John Deere: Dedicated to Emissions Solutions on All Fronts

John Deere Construction & Forestry has a commitment to partnering with its purchasers to provide solutions to their fleet emissions challenges.

This commitment is well in progress, with wide-ranging information resources available on the internet, fleet emissions training for customers, electrification/hybrid research and development, as well as a choice of technology trail for Interim Tier 4 ( iT4 ) and work on the options to help owners meet final Tier four ( fT4 ).
A Solid Web Presence

John Deere’s construction equipment web site, www.JohnDeere.com/construction, now has a dedicated’John Deere Emissions Solutions’ section prominently displayed, where fleet owners can find out about emissions solutions, categorical Tier 4 technologies and access a fleet emissions reporting tool.

Owners and chiefs can also find out more about Deere’s engine offerings, retrofit and repower solutions, and find links to the EPA, CARB, the Diesel Technology Forum and more. And, there is a beneficial chart detailing emissions regulations with dates of enforcement.

it’s a single-stop source for all of the key emissions info.

as well as the Web resources, there’s fleet emission training directly from John Deere available to hardware users. Contact a Deere sales or product support person - or a Deere dealer - for details.
Powering Equipment’s’s Future

Just as automobile manufacturers have gained a great amount of attention with hybrid vehicles, electrification and cross-breed solutions for construction equipment may play an integral role in fT4 and beyond.

Research and development are being driven not only by emissions regulations but also by the needs for increased fuel economy, noise suppression and lower life cycle costs. There is also the aptitude for fewer moving parts and more material moved per gallon of fuel.

Deere is heavily concerned in electrification research, but will not rush a construction product out for hoopla’s sake - it has to be right.

Banking on the future of electrification of many types of on- and off-highway automobiles, Phoenix global, a John Deere Company, continues to develop electronic components, to be used on both Deere equipment as well as for sales to outside hardware manufacturers.

Many are foretelling a robust future for automobile electrification, starting from replacing individual hydraulic or mechanical parts with electrical motors to electrical powertrains to hybrids to complete electrically powered cars.

With these probabilities in front of them, Phoenix, part of the newly formed John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, is noticeably expanding its product portfolio with the development of a line of power inverters, a basic building block in electric drives.

founded in 1987, Phoenix turned into a wholly owned John Deere company in 1999.

as an element of the John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, Phoenix can now also draw from resources company-wide, including Deere’s telematics and an array of GPS technologies.

Deere introduced its first machine with electric drives in 2005 with the launch of the Series 2500E greens mower. A later version of that mower was introduced in late 2008. On the 2500E, electrical motors drive the cutting reels. A 48V, 90-amp alternator is belt-driven by the engine, providing consistent cutting power to the units at any time.

Deere followed the greens mower with the advent of its e-Premium agricultural tractor at the Agritechnica show in Europe in November 2007. The e-Premium tractors can generate up to twenty kW via a crankshaft-driven generator, to power parts such as the water pump, cooling fan, air-conditioning pump and the air brake compressor. It can also provide power for external tools via 230V and 400V power outlets.

Now, driven by Tier four emissions regulations, as well as fuel use, performance, productivity and environmental points to consider, mixed with cost reduction, trustworthiness and safety factors, Phoenix is about to introduce an expanded portfolio of power electronics products. These include both Class An inverters-12, 24 and 48V units generating up to ten kW ; and 350V/700V Class B inverters generating up to three hundred kW.

Phoenix sees the inverters as replacements for mechanical and electro-hydraulic systems in off-highway machines, such as construction equipment, together with lorries and buses, and turf apparatus, as well as drive-system electrification.
Interim Tier 4/Final Tier 4

Deere is well versed in the technology trail to help fleet owners meet iT4 standards.

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