The Federal Association of the German Foundry Industry (BDG) Has a New President

ing to bear comprehensive know-how in the field of actuators gained by Pierburg over more than four decades. Today the Neuss, Germany-based company is a globally successful, highly regarded supplier of control, bypass and shut-off valves, some of which are also necessary for alternative drive systems.

Pierburg has now booked sample orders from a prominent North-American customer for several hundred prototypes of a cathode shut-off valve. The company now expects to see nominations for full-scale production orders from other customers during the course of the year.

In order to meet various customer requirements regarding utilization, package and interfaces, Pierburg engineers systematically adhered to a modular approach, while simultaneously fulfilling future application needs. For example, the product range now includes valves for fuel cells with an electric output of up to 200 kilowatts. Furthermore, the company offers numerous variants of the basic design of its complete array of currently available electric actuators and interfaces. This makes it possible to meet practically any customer requirement.

Particularly with regard to shut-off valves, which isolate the fuel cell stack on the cathode side at the inlet and outlet points from the surrounding environment, the low leakage required for use with operating times of up to 12,000 hours has been successfully verified. Now under development, a new generation should increase the lifespan even further, bringing the number of operating hours in commercial vehicles and stationary applications to at least 20,000. ■ 将运用皮尔博格40多年来在制动器领域获得的全面 的专业知识。今天，这家总部位于德国诺伊斯的公司 已成为全球成功、备受推崇的控制阀、旁通阀和截止 阀供应商，其中一些产品是替代驱动系统所必需的。 皮尔博格现在已经从一家著名的北美客户获得了数 百个阴极截止阀原型的样件订单。公司预计将在年内 收到来自其他客户的全面生产订单。 为了满足客户在使用、封装和接口方面的各种要 求，皮尔博格的工程师系统地坚持模块化方法，同时 满足未来的应用需求。例如，现在的产品范围包括用 于电力输出高达200千瓦的燃料电池阀门。此外，该 公司还提供其当前可用的电动制动器和接口的全系列 的基本设计的多种变体，使得公司几乎可以满足任何 客户的要求。 尤其是截止阀，它在入口和出口点将阴极侧的燃 料电池堆与周围环境隔离，已成功验证使用时间长达 12,000小时所需的低泄漏。目前，正在开发中的新一 代产品应该进一步延长使用寿命，使商用车和静止应 用的运行小时数至少达到 20,000 小时。 ■

The Federal Association of the German Foundry Industry (BDG) Has a New President 德国铸造协会（BDG）选出新一任会长

Clemens Küpper was elected for the next three years until 2024 at the digital BDG general meeting on May 27th.

As the BDG and Gießerei Online report, Clemens Küpper follows Dr. Erwin Flender, who had held the office since 2012. “The German foundry industry offers highly qualified work to more than 70,000 employees. It is innovative, proud, powerful and globally competitive - it is important to maintain this strength even in the face of the challenges ahead. In particular, the path to climate neutrality will be challenging for our industry. The BDG has developed an extensive future program for this. In close collaboration with BDG General Manager Max Schumacher, I will work with all my might to lead Clemens Küpper 在5月27 日的德国铸造协会（BDG） 大会上当选新一届会长，任 期3年。 正如 BDG 和 Gießerei在线 的报道，Clemens Küpper将 接替自2012年以来担任会长的 Erwin Flender博士。 就任期内的核心工 作，Küpper表示：“德国铸 造业为7万多名员工提供高品 质的工作岗位，是具有创新性 的、具有自豪感和全球竞争力 的工作岗位，即使在未来的挑战面前，继续保持其实 力也很重要。特别是，气候中和之路对铸造业是一个 挑战。BDG为此制定了全面的未来发展计划。我将与