PRESS RELEASE

28 September, 2020

Scania’s new gearbox range explained:

Big wheels keep on turning – but slower
• Designed for a perfect match with Scania’s low-rev engines
• Saves approximately 1% fuel
• Around 60 kg lighter, due to smaller format and aluminium houses
• Three shaft brakes in total provide for enhanced gearshift performance
• Pneumatic shifting, economy gear ratio and eight reverse gears available
• Lower noise, meeting all foreseeable regulations
• Less internal friction, dry sump that reduces oil splash and losses
• Improved maintenance intervals and better precision

Developing a completely new gearbox range is a huge undertaking, especially

when you are set to outperform what is already an industry benchmark. That is
why the new Scania Opticruise gearbox range has no parts in common with the
existing range. With its wealth of performance enhancements, it will stay com-
petitive throughout this decade.

“I hate to use the worn cliché about starting from a blank sheet of paper, but that was
actually the case,” says Jimmy Larsson, Senior Manager, Head of Gearbox Deve-
lopment, Scania R&D. “The teams assignment was to develop gearboxes that could
handle all the diverse demands of the next decade, especially in fuel consumption,
drivability and sustainability. And with the new range, also vehicles with high GTW
can use fast axle gearing while still maintaining the required startability.”

Scania has a longstanding tradition of offering powertrains with low-revs and high
torque as key elements for achieving low fuel consumption. Why? If the engine has
the torque and stamina to propel the truck at low engine speeds, less fuel is used
(simply since fuel needs to be injected in a cylinder on every fourth piston stroke).

In practise, it entails highly complex computations with a multitude of factors to

consider, but that nail the core of it. If a favourable cruising speed can be maintained
at around, or just above, 1050 engine revolutions per minute, fuel will definitely be
saved. Just until recently, a typical long-distance truck operated on a 1400 rev-per-
minute-level. Scania’s new gearbox range has a significantly wider spread with a true
overdrive gear on top and can handle both low and high revs in an efficient way.

Highly efficient
A prominent feature of the new gearboxes is their fuel-saving capability. That is why
Scania’s engineers have particularly focused on internal friction when designing and
developing the new range. The planned target was reached, the internal losses was
reduced with no less than 50%. This was accomplished through polishing some of
the gears, by using low viscosity MTF oil and by setting aside the lion’s share of the

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oil in a separate, dry sump-like part on top of the gearbox. This reduces internal oil
splash since the gears are not continuously exposed to oil (think about a water
wheel). Certain cog areas that are vulnerable to hard wear when absorbing force are
supplied with extra oil by spray pipes for increased cooling and lubrication.

All aluminium and quiet

The first edition in the range, G33CM, is some 60 kg lighter than the current
gearboxes, mainly due to the all-aluminium housings and somewhat smaller
dimensions. Another key achievement is lowered noise, a prerequisite for meeting
future regulations. The average noise reduction is up to 3.5 dB, quite a considerable
reduction when considering that the dB scale is logarithmic.

Scania’s new gearbox range has an all-aluminium housing and slightly smaller dimensions,
which give a weight reduction of around 60 kg. With less internal friction and a wider spread, it meets
the requirement from Scania’s low-rev engines and contributes to increased fuel savings.

The new gearboxes are shorter than the most common Scania gearbox at present,
GRS905. By only using two synchronisers (compared to seven), between low and
high range split, the new gearboxes are shorter and sturdier, with shafts capable of
handling more torque. This also enables opportunities to use gears with slightly wider
cogs that can handle more load and are more durable.

However, removing synchs also place higher demands on the gearbox management
system and the overall gearshifting strategy. All the electronics are therefore new and
manage the pneumatic actuators and the shaft brakes (three in total) that are instru-
mental for swift, smooth and accurate gearshifts.

Eight gears for reverse

Scania’s engineers adopted a new approach to reversing. In most gearboxes, going
in reverse entails letting a separate cog wheel rotate the mainshaft in the opposite
direction. In the new Scania range, by contrast, the planetary engagement at the
output shaft is used instead, and reversing is effectuated by locking up the planetary
wheel carrier. This solution allows having eight gears for going in reverse at speeds
up to 54 km/h (optional). This is useful when, for instance, tipper trucks need to go in
reverse for long distances (such as at tunnel construction sites).

The oil change intervals have been greatly improved, due to higher precision and the
use of bigger oil filters and high-quality oil.

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Clever PTO solutions

No truck gearbox range would be worth mentioning without also citing its PTO
(Power Take-Off) capabilities. Scania’s new range comes with an abundance of
newly developed and clever PTO solutions aiming to fulfil any number of advanced
PTO needs asked for by Scania’s customers, regardless of their application.

A whole range, in fact nine different PTOs, will be available, characterised by in-
creased performance, less drag losses and great flexibility via modularity. The EG
PTOs are driven directly by the layshaft and are pressure-lubricated by the gearbox.
The new interface on the gearbox with a lubrication port means that they can power
heavier equipment such as hydraulic pumps.

The EK PTO’s (flywheel driven) will consist of a separate unit, mounted between the
engine and the gearbox. Four different ratios will be available and the output tower is
possible to mount in three different positions.

“All-in-all, we have every reason to believe that our new gearbox range is state-of-
the-art for powerful truck engines,” says Alexander Vlaskamp, Executive Vice
President, Head of Sales and Marketing at Scania. “We hope it will support our
customers in fulfilling their transportation tasks in a seamless and sustainable way for
many years to come”.

For further information, please contact:

Örjan Åslund, Head of Product Affairs, Scania Trucks
Phone: +46 70 289 83 78, email: orjan.aslund@scania.com

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