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AkzoNobel’s White Paper on the Importance of Powder Coating for EVs

AkzoNobel has released a new white paper that explores how powder coating can help prevent EVs’ batteries from overheating and maximise performance.

Powder coatings are essential for the future evolution of Electric Vehicles (EVs), particularly to prevent batteries and other components from overheating, as well as insulate assets to maximise performance. Moreover, they are also supporting EV OEMs and tiers in developing a more sustainable manufacturing process that meets strict international environmental regulations and directives. These are two of the many themes that are explored in the new White Paper recently published by the Powder Coatings business line of AkzoNobel, entitled: “The critical importance of powder coatings in driving an electric future”. The White Paper explains how powder coatings can help to protect an electronic vehicle’s cooling systems by electrically insulating and protecting its components, keeping the battery within its optimal temperature range.

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Furthermore, it also reveals how powder coatings support the longer-term performance of the battery by protecting it against corrosion and other threats and how they protect the wider electric ecosystem of the vehicle – its cooling plates and tubes, stator hairpins, bus bars, battery cell and housing – many of which have long-term heat resistance requirements. More specifically, the White Paper addresses the evolution of Interpon and Resicoat powder coatings from AkzoNobel over the last 50 years and the benefits they can bring to current and future OEM designs. It details the environmental advantages of products that are free of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), create no hazardous waste and enable powder that has been over-sprayed to be re-used. Gustavo Carvalho, Automotive key account and Segment Director at AkzoNobel Powder Coatings and author of the White Paper, states: “Global CO2 emission targets and changing consumer behaviours are driving change. Many manufacturers are now switching to powder coatings because of the technical performance and environmental credentials that a powder coating delivers. They are also switching because in becoming more sustainable, they are also gaining in performance.”

For further information: automotive.interpon.com

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