ZF Off-Road Vehicles division has unveiled a number of new developments at a test day at the Hacker Quarry, near Passau, Germany. Vehicles including dump trucks, wheeled loaders and mobile excavators were tested, and one of the focal point of was the ZF cPOWER stepless transmission for wheeled loaders, where driving comfort and high efficiency were the principal aspects taken into consideration by ZF engineers during the development. “The transmission ensures optimum power transfer continuously: that is ove
December 3, 2012
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ZF cPOWER stepless transmission is tested in the Hacker Quarry, near Passau
6960 ZF Off-Road Vehicles division has unveiled a number of new developments at a test day at the Hacker Quarry, near Passau, Germany.
Vehicles including dump trucks, wheeled loaders and mobile excavators were tested, and one of the focal point of was the ZF cPOWER stepless transmission for wheeled loaders, where driving comfort and high efficiency were the principal aspects taken into consideration by ZF engineers during the development.
“The transmission ensures optimum power transfer continuously: that is over the whole performance spectrum,” says Hermann Beck, manager of the Off-Road Vehicle Division at ZF in Passau.
According to ZF, there is the reduced fuel demand which, “in comparison to conventional transmissions,” is reduced by up to 25%. There is a simultaneous increase in efficiency of up to 20%.
