Charged EVs | ZF unveils electrical transaxle system for tractors with built-in energy electronics

ZF has introduced its eTERRADRIVE, a modular and extremely built-in electrical transaxle system designed for battery-electric automobile architectures in agricultural tractors starting from 60 to 100 kW.

This technique combines traction, mechanical energy take-offs, working hydraulics and rear elevate inside a single compact unit, aiming to facilitate integration and suppleness throughout a wide range of tractor platforms and monitor widths.

ZF says the eTERRADRIVE’s compact design permits for optimum set up flexibility, enabling functions not solely in specialty crop operations but in addition in municipal and standard farming. The system is totally appropriate with present tractor-implement mechanical interfaces, permitting for simpler retrofit and adoption into current machine ideas.

eTERRADRIVE incorporates two oil-cooled synchronous motors and an built-in planetary gear set. ZF says this ends in better operational effectivity, exact torque administration and optimized vitality use in comparison with standard hydrostatic constantly variable transmission (CVT) electrification approaches, which usually substitute an inside combustion engine with an electrical motor however introduce greater mechanical complexity and losses.

The structure additionally permits full vitality recuperation in any respect efficiency ranges and introduces switchable auxiliary techniques for improved vitality effectivity. The digital management structure includes a stand-alone management unit, the eDCU, which communicates with tractor management items and automobile area controllers.

ZF says that by consolidating driveline, the eTERRADRIVE opens up extra space for bigger onboard vitality storage—comparable to batteries or hydrogen tanks—enabling prolonged zero-emission operation with out compromising full working performance.

Supply: ZF

Matters: ZF, Electrical Motors, Energy Electronics