14th overall: a great debut for the new SCG 004C at the 24 Hours Nürburgring

27 September 2020

Nürburgring, 29 August 2020 – Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus celebrates a strong debut of the new SCG004C at the famous Nürburgring race, finishing 14th overall among the GT3 vehicles.
 
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus celebrates a strong debut of the new SCG 004C at the famous Nürburgring race, finishing 14th overall among the GT3 vehicles racing at the 48th ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours. In a field of nearly one hundred cars filled with some of the most prestigious car makes in the world – Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, and various other marques, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has finished in 14th place overall at the end of the race, while not few top-contenders haven’t even seen the chequered flag.

The SCG 004C finishes the race as the first car not made by a German manufacturer and the only privateer in the top 20.

With a bit of re-engineering since the first test race at the 6 Hours of Nürburgring at the end of August, the SCG 004C driven by Thomas Mutsch, Franck Mailleux, Felipe Laser Fernandez, and Richard Westbrook has established itself in the top 20 as the best non-SP9 car all along the race, from the early hours of Saturday afternoon through the morning after, overcoming the general bad weather conditions all over the circuit.

The SGC 004C, developed and built by Podium Advanced Technologies, also claimed the class win for finishing the race as the lone SP-X-class entry.

The 004C engine has been started for the first time on February, only 14 months after the kick off of the development work: in terms of reliability an outstanding outcome for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus and Podium Advanced Technologies, official supplier of racing services.

Assembly process

Sorting, Testing and Stacking Cylindrical
- Fully automated station
- 100% cells state of health testing (including open circuit voltage, resistance/AC impedance, temperature
- Stations able to handle module up to 1200 mm length
- Different cooling strategies can be handled within this station
- Similar capacity cells can be sorted and included in a module
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Sorting, Testing and Stacking Cylindrical
Sorting, Testing and Stacking Prismatic and Pouch
- Fully automated station
- 100% cells state of health testing (including open circuit voltage, resistance/AC impedance, temperature
- Stations can handle different cell dimensions and different thermal extraction strategies
- Accurate pressing operation
Sorting, Testing and Stacking Prismatic and Pouch
Bus Bar Laser Welding
- Cutting edge laser beam technology that guarantees robust joints for several type of busbar connections
- Possibility to weld challenging reflective materials such as CU, Al and dissimiral combination of materials
- Internal development of welding parameters
- Extensive quality control such as weld penetration in process monitoring and resistivity checks
- Stations can handle module up to 1200 mm length and 600 mm width
Bus Bar Laser Welding
Ultrasonic wire bonding
- Fully automatic station
- Wire bonding with the highest axis accuracy
- Continuous real time monitoring of wire condition and process
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Ultrasonic wire bonding
Pack assembly stations
- Stations equipped with manual assistors and process dedicated tools to allow assembly teams to work in perfect ergonomic and safe conditions
- Stations equipped with torque monitored tools
- Control tracking system to verify process completion and quality monitoring
- Junction box assembly and quality control
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Pack assembly stations
EOL Testing
- Battery module and pack functional tests
- BMS firmware and software flashing
- Pack cooling system integrity test
EOL Testing

Main features

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    up to 1.000 V
  • Cell dissipative balancing

Functionalities

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    and temperatures
  • Advanced algorithms for SOC/SOH estimation
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    thermoelectrical models
  • Electromechanical components feedback monitoring
    and degradation estimation (fuses, contactors)
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  • Sensing of current, water leak, internal humidity, etc
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Services related to BMS

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