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Fabrication: Energy Market Report
Less packaging material results in more room for batteries.
“All in all,” she continues, “AHSS is the lowest-cost material for these structural components, allowing more money for automakers to spend on sensors or other components required in the electric and autonomous vehicles of the future.”
of CNC turret presses, press brakes and laser cutters. Adding to its ros- ter, this past February the company took deliv- ery of an Amada AE 2510NT single AC servo- drive turret punch press in New Hampshire. More compact than tra- ditional hydraulic-dri- ven punching machines, according to EVS Metal officials, this unit also has provided the fabri- cator with quicker turn- around on punching
The EV future is now for
vehicle producers large and
small. For example, on the small-scale side, EVS Metal, headquartered in Riverdale,
NJ, has teamed up with Columbia Uni- versity students to assist in fabricating precision metal parts for their student race car club. The club, Columbia FSAE or Knickerbocker Motorsports, has been tasked with accelerating a 600- lb. EV to high velocities and deliver a raceday-capable vehicle.
of laser cutting, CNC punching and welding machines, laser cut and weld- ed an accumulator for the EV, while also fabricating a fuel tank and tabs for another non-EV club racer.
EVS Metal, profiled by MetalForming in our June 2016 issue, also operates plants in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Texas, employing a stacked lineup
processes while saving on energy costs.
Wind Power a Winner for Fab and Forming
Thousands of components make up the modern wind turbine, with forming and fabricating providing a significant portion of the manufacturing muscle, from foundations to nacelle compo-
This year, EVS Metal, with an arsenal
“Non-hydroelectric renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will be the fastest growing source of U.S. electricity generation for at least the next two years,” says Scott Segal, from the Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell LLP. “And as technology improves, the future will be even brighter.”
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