Products and Technologies

Nemak is able to provide its customers with rapid development and implementation through its ten Product Development Centers. These centers are strategically located in Austria, USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, China, Mexico and Poland.

• Research & Development
• Virtual Development
• Hardware included 3D printing
• Tooling Validation
• Launch Support
• PD made-like production

• Customer Relationship
• Engine and automotive design expertise
• CAD, CAM, CAE
• Mechanical and Thermodynamical properties

• Rapid modeling
• 3D printing
• Rapid tooling
• Rapid prototypes
• Flexibility

• Nemak Innovation System (NIS) - ideation and project execution
• 40 people dedicated to R&D (supported by 200+ employees to develop and execute projects)
• Focused on customer current and future, electric, powertrain and structural component needs.

• Awarded with 280 patents
• 270 scientific papers have been published or presented at international forums
• New programs and operation support- implementing innovations.

Increasing mechanical & mass efficiency.

High performance alloys for high powered engines, Mechanical properties and microstructural predictions, Body structural casting technologies, Thin walls in cylinder heads.

• Precision cooling concepts to increase thermodynamic efficiency
• 3D core printing for advanced powertrain prototypes

• Mass & volumetric efficiency.
• Turbo housing integration to cylinder heads
• Range extender and aluminium electric motor components.

• Bore Coating
• Surface treatment for thermal efficiency
• Body structural casting technologies
• Localized properties al critical areas

Best mechanical properties process for blocks

Process designed to target best mechanical properties at bulkheads with different alternatives for blocks production:

• Low Pressure Filled: Bottom filled by pressurized N2 (NLPPS)
• Low Pressure Roll Over: Mould roll over to maximize properties at deck face (NLPSS)
• Gravity Roll Over
• Cosworth: Bottom filled by an electromagnetic pump

Thin walls and high productivity

Process used for blocks, transmissions and structural components (including battery trays):

• Mould cavity is filled at high pressures. (Fill speed > 30 m/s)
• Produces thin walled castings
• High productivity and automation possible

Typical mechanical properties for cylinder heads

Nemak-owned technology where the mould is gravity filled by the use of pouring ladle located at the mould:

• Cast of complex geometries
• Highest mechanical properties at combustion chambers
• Process also available for blocks

Most commonly used process worldwide

Technology where the mould is gravity filled by the use of a gating system.

• Cast of complex geometries
• Rapid solidification rate, high mech properties at combustion chambers

Counter gravity mould filling

When using this technology, mould is counter-gravity filled by Nitrogen injection:

• Cast of complex geometries and thin walls
• No turbulent filling, less oxides generation
• Highest mechanical properties at pan-rail