Alongside the electric motor and energy storage system, power electronics are one of the core components of the electric drivetrain. As the link between the electrical energy sources, consumers and storage units, it controls all power flows in electric vehicles, converts DC and AC voltages into each other, adjusts voltage levels and conducts the electrical power to the electric motor.
Examples of applications for DELO adhesives in power electronics, e.g. in an inverter, range from component fixation on printed circuit boards to the thermal bonding of semiconductor elements and the encapsulation of certain components to protect them from chemical and mechanical influences. Typical requirements for the adhesive include high temperature and media resistance as well as the ability to compensate for different coefficients of thermal expansion of individual electronic components. Optimum flow behavior and fast curing with light and/or heat offer corresponding speed advantages in highly automated assembly processes.