The medium-sized mechanical engineering companies Gehring, NAGEL and WAFIOS as well as Lambda Resins GmbH will be presenting their latest developments in the field of e-mobility at the Reutlingen E-Mobility Days 2024 (RED). The renowned specialist forum, initiated by WAFIOS and held this year for the first time on the new e-mobility campus, will take place from October 15–17, 2024 and is regarded as the central platform for innovations in e-mobility.
Overall developments and widespread public awareness of man-made climate change are transforming the way people think. The awareness has inspired a shift towards a more ecologically sustainable way of life. Driven by policymaking and technological innovation, ambitious efforts are underway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to curb the rise in average temperatures. A key focus of these efforts is the mobility sector.
As the automotive industry continues to move towards e-mobility, the manufacturing world is adapting to the respective requirements. Large gear ratios are necessary to reduce the high input speeds of electric motors to the required speed of the drive wheels. At the same time, masking noise of combustion engines is now missing, posing challenges to the noise level of transmissions. Principally, two main transmission concepts have become established for e-drive applications: two-stage layshaft transmissions with four gears, and planetary transmissions.
