In 2025 Adrad celebrated its 40-year anniversary – building and supplying radiators for Australia’s passenger vehicles, trucks, heavy equipment, locomotives and power generation.
Adrad can provide the ideal cooling solution that suits your vehicle and the operating conditions that you endure. Even when a radiator is fitted to the same model of truck, the road conditions and climate may require a different build configuration to maximise effective cooling and service life.
Speak with your local heavy-duty radiator specialist workshop for advice about the best Adrad radiator option for your truck. Here are some of the options to consider.
Kenworth OE replacement
Original equipment radiators for Kenworth trucks are sourced from Air Radiators (AR), who have a proud history spanning over 50 years of developing and manufacturing heat exchangers.
By choosing the OE product, you’ll get the same product design and construction that was originally fitted – ensuring direct-fitment with no modifications or adapting required.
This is the product that has been approved by Kenworth Australia themselves.
Ultra-T Enhanced Cooling
For applications that need extra cooling performance, Adrad aftermarket Ultra-T radiator cores can deliver.
The innovative and compact design of Ultra-T packs significantly more tubes into the same thickness radiator core, allowing more coolant to flow for enhanced cooling performance.
This extra cooling capacity means you can maintain correct engine temperatures at those times when the engine is working extra hard.
Additionally, Adrad Ultra-T cores use wind tunnel tested fin technology which utilises eight-window split louvre fins for superior strength, heat dissipation and structural stability. This helps ensure correct shape is maintained throughout the radiator’s lifetime.
ADFUSE strength and durability
Adrad aftermarket ADFUSE radiator cores provide superior strength and durability compared to many OE products.
Typically, industrial radiator cores are manufactured by soldering tubes and headers together. While satisfactory for most applications, soldered joints can fail over time, especially when subjected to extreme heat and/or high stress.
That’s why ADFUSE uses sophisticated welding robot technology to individually fuse each tube to the header, forming much stronger bonds than solder. Some radiator cores can have around 500 tubes (necessitating welding on both ends) – meaning a single ADFUSE core can contain over 1000 individual welds.
For even more strength, each ADFUSE weld is additionally backfilled with solder, providing extra support to each individual tube.
The result is a radiator core designed to withstand the high temperatures and constant vibrations found in demanding environments, granting extended service life.
Ultra-T + ADFUSE for high performance and strength
The improved cooling of Ultra-T, combined with the superior strength of the advanced ADFUSE welded tube-to-header joint, delivers an unbeatable combination of performance and durability (part numbers are designated TAF).
Available to suit a variety of trucks and equipment, Adrad TAF radiator cores are often referred to as “Road-Train spec” as this is a common application. They are also available to suit applications such as earthmoving, power generation and mining.
Speak with a specialist
Natrad Heavy Duty Cooling (HDC) are Australia’s biggest national group of specialists for large heat exchangers. Visit Natrad.com.au to find your nearest workshop.
The Adrad Radiator Experts group features workshops with highly experienced repairers who provide reconditioning and new cooling products to meet your needs. Visit adradradiatorexperts.com.au to find your nearest workshop.
Both have decades of experience and access to an extensive range of Air Radiators OE and Adrad enhanced aftermarket engine cooling products.