The area of fuel cell production is a new application field for many OEMs and their suppliers. To manage a complex and evolving technology with increased time to market pressure requires innovative solutions and an independent partner to accelerate.
AVL provides you 360° of competence through the entire value chain of fuel cell commercialization. The success factors for our production test solutions are our comprehensive deep understanding of fuel cells combined with the decades of experience in plant & production engineering. Our production test solutions are tailored to your specific production scenario and addressing the special requirements of the fuel cell while maintaining expected availability and safety.
Fuel cell product development
Extensive know-how and established engineering partner in fuel cell development
Fuel cell test solutions
Existing comprehensive fuel cell development H/W and S/W tool chain from cell to vehicle
Plant & production engineering
Deep expertise in the field of plant & production engineering
Production test solutions
Decades of experience in the field of production test solutions
Customized design
We offer you full flexibility in the realization of a customer-specific test solution layout in the production environment by means of our modular and flexible product approach.
Industrialized standard products
We guarantee you full planning security due to industrialized standard products and sustainable spare parts availability combined with a strong, established and global network in the area of customer service.
Automation system
We secure test bench and data management via our real-time automation system "Puma 2 Production for Fuel Cell", the global industry standard for test bench automation with 45 years of history, local and remote, for individual test benches and complete test fields.
Data analysis & reporting
We support in data analysis and reporting through configurable and automated evaluation routines directly at the point of test, and other quality monitoring tools such as machine learning.
AVL PUMA 2™ Production is our robust automation system designed for production testing of a range of e-mobility applications.
To meet the special requirements in production testing, we offer a specialized portfolio.
New powertrain technologies require a higher data throughput rate in real time. AVL FEM 4™ enables you to measure all raw data relevant for the characterization of the unit-under-test.
AVL designed the integrated Fuel Cell System Testbed to provide highly efficient and accurate testing while minimizing integration efforts. Reusing our reliable and proven modules and transferring our R&D expertise and maturity into a compact solution was crucial.
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