Electric Powertrain
In his research and outreach work, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Risch focuses on the three closely interlinked pillars of electric mobility: electric powertrains, battery systems, and charging systems. As head of the Powertrain Research Sector at the FAPS Chair at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, he coordinates the research areas of electric machine production, battery assembly, and the E|Road Center. At the same time, he heads the E|Road Center for contactless energy transfer at Fraunhofer IISB. The research approach ranges from the production of electric machines and battery systems to contactless charging infrastructure, including their life cycles and recycling.
- Electric Mobility
- Electric passenger cars and commercial vehicles
- Electric motors and drivetrains
- Traction batteries and stationary battery systems
- Battery production and assembly
- Repair, remanufacturing, second life, and recycling
- Stationary and dynamic charging systems
- Automated vehicle fleets, public transportation, logistics, and charging infrastructure
- Electric Drives: Production and assembly technologies for electric machines, stators, rotors, and drive components
- Battery Systems: Automated assembly at the cell, module, and system levels, as well as joining, bonding, handling, and testing processes
- Charging Systems: Static and dynamic wireless power transfer (WPT), system design, power electronics, integration, and testing
- Industrialization: Automation, scalable manufacturing and assembly processes, digitalization, data analysis, and AI
- Circular Economy: Diagnosis, repair, remanufacturing, second life, automated disassembly, and recycling of battery systems and electrified powertrains
- Holistic approach to the electrified powertrain—from production and use to recycling and energy supply
Forschungs- und Demonstrationsinfrastruktur des FAPS für Elektromaschinenproduktion und Batteriemontage mit automatisierten Produktions-, Montage-,Handhabungs-, Füge-, Kontaktierungs- und Prüfprozessen. Ergänzend verfügt das Fraunhofer IISB im E|Road-Center in Hallstadt über Infrastktur für stationäre und dynamische kontaktlose Energieübertragung, Komponentenentwicklung, Systemintegration und Erprobung.
Joint research and development projects related to the electrified powertrain; development and testing of production, assembly, disassembly, and charging processes; technology benchmarking and feasibility studies; demonstrators and pilot processes; automation and digitalization concepts; support for industrialization, resource efficiency, and the circular economy; and knowledge transfer between academia and industry.
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RLiableDrives
