Engineering
Developing, testing and certifying electric powertrains.Engineering
New Electric consists of a unique team with electrical, mechanical and software engineers. Together with our customers, we design a new type of electrification and supply turnkey electrifications of large construction machines.
Every electrification process starts with an extensive analysis of what exactly is required of a machine. The number of hours a machine must be operational per day. How much diesel does the machine use per hour, in a consecutive shift and per day. What is the division between driving the machine from A to B and how much is the machine used during work? What is the required energy during work and what is the peak load. At what temperatures should the machine operate?
OEM
Ideally, we then work with the OEM where, in addition to the consumption data, we also receive the relevant design drawings as well as information about the type of communication and communication messages that the machine controls.If this information is not available, a further analysis is first carried out on the specific machine in which we read all messages from the machine. This is necessary to seamlessly integrate the machine with the electric drivetrain, whereby the machine will continue to think as if it had a diesel engine with a petrol tank.
Battery Design
Our mechanical engineers will use this information to create a battery design. New Electric distinguishes itself here because we develop tailor-made batteries for a specific machine. This allows us to design the largest possible capacity for a specific construction machine based on the preconditions.
New Electric has developed a unique way of doing this with the New Electric Drycell battery design©. All Glycol connections are located outside the battery boxes, eliminating the risks of internal leaks.
Electrical engineering
Our Electrical Engineering team then starts with the electrical design, electrical diagrams and parameterization of the battery management system (BMS). The BMS is essential because in electrical machines it is the beating heart of the system.
Integrated Power Distribution Units (PDUs) at New Electric are directly connected to the battery outputs, making simple high-voltage cabling possible and this also saves the space required for the PDU.
Software
In the meantime, the New Electric Software team is working on the integration of the various systems that will eventually all come together, including Remote monitoring systems to monitor all essential functions in real time during use of the machine. This data is also used as input for the various fleet management systems of our customers and possibly for the OEMs.
Preparing the chassis
Removing the diesel engine and making mechanical adjustments is ideally carried out by the OEM or importer prior to delivery of the (new) machine. If desired, New Electric has everything you need to do this yourself.
Assemblage
It all comes together at our new head office in Breukelen with production facility. Assembling the installation and all associated software and hardware systems.
Further development
At New Electric we continuously strive for improvements. This is also essential because the machines we electrify are essentially prototypes that are actually used at work every day. It is therefore evident that improvements have been made in subsequent productions. For example, through input from users and maintenance engineers.
Overarching, periodic software updates and upgrades take place.
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