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CVT: a potted history of a transmission

2017-05-31
By: Muck-shifter1
On: May 31, 2017
In: Tech Blog

Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVT) for off-road vehicles have been around since the 1990s, but are only now beginning to appear on construction equipment (wheel loaders being the first application; Caterpillar & Liebherr with Doosan next). There may be a concern about the durability of this combined hydrostatic and mechanical driveline, so let me tell you a story. By the mid 1990s Fendt had introduced the first such transmission in a premium agricultural tractor, followed by Steyr. When Case took over Steyr this was going to be the first time a CVT was going to be offered by one of the big boys (in terms ofRead More →

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