Published in:
01-12-2021 | Cover Story
Overmolding for Unhoused Transmission Controls
Authors:
Klaus Ludwig, Martin Steinau, Jürgen Sauerbier
Published in:
ATZ worldwide
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Issue 12/2021
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Excerpt
The complete integration of a control unit into a transmission is all about millimeters, because the available space in the housing is scarce. In order to make electronic modules more compact, lighter and more cost-effective, Vitesco Technologies uses encapsulation or overmolding as manufacturing procedure, which is also called transfer molding process. At the same time, the unhoused controls are even more robust than those with housings. …