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In a modern world, the tractor customer demands are increasing for more comfortable, new technology, fuel efficient and quieter vehicle. The customer’s expectation for NVH refinement often challenges the limitations for tractor designs. For smaller tractors Hydrostatic Transmission (HST) is need due to higher demand for fuel efficiency, lightweight powertrain, and the operation will become easy in the farm field. With the Hydrostatic Transmission (HST) tractor without damper, there is a technical challenge like withstanding of the sudden impacts from the implements which are connected to PTO during field operations. The NVH behavior in driveline is critical phenomena which can cause the discomfort to end users and structural failure of driveline parts. During gear engagement due to sudden variation in torque the driveline parts are tends to clash each other because of lashes which will create high level of angular acceleration and noise.

There is an increasing demand from end-users of tractors for longer clutch durability, reduction in driver fatigue and comfort during field operations. Tractor manufacturers are moving towards Wet Clutch Pack with torsion dampers to meet this emerging customer needs. However, in Conventional Torsion Dampers, there is a technical challenge to withstand harsh clutch engagement or high unexpected impacts of agri-implements, which are common in field operations. This is in addition to, torsional vibrations produced by the power-train. There are constraints, to further optimize a conventional damper without compromising important parameters like factor of safety, noise and durability issues. Hence the proposed next generation damper technology can meet all the new technical requirements and can ensure smooth and durable power shift transmission in tractors.