Feintool International : High Volume Production – Bipolar Plates & Interconnects

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HIGH-VOLUME PRODUCTION OF BIPOLAR PLATES AND INTERCONNECTS FOR FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYZERS

• Target applications: PEMFC, SOFC, PEMEL, SOEC, AEM​
• Production capacity: +10,000,000 plates per year​
• Global presence and supply​
• High-techinfrastructure and equipment​
• Prototypes, pre-, low- and high-volume series

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Get everything easily from a single source

With our perfectly integrated FEINforming, FLEXwelding and FLEXinspection technologies, we produce and supply flawless bipolar plates and interconnects efficiently and according to your design.

Sheet	Forming	Optical	Cleaning	Laser	Leak	Optical	DMC
Metal	inspection	welding	testing	inspection

Coating and sealings tailored to customer specifications

Pre-coated metal, mid- or post-coating and sealing concepts in line with customer needs.

End-to-end support throughout every project stage

Feasibility	Proto-	Pre-series	Series
studies	typing	production	production

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Austenitic stainless steel, ferritic stainless steel, titanium, aluminum.

Sizes up to 800 x 600 mm

Bipolar plate for Electrolyzer		Bipolar plate for Fuel Cell

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Global footprint and supply​: High-performance bipolar plates and interconnects for immediate assembly.​

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Feintool's FEINforming technology offers large channel contact areas and high-precision reference features for plate positioning - essential prerequisites for an ultra-precise manufacturing processes.

• Continuous homogeneity of the channel height
• Nearly square channel structures with flat surface
• Implementation of extremely small radii
• Precisely positioned laser welding reference points to ensure high accuracy

Curved channels		Straight channels

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SITEC's FLEXwelding technology offers high-precision plate positioning and high-speed laser welding - essential prerequisites for high-quality mass production.

• Low heat input for minimal defor- mation
• Intelligent fixtures - the basis for tight welds
• Highest contour precision
• Extremely cost-efficient process through the highest manufacturing speeds

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Slim adhesion		1 Top side		Circumferential seam
width		2 Bottom side		design

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Intelligent monitoring systems ensure highly reliable quality control of all your produced parts. Furth- ermore, all relevant production data is logged to meet customer traceability requirements.

• High-performanceleak test
• High-resolutionoptical inspection
• DMC marking for 100% traceability

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Feintool International Holding AG	SITEC Industrietechnologie GmbH
Industriering 8	Bornaer Straße 192
3250 Lyss	09114 Chemnitz
Switzerland	Germany
[e-mail]	[e-mail]	bipolarplates.com