A
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New Transmission Concepts |
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Chairman:
Dave Olds, General Motors Powertrain, USA |
9.50
A1
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GM Powertrain’s new global Front Wheel Drive 6 speed
Transaxle
• Family strategy
• Architecture features
• Component sharing
• Performance summary
Jeffrey P. Lux, Chief Engineer, Transmission
Engineering,
General Motors Powertrain, USA |
10.30
A2 |
Development of new 7-speed automatic transmission for
medium and large RWD vehicles
• General specification
• Technical characteristics
• Improved points in performance
Takeshi Machida, Chief Engineer, and Yoshikuni Kato,
Product Development Dept. No.1, Product Engineering
Division and
Yuuji Saito, Assistant Chief Engineer, Control & System Development Department, Jatco Ltd., Japan |
11.10
A3 |
ZF´s new 8-speed automatic transmission – A contribution
to increased customer benefit and to resource protection
• Transmission concept and design
• Modular system for the all-wheel drive technology
• Consumption reduction and driving pleasure
Dr. Karlheinz Armbruster, Projectmanager Automatic Transmissions, ZF Getriebe GmbH, Germany |
| 11.50 |
Lunch in the Transmission Expo |
12.50
S1 |
Solution Forum S1
Understanding and Managing Noise, Vibration & Dynamics: Customer Focused Designs
• Customer Focus
• Romax DNA
• Gear Whine
• Gear Rattle
Brian K. Wilson, Chief Technical Officer, Romax Technology Inc., USA |
1.20
A4 |
Development of new 9 speed range transmission for Indian
operating conditions
• Challenges in addressing conflicting requirements
• Features specific to design
• Use of processes/software to address design
• Log of problems faced and solutions
Ram Mohan Rao Koona, Manager Transmission Design,
Tata Motors Ltd., India |
2.00
A5 |
Systematic, computer-aided synthesis of hybrid automatic
transmission and dual-clutch transmissions
• Systematic synthesis and analysis as an effective
method to find
future gear structures
• Systematic investigation for an efficiently integrated
electric engine
• Presenting the high potential of such programs with
exemplary
synthesised transmissions
Jörg Müller and Mirko Leesch, Institute for Engineering Design
and Power Train Technologies, Professorship of Machine
Elements, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany |
| 2.40 |
Coffee break in the Transmission Expo |
| Dual-Clutch Transmissions |
3.20
A6 |
Improvement of Fuel Economy and Driving Performance in
Inline Powertrains with GETRAG POWERSHIFT® 7DCI600
• Dual clutch transmission
• transmission concept
• Gearset layout
• System components
• performance data
• Application
Dr. Stephan Rinderknecht, Vice President R&D,
GETRAG Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer
GmbH & Cie KG, Germany |
4.00
A7 |
Fuel Economy Impact of Transmission Technologies – Focus on DCTs
John Maten, Engineering Group Manager, General Motors Powertrain, USA
Don Dusenberry, Engineering Group Manager, General Motors Powertrain, USA |
4.40
A8 |
Model-based design for DCT function software – a close look on process and method
• Available options using model based development and automatic
code generation at project start
• Tasks and performance in the development V-cycle
• Application example: double clutch transmission control
• Forecast and future challenges
Georg Grassl and Gerd Winkler, Development Drivetrain and Transmission,
VDO Automotive AG, A Company of the Continental
Corporation, Germany |
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B
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Development and Optimization
of Transmissions |
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Chairman:
Dr. Hussein Dourra, Chrysler LLC, USA |
9.50
B1 |
Identifying of customer requirements for drive trains in
prototype vehicles
• Method based on Driver Road Vehicle (DRV)
parameter space
• Acquisition and simulation of the DRV parameter
space
• Identification of representative load populations for
transmission
parts
Markus Fugel, Scientific Assistant,
Tobias Kassel, Scientific Assistant,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferit Küçükay, Managing Director,
Institute of Automotive Engineering,
Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany |
10.30
B2 |
Automated shift quality calibration on chassis dyno
• Calibration requirements
• Objective gearshift quality evaluation
• Chassis dyno set up and measurement principle
• Design of experiments and optimization
Dr. Burkhard Pollak, Head of Transmission and Hybrid,
AVL List GmbH, Austria |
11.10
B3 |
Reducing shift times on automated gearboxes with engine
and transmission brakes
• Shift time and shift comfort optimization
• Reducing of transmission noise
• Downshifting with a closed clutch
Prof. Dr. Tim Nosper, Professor, University of Applied
Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany |
| 11.50 |
Lunch in the Transmission Expo |
12.50
S2 |
Solution Forum S2
Gear manufacturing simulation for high quality/low cost
• Process simulation cutter errors fixture errors
machine setting errors
• Process specification cutter accuracy fixture accuracy
• Troubleshooting from the test results determine
the root cause
Alex Tylee-Birdsall, Chief Design Manager,
Smart Manufacturing Technology, United Kingdom |
1.20
B4 |
Simulation a key to optimize contrary requirements for
mechatronic transmission control systems
• The projection of today’s requirements to the variable
force
solenoids included in the mechatronic
transmission control leads to
some contradictory
requirements:
• Low leakage (power loss)
• Precise clutch pressure control (shift comfort)
• High dynamic pressure changes, control pressure
stability
• Development of simulation strategies for optimized
hydraulic design
Paul Budka, Manager of Engineering, Transmission Control,
Robert Bosch LLC, USA |
| Transmission Components |
2.00
B5 |
Wet starting devices – The right choice for future automatic
transmissions
• Benefits of starting devices forced by fluid
• Design of tribologic components
• Dual wet clutch, single wet clutch and torque
converter clutch
• Suitability of wet starting devices for different
types of transmissions
Claus Umnus, Vice President Sales and Engineering Powertrain, ZF Sachs Automotive of America |
| 2.40 |
Coffee break in the Transmission Expo |
3.20
B6 |
Innovative comfort and performance optimized carbonsynchronizer
for double-clutch, manual and automated
manual transmissions
• Synchronisers in the change of time
• State of the art friction material for wet friction
applications
• Modern materials and coatings for synchronizer rings
Douglas Guthrie, Product Development,
Sulzer Euroflamm US Inc., USA |
4.00
B7 |
High performance composite friction materials for modern
transmissions
• High performance composite friction materials
• High temperature fibers network
• High pressure recovery
• High performance carbon materials
Dr.-Ing. Robert Lam, Director, BorgWarner
Transmission
Systems, USA
Dr. Feng Dong, Leader, Advanced Friction Material, BorgWarner Transmission Systems, USA |
4.40
B8 |
New developments in highly efficient hybrid, DCT and AMT
transmission systems
• Roto-linear actuator developments
• Novel hybrid transmission systems
• Latest DCT and AMT applications
• Impact on total vehicle fuel econom™, durability
and drivability
Peter W. Brown, Product Group Director,
Driveline & Transmission Systems, Ricardo, Inc., USA |
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