- IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V. secures delivery of a Flexicoat® 1250 batch coating machine to a German bipolar plate manufacturer for coating development.
- This strengthens Hauzer’s position as market leader in PVD coating equipment for the hydrogen economy.
- Final commissioning expected in May 2023.
In 2022, Hauzer signed a contract with a German manufacturer of metallic bipolar plates (BPPs) for the delivery of a Flexicoat® 1250 system. This batch coating machine for physical vapour deposition (PVD) will be used for the development of coatings to protect metallic BPPs, which need to withstand the corrosive environment inside proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The contract includes the recipe of Hauzer’s base coating for metallic BPPs.
The customer will receive a fully functional medium-size batch machine, configured with several PVD technologies for the base coating plus features to deposit additional materials for R&D purposes.
The factory acceptance test is planned for March and the installation and site acceptance tests are scheduled for April. The system will then be ready for use by the customer.
Market leader in fuel cell coating technology
This Flexicoat®system is the first PVD machine specifically configured for coating metallic BPPs for PEM fuel cells in Europe. With this shipment, Hauzer accelerates its effort as a market leader in PVD coating equipment for PEM fuel cells and as the technology partner of choice for hydrogen companies.
For upscaling to mass production Hauzer’s Flexliner® Inline System is available in currently two different sizes.
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Hauzer and IHI Bernex, an independent daughter company of Hauzer, are part of the Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering business unit of the IHI group. The business unit provides high quality equipment and services for a wide range of industries. Together, IHI Hauzer Techno Coating and IHI Bernex offer a complete solutions portfolio for equipment manufacturers and coating service providers, with coating systems for PVD, PACVD, CVD, CVA and CVI.
