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EDITION 1/2017 E

REPORTS ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING, MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE PRACTICAL APPLICA-
TIONS OF ENGINEERING SPRINGS AND ON THE SYSTEMS, MACHINERY AND TOOLING DIVISIONS OF THE SCHERDELGROUP

Overcoming challenges

Progress demands continual optimisation

Dear Reader, ecent years have been defined by A goal SCHERDEL pursues consistent-
R growth and success for the ly. The new 48 V sub-electrical system
Our company will face similar chal- SCHERDELGroup. Nonetheless, the will, just like the implementation of oth-
lenges this year as it did last year.
Global political uncertainty, the ef- company will also face certain chal- er new technologies, result in expan-
fects of the emissions scandal in the lenges in the future with topics such as sion of the Group’s product portfolio.
automotive industry and the depar- electromobility, autonomous driving or The 48 V concept may lead to changes
ture of the UK from the European
Union are just a few examples that hybrid drives set to grow in importance for ancillary units such as compressors
could negatively impact general eco- in the automotive industry. Embracing for turbochargers, water pumps or re-
nomic conditions. The SCHERDEL- ‘Industry 4.0’ will also result in changes frigerating compressors. Some compo-
Group is, however, well prepared
and remains on a very stable footing. in all areas and business processes. nents will no longer be required, while
After two successful years, we are The pursuit of technical innovation and many others will have to be newly de-
pleased with the high degree of the desire to achieve progress in the veloped. This is the reason why the
capacity utilisation achieved by our
Mechanical Engineering division – most environmentally friendly way pos- Group has recently strengthened its in-
a particularly positive development. sible are, without doubt, real strengths novative capabilities significantly by in-
An article in this edition shows just of SCHERDEL and ensure the compa- troducing new manufacturing technolo-
how mechanical engineering at MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – SERVICE CENTRE – TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – NEWS AND INFORMATION
SCHERDEL ensures ‘the music ny is an outstanding development part- gies. These include, among other
plays on’. A further positive factor is ner. things, plastic injection moulding, laser
the progress being made by hybrid techniques, tube bending, high voltage
technology in the automotive sector
and the correspondingly high de- This also applies, for example, to the and leakage testing, resistance brazing
mand for our products in this field. increasing integration of 48 V technolo- or hot crimping and caulking.
Besides developing new products, gy as a parallel operating electrical sys- SCHERDEL is additionally committed
innovation means the continuous
improvement of all the processes for tem in vehicles. A dual system consist- to optimising logistics and packaging
the entire Group. Our efforts to pro- ing of two different power supplies of- management. Read more about this on
vide optimum solutions for the utilisa- fers the best opportunity to reduce con- the following pages. (dk)
tion of packaging are an excellent
example of this. By continually ex- sumption and CO 2 at affordable prices.
panding our service centres, we
have long been regarded as a com-
pany whose global customers can 448 V electrical system with electrically powered compressor (EPC) in an Audi SQ7 TDI
rely on ‘local’ advisory services.
SCHERDEL therefore remains a reli- 48 Volt electrical system DC/DC converter 48 Volt energy storage Photo: © AUDI
able innovation partner that is com-
mitted to maintaining excellent rela-
tionships with all its customers.

Marcus Bach
Executive Shareholder of the
SCHERDELGroup
Electrically powered compressor (EPC)
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