Electrification
Electrification has, thus far, been largely about cars, trucks and other on-road vehicles. However, electrically advanced systems outperform conventional ones in other machinery as well in terms of efficiency, environmental impact and user friendliness.
When analysing the characteristics of future products, three trends become clear:
Customers ask for lower operational cost and less maintenance
Product owners strive to offer added value to their products
The world has developed a global environmental awareness
One solution to this is Electrification and Electric Mobility. By replacing fossil fuels with electric power, both environmental, cost and efficiency goals are reached. You also enable more user-friendly products compatible with future technologies. Take part of our approach on how to make your machinery electric.
Electrification has, so far, been largely about cars, trucks and other on-road vehicles as well as smaller power tools. However, electrically advanced systems outperform conventional ones for other machinery as well. Electrified non-road vehicles, such as mining trucks or fork lifts as well as electrified pump or steering systems, are already available on the market developed by well-known brands and with demonstrated benefits.
Semcon can support through the whole development chain from early strategy assessments to final verification:
Establishing a strategy to reach new businesses
Enhance the product with electrified sub-systems
Integrate electrically powered drivetrain for full environmental and productivity benefits
A powerful offer in three steps
Electrification of vehicles and working machines is interdisciplinary and requires expertise from different areas of competence: Electrics and Electronics, mechanics, software, hardware, simulation and HMI to mention a few. Semcon has the unity and insight to support our partners in strategy planning as well as development of the products from non-electrified towards electrically powered ones, by applying an iterative process for stepwise product enhancement.
Our electrification offer is based on an iterative and interactive process, divided into three packages:
Electrification strategy
Power-up your sub-systems
Go fully electric
The electrification strategy is defined based on your company’s vision and on market and customer needs, and a roadmap to reach the goals is formulated. If the roadmap specifies electrification of subsystems such as equipment and accessories as a beneficial step, this is further investigated and realized in the second package. And further on, if electrified propulsion either as hybrid or pure electric drive has shown beneficial, the development and integration of this is handled in the third package.
Why electrification? Summary.
There are several reasons and arguments to why go for electrification:
Environmental care: The environmental consciousness of our community increases and new laws are voted in order to reduce our impact on the environment. Electrification give access to new growing markets which are requiring” clean” products. In some cases, tax benefits are eligible which make electrified products more attractive.
Greater flexibility: Lower pollution and lower noise will enable access to new working environments for the products. This is crucial for some applications like in mines or hangars. At the same time, a product with lower noise could operate in the city at night hours and avoid socio-environmental constraints.
Higher productivity: Some of the main advantages of electrification lie in the direct added value that comes from the enhanced product: a leaner maintenance cycle, lower operating costs and easier-to-use products that can also perform their tasks better and faster.