CUMMINS has unveiled its new European Master Rebuild Centre for high-horsepower diesel engines in Krakow, Poland.
The company has invested US$ 10m in the development of the centre, which will remanufacture engines with displacements of 19 to 78 litres, and in the 330kW to 2.57MW power range.
The new 4600m2 facility has been developed to increase Cummins’ capacity to meet growing demand across several sectors including rail for high-horsepower engines, enabling them to be rebuilt and tested in a factory environment. The site can currently rebuild 10 engines per year, with capacity to increase this to 300 per year.
Engine rebuilds involve a six-stage remanufacturing process that sees the engine disassembled, cleaned, inspected, remachined, reassembled with Cummins parts and then tested.
Cummins says that rebuilding an engine has a much shorter lead time than building one from new, with the rebuild process taking 35 days on average from the time the engine arrives at the factory. The rebuilt engine also performs to the same specification as a new engine.
The company says it chose to locate the centre in Krakow as it is close to an international airport and major highway, centrally located within Cummins’ European network, and near to several large-scale industrial operations which are reliant on Cummins power, as well as new customers. It also benefits from the highly-skilled team that were based at Cummins’ existing Krakow site.
The new site features solar panels for power generation, charging points, and an advanced microbiological wash bay which reuses 100% of water used on site. The engine remanufacturing process also requires 85% less energy than manufacturing new engines, and reduces the use of raw materials, packaging and the production of scrap metal.
