Electronic clutch management

Another example of the integration of mechatronic components in CAN bus controlled drive trains is electronic clutch management. Within the XSG family, LuK has brought together automated gearboxes which are based on manual transmissions and use essentially similar technology. They include Electronic Clutch Management (ECM), the Automated Shift Gearbox (ASG), the Parallel Shift Gearbox (PSG), the Uninterrupted Shift Gearbox (USG) and the Electrical Shift Gearbox (ESG). LuK ASG is the first and, up until the present, the only electromotoric auto shift gearbox

• that offers free gear selection,
• that is designed as an add-on concept, and
• that makes it possible to have an engine torque of over 200 Nm.

The picture below shows an example of the Easytronic gearbox from Opel with the CAN-Bus integrated control unit.