The SuperTurbo™ improves internal combustion engines, lowers
costs, and reduces harmful emissions
LOVELAND, Colo., Feb. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperTurbo
Technologies Inc. ("SuperTurbo") and Linamar Corporation
("Linamar") announced today that they entered into an exclusive
agreement to bring the SuperTurbo™, a transformational technology,
to market. The SuperTurbo™ improves the efficiency of diesel,
hydrogen, and natural gas internal combustion engines, while
significantly reducing harmful emissions. McLaren
Engineering, a division of Linamar, will produce prototype units
for durability testing. Upon successful completion of
testing, under the terms of the exclusive agreement, Linamar will
manufacture and test SuperTurbos™ for the global market.
The SuperTurbo™ is a mechanically driven turbocharger that
provides "on-demand" boost to internal combustion engines, which
provides the ability to precisely control and balance boost
pressure and air-fuel ratio. It supports 7.5L to 16L internal
combustion engines for both on-highway and construction
applications, where increasingly strict emission and CO2
regulations require advanced air management systems. Leading
global engine OEMs continue to demonstrate strong interest in the
SuperTurbo™ as a key component of their next-generation engine
architectures to enable compliance with China 7, Euro 7
and California Air Resource Board/EPA 2024/2027 emissions
requirements.
"SuperTurbo's partnership with Linamar brings our company one
step closer to commercializing a technology that can significantly
reduce emissions, increase engine performance, and lower fuel costs
relative to competing engine boosting technologies," said
Mark Herbst, CEO at
SuperTurbo. "Linamar is a world-class manufacturing
enterprise and an ideal partner for our company as it progresses
into the critically important stage of delivering a
commercial-ready product to market. We look forward to
leveraging Linamar's vast global resources to manufacture and
launch new products globally."
"We are excited to partner with SuperTurbo to produce prototypes
for durability testing of their revolutionary product that
significantly reduces emissions of hydrogen, diesel and natural gas
internal combustion engines while achieving higher levels of
productivity and lowering total cost of ownership for the
on-highway and off-highway commercial vehicle market.
We consider SuperTurbo a leader in bringing this technology to
market which will have a positive impact on our environment,"
stated Linamar CEO Linda
Hasenfratz.
In addition to the Linamar partnership, SuperTurbo recently
announced that they successfully completed their collaboration with
AVL List GmbH ("AVL") to investigate the carbon and emissions
reduction possibilities of the hydrogen internal combustion engine
(H2ICE). Focusing specifically on commercial
vehicle applications, the SuperTurbo™ demonstrated the ability to
optimize the lambda to lower engine out NOx to less than 1-2 g/kWh
over the majority of the engine operating range, increasing
efficiency by up to 4% while maintaining rapid, diesel-like
transients.
About SuperTurbo Technologies, Inc.
SuperTurbo
Technologies Inc. specializes in the design, development, and
commercialization of SuperTurbos™ for commercial vehicles for on
highway and construction markets. The SuperTurbo™ is a mechanically
driven turbocharger that allows engine OEMs to control the airflow
and EGR for the engine, enabling optimization of both performance
and emissions at all operating points. Other benefits include
transient cycle efficiency, fuel cost savings, exhaust energy
recovery through compounding, particulate reduction, Cold Start/Low
NOx improvement, engine down-sizing, down-speeding and improved
engine braking. For more information, visit www.superturbo.net.
About Linamar
Linamar Corporation (TSX: LNR) is an
advanced manufacturing company where the intersection of
leading-edge technology and deep manufacturing expertise is
creating solutions that power vehicles, motion, work, and lives for
the future. The Company is made up of two operating segments – the
Industrial segment and the Mobility segment, both global leaders in
manufacturing solutions and world-class developers of highly
engineered products. The Industrial segment is comprised of Skyjack
and MacDon. Skyjack manufactures scissor, boom, and telehandler
lifts for the aerial work platform industry. MacDon manufactures
combine draper headers and self-propelled windrowers for the
agricultural harvesting industry. The Mobility segment is
subdivided into three regional groups: North America, Europe, and Asia
Pacific. Within the Mobility segment, the regional groups
are vertically integrated operations combining expertise in light
metal casting, forging, machining and assembly for both the global
electrified and traditionally powered vehicle markets. The Mobility
segment products are focused on both components and systems for new
energy powertrains, body and chassis, driveline, engine, and
transmission systems of these vehicles. McLaren Engineering
provides design, development, and testing services for the Mobility
segment. Linamar has 26,000 employees in 60 manufacturing
locations, 12 R&D centres and 25 sales offices in 17 countries
in North and South America,
Europe and Asia which generated sales of $7.4 billion in 2019. For more information about
Linamar Corporation and its industry leading products and services,
visit www.linamar.com or follow us on Twitter at @LinamarCorp.
Media Contact:
Forrest
Gitlin
Prosek Partners
fgitlin@prosek.com
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