About us
This is Cell Impact
Around the world, a major shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is taking place, and Cell Impact is part of this development. Fuel cells produce electricity and heat through an electrochemical reaction where hydrogen and oxygen are combined. The technology is environmentally friendly and the only byproduct is clean water. With the help of electrolyzers, electricity from renewable sources can be used to split water and thus produce green hydrogen gas.
Cell Impact has developed a unique, patented, high-precision method for forming the very thin metallic plates – flow plates – that are used in fuel cells and electrolyzers. The method relies on a hydraulic impact unit that very quickly, and with incredible accuracy, forms a metallic substance between two precision tools. The high energy levels make it possible to utilize special physical properties in the metal to form the exact patterns required for high efficiency in a modern flow plate.
Cell Impact develops and manufactures customized metal flow plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers. Our proprietary forming technology, Cell Impact Forming™, makes it possible to produce large volumes of flow plates in a cost-efficient way, which is often a prerequisite for environmentally friendly hydrogen technology in many applications.
Advantages
Cell Impact Forming offers many advantages over conventional forming technology, or what is known as progressive forming. The method consumes little energy and does not require lubricants, thus eliminating the need for water-intensive cleaning – clear improvements compared with progressive forming.
The technology also reduces tool costs by up to 50 percent and requires minimal maintenance, making Cell Impact Forming a very environmentally-friendly manufacturing method. In addition to offering many technical advantages, Cell Impact Forming can also substantially reduce cost per produced plate. It is the rational process with initial low investment and installation costs, combined with subsequent low operating expenses, that enables customers to gain this crucial competitive advantage.
Offering
Cell Impact’s offering includes highly specialized design services for flow plates and tools, prototype series and production of large volumes of flow plates. The company manufactures both single and stacked, or bipolar, flow plates.
Cell Impact in brief
Flexible and scalable production of customized flow plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers.
41 employees.
Head office and factory in Karlskoga, Sweden. Subsidiary in Japan (Cell Impact Japan Inc.) and local presence in Germany.
Unique production technology, protected by global patents.
Development and series production of cost and energy-efficient flow plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers.
- DFM (Design for Manufacturing) services
- Tools and prototype series
- Local production combined with license revenue