SwRI: Drivetrain Design and Development Design Capabilities

	SwRI's experience allows for recommendations to be made to the manufacturer that dramatically improve the performance and efficiency of their transmission.

A broad range of capabilities for designing automatic, manual, continuously variable, and hybrid transmissions and transaxles and their components are available at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).
 

Examples of gearbox designs are:

• Toroidal CVT

• Automated manual

• Hybrid transmission

• Multi-speed automatic

• Single-speed

Manual transmission		Helical final drive
Transmissions and components are designed to the prototype level or to the production level as required by SwRI's clients.		Experienced machinists fabricate and assemble mechanical prototypes of SwRI-designed transmissions and components.

Transmissions and components are designed to the prototype level or to the production level as required by our clients. Design for manufacturing and assembly (DFM/DFA) are incorporated throughout the design process.
 

Prototyping

SwRI has complete prototype fabrication and rapid prototyping capabilities for any transmission component including:

• Gears, splines, and clutch drums

• Ferritic and nonferritic castings

• Transmission cases, pump housings and tail pieces

• Springs, gaskets

• Solenoids, wirings and switches

• Pistons and spool valves

• Toroids and sheaves

• Oil pans – steel or aluminum

• Transmission control units

SwRI has complete prototype fabrication and rapid prototyping capabilities for any transmission component.

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