Ready for e-Mobility
Whether body, batteries or engines: Schuler offers sophisticated
systems for the economic serial production of components for e-cars
The automotive and supplier industry
is undergoing change, with renowned
manufacturers currently investing billions of
euros in electric mobility. Schuler is prepared
for this transformation and offers systems for
the economic serial production of components
for E-cars – whether body and structural parts,
metal housings for batteries or electric motor
laminations for engines.
The technology and world market leader in forming
technology has developed a high-speed press, for
instance, that is already being used by several well-
known car manufacturers and suppliers in the
production of electric motors. The reason for this is
the increasingly complex geometry of electric motor
laminations, which enables higher energy efficiency
through thinner laminations and, as a consequence,
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lower eddy current losses. This requires equally
complex and therefore longer progressive dies, the
number of forming stations increases accordingly.
At the same time, electric motors grow in diameter
to achieve higher performance. The result: The
presses require a larger die space in order to be able
to clamp the longer progressive dies. Schuler reacts
by extending the press bed of its e-mobility press
SMARTLINE EV 3.8 from 3.30 to over 3.70 meters.
A special control developed by Schuler checks the
depth of die penetration at each stroke and can
correct it in fractions of a second to ensure part
accuracy from the first stroke while reducing die wear
by up to 30 percent. Furthermore, Schuler not only
produces the presses and automation, but the dies
as well. The system solutions for the manufacture