Program - Day Two: Wednesday, 9 June 2010

C
Transmission optimization

D
Battery technology and battery management

9.00

C1 Study of GM FWD six-speed automatic transmissions using selectable

• one-way clutches
• Novel clutch idea
• Automatic transmission efficiency
• Transmission Control
• Cost/weight savings

Dr. Farzad Samie, Technical Fellow and
Dr. Chunhao J. Lee, Staff Researcher, General Motors, USA

9.00

D1 Thermal management of hybrid and electric driven vehicles

• Electric loads associated with cabin heating
• Electric loads associated with cabin cooling
• Battery thermal management

John Tepas, Chief Engineer – HVAC and Battery Cooling, Behr America Inc, USA

9.30

C2 Magneto-elastic torque sensing for automatic transmission system

• Robust transmission control
• Magneto-elastic torque sensing
• Design consideration
• Opportunities and challenges

Yuji Fujii, Technical Leader, Ford Motor Company, USA Ramana Hogirala, Engineering Manager, and Thomas Greene, Technical Consultant, Methode Electronics, USA

9.30

D2 Mitsubishi Motors experience with quick charging from fleet testing in Japan

Gerald Wing, Manager, Electronics Testing, Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America, Inc, USA

Transmissions for alternative drive trains

10.00

C3 Smart sensor bearing for efficient hybrid electrical machine

• Efficiency everywhere: The key reason for the electrification of IC engine
• Operating requirements for E-powertrain electrical machines
• Is your electric motor as efficient as it could be? How much is the sensing technique part of it?
• Robust design techniques for sensors in hybrid machines

Florian Barcat, Program Manager, SKF, France

10.00

D3 Global transmission technologies – how ‚Green‘ are they getting?

• Global powertrain mix – is diesel domination likely to continue in Europe?
• Global transmission technologies – key regional differences and scenario analysis
• Snapshot of key supporting technological developments in transmission technologies
• Regional OEM preferences – transmission philosophies, alliances and joint-ventures

David Roberts, Senior Consultant Automotive & Transportation, Frost & Sullivan, USA

10.30

Coffee break in the Transmission Expo

10.30

Coffee break in the Transmission Expo

11.00

C4 Significant reduction of calibration effort in production programs: Automated calibration of drivability on chassis dyno and powertrain testbed

• Breakthrough in calibration technology
• It’s time to change
• Model based approach allows us to decouple the testing phase (vehicle) from the calibration phase (office)
• Calibration variants generated without further measurements required

Gerhard Kokalj, Project Manager Powertrain Engineering, AVL List GmbH, Austria

11.00

D4 E-Mobility transmission concepts – variant variety and requirements

• Powertrain concepts for hybrid drive vehicles
• Powertrain concepts for electric drive vehicles
• System requirements
• Transmission requirements

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Rinderknecht, Head of the Institute for Mechatronic Systems in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

11.30

C5 Wheel slip and engine torque pulse simulation for transmission-in-the-loop experimentation

• Expanded testing with vehicle simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop technology
• Integrated transmission and engine control for the test bench
• Novel approach to simulating and generating engine torque pulses with an electric motor and drive
• Low inertia permanent magnet dynos for high-fidelity simulation

Dr. Michael Smith, Director, A&D Technology, Inc., USA

11.30

D5 Development of a 7-speed AMT based parallel hybridtransmission (FEV 7H-AMT)

• Parallel hybrid concept considerations
• Gearset layout for the FEV 7H-AMT transmission
• Torque support during shifts for shift quality
• Hybrid operating modes of the transmission

Dr. Kiran Govindswamy, Chief Engineer, FEV, Inc., USA

Material‘ s contribution to the efficiency of drive trains

12.00

C6 Future-proof solutions for gearboxes in electric vehicles

• Comparison of different powertrain architectures for electric cars
• Demands on the gearbox component level for EV‘s
• Economic viable solutions to reduce weight and increase efficiency of gearboxes for EV‘s
• Examples, outlook

Matthias Derse, Chief Engineer, Neumayer Tekfor Group, Germany

12.00

D6 A new 8-speed hybrid automatic transmission for transverse applications

• Systematic, computer-aided search for advanced hybrid transmissions
• Transmission design for compact and middle class vehicles
• Multi-body simulations to reduce critical vibrations in the powertrain
• Longitudinal dynamic calculations to detect potentials of reducing CO2

Joerg Mueller, Team Manager Concepts/Synthesis, IAV GmbH, Germany

12.30 – 1.30

Lunch in the Transmission Expo

1.00 – 1.15

Poster presentation in the exhibition by Ford

12.30 – 1.30

Lunch in the Transmission Expo

1.00 – 1.15

Poster presentation in the exhibition by Ford

1.30

C7 How can components contribute to the performances of the brand new AT and DCT generation?

• Contribution to less consumption and more comfort: low and steady friction with bonded piston seals in clutches
• Contribution to the downsizing: easier integration and lower weight with magnetic encoders instead of classical massive wheels

Olivier Verriele, North America Sales Manager, Hutchinson Seal, USA

1.30

D7 The new 8-speed hybrid transmission from ZF – a powertrain innovation

• Requirements and goals
• Base transmission and modular design
• Torsional vibration decoupling and damping
• Separating clutch
• Electric motor
• Summary and outlook

Hans-Juergen Schneider, Head of R&D Electric Drives, ZF Sachs AG, Germany

2.00

C8 Science of friction – High performance, cost effective &sustainable solutions for the transportation industry

• Increased importance of friction
• Friction from a polymer view
• Examples of value chain cooperation

Volker Plehn, Director Sales & Development, DuPont Automotive – Vespel® and Kalrez®, USA

2.00

D8 Hydraulic hybrid architectures for trucks

• Analytical architecture comparison
• Empirical validation of analytical models
• Performance requirements
• Label fuel economy optimization

John E. Brevick, Product Engineer, Ford Motor Company, USA

Transmission manufacturing technologies

2.30

C9 Fast in-line quality assurance of gearwheels

• Gearwheel manufacturing
• Optical sensor
• In-line measurement
• Quality assurance

Achim Pahlke, Research Associate, Institute of Measurement and Automatic Control, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

2.30

D9 Use of hydraulics in vehicle drive systems

• System technology summary
• Parallel hybrid systems – design and field experience
• Series system outline and objectives
• Future directions for vehicle hydraulic systems

Simon Baseley, Director – Engineering Studies and Applications, Bosch Rexroth Corporation, USA