The lightweight composite cylinders will be supplied to a production plant in Latin America and will serve as fuel tanks for a popular compact passenger car model running on natural gas.
"With over 5 million natural gas vehicles on the road traditionally steel cylinders have been used for the after-market conversion of passenger cars in Latin America. With ?a large original equipment manufacturer introducing composite cylinders for the first time to its global vehicle platform in this market, the Latin American natural gas vehicules market has opened up for Hexagon", says Director of Sales Frank H?berli.
With 70% lower weight compared to a steel cylinder the composite high-pressure cylinder allows the car manufacturer to compete with lower CO2 classification and higher fuel efficiency. Corrosion and fatigue become a thing of the past for fully composite type 4 cylinders. In consequence of avoiding the inconvenient and costly periodic retesting of the cylinder, the vehicle owner will achieve competitive life cycle cost as the major benefit.
According to the confidentiality agreement with the car manufacturer Hexagon Composites will not announce the name of the company.
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Supplying BRC Sweden
Hexagon Raufoss is a leading manufacturer of composite CNG cylinders and delivers fuel cylinders to Daimler and GM models. The company has recently received an order from BRC Sweden to supply cylinders to the conversion of Ford Focus to run on natural gas or biogas conventional. The company is currently supplying BRC Sweden with cylinders to the conversion of Subaru. These additional volumes will lead to further efficiency gains in production and strengthen competitiveness.
"The leading design and technical performance of our products meeting the high quality standards of the automotive industry set the stage for further expansion into the global NGV markets", states Ragnar Holthe, Managing Director Automotive at Hexagon Raufoss.
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More information: www.hexagon.no
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