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Battery Enclosures and Intrusion Protection
Safe on all sides
Battery enclosures and intrusion protection plates are safety relevant components to protect the sensitive battery cells. The main functions are to ensure structural integrity during mechanical loads, sealing of the battery housing, protection against fire (battery-internal and external) as well as electromagnetic shielding.
The parts only make optimum use of the available space when they are adapted to the respective vehicle. Plastic based composites are ideal for this. Tailored material designs offer a high lightweight potential, coming together with plastic-inherent benefits like corrosion resistance and good thermal insulation.
The most important highlights
- Extended range due to light weight, up to 30 % reduction compared to a steel cover and 20 % weight reduction compared to an aluminum cover
- Thermoplastic solutions, tailored by combining continuous and discontinuous reinforced materials
- Best in class tightness with one-piece design. Continuous sealing surface without interruption.
- Optimized intrusion management by additional structures within the survival space possible
- High damage tolerance at low energy impacts
- Superior energy absorption level in the case of high-velocity crash
- Robust design for outstanding long-term durability and corrosion resistance
- Good recyclability of the thermoplastic based structures
Your Benefits through our Battery Enclosures and Protection
Design Freedom
- Tailored wall thickness between 2 and > 10 mm
- Space-optimised design solution
- Continuous reinforced sandwich approach in combination with ribs and beads for increased bending stiffness
- Hybrid design with local reinforcement by metal or fiber
Functional Integration
- Flexible and cost-efficient part design with a high degree of functional integration through process combinations and best use of space
- Management of fluid conduits, cables, etc.
- Integration of electromagnetic protection
- Process-integrated manufacturing of clips and mounting points
- Fire-resistant materials like ceramic sheets can be applied
Full Solution Supplier
- Over +10 years in battery housing development & series production
- Compression and injection molding under one roof
- Tailored design, development, production and testing
- Structural simulation in-house
- Validation from material up to product level
- Long-term experience in End-of-Line testing (e.g. quality control)
- Global footprint for prototyping and series application
- State-of-the-art adhesive and mechanical fixation of additional components
