Industry Insider : ARTSA
Peter Hart
ARTSA
The Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association was formed in the mid 1980s with the vision of being the technical resource for the road transport industry in Australia. It seeks to bring together manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, parts and services to the road transport industry to promote safety, productivity and the general reputation of the industry. Current Chairman is Peter Hart.
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Power steering
By: Peter Hart
December 2019
I am currently investigating a power steering problem on a heavy-duty prime-mover. This provides me with an opportunity to learn what can go wrong and to describe to you the basics of power steering.
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Truck air conditioning
By: Peter Hart
November 2019
ARTSA recently held a successful one-day conference about the causes and mitigations of truck and trailer fires.
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Strength of drawbars and towbars
By: Peter Hart
August 2019
This article is about the strength requirements of drawbars that connect an ‘A-type’ trailer to a towing vehicle, and towbars that connect the towing vehicle onto the tow coupling of the trailer.
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A plan to reduce heavy vehicle fire risk
By: Peter Hart
July 2019
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) recently convened a ‘Fires round table meeting’ of industry leaders to discuss the level of and causes of heavy vehicle fires. The trigger for this meeting was the petrol tanker fire that occurred on the Pacific Highway in Wollongong on the third of January 2019.
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Lubrication of trucks
By: Peter Hart
June 2019
I have been investigating a diesel engine failure that occurred because of lubrication starvation at the camshaft bearings. I learned a lot about oil and I want to share some of this with you.
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ARTSA reinvents itself
By: Peter Hart
May 2019
After 11 years I have stepped aside and ARTSA has elected Martin Toomey as our next Chair.
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Electric vehicles for Australia
By: Peter Hart
April 2019
A Senate select committee* recently investigated the potential for uptake of electrically-driven vehicles (EVs) in the car, truck and bus sectors.
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The National Telematics Framework & Intelligent Access Program
By: Peter Hart
March 2019
Australia can claim to be the world leader in the application of telematics to heavy vehicles. This achievement has arisen because of the work of the Transport Certification Agency (TCA).
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Steering basics
By: Peter Hart
February 2019
I recently investigated a front wheel separation. The separation was the result of a unitised bearing failure.
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The state of the heavy vehicle supply industry in graphs
By: Peter Hart
December 2018
Our heavy truck and trailer supply industry here illustrated by graphs and pictures. The source of most of the data is the ARTSA – NEVDIS Data project.
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