GATES PROVIDES TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND ASSURANCE FOR COUNTER SALES STAFF AND WORKSHOPS
Since January 2014, all trucks and buses have been built to meet Euro 6. The regulations incorporate tough on board diagnostics and in-service monitoring of NOX, the collective term for emissions that contain nitrogen and oxygen NO and NO2. These are the product of the high temperature combustion generated inside the engines.
As a manufacturer working closely with designers of major truck and bus manufacturing marques all of the time, Gates has a strong OE pedigree and enjoys preferred supplier status for various systems on vehicles built by a wide range of manufacturers. These include MAN (truck and bus), Mercedes Benz (truck and bus), trucks built by DAF and Scania as well as buses made by Van Hool. OE success stories show that Gates is an OE supplier for parts on engines such as the MAN D15, the Mercedes HDEP as well as the DAF MX11 and MX13 engines.
With an OE pedigree like that, you can be sure that Gates understands the commitment to quality required by parts designed to be compatible with Euro 6. Moreover, the ranges supplied include more than just multi-ribbed accessory belts, tensioners and idlers. There are also hoses for turbochargers, air systems, fuel systems and cooling systems (plus the compatible thermostats). In short, this means that Gates is bringing OE quality parts to the aftermarket at very competitive prices.
Moreover, Gates is making things easier for professional workshop mechanics because as well as supplying parts separately, they are also available in belt kits. By fitting kits, workshop managers can be sure to make vital contributions to preventive maintenance strategies employed by fleet engineers. All those responsible for logistics fleets with tight just-in-time deadlines to meet will be aware that the drive systems fitted to these engines are highly engineered and require careful maintenance. For instance, RPMs have been lowered. This generates extra vibration that the drive systems must control. This mean that all of the parts – belts, tensioners and idlers if there are any – must all be replaced at the same time in order to ensure that worn parts can never compromise the critical performances of any other components in the system.
What makes the belt kits supplied by Gates so attractive is that all of the OE quality parts needed for a drive system overhaul are in the same box.
This makes them easy to order, ensures all of the parts are compatible and provides additional peace of mind in the event of unforeseen issues because all of the parts are covered by a single warranty. What’s more, with over 150 accessory belt kits to choose from, Gates is the market leader – by far.
