Design a High-Voltage Battery Enclosure System using a new manufacturing method

Abstract

Volvo Cars, a major company in Sweden and Europe, is partnering with Impression Technologies to develop a key part of the battery tray using a new method called Hot Form Quenching. This new method could be used for many parts of the vehicle, helping to reduce weight, improve performance, and move the company closer to its sustainability goals. This master thesis aims to explore the process of transforming a component called footgarage originally developed for High Pressure Die Casting into a sheet metal component and covering several assessment points like function performance, sustainability, part price, investment cost, manufacturing process impacts, time to market, and material base. A comparison between these two concepts will tell if this new process has a future at Volvo Cars.