The major vehicle manufacturer has developed a new mounting bar, capable of heavy-duty needs
Scania Australia has worked alongside its partners to benefit emergency services vehicles with a new heavy-duty winch mounting bar.
The front mounted equipment structure (FMES) has been specifically designed with emergency vehicles in mind, strong enough for local application and able to bolt directly onto the front chassis crossmember.
It will be deployed on fire and ambulance services’ Scania trucks, with many already ordered and fitted to fire trucks in service.
The FMES was developed by Scania presales engineer Dean van Lunenberg, working alongside one of Scania’s partners to deliver the product.
“The FMES is designed to be used in a variety of applications from winches to snow ploughs, and bolts straight into the bull bar attachment points,” van Lunenberg says.
“Engineering research work was carried out by L&T Technology Services, an Indian multinational technology company.
“L&T created development concepts and carried out finite element analysis (stress testing, vibration testing, and adding or altering components to meet strength requirements).
“Once the design met all acceptable criteria, they provided engineering drawings and CAD models of the new product.
“When we signed off the final drawings we sent the files to our preferred local supplier, Diver Consolidated Industries, based in Reservoir, Melbourne.”
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| van Lunenberg with his new creation. |
According to van Lunenberg, the DCI technology specialises in heat shields, metal pressings and welded assemblies at large scale, and they already make a number of fittings for Scania vehicles sold in Australia.
“They manufacture and assemble the FMES bar and supply them to us for fitment at our Scania new vehicle preparation workshops,” he says.
Scania director or presales and logistics William Fisher praised van Lunenberg’s work, saying the FMES will work excellently with Scania’s existing vehicles.
“This is an exceptional display of ingenuity and dedication,” Fisher says.
“It took Dean several months of meticulous effort, working with internal and external partners to create this solution, demanded by our customers.
“Dean conceptualised and built a FMES that seamlessly integrates with the Scania chassis design.
“It was designed from scratch in 3D CAD, and Dean tested the structure using finite element analysis to ensure the structure’s design suited the requires operational parameters our customers requested.”