ZF AMT Transmission roundly Launches China Market
2010-04-15 Source：www.chinabuses.org
Summarize：On 13 April, a large-scale test driving and riding activity hosted by ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Pinghu Jiulong Villa, Zhejiang (China) attracted the high attention of bus industry, which refers to domestic mainstream truck and bus builders such as Man, Dongfeng Automobile, Youngman Bus, Higer Bus, major medias, bus manufactures and customers. The excellent performance of driving control, comfort, fuel economy of ZF series automatic mechanical transmission (AMT) obtained attendees' unanimous approvals through riding Higher KLQ6119GA city bus (ZF 6-speed AMT),Youngman JNP6120 double-deck bus ( ZF 12-speed AMT), Dongfeng Tianlong heavy-duty truck, German Man tractor, Xugong 110-ton heavy-duty crane truck and 200-ton all terrain truck crane.
www.chinabuses.org: On 13 April, a large-scale test driving and riding activity hosted by ZF Friedrichshafen AG in Pinghu Jiulong Villa, Zhejiang (China) attracted the high attention of bus industry, which refers to domestic mainstream truck and bus builders such as Man, Dongfeng Automobile, Youngman Bus, Higer Bus, major medias, bus manufactures and customers. The excellent performance of driving control, comfort, fuel economy of ZF series automatic mechanical transmission (AMT) obtained attendees' unanimous approvals through riding Higher KLQ6119GA city bus (ZF 6-speed AMT),Youngman JNP6120 double-deck bus ( ZF 12-speed AMT), Dongfeng Tianlong heavy-duty truck, German Man tractor, Xugong 110-ton heavy-duty crane truck and 200-ton all terrain truck crane.
Ten years before, ZF Friedrichshafen AG has started to research & develop and conduct experiment of AMT. Till now, AMT has got broad approval from customers in European market. In China market, since debut in 2006, ZF AMT has been mature and ZF Friedrichshafen AG could fully promote ZF AMT products to China customers by means of accumulated market trial feedback data, running-in and guiding with domestic mainstream OEM builders in vehicle power system and electrical appliances, revealed by Wang Hao, the Marketing Director of ZF (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
the President of Driving Technology Business of ZF Bus Departmen
It is known that currently, ZF series AMT AS Tronic products are applied broadly in commercial vehicles. Either AS Tronic for heavy-duty trucks or AS Tronic mid and AS Tronic lite for medium and light duty trucks are well-known for convenient control, safety and good economy. So are eTronic automatic transmission for van trucks as well as TC Tronic transmission for heavy duty trailers.
Higer bus with ZF AMT
Youngman bus with ZF AMT
AS Tronic series transmissions are the first option for European builders such as Iveco, DAF, MAN, Renault and Volvo for automated shift transmission (AST). The products highlight convenient control, safety and fuel-saving. AS Tronic and TC Tronic are applicable to heavy-duty truck and engineering vehicles; AS Tronic lite and AS Tronic mid are mainly applied in van trucks and medium-sized commercial vehicles; eTronic transmission is suitable for light-duty van.
Dongfeng truck with ZF AMT
MAN truck with ZF AMT
AS Tronic
ZF-ASTronic-AMT
In Western Europe, more than 50% new long distance commercial vehicles are equipped with ZF-AS Tronic transmissions mainly because of the high fuel economy: the automatic transmission always enables engine to work within optimum revolution range. The torque range of 12-speed AS Tronic transmissions covers from 1,600 to 3,100 Nm. Meanwhile, 16-speed transmission is capable of more close detailed speed arrangement for the engines with torque less than 26，00Nm. In addition, many bus builders apply ZF-AS Tronic in modern coaches. Mr. Rolf Lutz said that " AS Tronic is one of the most successful AMT for commercial vehicles with ten-year's mass-production history. It has become indispensable part for freightage and can be regarded as a milestone in the development of driven system. "
ZF-AS Tronic transmission
AS Tronic mid
In technology, AS Tronic mid with pneumatic shift is 12-speed transmission based on heavy-duty AS Tronic. ZF promoted AS Tronic mid transmission with torque range from 800 to 1,600 Nm. This medium AS Tronic transmission has been used in Man TGM series and new Eurocargo by Iveco.
AS Tronic Lite
ZF-ASTronic-Lite-AMT
6-speed AS Tronic lite was developed based on ZF-Ecolite manual transmission, applicable to light-duty trucks and buses with the torque of 500-1,050 Nm. Different from AS Tronic products, AS Tronic lite adopt electrohydraulic shift module, in other words, it can work without air compressor transmission. The advantage of automatic shift can be full shown in the transportation vehicles. In city traffic, it means more comfort and safety that no need to operate clutch and shift, actually, drivers can fully focus on road traffic.
This transmission is also the base of ZF hybrid power driven power. The forthcoming "ZFHyTronic" totally cope with daily operation.
eTronic
ZF offers eTronic automatic transmission for light-duty commercial vehicles with gross weight of less than 7 tons. This 6-speed transmission is equipped with direct gear or over gear and high-integration system. All units including cable interface are integrated as a whole.
Today, with the deep cooperation of ZF Friedrichshafen AG with domestic mainstream bus builders such as Higer Bus and Youngman Bus for ZF series AMT AS Tronic and user market promotion in Hangzhou passenger transport and Wenzhou passenger transport. ZF AMT will make good performance in control and fuel economy for China customers.
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