Our lightweight nonwovens are used extensively in the automotive industry, providing established solutions for a high-quality surface finish and the corrosion protection of composite bodywork. The latest application for our materials is in composite EV battery boxes where they provide solutions for both EMI shielding and fire protection – key challenges in the move from metal to lighter-weight composites.

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James Copper's advanced materials provide the required EMI shielding and fire protection to composite battery enclosures for electric vehicles.

Webinar: Material Solutions for Composite EV Battery Enclosures

The increasing number of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and the larger, heavier batteries they require has necessitated a move to composite battery enclosures. The use of composites is required to achieve this larger, protective, and still lightweight structure. Using composites presents a number of challenges when compared to the traditional metal enclosures; the lightweight structure must still meet the necessary fire, smoke and toxic fume (FST) requirements while also providing shielding to electromagnetic interference (EMI). James Cropper’s (formally TFP) nonwovens provide the solution for this and in the webinar, Neil Gray and Mike Campbell will discuss how our materials can easily be incorporated directly into the composite battery box structure to provide the required FST and EMI shielding functionality.