Automated Measurement Analysis with Vector

CANapes DataMining
Analysis for the Mercedes-Benz 7G-TRONIC PLUS
Erhan Tepe, Calibration Engineer

Co-authors: Jens Dorfschmid, 7G-TRONIC PLUS Project Manager,

Stefan Gloss , Calibration Engineer
Stuttgart, 28 November 2012

Contents of following presentation

1 Mercedes Benz automatic transmission
2 Powertrain: Introduction 7G-TRONIC PLUS

3 Application CANape Datamining

4 Analysis Process - Today
5 Analysis Process - Motivation
6 Datamining setup panel & final results
7 Field of Calibration
8 Film about product creation/project challenges
9 Discussion
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More than 50 years of experience in developing and manufacturing

automatic transmissions

1960

1971

1979

1988

1995

2003

2010

K4A025

W3A040

W4A040

W5A030

W5A580

W7A700

W7C700

4-Speed

3-Speed

4-Speed

5-Speed

5-Speed

7-Speed

7-Speed

4 Gears
with
launch clutch

3 Gears
with hydraulic
torque converter

4 Gears
with hydraulic
torque converter

7 Gears
Integrated
control unit

7 Gears,
new torque converter
start/stop capable

5 Gears
5 Gears
with additional
electro-hydraulic
planetary gear set control unit and
brake disks

Next Gen AT

comfort, spreading, number of gears, torque, mechatronic, efficiency

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Mercedes-Benz Fahrzeuge mit 7G-TRONIC PLUS

(Benzin- und Diesel-Motoren 4/6/8 Zylinder)

Sprinter

R-Klasse

M-Klasse

GL-Klasse

GLK-Klasse

S-Klasse

CL-Klasse
C-Klasse
SL-Klasse

SLK-Klasse

CLC-Klasse

Infiniti

AMG

E-Klasse
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CLS-Klasse

7G-TRONIC PLUS ( 700 Nm )

More comfort. More driving pleasure. Lower fuel consumption.
New speed-adaptive,
twin-turbine torsional
damper with centrifugal
pendulum*

*World
premieres

Rolling-resistance-reducing
adjustments for planetary gear
set materials, bearings and seals

7G-TRONIC PLUS
1st place in
Daimler
Environmental
Leadership Award
2011
Category
Product-related
environmental
protection
Jury member:
Minister for the
Environment of the
Federal State of
Baden-Wuerttemberg

Electric-motor-driven
auxiliary transmission
oil pump for start-stop
operation*
World's lowest-viscosity
automatic transmission
oil*
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Optimization of the electrohydraulic control and ECO shift

programs

Application CANape Datamining

Testbench
Engine

Transmission

Axle gear

User
Engineer

Driver model
Auxiliary
consumer

- Accelerator pedal
- Brake
- Gear
- Transmission mode
- ...

Brake

MDF Files (Canape)

Wheel

User Interface
Server

Server
Vehicle durability
GSM

Mobil communication

GPS

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Analyse process

Today

Starting analysis script.

Internal tool Results Excel File

Excel File starting macro

-> Overview Analyse

Starting CANape
Measurement analysis
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Analyse process

Motivation

Analysis of huge and / or many measurement files spends a lot of time

and is very uncomfortable (x GB).
Analysis of endurance tests and / or test bench measurements.
Make especially interceptions like bad shift quality or transmission
shifts roughly available / visible in the measurement data.

Grenzwertkennfelder Reibarbeit / Reiblei

5,00

Find critical thermally conditions

Reibleistung P_spez [W/mm^2]

4,50
4,00
3,50

DYN

DYN

3,00

DYN

DYN

2,50

BW

BW

2,00
1,50
1,00
0,50
0,00

0,20

0,40

0,60

Reibarbeit W_spez [J/mm^2]

Start up with an existing in house tool based on MS Excel to develop a

one tool solution.
Create an opportunity to integrate analysis of data logger files (GL 1000)

Creating statistics What was analysed

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0,80

1,00

Analysis Shift Quality

Datamining result:
Abtriebssignal

Zuschaltende Kupplung

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Every point in the diagramm is a

gear change. Easy understandable.

Transmission thermal specification

Observation violation of the limit

Grenzwertkennfelder Reibarbeit / Reibleistung

5,00

P_spec = f ( W_spec )

Specific Friction Power [W/mm]

Reibleistung P_spez [W/mm^2]

4,50
4,00
3,50

DYNAX 880-88 /Belagdicke 0,67mm

DYNAX 530-31 /Belagdicke 0,67mm

3,00

DYNAX 530-31 /Belagdicke 0,5mm

DYNAX 530-31 /Belagdicke 0,4mm

2,50

BW 4329 /Belagdicke 0,67mm

BW 4370 /Belagdicke 0,67mm

2,00

Beginning clutch disk

darkening during the testing
due to divergence to powerand/or energy criteria

1,50
1,00
0,50
0,00

Examples of different disk

materials and thicknesses
0,20

0,40

0,60

0,80

Specific
[J/mm]
ReibarbeitFriction
W_spez Work
[J/mm^2]

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1,00
J.Meyer-Berge - EP/MTA - 15.02.2011

DataMining Setup Panel

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Analysis Results

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Field of Calibration
Endurance Tests
In the car endurance test at Mercedes-Benz Cars XCP channels are
measured for the torque converter clutch and the clutch control of the
7G-Tronic
In the vehicle
Analysis of data loggers (e.g. GL1000 from Vector) during a evaluation
test drive or customer vehicle.

Software Application
Find quickly wrong or bad calibration data.
Optimize calibration data on the basis of real vehicle measurements.
Test bench
e.g. Analysis of special component experiments.

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Thank you for your attention!

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