Built for durability. Selected for performance.

Durability & Material Selection

Develop oil pump systems for long service life under demanding thermal, mechanical, and hydraulic loads. We support material selection, wear reduction, and durability-focused design for series-ready pump applications.

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Why durability is critical

Oil pumps operate continuously under changing speed, pressure, temperature, and viscosity conditions. Small design or material weaknesses can lead to wear, leakage, loss of efficiency, or reduced system reliability over lifetime.

Problem:

Rotor and housing wear

Problem:

Thermal stress

Problem:

Material mismatch

Durability engineering targets

Wear Resistance

Reducing wear at rotor, housing, bearing, and sealing interfaces through geometry, clearance, surface, and material optimization.

Thermal Robustness

Maintaining stable clearances and reliable operation across oil temperature windows, cold start conditions, and high-load duty cycles.

Material Compatibility

Selecting material combinations that support durability, manufacturability, dimensional stability, and long-term hydraulic performance.

Our Approach to Reliability

Tailored to Duty Cycles

We align durability targets with your real operating points, load profiles, temperature windows, and expected service life.

Material-Focused Design

We translate wear, thermal, and production requirements into material choices, clearances, surface concepts, and robust pump geometry.

Prototype Test Rig Optimization

Prototypes are optimized on our test rig for leakage behavior, pressure stability, power consumption, and durability-relevant operating points.

Documented Results

Each prototype is 100% tested with full test reports to support customer validation and series readiness.

Examples

Applications demanding

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Off-Highway Equipment

Robust oil pump systems for heavy loads, long duty cycles, vibration, temperature variation, and demanding service conditions.

Conventional Engine Oil Pumps

Engine Lubrication

Durable lubrication pump concepts for bearings, valvetrain, timing components, and heat-critical engine areas.

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Transmission Systems

Material and wear-focused pump design for hydraulic stability, lubrication reliability, and long-term drivetrain performance.

Validated durability performance.

We optimize prototypes on our test rig for stable oil supply, leakage behavior, pressure stability, power consumption, and durability-relevant operating points—100% tested with full test reports. This supports customer validation and series readiness with production partners.

Prototype test rig optimization
100% tested with test reports
Series-ready transfer to partners

FAQs

Quick answers to practical engineering questions about oil pump durability, material selection, wear behavior, thermal stability, validation, and series-ready pump development.

Oil pump materials influence wear behavior, leakage gaps, thermal expansion, dimensional stability, friction, manufacturability, and long-term hydraulic performance. A good gear geometry can still fail if the material combination is not suited to the duty cycle.

Common risks include rotor wear, housing wear, scoring, excessive leakage, thermal distortion, bearing or shaft wear, cavitation damage, contamination sensitivity, and loss of pressure stability over lifetime.

Often, yes. Improvements can come from optimized clearances, gear micro-geometry, surface quality, material pairing, lubrication path design, suction behavior, and better control of thermal expansion within the existing package.

Useful inputs include duty cycle, pressure and flow targets, speed range, oil temperature range, viscosity, expected service life, contamination exposure, start-stop frequency, load cases, packaging constraints, and known wear or leakage issues.

Prototype systems can be tested for leakage, pressure stability, flow delivery, power consumption, temperature influence, pulsation, and wear-relevant operating points. Test results help verify whether material and geometry decisions are suitable for series preparation.

Ideally before gear set, housing, clearances, and production method are frozen. Early involvement helps align durability targets, material behavior, manufacturability, cost, and long-term system performance before expensive constraints are locked.

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