The situation
If you drive an electric car, you rely on the motor lasting for years: in rain and cold during winter, under full load while accelerating, or during a long drive at high speed on the motorway. That reliability does not happen by accident, it is tested beforehand, down to the last detail. That trust matters to everyone who drives an electric vehicle, or ever will. TRAXIAL, which develops yokeless axial-flux motors for electric and hybrid vehicles, knows better than anyone how thorough that testing needs to be.
What does this mean for you?
Do you need to thoroughly validate a new design under extreme conditions, but risk that process costing too much time and manpower? CTRL engineering builds and automates test benches that run a complete test protocol independently, day and night, with consistent and repeatable results.
The challenge
Such a motor is more compact and efficient than the classic radial motor, but before it reaches a customer, it must be thoroughly tested under every driving condition it will ever encounter: from a cold start on a winter morning to peak load at top speed, at voltages up to 900V. Running that test process manually is time-consuming and error-prone, and leaves little room to quickly iterate on a new design.
Our approach
CTRL engineering built a dynamic test bench that mimics the load of a real drive, from a cold start to peak load at top speed. The entire test protocol was automated, so it can run without continuous manual intervention, day and night if needed, with consistent and repeatable results on every test.
“Thanks to its deep understanding of automotive testing, as well as comprehensive mechatronics knowledge, CTRL engineering is able to provide custom solutions for E-motor, EDU (Electric Drive Units), and powertrain applications!”
The result
TRAXIAL can now test its motors automatically and safely across their full operating range, before they end up in a vehicle. That means less manual test work, more consistent results, and more confidence in every new motor design before it hits the road.
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