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SPAL - Thermal Management for a New Era of Agricultural Innovation
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The agricultural sector is increasingly embracing digitalisation, automation and robotics to deliver sustainability in farming practices which includes the use of autonomous drones and tractors for precision tasks and a shift towards electric and battery-powered machinery to reduce environmental impact.
These new variant EVs and BEVs present their own particular challenges when it comes to thermal management and now SPAL has stepped in to meet them with a new range of energy efficient fans and coolant pumps.
SPAL’s new 48V and 800V fans have been developed to be compatible with EVs like hybrid or electric tractors, which use higher voltage architectures to manage auxiliary systems, integrating seamlessly into these setups.
HV fans also match the demands of vehicles running on high-capacity batteries and are able to deliver powerful cooling while reducing energy loss from the battery. This contributes towards extending the vehicle range or the time the machine can function on a single charge.
As with other fans in the brushless range, the 48V and 800V are equipped to operate effectively in harsh conditions such as during hot and dusty harvests, delivering greater airflow for better heat dissipation away from motors, inverters and batteries.
SPAL’s new range of brushless drive coolant pumps has also been extended to include 48V and 800V versions alongside the 12V and 24V pumps. Equipped for the thermal management of electric or hybrid motors, inverters, and electronic control units, the software managed pumps can be calibrated for precise flow regulation of the coolant; maintaining optimal temperatures for these components, preventing overheating and system failures.
Certified to 1P68 and IP6K9K safety specifications, the sealed motor units of the pumps are dustproof, waterproof and resistant to mud and vibrations delivering high performance no matter the weather or the terrain. Energy efficient and low maintenance, SPAL pumps have a long operating life of up to 40,000 hours, reducing downtime and service costs.
For applications in the wider agricultural arena, SPAL products are increasingly being recognised for their effectiveness in cooling stationary applications such as battery energy storage systems (BESS) particularly when co-located with onsite solar and wind power generation.
To find out more about SPAL’s range of multi-talented thermal management, meet the team at LAMMA26 on Stand No. 8.706.
