Electrified Completes Multi-Million-Pound Manufacturing Development
Electrified has announced the successful completion of a multi-million-pound UK Government backed project that will transform how it manufactures electric motors.
The PIMMS project has enabled the company to drive higher levels of automation through its production processes, which has both strengthened its UK-based manufacturing capabilities and extended its product range of next generation electric motor technology for the off-highway sector.
Jim Winchester, Managing Director of Electrified, said: “It was fantastic to welcome representatives from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) UK and customers to our facility to showcase how our PIMMS project has helped remove barriers to high-volume electric motor manufacturing.
“Recognising the growing demand for electrification in the off-highway market, the funding has also enabled us to expand our product portfolio with a range of compact, power dense and highly durable electric motors.
“Not only this, the ‘eBOSS’ software we developed as part of the APC funding has helped us underscore our commitment to our customers to deliver accountable, transparent and precision manufacturing at every stage of the production process.”
Philippa Oldham, Stakeholder Engagement Director, at the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC), said: “Government funding through the APC has been instrumental in driving innovation across the UK’s automotive sector, fostering collaboration and accelerating progress toward sustainability goals.
“Electrified Automation’s achievements through their manufacturing project position the company as a disruptor in advanced electric motor technology and a key contributor to the net-zero transition.”
About Project PIMMS
The aim of the PIMMS project was to remove the barriers that prevent OEMs and Tier1s achieving high volume electric motor manufacturing; specifically in relation to coil winding, mechanical assembly and automated test solutions.
A traditional manufacturing model is resource intensive, particularly in terms of managing supply chain and customers, which limits the UK’s ability to compete in the global economic marketplace.
To level up the playing field with overseas manufacturers the project also included a software platform to automate all areas of the manufacturing environment, linking the production facility with the external world.
And finally, as global motor production increases so does the need to find end of life solutions for electric motors, so to respond to the sustainability challenge project developed innovative 3R (Recycle, Reuse and Remanufacture) strategies for electric motors to optimise their value and achieve closed loop manufacturing.