Bærekraftige materialer for fremtidens bremsessystemer for kjøretøyer

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

The automotive sector is undergoing significant changes to meet restrictions and demands from customers and EU regulations, such as cuts in Greenhouse Gas emissions, circular material flows and less energy consumption. Couplings for the automotive sector are today dominantly machined from lead-containing brass alloys. New regulations implies that lead will be banned from brass alloys from 2028 and the sector needs to find new solutions. Kongsberg Automotive (KA) is designing and manufacturing automotive couplings from brass, and to stay competitive we need to find a new and feasible materials accepted by customers. We must develop novel processes with sustained or improved productivity. Furthermore, innovative novel couplings solutions need to comply to robust performance for decades of time in harsh environment, free of leaks, corrosion, fatigue, or all kinds of wear problems. The priority is to meet future demands to sustainability and circularity.