reaction force needed to press the pile into the ground.

Testing by an independent engineering group showed that replacing dynamic piling

equipment with a press-in pile driver led to a 10-50 times reduction in ground vibrations

while noise levels were also vastly lower.

Cummins’ global strength.

Giken started using Cummins engines in 2001 to power the Silent Piler’s hydraulics

system. As a global company and diesel engine technology leader, Cummins was

considered an ideal partner for Giken as it planned for increased export business.

Cummins’ ability to adapt to new emissions regulations quickly is important for Giken,

as is engine performance to meet pressure response requirements of the Silent Piler.

Cummins’ integrated electronics and fuel system technology translate to fast engine

load response which is critical when the engine is constantly cycling between 100

percent load and zero load during Silent Piler operation.

During the five-year construction of the Kochi embankment referred to earlier in the

article, five to six Cummins QSX15 power units rated at 395 kW (530 hp) were on

site at any one time, performing efficiently 24 hours a day, five days a week, each

pumping hydraulic fluid at 1000 litres/minute to achieve maximum working force.

Since its first Silent Piler broke cover, Giken has achieved impressive results

worldwide, developing machines and construction solutions based on the press-in

principle and backing up its claims with “scientific validation”. Destroying the

conventions of the old construction industry hasn’t been easy but Giken is certainly

well positioned now to further advance its proven technology to a far greater spread

of industrial customers and applications. ■

Silent Pilerdrives critical tsunami defense work

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Cummins QSX15 engines also contributed to the successful five-year operation.

Silent Piler power unit features Cummins QSX15.

Hydraulically pressing steel pipes deep into the ground provides protection against tsunamis and high tides.

Bridge pier restoration work being carried out by Silent Piler.

The first Silent Piler on display at Giken HQ, and the latest

generation version.

JAPAN

Cummins power is behind a world-first technology that has caused a ‘construction revolution’.



W ell mannered, softly spoken, and with an ease

about him that didn’t initially hint at his wealth of

business experience, Jaime B. Garcia holds high office in

one of the Philippines’ largest mining companies.

As is often the way of these meetings, we shook hands and exchanged a few small talk niceties, before finally settling down to some serious discussion.

Jaime B. Garcia is Vice President of Procurement and Logistics for Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC), the largest coal producer in the Philippines, accounting for 97% of total coal domestic supply.

Mining is carried out on Semirara Island, 350 km south of Manila in the province of Antique. Since the early 1980s, SMPC has had the exclusive rights to explore, extract and develop the island’s coal resources, the richest in the country.

SMPC increased coal production from 8.0 million tonnes in 2015 to 12 million tonnes in 2016 and more than 13 million tonnes in 2017.

A further increase in production capacity to around 16 million tonnes is expected in 2018 to supply the growing domestic demand from coal-fired power plants and cement plants. As a power producer, SMPC has an installed capacity of 900 MW with a further 1200 MW in the pipeline, generated by coal-fired powerplants.

More than 200 conventional trucks and shovels are engaged in SMPC’s mining operations on Semirara Island, including 198 dump trucks, 47 excavators, and 57 pieces of support equipment such as dozers, graders, drill rigs and crawler cranes. Cummins’ presence is primarily in the excavator operation where the 38-litre KTA38 (K1500E) – a V12 rated at 1260 hp – powers the fleet of Komatsu PC3000 machines that have an operating weight of 268 tonnes.

Confidence in Cummins.Cummins’ rich heritage, dating back nearly 100 years, is acknowledged by Jaime B. Garcia. “You don’t have to tell me about Cummins… I know about the company, how it works. I’ve always had confidence in Cummins,” he asserts.

His first experience with the Cummins brand was in 1979 when he started as a cadet engineer with construction company DMCI which was later to gain a majority stake in Semirara Mining and Power Corporation.

“We had around 30 Kenworths in the DMCI construction business and they had Cummins NH 220 and 250 engines,” he recalls with a knowing smile. “We also had International Harvester F5070 Paystar trucks with Cummins NTC290 engines.”

The NH 250 was the start of Cummins’ legendary 855 cubic inch (14-litre) engine family which is still popular today in various applications.

With today’s business pressures perhaps greater than at any other time, aftersales support ranks No.1 among SMPC’s priorities. The Cummins Sales & Service operation in the Philippines, under the guidance of Brad Bingert, gets a strong nod of approval from Garcia.

“There’s more attention to support now…we’ve seen a big improvement,” he says. He cites the example of a replacement KTA38 that was needed urgently, and Bingert’s team responded quickly by getting a remanufactured engine from the Cummins Master Rebuild Centre in Brisbane, Australia, flown to site.

“Our suppliers need to have their frontline people accessible anytime we need to talk to them,” he asserts. “Parts support should also be anticipated ahead of any known issues, and we don’t like things being hidden from us, like product upgrades.”

Cummins’ engine robustness critical.Garcia describes the Cummins KTA38 as a “robust engine”, a key factor in the requirement for each PC3000 excavator to move a minimum 5.5 million bank cubic metres (BCMs) of waste and coal per year. The strip ratio is 10:1.

The KTA38 along with its equally robust brother, the 50-litre KTA50, are also dominant in SMPC’s tug-and-barge operation, hauling coal from Semirara Island to Calaca Batangas using 10,000, 8000 and 5000-tonne dead weight vessels.

“ ” I’ve always had confidence in Cummins

A rich seam for Semirara

At the minesite: Alona Bingert, Cummins mining business manager for SE/NE Asia (centre), with Cummins Philippines service manager Diana Dulce (left) and sales engineer Julie Cabrera (right).

Cummins’ presence at Semirara is primarily in the excavator operation.

PHILIPPINES

The increase in production in the next few years will see around 500,000 tonnes a month going to SMPC’s own power stations (one 900MW, three 300MW and two 150MW), 300,000 tonnes/month to other power stations and cement plants, and 600,000 tonnes to China.

The bottom line for SMPC, especially with the integration of it coal mining activities and power operations, has been to create a value chain that enables the company to “transform low-value input into high-value output” in an efficient and responsible manner. ■

Jaime B. Garcia, VP of Procurement and Logistics for Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC).

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Cummins is a famous name in diesel power and is our preferred brand of generator set in the 800 kVA and above market segment.

Cummins gensetsthe ‘premium’ choice

“ ”Aftersales support and parts availability along with technical support and class-leading fuel economy were the key reasons Cummins beat the competition.

On top undergroundCummins Asia Pacific territory manager Kim Siong Ang (centre) with the head of Nui Beo Coal’s technical department, Nguyen Quoc Binh.

Top: Cummins Asia Pacific’s Kim Siong Ang checks the Cummins DMC1500 digital master control system.

Above: New power station at minesite has initial installation of two Cummins QSK60 generator sets with a further two identical units to be installed at a later date.


VIETNAM VIETNAM

T he Vietnamese mining industry has made significant contributions to the country’s

socioeconomic development.

Nui Beo Coal Joint Stock Company is a coal mining business that has been operating for around 30 years near Ha Long City in Quang Ninh Province, and is one of the country’s largest open pit mines.

The company is a subsidiary of Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), an industrial conglomerate that extracts coal, nickel, aluminium, iron ore and other minerals. In 2018, Vinacomin plans to produce 35.4 million tons of coal, most of it for domestic use.

Nui Beo Coal’s operations are close to the residential areas of Ha Long City resulting in a commitment to improved environmental protection while still achieving production and business efficiencies.

Apart from its open pit mine which has a designed production capacity of five million tons per annum, Nui Beo Coal has also been operating a vertical shaft underground mine near Ha Long City since 2017 with an annual capacity of two million tons.

Cummins making its mark.The Cummins brand is now making its mark at Nui Beo Coal, supplying emergency power for the underground mine which will be operating at a depth of 350 metres by 2020. Ventilation and water pumps are two key areas that need the power in the event of mains failure.

A new power station has been built at the minesite, with initial installation of two Cummins QSK60 standby generator sets – C2500 D5A units with a 2500 kVA rating. The fully integrated system incorporates Cummins PowerCommand digital paralleling equipment and a Cummins DMC1500 digital master control system.

A further two generator sets – identical units – will be installed at a later date to provide emergency power above ground. The ‘QSK60’ designation refers to the engine powering the genset – Cummins’ 60-litre V16 which is well established in some of the toughest applications in the world, especially 4000 hp mining excavators.

The head of Nui Beo Coal’s technical department, Nguyen Quoc Binh, said there were a number of reasons Cummins beat the competition for the business. He cited aftermarket support and parts availability along with technical support and class-leading fuel economy.

He said the first two gensets had clocked up around 17 hours and had impressed with their “stable running”. ■

O ne of the newest residential complexes

in Hanoi, Vietnam, relies on Cummins for

emergency power.

Four Cummins generator sets are on standby at Imperia Garden, one of Hanoi’s newest residential complexes, to provide emergency power to 1500 apartments in the event of a grid blackout.

The Cummins sets, 700 and 1100 kVA units, were recommended and supplied by Meeco to the building electrical contractor Hawee. Meeco is a distributor of generator sets and electrical equipment to contractors in Vietnam’s building industry.

“Cummins is a famous name in diesel power and is our preferred brand of generator set in the 800 kVA and above market segment,” says Meeco general manager Do Thai Ngoc. “Quality and aftersales support are the key factors behind our preference for the Cummins product.”

He emphasises that Cummins generator sets are for customers who want a “premium” product.

Smarter, more reliable.“The Cummins PowerCommand controller is much smarter and more reliable than third-party controllers,” he states. “The response and stability of the generator set when synchronizing is superior when the PowerCommand controller is used.”

Imperia Garden is a luxury complex comprising 1500 apartments in four high-rise towers – one tower of 39 storeys, one of 29 storeys, and two of 27 storeys. The complex is creatively promoted as being designed and built to international standards and… “created from the heart of the owner, the creativity and aesthetics of modern French architects, dedicated to the residents of this happy empire”.

The four standby Cummins generator sets comprise two 1100 kVA units powered by Cummins’ KTA38 engine, and two 700 kVA sets powered Cummins’ VTA28. ■

Top: Cummins power generation territory manager Kim Siong Ang (right) with Imperia Garden technical engineer Nguyen Van Tuan (centre) and Meeco director Do Thai Ngoc.

Bottom: One of the four Cummins standby generator sets at Imperia Garden.

Imperia Garden comprises 1500 apartments in four high-rise towers.

28 NOV 2018

A Malaysian-built multi-purpose

vessel, designed to provide medical

services to Fiji’s many islands as well as

support communities during disaster relief

and humanitarian operations, was recently

commissioned by the country’s Government

Shipping Services.

The 46-metre vessel, ‘Veivueti’, is powered by

twin 600 hp Cummins KTA19 M3 engines and

was built by Eastern Marine Shipbuilding in

Sibu, Malaysia. It was launched by Fiji’s Prime

Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and is based in

Walu Bay, Suva.

The medical landing craft is equipped with

state-of-the-art apparatus like ventilator

machines and medical lasers to treat serious

eye complications. Duty of care inspired her

name – Veivueti in Fijian/iTaukei language means

to help someone in a time of need.

The vessel has the capacity to transport 300

tonnes of water to drought stricken islands and

can also carry a maximum of 200 tonnes of

general cargo.

Valuable resource in time of need.

“Veivueti is unlike any resource we’ve had at our

disposal here in Fiji. It houses separate rooms

for operations, minor procedures, consultations,

and recovery,” said Prime Minister Bainimarama.

The vessel is specially equipped and designed

to accommodate 18 crew members, including a

full team of medical professionals who can carry

out emergency surgeries, take x-rays, screen for

pulmonary tuberculosis, perform urgent dental

procedures, and more.

“We already anticipate that the Veivueti will be

in high demand all across Fiji. And as we are

dealing with more frequent and stronger severe

weather events due to climate change, we

unfortunately expect the need for rapid maritime

medical response to only rise,” he said.

The Prime Minister thanked Eastern Marine

Shipbuilding and also acknowledged the

Malaysian Navy for protection through “known

pirate waters”.

Apart from its Cummins KTA19 propulsion

power, the vessel has three 80 kW Cummins

6BT5.9 DM generator sets to provide critical

onboard electricity and also a Cummins QSB6.7

engine to power the bow thruster.

Eastern Marine Shipbuilding was established

in 1993 and has built a strong reputation for its

tugs, landing craft and offshore support vessels.

According to the company’s procurement

manager Ngieng Hook Hui, Fiji’s Government

Shipping Services specifically requested

Cummins power due to aftersales support

and spare parts availability in the South Pacific

region. Reliability of the big in-line six, 19-litre

KTA19 is also well established in high duty cycle

applications. ■

Emergency responsecalls for Cummins power

Powered by twin 600 hp Cummins KTA19 engines, ‘Veivueti’ is equipped to provide medical services to

Fiji’s many islands.

Ngieng Ping Sian, managing director of Eastern Marine Shipbuilding (right) at the official commissioning of the vessel

with David Kolitagane, Permanent Secretary – Ministry of infrastructure & Transport..

MALAYSIA

Above top: Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama officially commissions ‘Veivueti’.Above: The vessel is specially equipped and designed to accommodate 18 crew

members, including a full team of medical professionals.Below: Cummins Sibu sales executive Michael Teo (left) with Eastern Marine

Shipbuilding procurement manager Ngieng Hook Hui (centre) and Cummins Sibu application engineer Ling Tiew Huang.

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