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Vocational Vehicles and Applications

Authors: Michael Hilgers, Wilfried Achenbach

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Book Series : Commercial Vehicle Technology

Part of: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik"

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About this book

The aim of this work, consisting of 9 individual, self-contained booklets, is to describe commercial vehicle technology in a way that is clear, concise and illustrative. Compact and easy to understand, it provides an overview of the technology that goes into modern commercial vehicles.

Starting from the customer's fundamental requirements, the characteristics and systems that define the design of the vehicles are presented knowledgeably in a series of articles, each of which can be read and studied on their own.

This volume, Vocational Vehicles and Applications, discusses the bodies and trailers that are added to a commercial vehicle to make it fit for purpose. Bodies, trailers and specific equipment packages are explained. It offers an excellent overview for readers who are undergoing training and those who are working in the field.

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Chapter 1. Vocational Vehicles

Abstract

When the commercial vehicle leaves the plants of the big vehicle manufacturers, the commercial vehicle is often not yet in a condition to carry out its intended duties. At the assembly plant of the vehicle original equipment manufacturer (OEM), a chassis or tractor unit rolls off the production line, but it typically still needs a body or semitrailer (and possibly a trailer as well) to make the vehicle ready for its intended use. Bodies, trailers or semi-trailers are necessary to enable the vehicle to perform the tasks the customer has in mind for the vehicle.

Michael Hilgers, Wilfried Achenbach

Chapter 2. Vocational Vehicle Preparation by the Vehicle Manufacturer

Abstract

The vehicle operator (the buyer) wants to find a vehicle (truck or tractor unit, for example) that will perform the specific function they have in mind as economically as possible. To help, truck manufacturers offer vehicles that are specially prepared for use in certain industries, taking into account the particular industry requirements. These vehicles are then modified for their respective tasks by truck equipment manufactures TEMs (“bodybuilders”).

Michael Hilgers, Wilfried Achenbach

Chapter 3. Bodies

Abstract

Bodies are produced by truck equipment manufacturers (TEMs) with the necessary combination of specific industry knowledge and custom technology. Figure 3.1 shows nine of the countless variants created by adding a body to the chassis from the OEMs.

Michael Hilgers, Wilfried Achenbach

Chapter 4. Trailers and Semitrailers

Abstract

Trailers are unpowered vehicles coupled to and towed by a powered vehicle. They are also called towed units. A distinction is made between trailers and semitrailers.

Michael Hilgers, Wilfried Achenbach

Chapter 5. Equipment for Typical Truck Application Areas

Abstract

The vehicle with body, trailer or semitrailer is usually configured to perform a specific function. The fact that vehicles used for garbage collection would not look like logging trucks or concrete mixers is self-evident. But even semitrailers that appear interchangeable at first sight and are used for transporting seemingly very similar goods often include details that are optimized for particular operational purposes.

Michael Hilgers, Wilfried Achenbach

Backmatter

Title: Vocational Vehicles and Applications
Authors: Michael Hilgers
Wilfried Achenbach
Copyright Year: 2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-60844-9
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-60843-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60844-9

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