German automotive and arms producer Rheinmetall has received an order for a number of hundred thousand high-voltage electrical coolant pumps.
That is the shopper’s first electrical truck division order and is value a determine within the mid-two-digit million-euro vary. Excessive-voltage CWA 2000 pumps are designed to be used in 800 V structure. Glandless design and bearings made for cooling water functions purpose to restrict put on and tear. The order contains the availability of spare components. Manufacturing is scheduled to start in 2025 and supply will final till 2030.
The 800 V design doubles the charging output to 400 kW and reduces electrical losses, bettering on a regular basis utility, the corporate mentioned. This know-how additionally permits the usage of thinner cables, saving set up area, weight and dear metals like copper. Decrease warmth loss makes cooling methods smaller and extra environment friendly.
The deal “paves the best way for an additional widening of ties with the shopper additionally within the gas cell software area,” the corporate mentioned.
Supply: Rheinmetall