Controlled Power Technologies debuts at automotive symposium
Controlled Power Technologies - an automotive company specialising in the development of a unique family of CO2 reducing technologies for vehicle manufacturers needing to reduce their carbon footprint - will for the first time present itself to the automotive engineering community at an international motor industry symposium. “All our products have benefited over the past six years or so from a rigorous and highly successful automotive industry development process,” said the company’s chief executive Nick Pascoe. “The products are all based on a technology that is well-proven in other industry sectors and has the backing of one of the world’s largest engineering companies. The technology simply needed to be tailored to the needs of the automotive industry. We’ve now completed the development of first applications and are ready to more widely unveil our powertrain efficiency boosting products as we progressively bring these new products to market.”
Joining other automobile manufactures and suppliers, the company will present its technology to an informed specialist audience attending the 8th Stuttgart International Symposium for Automotive and Engine Technology. The symposium provides an opportunity for high level information exchange and discussion of current issues in motor vehicle research and development. The two-day conference and exhibition takes place on the 11-12 March 2008.
Commenting further on the company’s participation Pascoe added: “The symposium will help bring our products to the attention of the wider automotive community. The technology embraces a family of highly innovative powertrain add-ons, which car-makers need to help reduce their vehicle carbon emissions. From the outset the products were designed to meet stringent automotive industry standards and vehicle manufacturer requirements. From initial automotive design concepts conceived six years ago, the products have moved progressively towards an advanced stage of commercial development and production readiness.”
Controlled Power Technologies was created a year ago as a management buy-in funded by venture capital and recently completed the acquisition of its portfolio of production-ready solutions to the problem of automotive CO2 reduction. The company comes with the backing of a highly experienced team of automotive engineers and is funded by a number of prominent investors specialising in the energy and environmental sectors.
Its family of low carbon powertrain related products includes a forced-induction torque enhancement system for down-sized engines, a near instantaneous stop-start system and an exhaust energy recovery system. The novelty in all the products is that they utilise highly efficient ‘switched reluctance’ electric motors; an as yet untapped technology for the automotive sector, but widely used in many other industry sectors for their robustness and reliability.
“Switched reluctance motors are uniquely well suited to the demanding requirements of the automotive industry,” says the company’s engineering director and chief technical officer Guy Morris. “They can be produced for high volume series production at very low cost; they are manufactured mostly from easy-to-recycle steel and aluminium and avoid the use of exotic, expensive and heat sensitive materials. These highly compact motors are easy to package under the bonnet and offer excellent energy efficiency and controllability.”
Controlled Power Technologies has secured an exclusive license from Switched Reluctance Drives Limited to develop its unique electric motor technology for the automotive sector. SR Drives is a UK company based in Harrogate and wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company. A major multinational corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Emerson is a Fortune 500 company providing engineering services and innovative solutions for customers in a wide range of industrial, commercial and consumer markets and is one of the largest engineering and conglomerate companies in the world.
