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Advanced Manufacturing Process

For High Tensile Strength Foil

The Innovation Rapid Hot Forming of High Strength Foil

Platform technology for forming high strength carbon steel up to titanium

Hot Forming and Profiling

• Proprietary process and equipment fully tested for SS304

• High heat and pressure

• Fast, fully automated profiling

• Lab scale and full scale devices successfully tested

The Innovation Rapid Hot Forming of High Strength Foil

High Speed Laser Welding

• Proprietary welding regime

• High speed 600w scanning fiber laser

• Speeds in excess of 0.5 m/s

• Thickness 0.3mm down to 0.02mm

• No heat distortion or other adverse effect

• Post-profiling weld strength 94-98% surrounding metal

Low cost process for rapid

forming of superior materials

Application Corrugated Plate Heat Exchangers

Other Design Options

• Cool multiple fluids in a single core

• Unique shapes

Advantages

• Up to 50% increase in heat rejection

• 40-60% reduction in mass

• 20-40% reduction in volume

• Reduced pump and fan power

• New optimization schemes

• Reduced maintenance cost

Antifreeze Duct Window

Oil Duct Window

Corrugated Surface

Fabrication

• Est. 30% piece reduction across BIW

• Complex shapes

• Reduce design-fabricate time and cost

• Reduce joining operations

• Form inner and outer pieces in one operation

• Reduce part handling and damage

• Reduce component production time

Weight Reduction

• Est. 20% weight reduction across BIW

• Thinner, lighter material

• Replace thick mild steel

Structural Strength

• Corrugation for strength

• Integrated sound dampening

• Weight reduction

• Lower cost

Application Auto Body Components

Corrugated boxboard patented in 1871

Impact: reduced container weight & cost

Application Battery and Fuel Cell Components

Li-Ion Battery Thermal Fins

• Replace aluminum with stainless steel

• More design options

• High heat tolerance

• High durability

• Low material cost

• Low fabrication cost

Fuel Cell Interconnects

• Replace thick, stamped material

• Rapid manufacture

• Stainless steel, nickel, hastelloy, etc.

Commercial Potential

• Auto Body Components

• Battery and Fuel Cell Components

• Corrugated Plate Heat Exchangers

• General

• Up to 50% more cooling

• 40-60% less mass

• 20-40% less volume

• 33-67% less cost

• Reduced energy consumption

• Reduced maintenance cost

• Automotive

• Engine bay re-design

• Improved vehicle aerodynamics

• Reduced fuel consumption

• AC & Refrigeration

• New refrigerants

• Power Generation

• Reduced cost & scale of ACC’s

• Improved recuperation & cogeneration

• Increased options for plant location

Impact Automotive Applications

New Technology Adoption

• Tube & fin technology 100 yrs old

• Materials: copper (1900), aluminum (1970)

Thermo-Pur process makes use of

stainless steel economically feasible.

Contact us:

864.908.3636

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www.thermo-purtechnologies.com

5 Research Drive, Greenville, SC 29607