CMS powers machining technology for Emilia 4 LT solar car

CiMAug19News - cms
CiMAug19News - cms

CMS says it has once again partnered with the ‘made in Italy’ Emilia 4 LT solar car and the University of Bologna.

Surfing the wave of Emilia 4's success, the Emilia-Romagna Regional Council's project ‘Team Save’ is being launched to reinforce the regional production chain for engine manufacturing, research into processes for recycling carbon fibre materials and further development of electric vehicles.

The latest version of the Emilia 4 LT, four-seater cruiser from the University of Bologna which in July 2019 won the American Solar Challenge by covering the 2,800km from Nebraska to Oregon with only solar power, was presented at the Ferrari Museums in Maranello by the Onda Solare team.

It will face a new, even more arduous challenge than the ‘stars and stripes’ one: The World Solar Challenge from 13 to 20 October 2019 across 3,000km of Australian desert from Darwin to Adelaide.

CMS Advanced Materials had already taken part in the Onda Solare project last year, providing the team with its most innovative machining centres to produce moulds which were subsequently used to create bodywork in carbon fibre for the solar car. Now with an even more powerful Emilia 4 LT, CMS has re-confirmed its support for the project in line with the strong commitment which it has always shown towards R&D projects for new technologies and applications to manufacture the most innovative, high performance materials. These include carbon fibre which is one of the most interesting, as it guarantees a better balance between low energy consumption and maximum performance levels, as is the case with Emilia 4 LT.

Lucio Giavazzi, Division Manager at CMS Advanced Materials stated: “The support given to the University of Bologna and the Onda Solare Team at our research Centre, means we can increasingly improve our skills and technologies, especially those linked to the development of a continuously evolving field such as composite materials for the racing, car and aeronautical industries. Our technologies developed at our production site in Zogno, Bergamo are currently used by some of the most important car manufacturers in the world to produce top precision stylish models and components as well as by some of the most important Formula 1 teams for models and parts in carbon fibre for single-seaters. Alongside these solutions we can find those produced by the American company, DMS based in Colorado Springs and acquired by the Group at the end of 2018.”

The CMS Advanced Materials' industrial research centre will also take part in the Team Save project together with the Emilia Romagna Regional council and the CIRI Meccanica Avanzata e Materiali at the University of Bologna with a view to developing innovative advanced materials and increasingly advanced solutions for the car. This project will not only bring further advances to the Emilia solar auto, but will also contribute to the development of a genuine production chain for regional engine manufacturing for light-weight electrical, eco-sustainable and performing vehicles. The study also involves the development of new technologies for recycling composite materials, aimed at producing components specifically for racing cars, such as the seats.

The Italian four-seater solar car, Emilia 4 Long Tail Evolution 2019 is re-presented with a new design, the result of further research and design activities. The new version of the car has been added to with innovations and technological proposals: from materials, with a predominance of carbon fibre, to mechanics specifically designed and optimised in every detail; from the two electric motors, one on each wheel with command electronics, to the 5m2 solar panel. The car was put in a position to be able to carry four people at a maximum speed of 120km/h, consuming less than a hair-dryer: just 1.2kW.

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