Rheinmetall’s Hasco KSPG Nonferrous Components to supply aluminium electromotor housings for electric vehicles

Chinese-German joint venture and the first tier auto industry supplier Hasco KSPG Nonferrous Components (KPSNC) has bagged a six-years order contract for aluminium electromotor housings from an internationally operating maker of premium automobiles. Designed for a water-cooled synchronous motor with four different performance levels, the new electromotor housings will be installed in the OEM’s entire fleet of electric vehicles.

Serial production will start in June 2023 at Hasco KSPG Nonferrous Components (KPSNC) plant in China’s Anhui Province, where the components will be cast and finished machined.

Hasco KSPG Nonferrous Components is a joint venture of Rheinmetall Automotive AG, which, encompassing KS Huayu AluTech GmbH in Germany and KPSNC in China, has etched a unique name in producing highly complex aluminium cast parts. It is now expanding market for electrically powered vehicles, which drive the requirements for a multitude of completely new components like housings for batteries and electromotors. Due to their complexity, casting is the preferred method for constructing these components.

Since the batteries in a hybrid or e-vehicle are comparatively heavy, keeping the rest of the component lightweight is imperative. Thus, aluminium housings are used besides lightweight steel materials.