is available in battery electric and range-extended variants. Drawing exterior design inspiration from mountains, seas, and yachts, the Hyptec HL is positioned as a “land yacht”. The streamlined body with curves presents a sense of modern luxury. The battery electric variant employs a 30,000rpm amorphous electric drive and 5C super charging technology, delivering a range of 750km and a cruising duration of 2h on a 5-minute charge. The range-e...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/21

GAC Aion Quark Electric Drive 2.0 comes off production line On August 24, GAC Aion announced that the Quark Electric Drive 2.0, a next-generation high-performance integrated electric drive, came off the production line. The electric drive is about to be featured in GAC Aion models. The Quark Electric Drive 2.0, an amorphous carbon fiber motor employing aircraft carrier-grade technologies and materials, delivers a maximum motor efficiency of 98.5%...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/27

Tosa District of Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture in August 2022. Since the district is surrounded by mountains and there are many shields such as buildings, they verified the GMPS, aiming for autonomous driving without depending on a GNSS. Aichi Steel’s GMPS is a self-positioning system in which amorphous wire with a broken metal crystalline structure is applied to magnetic sensors by the company’s proprietary technology. The GMPS provides e...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/05

rive technology cluster that can generate robust power in a tiny size. The Quark electric drive features for the first time X-PIN flat-wire stators and 900V silicon carbide technology, increasing the power of a motor from the industry average of 6kW/kg to 12kW/kg. It also features a nanocrystalline-amorphous motor that subverts the conventional millimeter-level silicon steel sheet, reducing output loss by over 50%. The Quark electric drive techno...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/08

nsit) system”. Magnetic markers will be embedded in a 4.8 km road section to support autonomous driving. This is the first time for Aichi Steel to commercially supply the GMPS. The GMPS has adopted a “MI sensor (magnetic impedance sensor)” that has applied the company’s advanced material “amorphous wire”, and supports autonomous driving with its high magnetic field detection ability and high vehicle positioning accuracy. The GMPS can ...

News  Updated at: 2022/12/01

Miba Group provides coating for production of state-of-the-art microchips On January 13, The Miba Group announced that optical systems with mirrors are needed to direct the extremely short-wave UV light for EUV lithography to the right places and this is where Miba's coating technology comes into play. Under cleanroom conditions and in a high vacuum, a 5 µm (0.005 mm) thick amorphous silicon layer is applied to the mirrors at the Miba company Hi...

News  Updated at: 2022/01/14

nologies, systems and networks, to be held in California, U.S.A. from September 21 (Tuesday) to 23 (Thursday). At this exhibition, which usually attracts more than 300 exhibitors, the Company will introduce the products and applications of its unique ultra-sensitive magnetic sensor "MI Sensor" and "Amorphous Wire," an ultra-fine metallic fiber that can be mass-produced only by the company. The "MI Sensor" has been proven in the "Magnetic Marker S...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/07

stance (ER) of the lead-acid battery separator. Siridion Black, are silicon-based powders designed to provide high energy density and superior performance for lithium-ion batteries. The powders consist of separated non-sintered spherical particles with a size < 200 nm and are characterized by their amorphous structure.  Evonik press release  ...

News  Updated at: 2021/03/16

thode active material and fumed metal oxides for the coating of separators. The carbon-covered silicon is now available on an industrial scale. The powder is produced by gas phase synthesis. It consists of isolated unsintered spherical particles that are a few hundred nanometers in size. Within the amorphous particles, the carbon concentration increases from the inside out.  The high-performance anode material was jointly developed by the Resea...

News  Updated at: 2021/03/03

or cars and other special equipment, which must instantly develop force, and therefore have a suitable power system. The developed metal glass electrode oxidizes methanol 85 percent more efficiently than platinum counterparts. Moreover, metallic glass is much more resistant to corrosion due to its amorphous structure. It is superior to existing designs and commercial designs. Scientists plan to continue searching for optimal metal glass compos...

News  Updated at: 2020/12/28

it is difficult to receive a GPS (Global Positioning System) signal. The demonstration also used a device in which artificial intelligence (AI) detects the passengers' belongings left behind from in-vehicle camera images. Aichi Steel's magnetic marker system uses a magnetic sensor that applies an "amorphous wire" that breaks the crystal structure of metal using its unique technology. The high sensitivity of the sensor allows for low-cost magnets...

News  Updated at: 2020/10/06

Timing (VVT), Variable Displacement Oil Pump Control (VDOP), and Cylinder De-Activation Control (CDA), all of which enhance fuel efficiency and vehicle performance.  Husco continues to plan for the use of ULTEM resin in future applications. The other major benefit offered with ULTEM is in it being amorphous, which reduces impacts from process settings that may be seen with other high temperature rated semi-crystalline materials. SABIC press rele...

News  Updated at: 2020/06/16

SINTOKOGIO begins sales of metallic amorphous magnetic powder SINTOKOGIO,Ltd. announced that it has begun sales of the SAP-D series metallic amorphous magnetic powder having an average particle diameter of 2 μm. The magnetic powder consists of micro-particles and offers low energy loss. It helps reduce power consumption and supports high-frequency waves. Electronic parts have been required to provide improved reliability and properties along wit...

News  Updated at: 2020/04/16

Hitachi Metals establishes joint research organization with University of Oxford Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (Hitachi Metals) announced that it has signed an agreement with the University of Oxford based in the U.K. regarding the establishment of a joint research organization on amorphous ribbon and Ni-based superalloys. By integrating the metallurgical technologies held by the University of Oxford and the material development technologies of Hitachi Me...

News  Updated at: 2020/03/30

mical resistance.  In multi-component injection molding processes, it can be easily combined with other polyamide materials. As the material can be repeatedly exposed to aggressive media without sustaining damage, it is ideally suited for backlit switches or buttons. This essential advantage over amorphous, transparent materials also impressed the French interior specialist Valeo. The product was jointly developed to production maturity and wil...

News  Updated at: 2019/09/24

Oerlikon Balzers unveils Diamond-Like-Carbon coatings Oerlikon Balzers informed that it has developed new amorphous hydrogen-free carbon (a-C) coatings, BALIQ CARBOS and BALIQ CARBOS STAR, which deliver an exceptional combination of high hardness, low friction and low roughness for applications with extreme contact pressures and sliding velocities. These coatings are applied utilising Scalable Pulsed Power Plasma (S3p), which combines the advant...

News  Updated at: 2019/08/29

ing aluminum with other materials generally requires other parts such as rivets. If the direct joining technology of aluminum with other materials advances, aluminum will be used more widely in automotive parts production. Showa Denko K.K. developed a technology to directly join aluminum alloys and amorphous engineering plastics. The company applied primer coating on aluminum for special surface treatment and bonding purposes. This realized coval...

News  Updated at: 2019/08/26

Showa Denko develops technology for bonding aluminum alloys and resins Showa Denko K.K. (Showa Denko) announced on August 5 that it has developed a technology that directly joins aluminum alloys and polycarbonate resin, a general-purpose amorphous engineering plastic, without using an adhesive. The direct joining technology was realized by applying a special surface treatment and a primer treatment on aluminum alloys. Showa Denko aims to bring th...

News  Updated at: 2019/08/07

achi Metals’ soft magnetic materials and Fraunhofer IISB’s circuit technology. Specifically, they have adopted the FINEMET FT-3K50T nanocrystalline alloy with excellent magnetic properties for the common-mode choke coils in the input/output noise filter, and another choke coil made of the HLM50 amorphous powder core with excellent direct-current superposition properties for the rectification and power factor correction circuit. An isolation t...

News  Updated at: 2019/04/17

o ta-C solutions. BALIFOR T is an additional automotive surface technology, which can be offered to global automotive customers. The portfolio of automotive component solutions spans from BALINIT DLC (Diamond-like-carbon) to BALIFOR M, the award-winning molybdenum coating, and to BALIFOR T, a tetra-amorphous carbon coating. BALIFOR T is the best choice for high temperature applications (depending on pressure), low lubrication applications for lon...

News  Updated at: 2017/12/15