The area of fuel cell production is a new application field for many OEMs and their suppliers. To manage a complex and evolving technology with increased time to market pressure requires innovative solutions and an independent partner to accelerate. AVL provides you 360° of competence through the entire value chain of fuel cell commercialization. The success factors for our production test solutions are our comprehensive deep understanding of fuel cells combined with the decades of experience in plant & production engineering. Our production test solutions are tailored to your specific production scenario and addressing the special requirements of the fuel cell while maintaining expected availability and safety.
Fuel cell product development
Extensive know-how and established engineering partner in fuel cell development
Fuel cell test solutions
Existing comprehensive fuel cell development H/W and S/W tool chain from cell to vehicle
Plant & production engineering
Deep expertise in the field of plant & production engineering
Production test solutions
Decades of experience in the field of production test solutions
AVL's fuel cell production test solutions cover a wide range of applications, through the modular solution approach we support you with your individual needs in the following areas.
Cold tests to confirm operational safety and achieve H2 release, such as: Leakage tests, stack short circuit tests, potential equalization tests, high-voltage isolation tests, dielectrical strength tests, integration of fuel cell control unit and resulting tasks and opportunities.
Hot tests to activate the PEM fuel cell and confirm its begin of life performance as well as aspects of further quality assurance, conformity of production and performance testing.
| Property | Unit |
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Power level |
Up to 400 kW |
| Unit-under-test (UUT) | PEMFC stack and system, bipolar-plate, cell, balance-of-plant-components or SOFC testing solutions |
| Application | On-road and off-road mobility, aviation, shipping and industrial |
| UUT handling and integration | From manual to fully automated |
Customized design
We offer you full flexibility in the realization of a customer-specific test solution layout in the production environment by means of our modular and flexible product approach.
Industrialized standard products
We guarantee you full planning security due to industrialized standard products and sustainable spare parts availability combined with a strong, established and global network in the area of customer service.
Automation system
We secure test bench and data management via our real-time automation system "Puma 2 Production for Fuel Cell", the global industry standard for test bench automation with 45 years of history, local and remote, for individual test benches and complete test fields.
Data analysis & reporting
We support in data analysis and reporting through configurable and automated evaluation routines directly at the point of test, and other quality monitoring tools such as machine learning.
"I am surprised every day by the broad and deep expertise AVL has in a wide variety of areas, from simulation and software to virtual and augmented reality to the realization of complete turnkey solutions. It allows me to collaborate with a variety of areas and teams to further optimize our production test solutions for fuel cells."
– Michael Standke, Application Engineer Fuel Cell Testing, AVL
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