Bipolar plates
Automated series processes in the areas of metalworking and plastic injection moulding, state-of-the-art joining and coating technology and experience in the production of PEM fuel cell stacks make us the ideal partner for the industrialization of bipolar plates with or without integrated gaskets.
- Extensive Design Know-How: Thanks to our many years of experience in bead screen printing and elastomer gaskets, we develop functional plate designs through to series production – individually tailored to your application.
- Durability and efficiency: The precise design of the gaskets ensures a long service life for the stacks and maximizes their functionality.
- Fast industrialization: The intelligent integration of sealing materials and bipolar plates, combined with our expertise in fuel cell stack manufacturing, enables our customers to achieve fast industrialization.
Bipolar plates for PEM Electrolyzers
Our many years of expertise in the automated production of PEM fuel cells enable us to offer our customers innovative and customized cell components (metallic, elastomer-sealed, and plastic) depending on the design of the PEM electrolysis stack.
Benefits
- Maximum Stack Functionality: A good coordination and design of all product features enables maximum functionality of the PEM electrolysis stacks – EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies offers the necessary design know-how.
- Fast Industrialization: EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies' integrated approach to bipolar plates, specially developed sealing materials and expertise in the field of PEM fuel cells enables our customers to quickly industrialize their electrolysis stacks.
Bipolar plates for PEM Electrolyzers
Parameters
- Compact, robust design – individually tailored to the customer's cell concept
- Innovative tool design and in-house production in cooperation with ElringKlinger
- Robust, highly efficient, innovative, fully automated and interlinked production processes
- Production with high-precision progressive tools
- Experience in coating technology to increase cost efficiency
- Functional plate design right through to series production is developed in conjunction with our customer
- Dimensions between 450 and 4,000 cm² possible
- Own compound development for gaskets
Bipolar plates for PEM Electrolyzers with integrated gasket
Parameters
- Robust for high pressures in electrolysis applications
- Bipolar plates with integrated metal or
elastomer gasket paired
- With corresponding support concept in the cell structure
- XL dimensions possible
- Reliable sealing even with low sealing pressures
- Equalization of high component tolerances
- Three-dimensional shaping
- Cell technology with a corresponding design-to-cost approach
- Highly automatable solution
Applications
Electrolyzers
Bipolar plates for PEM fuel cell stacks
Metallic bipolar plates for PEM fuel cell stacks offer significant advantages in terms of cost efficiency, high power density, and excellent cold start capability. EKPO manufactures these components using high-precision progessive die tools and minimal cycle times. The entire manufacturing process is fully automated and takes place in continuous, interlinked production line.
Parameters
- Optimized flowfield design to perfectly match MEA properties
- High power density flow fields and integrated, robust bead seal technology
- Ultra fine flowfield structures formed with narrow tolerances using high precision progressive die tools
- Durable stainless steel or titanium base materials with high performance coating
- Functional plate design from prototypes to series for fast, high precision stacking
- Proprietary sealing materials for demanding fuel cell applications
- Operation window between -40 and 110 °C, bust pressure ≥ 5 barg, Shock resistance ≥ 50G
Applications
Heavy-Duty
Light Commercial Vehicles
Passenger Cars
System Integrators
Material Handling
Rail
Marine
Power Generator
Bipolar plates for PEM Electrolyzers
Our many years of expertise in the automated production of PEM fuel cells enable us to offer our customers innovative and customized cell components (metallic, elastomer-sealed, and plastic) depending on the design of the PEM electrolysis stack.
Benefits
- Maximum Stack Functionality: A good coordination and design of all product features enables maximum functionality of the PEM electrolysis stacks – EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies offers the necessary design know-how.
- Fast Industrialization: EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies' integrated approach to bipolar plates, specially developed sealing materials and expertise in the field of PEM fuel cells enables our customers to quickly industrialize their electrolysis stacks.
Bipolar plates for PEM Electrolyzers
Parameters
- Compact, robust design – individually tailored to the customer's cell concept
- Innovative tool design and in-house production in cooperation with ElringKlinger
- Robust, highly efficient, innovative, fully automated and interlinked production processes
- Production with high-precision progressive tools
- Experience in coating technology to increase cost efficiency
- Functional plate design right through to series production is developed in conjunction with our customer
- Dimensions between 450 and 4,000 cm² possible
- Own compound development for gaskets
Bipolar plates for PEM Electrolyzers with integrated gasket
Parameters
- Robust for high pressures in electrolysis applications
- Bipolar plates with integrated metal or
elastomer gasket paired
- With corresponding support concept in the cell structure
- XL dimensions possible
- Reliable sealing even with low sealing pressures
- Equalization of high component tolerances
- Three-dimensional shaping
- Cell technology with a corresponding design-to-cost approach
- Highly automatable solution
Applications
Electrolyzers
Bipolar plates for PEM fuel cell stacks
Metallic bipolar plates for PEM fuel cell stacks offer significant advantages in terms of cost efficiency, high power density, and excellent cold start capability. EKPO manufactures these components using high-precision progessive die tools and minimal cycle times. The entire manufacturing process is fully automated and takes place in continuous, interlinked production line.
Parameters
- Optimized flowfield design to perfectly match MEA properties
- High power density flow fields and integrated, robust bead seal technology
- Ultra fine flowfield structures formed with narrow tolerances using high precision progressive die tools
- Durable stainless steel or titanium base materials with high performance coating
- Functional plate design from prototypes to series for fast, high precision stacking
- Proprietary sealing materials for demanding fuel cell applications
- Operation window between -40 and 110 °C, bust pressure ≥ 5 barg, Shock resistance ≥ 50G
Applications
Heavy-Duty
Light Commercial Vehicles
Passenger Cars
System Integrators
Material Handling
Rail
Marine
Power Generator
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