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March 23, 2022 Romeo, MI

BASF and L&L Products collaborate on Battery Protection Solution for the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

BASF and L&L Products collaborate on Battery Protection Solution for the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

BASF and L&L Products have developed a battery protection solution for the 2022 F-150® Lightning™. This vehicle is the first all-electric F-Series truck from Ford Motor Company and deliveries begin this spring.

The team reduced the size of the crossmember that is part of the battery system without compromising strength. The crossmember is a structural section designed to withstand high loads –keeping both the battery and occupant safe in the vehicle.

“We were able to use a solution featuring L&L’s Products’ Continuous Composites Systems™ (CCS™) and BASF’s Elastocoat® 74850 polyurethane pultrusion system that eliminated the need for extensive redesign of the crossmember while providing strength, stiffness and rigidity to a lightweight structure,“ said Chris Korson, Chassis Market Segment Manager, Performance Materials, BASF Corporation.

CCS™ combines a fiber-reinforced pultruded composite carrier with highly engineered sealants and adhesives in a two-dimensional profile. This continuous process creates straight or curved composite profiles reinforced with continuous fibers and mats.

“This innovation also shares three firsts for CCS™. One being the first developed closed section tubular CCS™ part, the second being the first CCS™ body-in-white application, and the third being the first use of CCS™ in an electric vehicle,” said Hank Richardson, Product Engineering Manager, L&L Products.

The crossmember was also the first application for BASF’s Elastocoat® 74850 polyurethane pultrusion system to be implemented prior to the E-Coat process. Additionally, a new computer simulation methodology was developed using BASF’s proprietary CAE modeling software Ultrasim® to show the behavior of the pultruded structures and accurately capture the additional load after failure that a composite provides.

Elastocoat and Ultrasim are registered trademarks of BASF SE

Continuous Composite Systems (CCS) is a trademark of L&L Products

Lightning is a trademark of Ford Motor Company

F-150 is a registered trademark of Ford Motor Company

 

About L&L Products

L&L Products is a technology-driven business-to-business company with unique expertise in static sealing, acoustics, vibration reduction, structural reinforcements, and composite components for automotive, aerospace, commercial vehicle and other industrial applications. Today, L&L has reached 1300+ global employees, 16 global locations, and 8 manufacturing facilities. For more information visit www.llproducts.com.

 

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 16,700 employees in North America and had sales of $25.9 billion in 2021. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.com/us.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 111,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €78.6 billion in 2021. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.

 

 

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