Applications and Advantages
Mobile Applications
- Coaches and city buses
- Trucks and utility vehicles
- Haulers and dump trucks
- Airport vehicles
- Fire and rescue vehicles
- Disposal vehicles
- Mobile cranes
Stationary Applications
- Pump and drilling rigs
- On oil fields
- For geothermal drilling
Advantages and Strength of Allison
The Torque Converter:
- Standing start under full load
- Increased input torque
- Very good acceleration
- Shifting without interruption of traction
- High tractive power
- Exact and careful manoeuvring
- Time savings in city traffic
- Highest shift comfort
- Very good off highway mobility
- No coupling wear
Other Advantages and Strength of Allison:
- Easy operation
- Driving without training
- More safety
- Reliability and durability
- Low operating expenses
- High torques possible
- Shifting synchronized to application
Where the Allison fully automatic system is advantageous:
- Frequent driver changes
- Stop and go driving
- Transportation of passengers
- Emergency driving
- Rush hour city driving
- Manoeuvring of heavy loaded vehicles
- Driving and shifting in rough terrain