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fuel cell revolution

Electrification of the world’s vehicles is picking up speed and creating huge business opportunities for coating providers and manufacturers of bipolar plates

Fuel cells

Fuel cell technology for light-weight, compact fuel cell stacks is key to accelerating electric vehicle adoption – and this technology is maturing fast. Automotive types of fuel cells require coating on thin, stainless steel and titanium separator plates, known as bipolar plates, and the demand for this coating is expected to explode in coming years. With Hauzer’s decades of experience with carbon-based, corrosion-resistant coating technology, we can provide industrial-scale solutions for a low cost per coating.

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Trends in fuel cells

Explosive growth

The annual production of fuel cell cars in 2030 is expected to be at one million passenger vehicles and more than one million commercial vehicles per year.

Scale is the make-or-break factor

The automotive market is looking for robust, lightweight fuel cell components that are as cost-effective as possible, which means scaling up is critical for companies interested in this market.

Fuel cell lifetime is of the essence

The lifetime requirement for passenger vehicle fuel cell stacks is at least 5000 hours and the expectation is that this will gradually increase to 10,000 hours in the next years.

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Fuel cell applications

Bipolar plates are the separator plates in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. They need to be coated with a protective film to enable a stable performance and high lifetime. The coating needs to enable high conductivity while protecting against corrosion and oxidation, and needs to stay intact in the fuel cell environment during at least 5000 hours of use. This performance requirement will soon rise to 10,000 hours in the near future.

The Hauzer bipolar plate coating has the capacity to meet those requirements, as proven in tests by a variety of renowned companies and institutes.

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Why Hauzer coating equipment

Although fuel cell coating is a relatively new market, especially at the rates we are expecting in the near future, Hauzer has decades of relevant experience.

30+ years of creating low-cost carbon-based anti-corrosion coatings for automotive applications
We have done extensive R&D work and have received test results from renowned institutes
At our competence centre, we have worked on bipolar plate sampling on industrial machines
With our Flexicoat and Metalliner systems, we have a product offering for both low and high volumes
Our experts can assist companies in production scaling for this new market, starting with a coating service provider and then scaling to your own machines
Hauzer systems are designed to enable very low cost of ownership

Coating solutions for fuel cells

Read on to learn more about the Hauzer solutions for coating bipolar plates. A partnership with Hauzer will help you achieve your goals, now and in the future.

Fuel Cell Coatings

September 22, 2020

The right equipment for your business

These Hauzer machines are interesting for businesses in the fuel cell market, providing coating capacity up to very high volumes. For lower coating volumes, Hauzer happily refers you to Ionbond for a service solution.

Flexicoat 1500

Hauzer’s largest batch coating system

Metalliner

Vertical inline coating system

Burkhard Scholz

Managing Director at EC Europ Coating

September 9, 2020

“We chose a Hauzer machine to establish our expertise on the medical technology market and to reach our commercial aims as soon as possible. Now the machine is running for more than a year and we can say we made the right choice. We are growing within our market and are considering a second machine.”

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Please contact Roel Bosch

Roel Bosch

New Business Developer

The Hauzer Team

Our specialists for meeting your business needs.

Geert-Jan Franssen

Product Manager

Ruud Jacobs

Process Technology Manager

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