How to Build a Better Composite Battery Enclosure
To support 900 lbs of batteries and electronics, To sustain a 20G shock load, To be watertight, To prevent a road hazard from penetrating into the batteries, To be a Class 1 fire retardant, To be very lightweight ( To meet an aggressive cost target. The design that met all of the requirements was provided by Performance Composites. According to the company website, one of the main challenges was meeting the enclosure's load specification while securing the batteries and components inside the structure. To meet these requirements meant that the enclosure had to be comprised of a hybrid sandwi...
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