Oerlikon Graziano at CTI Symposium USA 2017, innovative products and technical paper
The focus is on the hybrid transmission concept, which promises a step forward on the path to electrification, with a compact and elegant package and full hybrid capabilities.
Since several years, Oerlikon Graziano is studying, developing and producing new solutions for a market that is increasingly demanding a more efficient energy use and emission reduction. The company has developed some “ground breaking concepts” translated into many successful products.
Oerlikon Graziano presents a paper entitled “Modular P2-P3 Dedicated Hybrid Transmission for 48V and HV applications”. The Company has designed and patented an elegant DHT concept, starting from the know-how cumulated in the last years from the concept of the OGeco transmission. This has been achieved by continuous improvement activities ongoing on the demo vehicle and focusing on the market needs. The transmission is a modular concept which starts from a traditional 2-shaft single-clutch transmission. Thanks to a link between two main gears of the gearbox and the direct gearing between the electric machine and this linked gear arrangement, free-mounted on the primary shaft, the concept allows to have a very efficient electric path of the transmission, which presents two different gear ratios between the electric machine and the secondary shaft.
The solution is particularly innovative, because keeping a very simple and well known architecture (so cost effective), it allows the connections to be made with standard transmission components, selectively coupling the electric machine to either the primary or the secondary shaft. This feature, then, represents a mixed P2-P3 hybrid architecture and therefore takes the advantages of both (e.g. powershifting-P3, recuperation-P3, cranking-P2, standstill charging-P2). It allows a performance increase of up to 40% on 0-100 kph and up to 25% benefit on CO2 emission with the installed electric power being 30% of the total. Thanks to its scalability and to the possibility of having different power-split configurations the system can be used both as a mild-hybrid or as a plug-in hybrid solution, within a 48V or HV system.
Between the products on display the new entry in the electric range products is EMR3, a single speed transmission for battery electric vehicle, designed for a maximum input torque of 270Nm and max input speed of 14000rpm. The lubrication concept is developed to guarantee maximum flexibility in term of installation angle to allow the highest level of compatibility with different vehicle layout. Another remarkable factor is represented by the compact design (150mm center distance input shaft), for weight optimization.
The 4SED Twin-Drive 4-Speed Electric Drive is a Power-shifting gearbox with low-cost design, comprising of 2 small motors and 4 ratios to provide a wider range of operation at higher efficiency.
