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Aeration Awareness Is A Critical Factor in Your Engineering Success

When designing electric drive units (EDUs), gearboxes, and battery cooling systems for electric vehicles, understanding and managing aeration is often an overlooked yet crucial aspect. Aeration can quietly undermine the efficiency and longevity of these systems, making it essential to prioritize its management in your engineering projects.

  • Performance Impact: Aeration can significantly reduce the effectiveness of cooling systems and transmissions, leading to decreased performance and potential system failures in electric vehicles.

  • Durability Concerns: Electric drive systems with poor aeration management are more susceptible to wear and tear, compromising the durability of your design.

  • Noise and Vibration: Excessive aeration can increase noise and vibration, not only affecting the operational smoothness but also signaling underlying issues that could impact vehicle comfort and performance.

  • Heat Management Challenges: In electric vehicles, proper thermal management is critical. Aerated coolants can have a reduced ability to manage heat, potentially leading to overheating in both the battery and power electronics, especially under high-performance or fast-charging scenarios.

  • Reliability and Trust: In the burgeoning electric vehicle industry, where reliability is paramount, ensuring your design effectively minimizes aeration is key to building trust and credibility in your engineering solutions.

Understanding the impacts of aeration is vital in your quest to design robust, efficient, and reliable electric vehicle systems. It’s not just about solving a technical problem; it’s about ensuring excellence and reliability in every aspect of your engineering project.

The Gap in Traditional Aeration Measurement Solutions:
Why They Fall Short

In your journey to engineering excellence for electric vehicles, understanding what to prioritize is only half the battle. The other half? Recognizing why traditional aeration measurement solutions may not fully meet the unique needs of electric drive units (EDUs), transmissions, and battery cooling systems. Here’s a brief overview of what to look out for:

  1. Incomplete and Inaccurate Data: Traditional methods such as density-based inference (flow meters) and capacitive (electrical properties) systems often provide incomplete or inaccurate data under varying operational conditions of electric vehicles. This limitation directly impacts your ability to achieve precise aeration readings, critical for optimal system characterization in EVs.

  2. Increased Complexity and Cost: Solutions that require additional custom hardware not only complicate the system but also add to your costs. In the EV industry, where efficiency and practicality are paramount, this added complexity can undermine both.

  3. Discontinuous Monitoring: The inability to continuously monitor aeration changes is a significant shortfall of some existing technologies. For electric vehicle systems, real-time data is essential, not a luxury, for ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, and reliability.

  4. Misalignment with Real-World Observations: Techniques that fail to correlate with actual visual observations in electric vehicle systems can lead to mistrust and uncertainty. Trustworthy monitoring and decision-making rely on data that aligns with what engineers see and experience in their daily operations.

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  • This table highlights why settling for traditional solutions might mean compromising on the very aspects you value most in your electric vehicle engineering projects. Understanding these shortcomings is the first step toward choosing a solution that truly aligns with your needs.

Unveiling the Distinct Edge:
Why Aerify Stands Apart

In the realm of engineering precision for electric vehicles, Aerify is not just another instrument; it represents a significant evolution in technology. This section explores the unique features that elevate Aerify above the competition, making it an indispensable asset for professionals designing electric drive units (EDUs), transmissions, and battery cooling systems.

Discover what sets Aerify apart:

Direct and Continuous Monitoring:
Aerify redefines monitoring standards with its capability to continuously track aeration levels in real-time within electric vehicle systems. This feature provides an ongoing flow of data, crucial for informed decision-making in the dynamic environments of EV engineering.

Advanced Void Fraction Measurement:
At the core of Aerify is its unparalleled ability to directly measure the void fraction. Unlike traditional methods that estimate aeration based on indirect parameters like density, Aerify accurately quantifies the air bubbles in the coolant or lubricant, ensuring precise and reliable readings critical for optimal performance of electric vehicle systems.

Adaptability with Active Flow Regulation (AFR) Technology:
Aerify’s AFR technology enables seamless adjustment to varying operational conditions in EVs, such as different speeds, pressures, or temperature fluctuations. It can sample from various system points, like a sump or a pressure line, without needing modifications—demonstrating its adaptability across various applications.

Simplified Yet Sophisticated Operation:
Aerify strikes the perfect balance between sophistication and simplicity, reducing technician-to-technician variability. Its user-friendly interface and straightforward setup eliminate inconsistencies and complexities, fostering focused innovation and dependable outcomes.

Accredited Calibration and NIST Traceability:
Aerify sets a benchmark in the industry as the only technology with accredited calibration and traceability to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This certification ensures that you are using a tool that adheres to rigorous standards for accuracy and reliability, giving you confidence in your measurements and data.

Aerify is special not just for its capabilities but for how it integrates these capabilities into a seamless, user-friendly experience.

With its commitment to precision, adaptability, simplicity, and compliance with stringent standards, Aerify is not just a tool—it’s your partner in achieving engineering excellence in the electric vehicle sector.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Aerify is the only system accredited back to fundamental first principles of aeration measurement. Trusted by industry leaders like General Motors and Cummins, it provides consistent, reliable, and actionable insights, ensuring alignment across customer/supplier design requirements.

  • Yes, Aerify can accurately measure up to 100% aeration. While most fluids cease to flow effectively beyond ~ 45% aeration, Aerify remains capable of precise measurement in these extreme conditions.

  • ATA provides all technical specifications, including size and weight, during your free initial consultation. The system weighs under 80 lbs and comes in a military-grade rolling case measuring 29"" X 29"" X 19.5"".

  • Absolutely. Aerify is a versatile, computerized system that works both as a standalone unit and can integrate with existing DAQ or DYNO CONTROL software at your facility or on-board your vehicle.

  • Aerify was developed based on extensive experience with all the other vendor technologies, all of which failed to meet our standards in integrated test stands. Aerify is a unique, evolved solution born from a need for better, more reliable aeration measurement.

  • On the contrary, Aerify is the most portable and rugged system on the market. Its compact rugged design ensures it can be easily transported and used in various field conditions without sacrificing durability or performance.

  • While the initial investment in Aerify might seem high, it offers unparalleled value. Its accuracy and reliability reduce the cost and complexity of getting consistent readings, outperforming other solutions in the long run. Aerify's efficiency and precision translate into significant savings over time.

  • ATA understands financial constraints and offers creative financing solutions. For example, clients can expense Aerify from their operational budget instead of seeking capital approval, making it a financially accesible option.

  • ATA addresses this concern with an innovative loaner program. Clients can start making measurements almost immediately after ""hiring"" Aerify, ensuring no delay in their project timelines.

  • Aerify includes everything needed to start measuring aeration. Just plug in the power and hoses, and you’re ready to go.

  • We offer a 1-year, money-back guarantee after initial application qualification. We are confident in Aerify's performance and its ability to accurately measure in various applications well beyond all other existing options.

 

Transparent Pricing
Investment in Precision

 

Aerify Lab
Precision in the Lab

The Aerify Lab Edition is specifically designed for laboratory and dynamometer settings within the electric vehicle (EV) sector, offering precise aeration measurements for electric drive units (EDUs), gearboxes, and battery cooling systems. This edition excels in consistent testing environments where specific types of coolants or lubricants are analyzed regularly. Its robust design guarantees reliable performance under lab conditions, making it an excellent choice for routine analysis and research in the EV industry.

$45K to $65K

Aerify Advanced
Innovative Fluid IntelligencE

The Aerify Advanced Edition is tailored for the electric vehicle (EV) sector, enhancing its capabilities with the ability to autonomously learn and analyze new and novel fluids used in electric drive units (EDUs), transmissions, and battery cooling systems. This fully automated, hands-free system adapts to your evolving testing needs, offering versatility for a wide range of research and development projects. Ideal for labs and testing facilities aiming to broaden their scope, this edition enables the exploration of a diverse array of coolants and lubricants with minimal manual intervention, making it a valuable asset for advanced EV technology development.

$75K to $125K

Aerify Mobile
Versatility on the Move

The Aerify Mobile Edition includes all the capabilities of the Advanced Edition and expands its functionality for in-vehicle measurements within the electric vehicle (EV) market. Designed for both lab and field applications, this edition epitomizes versatility, providing precise aeration measurement in dynamic, real-world environments of electric drive units (EDUs), transmissions, and battery cooling systems. Whether it’s for on-site testing or integration into an electric vehicle for real-time data collection, the Mobile Edition is engineered for adaptability and high performance. This makes it the ultimate choice for comprehensive aeration analysis across various settings, catering specifically to the needs of the evolving EV industry.

$135K to $185K