Automotive Engineering - August 2024 - 30

PRODUCT
BRIEFS
SPOTLIGHT: NVH MATERIALS
Adhesion compounds
SPOTLIGHT: ADHESIVES
& COATINGS
Vacuum conveyors
KRAIBURG TPE (Waldkraiburg, Germany) launched new
EPDM adhesion compounds designed for automotive exterior
sealing. These compounds reportedly offer improvements
in material technology, adhesion, durability and
processability. The company states that they are specifically
formulated for automotive exterior parts with UV
resistance such as glass run channels and sealing profiles
featuring molded corner joints and end caps. Kraiburg
states that it has successfully tested the compounds in
comprehensive trials since 2023. The compound features
constant EPDM adhesion quality as well as optimized flow
properties that provide a broad processing window and
increased design flexibility in part and tool design while
maintaining performance standards. Additionally, the compounds
offer weathering resistance, color stability, low
surface friction behavior and wear and tear resistance.
https://www.kraiburg-tpe.com
Switches
Melexis (Tessenderlo, Belgium) announced
its Induxis switch, the
MLX92442, which is contactless, magnet-free
and strayfield immune.
Melexis states that the MLX92442 detects
conductive targets and enables
small module designs with reduced
component count for improved safety
and electrification. Uses include highvoltage
interlocks, charging flaps, seatbelts, hood/trunk, gear
tooth sensing or brake-by-wire applications. For traditional
safety automotive latches and switches, ranging from door
and boot/trunk handles to seatbelts and brake light switches,
the standard design uses a mechanical contact or magnetic
switch, like a push button, reed switch, or hall effect sensor.
But, for such a solution to operate, the safety target's design
must be modified, either to include a magnet plus holder or a
physical protrusion to actuate a button.
https://www.melexis.com
30 August 2024
Piab (Hingham,
Massachusetts)
introduced the
piFLOW am
vacuum conveyor.
The unit
features Piab's
COAX vacuum
technology as
well as a butterfly
valve. Piab
states that the
butterfly valve is
not sensitive to
pressure fluctuations and is able to keep a material batch
inside without the pump being mounted. It has a standard
TC connection which makes it simple to integrate for the
customer. Piab also claims the unit is easily integrated with
any type or brand of 3D printer, sieve, hopper and other
intermediate vessel. The product is controlled by pneumatic
or electrical control units. The piFLOW am is made
of stainless steel and can reportedly withstand a material
temperature of up to 140' Fahrenheit (60' Celsius) The
conveyor unit weighs 33 lbs. (15 kg) and reaches a maximum
feed pressure of 101.5 psi (7.2 bar).
https://www.piab.com
Software solutions
TTTech Auto (Vienna,
Austria) unveiled
MotionWise Schedule,
a software solution
designed to manage
workload management
in the automotive sector. The system seamlessly maps
tasks to CPU cores and defines the required network configuration
for Time Sensitive Networking. According to TTTech,
this enables optimized multi-CPU core and multi-SoC solutions.
The system also manages time-triggered execution and
provides a time-boxed isolation between tasks, enabling mixcriticality
and composability. This results in lower testing and
verification efforts for real-time tasks, determinism and execution
repeatability, as well as faster system integration. The
newly added support for dataflow-driven scheduling adds
flexibility for developers and supports dataflow dependencies
and allows dynamic switching between different data flows.
https://www.tttech-auto.com
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
https://www.kraiburg-tpe.com https://www.piab.com https://www.melexis.com https://www.tttech-auto.com
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