The charging infrastructure is key to the success of emobility. Customers expect short and effective charging times that power up the vehicle. With the charging times getting shorter the energy transported over the time gets higher. For this reason, management of heat flow and electrical insulation of the components become more demanding.

Shorter e-car charging times set higher requirements for thermal management and insulation 

ELANTAS offers thermal interface materials for the heat flow management as overheating can reduce the lifetime, performance and safety of the equipment. Conformal coatings and casting & potting materials complete the offer for the purpose of electrical insulation of the components of chargers.

The charging infrastructure consists of fast DC charging stations and AC chargers. DC charging stations allow for a fast load of the battery in well under an hour whereas AC chargers require longer time and are often used at home.  

To adjust for different vehicles demands converters are needed to convert the voltage to the appropriate level for the vehicle. Control units are use in the charging infrastructure to monitor and steer the processes in the charger and enabling the safe and reliable performance.

ELANTAS offers thermal interface materials for heat management – as overheating can reduce the lifetime, performance and safety of the equipment – as well as conformal coatings, and casting and potting materials for the electrical insulation of the components.