UPDATED: Next Generation Cummins To Get CGI Block?

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UPDATED: Next Generation Cummins To Get CGI Block?
The Most Up To Date Information On The Upcoming Heavy Duty Ram...

According to one of our inside sources, the upcoming 2019 Ram Heavy Duty Cummins engine will remain at 6.7-liters of displacement. This is likely to be an all-new engine which according to our source will feature a Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI) engine block.

Current 6.7-liter Cummins-powered Rams use a standard cast iron block which has been known to hold up well, but there are many benefits to moving to a CGI block. First of all CGI is roughly 75% stronger than traditional iron, as well as 45% stiffer and has double the fatigue strength. These are fantastic characteristics for engines that see high boost pressures and extreme heat as a diesel would, when being worked hard. Compacted graphite iron blocks also see much better wear characteristics over time than either a traditional iron block or aluminum block engines. Other benefits are the ability to cast a lighter block with similar strength characteristics as a traditional iron block engine.


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News from Sintercasts Q3 report
SinterCast is the world’s leading supplier of process control technology for the reliable high volume production of Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI).

Series production of the previously announced high volume in-line diesel engine cylinder block for passenger vehicles commenced at the Tupy foundry in Saltillo, Mexico during the third quarter. However, shipment from the foundry has been deferred until the fourth quarter to coincide with the engine production planning of the OEM. The contribution from this new programme has therefore not been included in the third quarter results. Shipment of full volumes, potentially corresponding to approximately 300,000 Engine equivalents per year, is expected to begin before year-end.

Sintercast Q3 report

(1 engine eqv is 50 kilos so 300.000 engine eqv is equal to 15.000 tons)

I have no doubt that this mentioned engine is the coming Cummins ISB with CGI in the block.