Heavy Duty & Off-Highway Powertrain
The Heavy Duty & Off-Highway Powertrain cluster focuses on the integrated development and optimization of heavy duty powertrain systems, conducting research on all relevant systems and components such as the drive train, control units and technologies, the engine and transmission assembly, electric and hydraulic drives, and all necessary machine elements.
Key Research Areas
Applications
- Wind energy installations
- Off-highway machines
- Railroad engineering, industrial engineering
Systems and Components
- Integral powertrains
- Control electronics
- Drives, propulsion – electric and hydraulic
- Machine elements
Further Research Topics
- Propulsion concepts
- Efficiency
- Dynamics and noise behavior
- System technology and business strategy
- Resistance, abrasion (tribology), durability
- Materials, lightweight construction
- Production