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Case Study: Ensuring EV Battery Performance with Vacuum Impregnation

It is expected that there will be 134 electric vehicle (EV) car models available by 2024. Both well-established industry leaders and startups are...

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Preparing Parts for Vacuum Impregnation

When it comes to vacuum impregnation, it's essential to ensure that the parts being impregnated are dry beforehand. This is because any surface...

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Understanding How Vacuum Pressure Impregnation (VPI) Works

Vacuum Pressure Impregnation (VPI) is a method to insulate wound electro-mechanical parts thoroughly with a resin or varnish. VPI is a critical...

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Inspect Casting Porosity with Nondestructive X-Ray

The phrase aluminum die casting porosity is used extensively when talking about any void in an aluminum casting, but it does not describe the actual...

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Three Reasons to Seal Electronics with Vacuum Impregnation

Electronics play a crucial role in electric vehicles (EVs). In 2000 automobile electronics were responsible for 18 percent of the cost of a car....

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The Ultimate Guide to Sealing 3D Printed Parts

When 3D printing was first developed in the 1980’s, it was primarily used for a product’s proof of concept or initial prototypes. The limits of the...

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Case Study: Tailored Solution to Seal Powder Metal Porosity

The increased use of turbochargers has become an important trend in car manufacturing. This trend has been driven by requirements to design smaller,...

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How Vacuum Impregnation Enables Lightweighting

Recent decades have seen a surge in the use of aluminum castings in car manufacturing. Aluminum has been a critical material in car manufacturing...

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Case Study: Sealing Electronic Leak Paths with Vacuum Impregnation

Modern vehicles contain hundreds of electric control units (ECUs). These control functions that range from operation of the engine to keyless entry....

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Useful Lessons from Henry Ford on Modernizing Equipment

As manufacturing equipment ages, the maintenance and repair (MRO) of the equipment increases while the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)...

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