Example Application DCA.
Car and Light Truck Manual and Dual Clutch Automatic
By using common gears, shafts and bearings the Antonov dual clutch automatic and single clutch manual transmissions offer a low investment route to offering transmissions for lower volume vehicles. Initial application is in the R75 platform but rear and four wheel drive applications can also be supported.

Six-Speed Dual Clutch Transmission for R75 platform
Market Issues
*Development of a new transmission requires high investment, with a similar financial outlay required for the modification of an existing supplier transmission.
*Customer demand requires even niche vehicles to offer both manual and automatic transmissions.
*Automatic transmissions need to offer better efficiency.

Problem Statement
*How to provide both manual and automatic variants with the maximum commonality of investment?

Antonov Solution
*Use of an innovative gear and shaft architecture enables 80% of parts to be common between manual and automatic units.
*All critical development areas such as gears, shafts, bearings and lubrication are common to both systems.
*Use of countershaft gearing and wet clutch launch offers high transmission efficiency

Status
*Initial concept design complete and first prototype design release ready.
*Supplier nomination and production planning under way.

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