Automotive Underhood Solutions
We offer a range of welding technologies to help automobile manufacturers around the world build lighter, more fuel-efficient cars.
We offer a range of welding technologies to help automobile manufacturers around the world build lighter, more fuel-efficient cars.
Our complete spectrum of welding technologies for underhood components helps automobile manufacturers cut costs and meet tougher fuel standards. From manifolds to carbon canisters, we work with manufacturers to identify the optimal welding process. Whether leveraging new advances in laser, vibration and ultrasonic technologies or applying time-tested techniques such as hot plate, infrared, thermal and spin welding, we’ll work with you in our application labs around the globe to design and implement the right solution.
Decreasing vehicle weight is a critical automotive manufacturing goal. Branson welding technology helps achieve that and sustain higher-volume production. Vibration welding allows the manifold to be made by joining two halves, rather than molding a single piece. This reduces cost and cycle time.
Manifolds produced this way have been able to withstand the burst pressures that engine combustion generates and have become the industry standard.
By packing more into existing cylinders, turbocharger technology allows automotive manufacturers to get the same powerful performance from a smaller displacement engine while reducing emissions. Branson’s plastic welding technologies are used to create exhaust housings for turbochargers that can withstand a harsher operating environment of higher temperatures and increased pressure. This technology enables manufacturers to meet their goals of reducing vehicle weight and lowering costs.
Branson’s plastic joining technology plays an active role in helping automotive manufacturers reduce harmful emissions. Plastic welding situates carbon canisters in the vehicle powertrain, where they capture chemical emissions from fuel systems before they can escape into the environment. This technology is customized for individual customer needs so that it meets specific engine demands, fuel tank sizes and regulatory requirements.
Laser technology from Branson safely joins together the plastic parts that contain sensitive or delicate components and might be damaged by vibration, heat or other welding methods. The low force of laser welding contains no vibration and is inherently safer for these parts. Branson’s welding technologies are used to create protective housings for the electronic control unit (ECU) as it conducts operations vital to the operations of a vehicle, including regulating the fuel injection system, ignition timing and idle speed control system.
