Newly Defined Efficiency.
Modular Transmission Study
For Trucks.
The characteristics of utility vehicles are now evaluated against ever stricter benchmarks. When it comes to fuel savings, environmental impact and noise emission, ZF’s hybrid technology is leading the way to the future.
Concept study
ZF is researching to find the transmission of the future and developing automatic transmissions for utility vehicles that are a direct improvement in several respects: in performance, power/weight ratio, flexibility for customer use, easy installation. These new transmissions are also highly reliable and play a role in lower consumption. The key to accomplishing this task is a high level of product integration. At ZF, each individual component comes from the same place. This allows the truck transmission of the future to be coupled with four innovative starting modules.
With a double-plate clutch
Long life, excellent release properties and driving noise reduction are the main advantages of the double-plate clutch for heavy-duty applications. Heavy vehicles, rough terrain, tough loads - these factors place extreme demands on the clutch, especially when uphill starts and frequent manoeuvring are par for the course. Long clutch friction periods generate heat, which disproportionately increases lining wear.
With a hybrid module
The hybrid version allows all well-known hybrid functionalities for trucks to be implemented even in long-distance driving. Energy management - and the control software that comes with it - is what gives the hybrid drive its real value and is a significant factor in determining possible fuel savings. So the cost of hybrid technology must be quickly recouped in fleet owners’ and transport companies’ actual operations.
With a dual clutch module
The dual clutch module enables especially fast shifting processes without interrupting traction. Interruption-free power transfer in the highest gears not only lets the vehicle move forward faster, but decreases consumption and emissions associated with long rear-axle drive ratios.
With a converter circuit clutch
The converter circuit clutch (WSK) module is designed for especially weighty vehicles like heavy transporters and building site vehicles. The WSK module makes heavy clutch wear a thing of the past, because, in conjunction with the torque converter, it provides a considerably softer, more confortable start-up for heavy loads.
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