OREANDA-NEWS. May 31, 2011. The leader of the Russian truck industry – KAMAZ – has actively participated in the XXI International Specialized Exhibition of vehicles AUTOSIB-2011, which ends today, May 27, in the city of Novosibirsk.

During recent years, AutoSib has acquired the status of the largest automotive forum in the Siberian Federal District. OJSC KAMAZ demonstrates its best achievements in special equipment production at the exhibition not for the first time. This year, KAMAZ participates in it mainly to demonstrate new models of vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG). The company presents three samples of its equipment at the exhibition.

The MST-6963-10 rear dump garbage truck is based on KAMAZ-65115-1841-30 chassis equipped with the KAMAZ-820.60-260 260 hp engine and complies with Euro-4. It is designed for mechanical and manual collection of solid domestic wastes and their transportation to places of disposal. The car is equipped with the Farid T1M-1919 superstructure produced in Italy that requires minimal technical support and service, and has an extremely low noise level during operation.

Another representative of the KAMAZ family is the NEFAZ-5299-30-31 city low-entry first-class bus which can accommodate 84 people. The vehicle has got a fuel system consisting of 8 cylinders, with a total capacity of 984 liters, and can hold 197 cubic meters of CNG. Cost-effectiveness, ease of use, eco-friendliness and a relatively low price distinguish this model from analogues made by domestic and foreign manufacturers. According to specialists, effectively using the NEFAZ-5299-30-31 with a gas engine for 5 years, just due to price differences between diesel and gas fuels, you can buy … even one more bus.

The ED-405AG combined road vehicle on KAMAZ-65115-30 chassis is an all-weather multi-purpose complex that enables you to remove snow in winter, and remove compacted snow and ice crust from roads, and spray anti-icing materials and reagents. In summer, the machine can be used for garbage collection, cleaning of roads and traffic signs, as well as transportation of cargoes, leveling of sand and crushed stones.

OJSC KAMAZ is the largest manufacturer of vehicles for different purposes, including road and communal services. Jointly with the Russian manufacturers of special equipment, KAMAZ produces the following kinds of municipal vehicles on the basis of various models of KAMAZ chassis: garbage trucks, sewer machines, vacuum machines, silt removers, combined road machines, snow plows, sweepers.

Under the development program of the European Union countries, it is planned to move over to the use of alternative fuels for 23% percent of cars. Thanks to KAMAZ designers’ developments, Russia doesn’t lag behind Europe in terms of technical support of gas-powered vehicles. OJSC KAMAZ, which has the widest network of branded service centers in Russia and CIS countries, can rapidly reorient it for maintenance of equipment running on gas fuel.