The power of virtual product development: Understanding bearing behavior helps create a smooth-running system

摘要

Traditional design and verification procedures to develop or improve components and systems for off-highway vehicles often can be time-consuming, costly and, in some cases, physically impractical. Typically, many disciplines will be involved from concept to launch and the number of prototype and test iterations can be staggering. All these challenges have helped accelerate marketplace competencies associated with virtual product development (VPD). Looking at off-highway drivetrains as a casebook example, VPD technologies have been successfully applied to maximize efficiency, streamline development processes, and increase the reliability of transmissions and gearboxes, final drives and differentials, and hybrid systems.