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Vocis prepares for increasing driveline integration
9th May 2008
The British driveline control specialist Vocis is preparing for substantially higher levels of systems integration by introducing new technologies alongside its core Dual Clutch control systems capability. Several of these were shown for the first time at the 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit.
“There is a growing trend towards the controls integration of elements of the drivetrain that have traditionally been standalone or linked only to the engine,” explains managing director Mike Everitt. “Our clients have been asking us to apply our control systems expertise to integrate gearbox controls with functions such as traction control, stability control and hybrid drives and we see even greater integration approaching.”
Over the last twelve months, Vocis has delivered DCT applications including a city car and a top-end supercar with a seven speed transmission, Driveline integration projects commissioned by customers include the development and calibration of a new eLSD (Electronically controlled Limited Slip Differential), control systems for active torque distribution systems and transmission controllers for radical new gearbox concepts.
Also at SAE 2008, Vocis launched a third generation version of its TMS-20 transmission control unit that is more compact and lighter than the previous model The system can be implemented with the customer’s choice of processors and with either Vocis Siena software or the customer’s choice of software.
More than forty Vocis TMS-20 transmission control units have so far been supplied to vehicle manufacturers and transmission suppliers. Vocis is also working on an equivalent engine controller.
Vocis was formed in 2006 by a group of senior engineering managers & control system specialists.
(www.vocis.co.uk)
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