New White Paper Explores Role Of Next-generation Fuses In Protecting Battery Systems And Preventing EV Fires
Sensata Technologies, one of the world’s leading suppliers of sensor solutions, industrial controls, power management, and electrical protection, has launched a new white paper – How the GigaFuse Helps Maximise Safety in Advanced Battery Systems.
Advanced battery systems need advanced circuit protection solutions for a variety of reasons – ranging from improving battery safety and performance to encouraging greater market acceptance of Electrical Vehicles (EVs).
“The high current levels and power densities in next-generation battery systems demand equally high-performance, highly precise safety components,” writes Sensata’s Markus Beck, the White Paper’s author.
“If the safety systems do not work quickly and reliably, the entire battery system can suffer a catastrophic failure that could seriously impact the product and its user.”
Markus says that ‘catastrophic failure’ includes ‘thermal runaway’ – better known as fire: “The increasing level of publicity given to EV fires has brought more attention to the danger, which is why safety concerns must be addressed in order to avoid adversely impacting public EV adoption.”
This new whitepaper covers the ever-increasing demand for improved stored energy systems, the role of fuses and contactors, as well as faster and more precise next generation technology solutions for protecting EV batteries and power systems.
It shows that only by designing systems that are robust and safe, and using high-performance components such as fuses and contactors that can handle short circuits, can an EV manufacturer ensure reliability over a given vehicle’s lifetime.
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Sensata Technologies has been driving advances in sensing technology with a pedigree that spans more than one hundred years. As such it can rightfully describe itself as a global leader in the design, customisation and manufacture of mission-critical sensors and controls. To give some idea of its size, the company today has operations in 12 countries around the world and sells more than 47,000 unique products. It ships some 1.1 billion units annually.
First and foremost, the company is an engineering-focused business, with a mission to empower engineers across a diverse range of sectors and industries to create smarter, more connected solutions for their design challenges. There are three key reasons that the world’s leading engineers choose to work with Sensata: We speak engineer – no-one gets engineers like their fellow engineers. That’s why Sensata facilitates direct communication between you and its engineering and support teams.
Sensata deploys teams where our customers are, so they can quickly respond to challenges and customise solutions to help meet the most demanding application requirements. We collaborate to help you innovate – our approach to product development is as much about service and collaboration as it is about products. By working closely with its customers on real-world challenges, Sensata does more than produce new SKUs. It delivers solutions that are tailored to your specific needs. We enable what’s next – Sensata never stops developing smarter, higher-performing. More embedded sensors and control devices. And its technology goes straight into its customers’ products. It is their secret ingredient and the thing that turns good products into game changers.
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Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
Industries we supply to
Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater
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