SWEDISH IMPACT COATINGS COMPLEMENT READY-TO-INSTALL
Feintool and SITEC announce their latest production partnership with industry-leading Swedish coating specialist Impact Coatings AB .
This non-exclusive cooperation further strengthens our capability to provide customers with the entire process chain in the production of ready-to-install metallic bipolar plates and interconnects for fuel cells and electrolyzers – from early development to highvolume production .
As leading manufacturers of metallic high-precision components for fuel cells and electrolyzers we are continuously enhancing our manufacturing processes to address the needs of the hydrogen industry .
To strengthen our customers ’ competitiveness , we find partners that share the same spirit of driving innovation and cost advantages as we do .
With Swedish Impact Coatings AB we cooperate with a proven , reliable , and globally present specialist to further evolve our state-of-the-art development and production capabilities .
Impact Coatings ’ expertise lies in physical vapor deposition ( PVD ), a clean coating process for the modification and enhancement of surface properties with minimal environmental impact .
PVD and the corresponding quality control complement our coating capability which is an integral production step to provide customers with ready-to-install bipolar plates and interconnects .
Bipolar plates and interconnects form the core of fuel cells and electrolyzers Fuel cells are electrochemical energy converters that generate electricity from hydrogen and oxygen . They emit only water vapor . This is how fuel cells power electric vehicles and , for example , emergency power generators .
They offer a clean alternative to fossil fuels and thus contribute to a greener future .
Electrolyzers use the same principle as fuel cells in reverse to store energy in hydrogen . Our metallic bipolar plates and interconnects constitute the cores of fuel cells and electrolyzers .
These highprecision components enable efficient gas flow , cooling and electrical connection at low production cost . Several hundred plates are layered to form the fuel cell or electrolyzer stack .
Feintool and SITEC ’ s strategic goal is to become one of the world ’ s leading suppliers of metallic bipolar plates and interconnects .
For more information , please visit www . bipolarplates . com
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