COMPASS TRUCKS ARE LAUNCHED ONTO THE MARKET

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2022

KAMAZ Finance and Trading Company sold the first medium-tonnage trucks of the Compass line.

The Compass vehicles belong to KAMAZ’s new line of medium-tonnage trucks. The first curtainsiders with GVW of 9.5 tonnes were delivered to the dealers of Volga Federal District – OOO Avtolider-Sever and OOO KAMAVTOKOMPLEKT-Izhevsk.

The trucks are equipped with a reliable four-stroke diesel turbo Cummins ISF3.8S5154 engine generating 154 hp, a manual 6-speed LC6T540B transmission. Fuel tank capacity is 250 liters. Curb chassis weight varies from 3,125 to 3,405 kg, depending on wheelbase applied. Useful life of the vehicle is 800 thous. km. Service interval is 20 thous. km.

The sleeper cab is spacious and comfortable. Cab suspension is four-point, torsion-bar in front, with flexible rubber parts at rear. The driver has at his disposal adjustable steering column, cruise control, air conditioner, power windows, steering wheel audio controls.

Recall that the new KAMAZ Compass project starts with two models: the 9.5 t GVW Compass-9 and the 11.9 t GVW Compass-12. These delivery trucks are meant for operation in cities and suburbs, can be used in long-haul transportation. The Compass chassis can be equipped with a wide range of superstructures: various versions of vans (insulated, cargo, refrigerated), drop-side trucks with truck loader cranes, garbage trucks, multilifts, tow trucks, truck-mounted hydraulic lifts, etc. In the second half-year of 2022, KAMAZ plans to commercialize a more compact and lightweight model Compass-5 with GVW of 5.5 tonnes.

CONCRETE MIXER TRUCKS ON THE CHASSIS OF NEW-GENERATION K5 KAMAZ TRUCKS

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2022

The specialists of Tuimazinskiy Zavod Avtobetonovozov PTC, a subsidiary of KAMAZ in Bashkiria, jointly with engineers of the company’s Research and Development Center started designing concrete mixer trucks with a tank capacity ranging from 10 to 12 cubic meters on the chassis of KAMAZ trucks of the K5 new generation.

The models are to be mounted on dumping chassis of enhanced payload – KAMAZ-6595 (6×4) and KAMAZ-65951 (8×4). These will be brand new vehicles with an improved comfortable environment for a driver and compliant with today’s all emission standards. The basis K5 chassis are equipped with a KAMAZ R6 engine (910.15-450) generating 450 hp and a ZF 12TX2820TO gearbox.

Another feature is a unique system when a mixer drum is hydraulically driven by a chassis engine, directly via a power take-off (PTO). The use of the PTO decreases the curb weight of the concrete mixer truck and enables to distribute loads on the chassis more evenly. In addition, the chassis engine drive improves environmental and erogonomic properties.

Concrete mixer trucks on K5 KAMAZ chassis are expected to be marketed as premium segment products to keep up with G7 products.

HI-TECH VERSION OF LNG KAMAZ-54901

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2022

KAMAZ is going to commercialize the Hi-Tech version of the KAMAZ-54901 tractor truck running on liquefied natural gas.

A year and a half after the introduction of the upgraded Hi-Tech version of the K5 tractor truck, the top Russian automaker started testing this vehicle with a gas engine.

The new straight-six KAMAZ-950.10 engine generating 450 hp, designed for freight trucks of the new generation, is equipped with a 12-speed ZF Traxon automated gearbox with a hydraulic transmission retarder. The vehicle features two cryogenic tanks 530 liters each. The range is about 1,500 km.

In its characteristics, the engine complies with the Euro 6 emission standards. It features low compression, an original cylinder-piston group, an integral cylinder head updated for spark plug installation. Instead of diesel fuel injection equipment, the vehicle has components of a natural gas delivery and ignition system. The vehicle features the latest components of the gas delivery, ignition and engine control system.

Like its counterpart equipped with a diesel engine, this vehicle has got a soft dashboard. A standard manually-operated “crane” of a parking brake is replaced with a push-button system. Understeering switches were redesigned, ergonomically and functionally improved.

The vehicle will also be equipped with ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) – adaptive cruise control that can maintain a chosen distance between a vehicle and the vehicle ahead automatically, and also lane keeping aid and active brake assist. This enables to promote active safety.

There are five prototypes now. They all are designed to meet different goals: for example, a task to regulate ADAS and transmission control system, to work on an engine and electronic components, and also to carry out certification works.

“The vehicle is designed to comply with all requirements of the EU market. And we see potential for launch of this version on the European market too, there are all prerequisites for this. Besides, serial production of this model will enable KAMAZ to satisfy an increasing demand for vehicles running on natural gas,” said Igor Valeev, Deputy Chief Vehicle Designer of KAMAZ PTC.

The bulk of testing works is expected to be completed by early summer. By this time, the vehicle has to be certified. Commercializing is scheduled for the end of the third – the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year.