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Main Focuses of the Symposium
Basic and special requirements on transmissions
and their development
- Impact of drive train electrification
- Requirements of downsized engines
- Requirements and potentials of transmissions for alternative drives
- Market development
- International market trends
- Ecological and legal constraints
- Consumer research
Transmission concepts for passenger cars
and commercial vehicles
- Manual transmissions
- Automated manual transmissions
- Dual-clutch transmissions
- Automatic transmissions
- Continuously variable transmissions
- Transmissions for light and heavy commercial vehicles
as well as mobile machines
Transmission for alternative drive vehicles
- Transmission concepts for
- Micro, mild and full hybrid
- Electric drive vehicles
- Fuel cell vehicles
- Drive train control
- Applications in passenger, commercial and all-wheel drive vehicles
Efficiency improvement of conventional
and alternative drive trains
- Start-stop-systems
- Mild/Full/Plug-In hybrid
- Range extended drive trains
- Electric/Fuel Cell drive train
- Downsizing/downspeeding
- Energy management
- Thermal management
- Controls strategy
- Lubricants/Tribology
Transmission components
- Gear/gear sets
- Pumps
- Shafts
- Sensor and actuator technology
- Clutch technology
- Converter
- Geared neutral
- Actuator technology
- Vibration damping
- Interior and exterior shifting
- Shift concepts
- Shift comfort
Electronic controls for transmission, driveline & hybrid
- Transmission electronic devices (TCU/ECU)
- Control strategies
- Crosslinking in the power train
- Integration in the power train and the vehicle
Alternative propulsion energy generation
and storage
- E-motors
- Energy recover:
KERS – kinetic energy recovery system/regenerative brakes
- Energy storage: battery technologies
- Charging systems and components
- Standardization
Further Aspects
- Infrastructure
- Charging concepts
- Experiences from prototypes and fleet experiences
- Co-operations with energy providers
All-wheel drive systems
- Transmissions and locks for all-wheel drives
- Torque vectoring
- Transfer units and axle drives
- Driving dynamics/driving safety
- Potentials of changed requirements
- Control and management
Mechatronics, hydraulics, transmission lubrication
and materials
- Actuators and sensors
- Development methods
- Hydraulic components, development and control
- Filter systems
- Requirements, design and development of lubricants
- Friction materials and parameters
- Wear
Tools for designing and optimizing transmissions
and components
- Functional integration
- Development tools
- Virtual transmission development
- Transmission and component tests
- Noise reduction
- Heat management: coefficient optimization
- Comfort and ergonomics (shifting)
Transmission manufacturing and production
- Manufacturing technologies and quality assurance
- New production concepts
- International production strategies
How to hand in a paper proposal
Online submission
