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(P)HEV Hybrid Transmission Development

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Customer: Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry

Market: Light duty on highway - Asia

BRACE execution: Powertrain domain cluster

Location’s: BRACE office & Customer site

Start to finish mechanical Development of transmission for a Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle powertrain application. Start with a conventional drive transmission.

Transmission development with Electric Motor/Generator. Design of system, subsystems and components involve;

Requirements
Mechanical and hydraulic (concept) design
Housing design & casting
Gears, splines, shafts and chain drive design
Calculation / simulations
Strength & Stiffness
Dynamics
Acoustics
Tolerance studies
CAD development (coordination)
BOM, specifications and Drawings
FMEA’s
Design reviews
Test specifications, settings, procedure, coordination
Releases, toll gate assessments
Coordination, realisation and participating in prototyping and prototyping production line validation (incl. end of line tests)
Project overview
Organising / hosting (interdisciplinary) team meetings
APQP

Typical transmission product developments such as shaft (re)design, Hydraulic system and oil pump (re)design to be compatible with EV-driving (engine shut off), chain drive to transmit EMG torque to secondary shaft, Full new housing and support design. Design starting from proof of concept to Mule car, A, B, C and D-sample (PPAP) incl. releases.

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about BRACE automotive

BRACE automotive engineers are “passionate about technology”. We develop and engineer automotive systems and components for OEM vehicle manufacturers, 1st and 2nd Tier suppliers and other niche organizations. Our main disciplines are organized in vehicle systems, embedded controls and software, mechanical design and development, and specific competence clusters.