Robotized Mechanical Transmissions for Commercial and Special Vehicles

The paper presents the cooperative development of the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n. a. R.E. Alekseev, KOM Groups and the Central research and development automobile and engine institute NAMI in the field of intelligent automatic mechanical multistage transmissions developed in the period 2008–2016. The paper shows basic parameters of the developed transmissions and automatic clutch control mechanism. The article describes design solutions of the developed transmissions. It considers the scheme of multistage transmission control system. It presents special stand for testing transmissions with automatic and command control, manufactured in the NNSTU n. a. R.E. Alekseev. The article contains the results of experimental research performed both on the test stand and on the road on the vehicle KAMAZ-65117