Through its partnership with Element Technical
Services, the next-generation purpose-built Allison hydraulic
fracturing transmission is in operation in Canadian oil
fields.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission has
partnered with Element Technical Services, an industry-leading
pressure pumping services company serving the Williston Basin,
Powder River Basin and Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, to field
Allison's FracTran® in Canada for the first time. FracTran entered
production last year and represents an incremental growth
opportunity of $100 million dollars
in annual revenue for Allison's global Off-Highway end market.
"The unique and continually evolving demands of the hydraulic
fracturing industry require a transmission that delivers powerful
performance, especially under the harsh operating conditions here
in Canada," said Greg Dercach, Maintenance Manager, Element
Technical Services. "We were impressed by the FracTran's high
reliability and efficiency, which will increase our productivity in
the field."
As the latest innovation in Allison's Oil Field Series™ product
line, FracTran was developed as a result of extensive
voice-of-customer insights as well as an analysis of duty-cycle
information gathered from Allison's decades of experience operating
in oil and gas fields throughout the world. The FracTran will
enhance service operator competitiveness and productivity in an
industry that values low total cost of ownership and high return on
invested capital.
"This collaboration marks FracTran's expansion into a new
market," said Kartik Ramanan, Executive Director, Global
Off-Highway, Customer Support and Service Engineering, Allison
Transmission. "We look forward to partnering with Element Technical
Services to deliver a solution that will enable them to transition
to higher horsepower, smaller spreads to reduce their environmental
footprint and seek shorter times to reach depth in search of
improved sustainability, efficiency and profitability."
The FracTran is equipped with eight gear ranges and offers
multiple gear ratios designed to provide versatility to customers.
It launched with a rating of 3,300 horsepower and 10,000 lb.-ft. of
input torque to meet current market requirements. However, the
product is capable of up to 3,500 horsepower with no hardware
modifications required. In addition, FracTran offers live
diagnostics for filter elements and transmission fluid, a
transmission-mounted control module, torsional measurement
diagnostics and an onboard remote information system.
For more information on the FracTran, please visit
allisontransmission.com.
About Allison Transmission
Allison Transmission
(NYSE: ALSN) is a leading designer and
manufacturer of propulsion solutions for commercial and defense
vehicles and the largest global manufacturer of medium- and
heavy-duty fully automatic
transmissions that Improve the Way the World
Works. Allison products are used in a wide variety of
applications, including on-highway trucks (distribution, refuse,
construction, fire and emergency), buses (school, transit and
coach), motorhomes, off-highway vehicles and equipment
(energy, mining and construction applications) and defense vehicles
(tactical wheeled and tracked). Founded in 1915, the company is
headquartered in Indianapolis,
Indiana, USA. With a presence in more than 150 countries,
Allison has regional headquarters in the
Netherlands, China and
Brazil, manufacturing facilities
in the USA, Hungary and India, as well as global engineering
resources, including electrification engineering centers in
Indianapolis, Indiana,
Auburn Hills, Michigan and
London in the United Kingdom. Allison also has approximately
1,600 independent distributor and dealer locations worldwide. For
more information, visit
allisontransmission.com.
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SOURCE Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.