This electronic flyer highlights our capabilities and activities in the area of Drivetrain Design and Development. Please sign our guestbook. For additional information, e-mail Douglas Fussner, Southwest Research Institute.

Drivetrain Design and Development

Southwest Research Institute^Ž (SwRI^Ž) provides comprehensive design, development, test and evaluation services to clients from automotive, heavy-duty, off-road, marine, industrial and military industries.

SwRI engineers have extensive experience in a comprehensive array of specialty design, test and development capabilities to assist manufacturers with new transmission design, transmission and drivetrain component development, vehicle development, benchmarking and resolution of drivetrain problems. This includes automatic, continuously variable, hybrid, and manual transmission drivetrains and their components.

Test and Evaluation

Assemblies

Transmissions
Transaxles
Transfer cases
Axles
All-wheel drive systems
Light and heavy duty
Hybrid electric/hydraulic systems

Components

Torque converters
Clutches
Gears
Chains
CVT components
Pumps and hydraulics

Tests

Engine firing pulse simulation
Engine inertia simulation
Dynamic road load
Drive cycle
Efficiency
Spin loss
Durability
Functionality
Development

Design and Development

Design

Automatic transmissions
Dual clutch transmissions
Continuously variable transmissions
Hybrid systems
Gearboxes
Engine geartrain

Development

NVH
Shift calibration
Torsional vibration
Efficiency improvement
Clutches
Failure analysis
Benchmarking

This flyer was published in October 2009. For more information about Drivetrain Design and Development, contact Douglas Fussner, Phone (210) 522-3972, Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division, Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 25810, San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510.

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