Touring Cummins Facilities

[NashNative]

Some of you know that I work for Cummins Filtration...this week I had the opportunity to travel up to Columbus and Seymour, Indiana for some plant tours. I had toured the Cummins Engine Plant (CEP) in Columbus during my onboarding week almost ten years ago, but I had not been to several of the other facilities up there. On Wednesday I visited Cummins Fuel Systems facility in Columbus and then drove down to Seymour Engine Plant after lunch to watch where they manufacture several models of Cummins High-Horsepower (HHP) engines...the QSK19, QST30 and QSK95. Lots and lots of Fleetguard filters on not only the engines being produced, but on the engines in all of the test cells and labs we checked out. When you buy a $300,000 engine, you better believe it comes with a Fleetguard filter on it!

Then yesterday, I had the chance to tour the Cummins Heritage Collection in Columbus and then wrapped up with a personal tour of the Cummins Mid-Range Engine Plant where they build the B6.7L engine specifically for Chrylser/FCA/Stellantis to go into the RAM truck...they've been building engines for the Dodge Ram/RAM since 1992...pretty cool.

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Cummins XPC Injection Components

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Fuel injection testing at Cummins Fuel Systems Columbus facility

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Cummins QST30

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Clessie's personal lathe

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Cummins B6.7L engine made specifically for the RAM truck

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[Wrenchturner44]

When I graduated from high school, I had a good friend become an independent trucker. His Dad took a second mortgage against his house and helped him buy a new truck. I remember at the time that the manufacturer told him that he had a choice of 3 different engines; Caterpillar, Cummins, and Detroit. He chose the Cummins. I think he did his research and found that many people recommended that particular model at the time over the other 2.

Now I don't follow the industry, but if memory serves me correctly, I think Caterpillar has either scaled back or gotten out of the OTR market altogether. Detroit is obviously still around, but no longer makes the infamous 2 stroke diesels that they were known for. The moral here is that Cummins seems to be kind of "standard choice" for the OTR market. Like I said, I am not an expert on this industry, but I would welcome any further education from other BITOG members.

 

[jhellwig]

Do they have any displays about the CDC engines?

 

[NashNative]

Do they have any displays about the CDC engines?

I assume you're talking about these engines?

Consolidated Diesel Company

Consolidated Diesel Company (CDC) was a diesel engine manufacturer that was founded in 1980 as a 50/50 joint venture between Case Corp, (now CNH Global) and Cummins. It produced Cummins B series, C series and ISL Series engines and engine products for automotive and industrial markets in North...

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[Inked]

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[NashNative]

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Check these engine specs. 173 gallons of engine oil...unreal!

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Specs for the Cummins QSK95

 

[Vegasguy]

On Pic 0714 what are all those filters for?
I assume the 4 together are for oil and the one in front fuel? What are the smaller ones for? Coolant? Power steering?

 

[jhellwig]

I assume you're talking about these engines?

Consolidated Diesel Company

Consolidated Diesel Company (CDC) was a diesel engine manufacturer that was founded in 1980 as a 50/50 joint venture between Case Corp, (now CNH Global) and Cummins. It produced Cummins B series, C series and ISL Series engines and engine products for automotive and industrial markets in North...

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Yep. The way I understood it was that Cummins didn’t make smaller Diesel engines around that time. The 5.9 6BT/4BT were originally a tractor engine.

 

[NashNative]

On Pic 0714 what are all those filters for?
I assume the 4 together are for oil and the one in front fuel? What are the smaller ones for? Coolant? Power steering?

Correct, the four together are lube filters...the big one toward the front is a fuel water separator. The two next two each other coolant/water filters. Not entirely sure about the small one down by itself. The stage 2 fuel filters would be around on the other side.

 

[nthach]

I’m all too familiar with the sound of an L10/ISL/L9 and M11/ISM in slide 15 - all the buses around here went Cummins in 1997-1998 as the Bay Area transit agencies switched to the M11/L10 after being let down with the Detroit S50.

And cool that Cummins makes their own fuel systems - but weren’t they using Bosch injection pumps on the B/C engines?

 

[NashNative]

I’m all too familiar with the sound of an L10/ISL/L9 and M11/ISM in slide 15 - all the buses around here went Cummins in 1997-1998 as the Bay Area transit agencies switched to the M11/L10 after being let down with the Detroit S50.

And cool that Cummins makes their own fuel systems - but weren’t they using Bosch injection pumps on the B/C engines?

Possible that they were. I'm not super familiar with all of the history there. I was amazed at the volume of legacy injectors we still make for older engines. I guess there are still a ton of lagging-emissions applications around the world in operation.