Rinehart Motion Systems to Debut New 100kW-Class Traction Drive at the 22nd Electric Vehicle Symposium in Yokohama
YOKOHAMA, Japan--Rinehart Motion Systems LLC (RMS) debuts a new 100kW-class traction motor controller for Electric (EV), Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and Plug-in Hybrid vehicles (PHEV) that is roughly half the volume of comparable motor drives on the market today. RMS was able to achieve this dramatic size reduction through enhanced thermal performance – based on a liquid-cooling system featuring an innovative cold plate from Amulaire Thermal Technology – as well as close attention to system packaging details and inverter efficiency improvements.
The 22nd Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS22) will be held October 23 through 28, 2006, at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. RMS will be showcasing its new motor drive in Booth A-74 in the Exposition Hall. For more information about the symposium, please visit: www.evs22.org
“The new motor drive is a development platform, and can be easily customized for use in a variety of EVs or HEVs, where the smaller volume will help designers reduce the size, weight and cost of the hybrid vehicle propulsion system,” said Memo Romero, VP of Engineering of Rinehart Motion Systems. “The heat dissipation components offered by Amulaire deliver the highest thermal performance available today, contributing to the size reduction of the traction drive electronics package, using technology we could not find anywhere else.”
The thermal solution from Amulaire is an optimized, high-density cold plate for liquid-cooling systems. Using its proprietary Advanced Materials Technology (AMT) – which enables the production of nearly any shape in metal, without expensive CNC machining – Amulaire’s cold plate features a high-density, optimally arranged fin configuration for unprecedented thermal performance.
About RMS
Rinehart Motion Systems, LLC offers design and development engineering services; small batch / early production assembly and test services; and sells power electronic products in the military, industrial, commercial and automotive electronics industries. Based in Wilsonville, Ore, RMS offers a range of services for OEMs, systems integrators and end users in areas including power circuit design and product development, power hybrid and MCM packaging, AC and PM Synchronous motor drives (1 – 1000kW), 3D solid modeling, and automated production test systems. More information is available at www.rinehartmotion.com, or you may contact the company directly by e-mail at info@rinehartmotion.com.
About Amulaire
Amulaire Thermal Technology, a thermal management company based in San Diego, Calif., offers heat dissipation products that more effectively solve customers’ thermal challenges, for both commercial and military applications. Recognizing the exorbitant cost and design time that companies must now devote to solving heat problems, Amulaire offers a unique combination of technical capabilities, design services and high-volume manufacturing processes that makes its innovative solutions practical. For more information, please visit www.amulaire.com.