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Battery Trays for an Electric SUV

Machining prototypes of large aluminium battery trays for a new electric SUV.

3m+
Large-format aluminium
DfM-first
Engineered before cutting
100%
Production-ready
01 / The challenge

We were asked to machine the prototypes of large aluminium battery trays developed for a new electric SUV. Lightweighting is a critical demand of every EV programme, and these structural trays were no exception.

Large-format aluminium parts bring their own challenges: maintaining flatness and tolerance across a big, relatively thin structure while keeping weight to a minimum.

Part
Large battery tray
Material
Aluminium
Demand
Lightweight
02 / The solution

Our large-format machining capability let us hold the part on a single bed, controlling flatness across the whole structure rather than stitching set-ups together. Adaptive fixturing supported the thin sections without distortion.

As prototypes, they were machined production-representative, so the route to volume was validated from the first part.

03 / The outcome

Production-ready prototypes, giving the client validated parts and a proven, cost-optimised path into volume.

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