For more than 40 years, OEM Off-Highway has worked with manufacturers across to globe to identify today’s top product introductions and upgrades and share them with our readers.
Our Top New Products award, returning for its 16th year, is designed to highlight the ingenuity of today’s design teams and showcase the innovation behind some of the latest product launches in the mobile on- and off-road equipment manufacturing space. Read on for the latest information behind several of the industry’s top new releases, including product features, specs and more.
The winners highlighted here have been selected from the best in a global submission process and represent OEMs offering exciting new products in each of the following categories:
- Engines
- Drivetrains
- Fluid Power
- Electrical & Electronics
- Operator Cab
- Engineering & Manufacturing
Engines
Winner:
Perkins 2600 Series from Perkins Engines Company Limited
Honorable Mention:
- CORE50 off-road combustion engine from AGCO Power Oy
- CNX TriFusion Series from Canimex
Drivetrains
Winner:
ZF eTRAC eCD60 electric central drive from ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Fluid Power
Winner:
CMV(A) - Compact Mobile Valve (Aluminum) from Wandfluh AG
Honorable Mention:
DVG 60/100 - Directional Valve Group from Danfoss
Electrical & Electronics
Winner:
Editron ED3 onboard charger & electric power take-off from Danfoss Power Solutions
Honorable Mention:
HMU-3640LB Industrial Gateway from CalAmp
HMU-3640LB Industrial GatewayCalAmp
Features include:
- Global connectivity: LTE CAT-1 with 3G/2G fallback
- Extremely rugged design: IP66 and 67 ratings, US MIL-STD 202G & 810F, SAE J1455, IEC 61000-4-2
- Wide operating temperature range: -30° to +75° C (connected to primary power)
- Comprehensive I/O: upgraded Bluetooth 5.x and extensive wired connectivity options (via 12-pin connector) to capture more data.
- Built-in 3-axis accelerometer
- J1939 and Modbus interface support
- Software development kit (SDK) to streamline application development
- Flexible application options: integrate telematics data into your internal systems and mobile app or rely on CalAmp app to manage all of your assets
Inform design and testing decisions — Avoid guesswork by analyzing real world utilization, location, maintenance, diagnostics, and warranty-related details. Amplify data by integrating 3rd party sensors with Bluetooth 5.x and wired connectivity options.
Bolster maintenance — Employ preventive maintenance, remote troubleshooting, and over-the-air firmware updates to avoid downtime and minimize cost. Prevent theft: Rely on precision location tracking with GNSS capability, reverse geocoding, and geofence support with alerts. Derate stolen equipment, rendering it useless for thieves.
Impact revenue and cash flow — Trigger timely customer offers based on specific usage and maintenance events. Map functionality to tiered pricing (e.g., boom lift can only reach a certain height at a lower price). Derate systems to compel payment for equipment used by delinquent accounts.
Boost asset utilization — Enable customers to track hours of operation, distance traveled, idle time, and more to avoid underutilization and unnecessary equipment rentals. Improve efficiency: Give customers precision location tracking with GNSS capability, reverse geocoding, and geofence support with alerts for proof of equipment delivery, increased productivity (not hunting for equipment), and proof of service. Document performance indicators (e.g., engine rpms, hydraulic pressure, and oil temperature) to identify training and coaching needs.
Operator Cab
Winner:
SAFETY TOUCH from RAFI GmbH & Co. KG
SAFETY TOUCHRAFI GmbH & Co. KG
SAFETY TOUCH is a newly developed technology platform designed for safety-critical touchscreen functions, achieving compliance with Performance Level d (PL d). It was presented at the iVT Expo 2024 in Cologne, Germany. This platform offers a robust and reliable solution for mobile agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, enhancing safety and operational efficiency.
SAFETY TOUCH features capacitive touchscreen systems that allow for customizable display of functions, input fields, and status indications, providing versatile and intuitive operation. By minimizing the need for traditional key switches, it leads to more streamlined and user-friendly control systems. Integrated safety features include touch buttons, sliders, and tactile key switches directly on the touch display.
Key Features and Benefits:
- Redundant Safety CPU — An additional safety controller with independent logic ensures continuous monitoring and high diagnostic coverage, enhancing overall system reliability.
- Patent-Pending Display Monitoring — Real-time monitoring of the graphical user interface ensures error-free display and recognition of safety-critical functions, crucial for operations like activating attachments or unhitching loads.
- Unintentional Input Filtering — Advanced filter functions reject accidental touches and unwanted effects from fluids or contaminants, maintaining accurate input detection.
- Objectives and Unique Aspects — Compliance with Performance Level d: Meets stringent safety standards, suitable for safety-critical applications.
- Enhanced User Interface — Combines display and input systems for efficient and error-free machine control, reducing the need for physical switches.
- Customizable and Scalable Solutions — Tailored for diverse applications using RAFI’s expertise in touchscreen technology, including platforms like GLASSCAPE, FLEXSCAPE, and HAPTIC TOUCH.
- Integrated Force Detection — Optional TwinTouch technology prevents accidental operations by detecting input force.
Honorable Mention:
Engineering & Manufacturing
Winner:
Ultrasonic sensor UF401V for mobile machines from Baumer
Ultrasonic sensor UF401V for mobile machinesBaumer
The UF401V plays to its strengths particularly in agricultural applications. Thanks to outstandingly short response times, the sensor is ideal for agile applications such as presence monitoring of bales, bale film and distance measurements. UF401V can also be deployed at all hydraulically actuated machine parts that require position feedback. For example, it provides reliable data to precisely record track widths, spray heights or other device settings, even where installation space is limited. Thanks to its flat back, the compact short-range ultrasonic sensor is very easy to integrate. Smart distance measurement ignores plant parts Further to speed and precision, a major benefit of the UF401V is the specialized feature for interference compensation: the smart ultrasonic sensor is capable of suppressing temporary interference in distance measurement to ensure consistent measurement data, even in the event of short interruptions by plants coming in between sensor and measurement surface.
This will ease integration at control level. What makes the UF401V so robust? Thanks to in-depth application know-how, Baumer is very familiar with the special requirements of sensor solutions for mobile machines and has designed and tested the UF401V specifically for this purpose. To ensure the competitive edge in robustness, the new ultrasonic sensor had to prove itself in numerous tests, including the particularly demanding endurance test of "thermal shock dunk". The UF401V is further immune to shocks and vibrations, dust and dirt, moisture, condensation and salt spray. The non-contact ultrasonic sensing principle eliminates any wear and tear and ensures reliable operation at temperatures ranging from -25 to 70°C.
For more information about OEM Off-Highway's Top New Products 2025, visit oemoffhighway.com/awards. Here, you can learn more about the submission process, criteria and deadlines.
