In February 2017, Dana completed the acquisition of the power-transmission and fluid power businesses of Brevini Group SpA, which at the time, Aziz Aghili, President of Dana Off-Highway Drive and Motion Technologies said “will help us to increase Dana content on construction, mining, material-handling, and other off-highway equipment.”

The company has already seen success in the mining sector with the new product lines, having recently achieved the sale of two custom-made, high-torque Brevini®-brand S Series gearboxes that will be used in an apron feeder application for an unnamed government-owned mining company in South America.

Dana told IM that it was selected to supply these 1,500 kNm gearboxes due to the history of the Brevini brand in supporting bulk material handling applications, as well as Dana’s ability to deliver a custom-designed product under a tight deadline with support from Dana’s Service and Assembly Center in Brazil.

Dana also said it has seen synergy benefits as exemplified in the delivery of components for a North American-based manufacturer of roll compactors for the mining industry. Brevini-brand double planetary gearboxes have been supplied for this equipment since 2015, but the OEM recently decided to expand the relationship by selecting Dana to supply the GWB® 587 Series industrial driveshafts that connect the gearboxes to the electric motor.