Freudenberg has acquired the activities of start-up, Frictins from Wolnzach, Germany, including its technology to increase friction coefficient.
This allows light-weight and more compact component designs as well as the transmission of up to five times higher torque and shear forces.
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These features are of critical relevance in e-mobility applications and increasing performance requirements for part connections.
“In the future, Freudenberg will offer the global automotive industry a cost-efficient, hard particle coated non-woven solution – suited for the realisation of new powertrain designs and lightweight concepts”, said Freudenberg Performance Materials CEO, Frank Heislitz.
The technology combines a hard particle coating process with a non-woven from Freudenberg. It is used by automotive manufacturers and suppliers in engine, chassis and powertrain applications.
It can increase the friction coefficient up to a factor of eight. This allows for a significant improvement in the performance of screw joints and press fits.
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By GlobalDataCurrently, the products are manufactured on a pilot production scale in a facility near Munich (Wolnzach). Freudenberg has acquired all the assets and will set up industrial scale production within the next few months.
