A rail customer had quality, efficiency and health & safety issues with a competitor product. Read more about how Henkel helped to solve this.

Customer Challenges
Increased production demand for the customer’s low-voltage power distribution enclosure systems dictated a faster, more efficient gasketing approach. 

Customer Challenge

• The customer’s new design for a DC-DC power converter required a more efficient, high-volume solution for the application of thermal management materials. 
  
  
• For previous-generation designs, silicone pads were applied in several locations between the DC-DC converter’s printed circuit board and metal housing. Use of the pads presented several inventory and production-related issues, including:
  
  - Operator handling difficulty of the thin sheets
  - Manual and time-consuming application process
  - Sourcing of silicone pads in many different sizes and thicknesses
  
  
• Any new material solution had to provide similar or better thermal performance as that achieved with the silicone pads. 

• As global electric vehicle (EV) volumes continue to grow, the need for reliable charging devices is front and center. 
• Consumer satisfaction with the EV experience will largely be driven by cost, convenience and charging device reliability – both at home and on the road.

Market Situation

• Consumers are embracing electric vehicles (EVs) as a proactive investment in environmental responsibility and CO2 emission reduction. 
• Though EV sales are on the rise, significant infrastructure hurdles remain.
• While single-phase charging is readily available, continued EV sales growth and consumer confidence (driven by convenience and reliability) will require broad access to fast DC charging stations. 

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Gaskets are used to prevent leakage of fluids or gases by forming impervious barriers. For successful gasketing, it is necessary for the seal to remain intact, and leak-free over a long period of time. 

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