Anjali Pandey, Engine Business and Components Business Leader, Cummins India, speaks on the key products on display during Excon.

Excon is returning after a gap of two years. What has been the past experience at the event?
Excon has always provided us the platform to showcase our state-of-theart solutions for the CEV industry that are built on brand promise of dependability and innovation. We get to meet and connect with potential customers as well as the end-users to showcase our strengths, establish trust and build long-lasting relationships These interactions have supported us to capture diverse inputs as well as the latent needs of the users enabling us to improve our products in the long term. It has been a great medium to stay updated with the latest trends and advancements happening across the overall eco system of the industry Excon has been posing as an open platform for cross pollination of ideas across the competition landscape. Amidst pandemic, last year, the construction equipment industry underwent emission norm change. We are taking the opportunity during this Excon to showcase our latest range of products meeting the stringent emission standards.

What are the key products on display during Excon? Explain in detail.
Cummins in India offers a broad portfolio of power solutions to the cater to the construction equipment segment. Delivering on its brand promise of dependability, Cummins also provides the best aftermarket support and has an extensive service support network that offers a complete range of service needs.

Engine and components: B4.5 and B6.7 CEV BSIV engine along with single module after treatment system.

B4.5 CEV BSIV provides 121 hp to 173 hp rating and is suitable for application like Soil Compactor, 14T to 20T Excavators, 3T to 3.5T wheel loaders, pavers and motor grader applications.

This engine provides best in class fluid economy as compared to six-cylinder engines and has covered more than 18,000 hours of test cell and field validation in India.

B6.7 is the highest selling product for Cummins globally. This engine is developed for CEV BSIV offering 173 to 260 hp ratings. This product is most suitable for Motor Grader, 5T Wheel Loaders, 25T to 35T excavator, crane, and harvester applications. This engine provides best in class performance, reliability, and total cost of operation in this power range. In India, Cummins is using B6.7 BSVI engine for on highway applications as well and till date Cummins has sold more than 90,000 of these engines meeting advance emissions.

Single module ATS system is a compact solution (which houses DOC, DPF and SCR in one single body) and has 50 per cent less space claim and 30 per cent weight savings compared to old generation switch back systems.

All these products are locally built with >85 per cent of parts localised in India.
Power generation: Cummins caters to the dynamic market needs effectively and they will be displaying their new and improved 250kVA QSB6.7 genset at Excon. This genset comes with a full authority electronic engine and with a compact footprint that meets the latest emission norms without any after-treatment device. All the major components of the genset – the engine, alternator, control system and canopy are designed, manufactured, and tested in house.

Aftermarket support: Cummins provides the best aftermarket support and has an extensive service support network that offers a complete range of service needs such as engine health checks, maintenance services, repair services, and hassle-free Cummins Warranty administration. Cummins Genuine parts ensure that your engine delivers the reliability and durability that your business requires. Cummins has introduced engine kits that are customised product bundles that suit the need of service events throughout the life cycle of the engine. These are easy to order, easy to stock, and available in quick turnaround time.

Cummins offers a wide range of consumables to suit your equipment needs. These include engine filters, oil, coolant, and lubricants.

Cummins will also display its funnel fuel filters, a new heavy-duty, fast-flow filter in a funnel that separates harmful free water and contamination from gasoline, diesel, heating oil, and kerosene. This product was introduced in 2021. Additionally, consumables, genuine parts, and overhaul kits will also be displayed.

How do you look at the market in India for your products? What are the various challenges faced in the sector you are in?
Cummins provides powertrain solutions, and these products are governed by the emission standards.

With growing emission and environmental concerns, we are seeing emission norms getting tighter. Latest emission standards (CEV BS IV) call for >90 per cent reduction in some of the pollutants, compared to the earlier standards. The same gets further tighter with the next phase of emissions (CEV BS V). To meet these tighter emission standards, we need advance electronically controlled engines with active after treatment system. While this brings as a challenge to upgrade the products, at Cummins we see this as an opportunity to serve the market and offer cleaner and greener products.

Cummins is a global powertrain supplier and has a significant experience with tighter emission standards across the world. This along with Cummins India manufacturing and strong engineering and development teams puts Cummins at leading position to support our customers in making the change smooth. Cummins is a fully integrated powertrain supplier with full scale capability of designing and manufacturing advance aftertreatment systems. With new emission standards requiring aftertreatment system, this brings significant growth opportunity for Cummins.

Please share more information on the investment made in the Indian market in terms of the manufacturing facility, etc.
Cummins stays committed to serving the Indian as well as the global market, with several projects running to upgrade and develop new products to address emerging emissions and fuel diversification. One significant way Cummins has continued these investments is by optimising the investment. We have leveraged global products and technology to make them suitable for India’s condition and usage pattern.