Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Services - Contract Manufacturing, R&D and Engineering

CONTRACT R&D AND ENGINEERING

Stretch Your R & D Dollars via Contract Development

 ENrG Inc. provides a cost effective, confidential avenue to explore technical alternatives and resolve challenging technical issues. Our energetic, creative and highly experienced technical staff of ‘doers' focuses on meeting demanding development schedules.

• Formulation Services – ENrG Inc. can develop robust ceramic slurry formulations from your powders to meet your tape casting requirements.
• ENrG Inc. personnel are specialists in ceramic membrane and coating technologies.
• ENrG Inc.'s diverse team brings a cross-functional approach to solving challenges.

CONTRACT MANUFACTURING

Contract Manufacturing SOFC commercialization requires ceramic development and manufacturing capability exceeding the current industry standard surface area of 200 cm ˛. ENrG's experience in developing SOFC components at areas exceeding 400 cm ˛ along with ENrG's prior experience in ceramics, metals, and multi-layer ceramic processing puts ENrG in prime position along with key collaborators to resolve technical issues.

• Quick-turn Prototyping
• ENrG Inc. uses fundamental knowledge, sound engineering principles and years of practical experience to solve challenges to drive process improvements.
• Program managers monitor project milestones and provide timely reporting to customers.
• Scale-up
• ENrG Inc. will work with your team to put the tools, processes and documentation in place to ramp-up volumes, and provide period-over-period yield improvements.
• ENrG Inc. will provide feedback and suggestions for cost reduction.
• ENrG Inc. can assist in identifying equipment, developing tooling or designing a plant layout for higher volume manufacturing. Back to Top

TOLL SERVICES

ENrG Inc. provides a range of toll processing capabilities to meet your development needs.

• Custom SOFC components
• Tape casting and ceramic processing
• Screen printing and dispensing on planar substrates
• Coatings
• High temperature air firing

BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH THE ENrG INC. TEAM

• ENrG Inc.'s principals are an established team that has worked together on solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) development and component processing projects since 2000. A company looking for contract engineering or processing would find working with an experienced team, like ENrG, more conducive to completing the required project work on time and within budget.
• ENrG Inc.'s team has demonstrated success in taking products from development to commercialization.
• ENrG Inc.'s assets are best utilized when the project focuses on the development and subsequent demonstration of a ceramic component or product, eventually leading to commercialization.
• Key alliances to date accomplished extended research for low cost and custom powders, novel fuel cell ceramic materials, new sealants or application methods and sensors.
• SOFC production requires key knowledge in multi-layer ceramic processing, zirconia ceramic material processing, settering/furnacing issues, patterning, electrical testing, handling of large membranes and assemblies.