R&D and technology

The research activity is performed by using the methods of analytic and empirical approaches. Analytic research is performed on new forms of gear teeth, which are compared with the existing ones, and on finding the largest possible breakthroughs and contributions to reducing material use, aimed at increasing the powertrain, which is reflected in the reduced carbon footprint.

We focus primarily on powertrain machine elements which have maximum room for improvements, for example, by optimising the gear tooth geometry, replacing the standard and well-researched involute gear teeth with the new so-called S-shaped tooth profile. Emphasis is also placed on the research into new plastic materials in combination with metal materials, above all, because of very poor research into them and lack of information. A combination of both significant topics leads to progress and the possibility of designing products with lower carbon footprint and environmental concern by recycling.

The company has different software for performing different analyses. This software is commercial or our own (SolidWORKS Simulations, KISSsoft, KISSsys, Python etc.), and is used for performing calculations, simulations, analyses and others required for all activities performed at the company. Analytical analyses are performed as well. All together is validated and confirmed with tests and experiments at the end.

It is very important to have an in-house laboratory at our company with test rigs and measurement equipment, ensuring us to perform quality experiments, measurements and, finally, the required test validations, which are also collected in our database. This is upgraded throughout, and also used by our development team in designing and constructing new products and systems. Our laboratory includes equipment for experiments in the field of Drive Technology, testing basic gears using different parameters and measuring the vibro-acoustic characteristics of selected products and machine elements. Tests are performed following International Guidelines (for example, VDI), which means that such measurements can also be compared with the results of other research teams around the world active in similar fields.

In terms of research, we are also the main coordinator of the national project in the field of research on plastic materials and their use in end applications (with the project’s acronym being MAPgears). Six research partners, companies and research institutions take part in the project.

In terms of research, our development and research team is also very active in the field of Expert and Scientific Participation in internationally recognised professional and scientific magazines, which is also recorded in the Cobiss bibliography.

»Closed Loop« Project Management with a clear focus: Achieving the best product performance

Projects which are at their initial phase, that is, with only a basic idea of the finished product, are taken over from our customers and realised together with them.

Steps we take together on this way include: research, concept, product development, prototyping, testing, production technology development, industrialization and product assembly with integrated function test.