Typical components include clutch rings machined from steel forgings - eight-up at each setting, with thousands produced each year. In this application, the transmitter and receiver unit have been located diagonally across the table so they don't obstruct easy changeover of the pallets.
↑ 'Eight manufacturers to enter Formula E next season', fiaformulae."Added to this", says Mr Radley: "The automatic checks for tool breakage at rapid feed rates and the ability to check each facet of a multi-faceted tool, has helped bring significant reductions in the need for rework, and has also helped to further raise the already high levels of quality assurance". ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Roger James, 'The Hewland Story',, (The Victorian Historic Racing Register, 2003),, (Accessed ). ↑ 2.0 2.1 'McLaren to power new FIA Formula E Championship',, (FIA Formula E, ),, (Accessed ). Hewland have primarily focused on gearbox development for Formula E, with their design a universal element in every current FE car. Hewland were, however, retained as a consultant by the majority of the FE teams, and continued to supply teams into the 2017/18 season. Their design, a six-speed transverse creation, would be used by the McLaren powertrain throughout the 2014/15 season, before manufacturers began to develop their own powertrains in 2015/16. Hewland were first involved in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship after being approached by McLaren Electronic Systems to develop a gearbox for the first Formula E car, the Spark- Renault SRT_01E. By 2017 Hewland were employing 167 people in Maidenhead, and supplying at least one effort, if not the entire field, in a range of series, from Formula One to DTM. Hewland gearboxes would spread into the CanAm and World Sportscar Championship series, as well as the realm of touring cars and rallying. Hewland would remain in F1 through to the present day, with interests quickly developing in other racing markets. Hewland continued to refine his design, supplying other famed F1 teams including Team Lotus, McLaren and BRM. Triple World Champion and then team owner Jack Brabham commissioned Hewland to develop a gearbox for him, which would ultimately aid the Brabham team to the Championship in 1966. 
In 1965 Formula One regulations changed to accept 3 litre engines, meaning a whole new set of gearboxes were required to transfer engine power to the circuit. Hewland would continue to develop his gearbox, using the VW Beetle design as a basis, with an increasing number of units sold as the years progressed. This began by cutting gears from a small unit in Maidenhead, England, although after an approach by the UDT Laystall team in Formula 2, Hewland began to manufacturer a custom four-speed gearbox.
Mike Hewland, a promising engineer, began his foray into race car engineering in the mid-1950s, finding a niche in the development of gearbox units.
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