Propulsion & Powertrain
Industry-leading assembly, balance and test solutions
Delivering unmatched safety and performance
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A propulsion & powertrain partner that does it all
Integrated and advanced assembly, balance and test solutions
We’re committed to guiding our customers through the entire product lifecycle – from ideation to commercialization, with safety and quality top of mind. With over 70 years of industry experience, Ascential Technologies excels at test and measurement. We ensure each vehicle’s propulsion and powertrain components are safe, reliable, and perform as intended, delivering on the safety-focused brand promises that consumers expect and depend on.
Success starts with the right partner
We’re committed to partnering with our customers through the entire product lifecycle – from ideation to commercialization, with safety and quality top of mind.
Working with one assembly, balance, and testing partner can help alleviate costly issues, such as assembly failures after a vehicle has rolled off the line. We simplify supply chain logistics and can reduce your time to market by streamlining efficiencies and being a one-stop shop for all your needs. Our technical competencies and experience ensure each vehicle’s propulsion and powertrain components are safe, reliable, and perform as intended, delivering on the safety-focused brand promises that your consumers expect and depend on.
Furthermore, we provide service and support that goes the distance — we never walk away. Ascential Care is more than just a customer service platform — it’s a promise — a promise to stand with you, tackle challenges head-on, and deliver real solutions that drive lasting results.
Leverage a partnership that can become the relentless force that keeps your programs surging forward — in design, on the line, and long after launch.
Why use one partner?
End-to-end powertrain & propulsion capabilities
Solutions for your vehicle, regardless of its energy source.
For dozens of years, Burke Porter (an Ascential Technologies brand) has specialized in delivering cutting-edge ABT solutions for powertrain and propulsion systems including engines, axles and e-mobility systems. We can handle the entire end-to-end solution for every single piece on a drivetrain – right down to the wheel and tire marriage. Our solutions today span ICE, hybrid and BEV vehicles.
Some of the many hybrid vehicle systems and components we support
We advance innovation across every vehicle and have created tests that excel in validating hybrid applications.
- Front & rear drive module
- Battery systems
- ADAS
- Hybrid drive module
- E-motor and inverter
- Brake system
- Tire and wheel [BP1]
- Gearbox
Brake systems
E-motor and inverter
ADAS
Front drive module
Battery systems
Rear drive module
Tire and wheel
Battery systems
Brake systems
ADAS
Engine test
Power take-off unit (PTO)
Tire and wheel
Driveshaft
Tire and wheel
Front and rear axle
Some of the internal combustion engine systems and components we support
We have significant experience supporting traditional ICE-powered applications.
- Brake system
- ADAS
- Engine testing
- Power take off unit (PTO)
- Driveshaft
- Front and rear axle
- Tire and wheel
Some of the battery-electric vehicle systems and components we support
Our team of engineers are well versed in all powertrain and propulsion types, with cutting-edge solutions that are ready to assist in the rapid growth of BEVs across the industry.
- Brake system
- Battery system
- Front & rear drive module
- ADAS
- E-motor and inverter
- Tire and wheel
Brake systems
Front and rear e-axle
Battery systems
Front and rear drive module
Tire and wheel
E-motor and inverter
ADAS
A customized, turnkey approach
End-to-end capabilities that match your needs
Ascential Technologies offers completely customized, turnkey solutions that better integrate our customers’ propulsion products and systems. And we can deliver a fully integrated ABT offering OR provide a la carte service.
We have the most comprehensive end-to-end capability of assembly, balance and test tools, equipment, and solutions on the market to meet ICE, hybrid and BEV needs and support components, subassemblies and even entire vehicles.Our assembly, balance, and testing approach is highly customized, including engineered products to order, software integration into manufacturing production systems, and flexibility with specific elements incorporated into an assembly line. Our methodologies encompass software, tools, test stands and support to deliver the ultimate offering to customers in the following markets:
Drive success with state-of-the-art assembly lines
Flexible equipment on a global scale
Propulsion parts and modules are continuously growing in complexity, making adaptable and intelligent assembly line equipment more critical. With traditional approaches that lack digital capabilities, customers may experience assembly line programs that limit productivity, efficiency, data, quality and traceability. We have a broad testing approach emphasizing modular and agile automated systems that best position our customers for accurate gauging, measurement and data acquisition.
Having the right mix of state-of-the-art assembly line equipment is essential to high customer satisfaction, shorter delivery times and cost efficiencies. Ascential Technologies delivers these results through its tenured precision experience and industry lessons learned, library of proven concepts for assembly stations and modules, expertise across all propulsion systems and global scale.
In addition to advanced systems, we take a nimble, error-proofing approach, ensuring that all of the individual parts meet the requirements ahead of, during and post-assembly. And we’re able to catch errors earlier in the assembly processing and make real-time adjustments as needed. For example, with our gauge-based “dynamic gauging” assembly, we build with the allowable tolerances and adjust within the acceptable range dynamically.
With our automated assembly systems, we can:
Taking a balanced approach to production
Precise, universal balancing for the road ahead
Balancing plays an important role in the accuracy and quality of key vehicle components. Ascential Technologies offers a full range of high specification horizontal, vertical, compact and custom designed balancing machines that cater to every industry and can feature measurement-only software or include the option of manual or automatic unbalance correction. Our precision balancing machines increase your production efficiency and reduce operating costs.
A core feature is our best-in-class interface software, WinBal, which offers exceptional functionality, simplicity and ease of use. It includes an error-proofing setup and in-process validation, methods for compensating process inaccuracies, intelligent correction programs, comprehensive system self-diagnostics and more.
We also incorporate capabilities for providing balancing insights that enable improvements at earlier stages of the assembly process.
Ultimately, with Ascential Technologies’ expertise and approach, you’ll gain:
Easily pass your next test with Ascential Technologies
Complete testing technologies portfolio for all your propulsion and powertrain needs
Accurate, reliable testing to ensure vehicle safety is one of the most mission-critical pieces to the entire manufacturing process. Unfortunately, most propulsion and powertrain tests have limited intel. Without the appropriate insight, customers are unable to accurately predict quality issues and forecast future problems, which can lead to higher scrappage rates as well as labor, energy and material costs.
We have the solution.
Our test technology supports:
Elevating support, Enhancing value.
Ascential Care brings together our top technicians across multiple disciplines to support our global customers. Our Ascential Care customer service platform ensures proximity and responsiveness, allowing us to adapt swiftly while leveraging our deep expertise to meet ever-evolving customer needs.
Analytics that deliver timely insights
As part of our end-to-end support offering, customers have new opportunities to collect, mine and measure data through our Ascentialytics platform. This connected, performance management solution for remote monitoring and diagnostics, records equipment data and gives actionable information. Input from this effective tool can significantly impact unplanned downtime, machine health, needed repairs and more.
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