Challenge purpose: Innovative aluminium lightweight components for green road mobility

About the challenge:  Aluminize the world!

• Enable sustainable, innovative and unique solutions for the automotive industry to reduce CO2 emissions and support green mobility.
• Develop innovative lightweight components and products from aluminium which help to save energy and conserve resources. 
• Develop innovative cryogenic tanks to store liquid hydrogen in long haul transport applications.

Main section of application: 

• Automotive 

Main cross-cutting topics: 

• Design & smart functions
• Characterisation & modelling 
• Manufacturing & assembly 

Scope of the challenge 

• Changeover from a tier-1 fuel tank supplier into a manufacturer of components and products for sustainable mobility and related markets.
• The scope shows a wide variation from long haul transport solutions as well as last-mile transport solutions
• Idea generation and knowledge of typical market issues needs to be extended

Lightweight aluminium casted parts development and production

Scope of the challenge 1b

• Lightweight aluminium casted parts development and production

Scope of the challenge 1c

• Lightweight aluminium casted parts development and production

Scope of the challenge continued

• Aluminium battery box development and production
• Cryogenic hydrogen tank development and production

Scope of the challenge continued

• Aluminium cargo box development and production
• Aluminium cargo bike frame development and production

Challenge objectives

• Aluminium battery box production
  Range from 1.000 – 200.000 per year
  Cooperation with battery cell production company
  Cooperation with sustainable mobility customer
• Lightweight aluminium component production (rheocasting)
  Range from 15.000 – 150.000 per component per year
  Cooperation with sustainable mobility customer
• Any other product idea that fits into our available production processes and/or services
  Cooperation with sustainable mobility partners

Can you provide a solution to this challenge?

More information can be found here: https://www.rightweightnwe.com/application-form