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M
etric Automotive Engineering has
announced the availability of IPD
parts for Caterpillar
®
C15 engines
for mining and industrial applications. These
include cylinder kits and components such
as a new IPDSteel
®
friction welded piston
design (patent pending), which features an
integral cooling oil reservoir formed in the
crown.
Benefits include improved crown strength
and flex resistance, particularly at the seal-
ing ring area; superior protection against
excessive oil consumption, operating tem-
peratures and combustion blow-by; and an
improved design compared to one-piece
piston designs with two-piece oil dam in-
serts.
These kits are available with a standard
OE style liner, and also with IPD’s innova-
tive IPDStyle Crevice Seal Liner for superi-
or performance. The crevice seal is a wide
rectangular shape seal placed into a special,
tapered liner groove, which provides a wider
contact surface deeper into the engine block
for improved sealing, and a wedge effect
when the liner is installed for securing the
liner firmly, thus minimising liner movement.
Operations director Andrew Yorke explains
that Metric Automotive Engineering rep-
resents IPD in the local market, a leading af-
termarket provider of engine components for
heavy-duty diesel and natural gas powered
engines based in the United States. “IPD
has been synonymous with quality, innova-
tion and service since 1955. Its Caterpillar
replacement parts are manufactured in a
Lloyds accredited ISO 9001:2000 quality
controlled environment.”
METRIC AUTOMOTIVE
ENGINEERING ANNOUNCES
AVAILABILITY OF IPD PARTS
for Caterpillar
®
C15 engines for
mining, industrial applications
Metric Automotive Engineering is South Afri-
ca’s most comprehensively equipped heavy
diesel engine and component re-manufac-
turers. Established as a family business in
1969, the company has a strong ethos of in-
vesting in both quality equipment and expert
personnel. This attitude towards customer
service and constant product innovation has
sustained the company since its inception.
Metric Automotive Engineering can refur-
bish large diesel engine components and
offers services such as cylinder head re-
manufacture, cylinder block line boring, mill-
ing, honing and boring, camshaft grinding,
crankshaft grinding, engine assembly and
dynamometer testing. Subsidiary Reef Fuel
Injection Services offers Bosch-approved
fuel injection services.
IPD PARTS FOR C15 INDUSTRIAL APPLI-
CATIONS PIC 01: A Cat C15 engine for in-
dustrial applications. Cylinder kits and other
components from IPD are now available from
Metric Automotive Engineering.
IPD PARTS FOR C15 INDUSTRIAL APPLICA-
TIONS PIC 02: Metric Automotive Engineering
represents IPD in the local market, a leading
aftermarket provider of engine components
for heavy-duty diesel and natural gas pow-
ered engines based in the United States.
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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
MARCH 2015