Our expertise is transferable to many industries, and our projects reflect this diversity. For example, we have experience in the key automotive sectors, from Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Hybrid & Electric Vehicles to Off-Highway, commercial and industrial vehicles and other renewable Energy, Aerospace, Defence and Marine applications.
Unique environments present unique challenges.
DSD’s experience has overcome the unique challenges of extreme temperatures and zero-gravity environments for high-speed applications, utilizing DSD’s first principles approach coupled with advanced simulation techniques to deliver innovative solutions, whatever the challenge.
DSD’s extensive experience with hybrid and electric vehicles means we can support clients throughout their strategic planning and architecture definition across mechanical and control system design.
Our breadth of experience and extensive portfolio of previous projects means we understand the background environment and context in which these decisions are taken.
DSD’s passenger car experience includes engineering all-new transmissions and drivelines and resolving issues with existing products in both a mechanical and control environment.
We recognise that CO2 and emissions legislation is driving industry trends such as engine downsizing and the hybridisation of vehicles, so we thoroughly understand the context in which our customers operate and the challenges they face.
Worldwide, the truck and bus industry is in the early stages of electrified & autonomous powertrain development. However, a large focus remains on automating the gear shift process to improve efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, minimise driver skill requirements and extend service life by eliminating abuse.
The goal is to reduce the total life cost of truck and bus transmissions, and the use of automated shifting draws on many of DSD’s core skills. We are accustomed to designing for the long service life that characterises this sector: typically 400,000 miles for medium-duty and over a million miles for a heavy-duty application.
We collaborate with tracked and wheeled defence vehicle manufacturers and suppliers on varied programs, from sub-system design, analysis, and validation to complete powerpack integration. Thus, developing reliable, robust, and rugged drive and actuation systems optimised for their demanding environments.
DSD’s complete system expertise and engineering agility have successfully accelerated the development of multi-year defence programs. We accelerate innovation in extremely condensed timescales to meet the needs of next-generation defence vehicles, whether a blank-sheet cross-drive transmission or the electrification of a tracked vehicle.
DSD operates successfully across multiple areas of the marine sector due to its first principles approach to system engineering. As a result, our engineers benefit from exposure to the breadth of technologies in each environment and build valuable perspective and experience in propulsion, actuation and control systems.
Our Capabilities include:
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The off-highway sector has a great diversity of transmission types, from manuals to the most sophisticated hydrostatic power-split transmissions and hybrid powertrains.
DSD’s applications knowledge spans agriculture, construction and industrial vehicles, having worked on projects ranging from the largest mining trucks to ride-on garden machinery.