SwRI: Drivetrain Design and Development: transmission test facility and capabilities for transmission testing and development

	Manual transmission

Since 1990, the Drivetrain Design and Development Group at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has supported the transmission and driveline engineering needs of automotive, off-road, stationary industrial, and other industries from around the world. The Drivetrain Design and Development Group has developed transmissions from bicycle to heavy truck applications in several configurations, including:

• Manual

• Automatic

• Stepped ratio

• Continuously variable

• Conventional

• Hybrid

Design, fabrication, development, and evaluation services are offered for production and prototype drivetrain programs.

SwRI's experienced drivetrain design and development staff uses computer-aided design (CAD) technology extensively with in-house and commercial software for product design and development. Further, an extensive transmission facility was constructed with capabilities for transmission testing, evaluation, and development.  These facilities are continuously modified and upgraded to meet clients' needs.

	Helical final drive

SwRI Drivetrain Engineering Capabilities

• Analysis and simulation services

• Design

• Testing

• Test systems

• Hybrid vehicle services

• Controls development, algorithms/software design and calibration

Additional details about the drivetrain engineering facilities, our clients, past projects, and published articles and papers are provided in the links on the left side of this page.

For more information about drivetrain design and development capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Doug Fussner at dfussner@swri.org or (210) 522-3972.