Automotive Vents
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Automotive Vents

Engine Shut-Off: A Challenge to Electronics Whether your car is hybrid, electric or combustion-powered, its electronic components can be damaged or degraded by changes in temperature or altitude. These create pressure changes that can stress the seals of electronic enclosures – while the engine is running, and after a car is parked. Engine start-ups and shut-offs create heat build-ups that can be particularly hard on electronic enclosures. Wind-cooling helps to compensate while the car is moving. But after the car is shut off, under-hood temperatures spike dramatically. This creates a...

Engine Running: More Challenges Ahead It is not only engine shut-offs that can threaten the integrity of electronic enclosures. Everyday driving exposes a vehicle to many other environmental challenges – any of which could damage enclosures, and the electronics within. Changes in temperature and altitude create pressure differentials that can stress enclosure seals to failure. This can happen anywhere: driving in mountainous terrain, getting caught in a traffic jam or sudden inclement weather – or even at the car wash. Entering the car wash, your Engine Control Unit (ECU) is at normal...

For Every High-Value Component Automotive electronics are proliferating. Increasingly, manufacturers replace mechanical and hydraulic components with electronic components, for higher efficiency with reduced emissions and fuel consumption. The number of electronic driver assistance systems also increases. Along with ABS, ESP and traction control, many models feature distance radar, lane departure alerts, onboard cameras and other active safety systems. Today’s vehicles can have more than 100 sensors, 30 control units, 20 motors and actuators! GORE® Automotive Vents can help enclosures more...

Gore Solves Multiple Challenges GORE® Vents outperform other approaches. They offer a more comprehensive solution to the many environmental challenges that can affect electronic components on automotive platforms worldwide. Other Approaches Provide Only Partial Protections: Tortuous paths + Equalize pressures – Do not prevent entry of contaminants Ruggedized housing walls and seals + Good protection against environmental conditions – Expensive and heavy Potting / Coating + Encapsulates electronics against contaminants – Adds extra unnecessary weight to the component – Prevents later repair...

Reliable Performance for Sustained Protection Equalize Pressures to Protect Housing Seal Integrity Repeated pressure differentials inside the housing will stress seals to failure, allowing ingress of contaminants that can damage electronic components. GORE® Automotive Vents rapidly equalize pressure differentials, effectively preventing the internal vacuums or pressure build-ups that stress seals. GORE Automotive Vents rapidly equalize pressures with continuous, bi-directional air exchange across the membrane. ® Prevent Contamination to Protect Electronics GORE® Automotive Vents reliably...

Why Gore is the Better Alternative High Quality for Improved Reliability Inventor of the original ePTFE membrane and subsequent innovations in advanced membrane technology g g More than 35 years’ experience in automotive electronics applications Our vents meet the highest performance requirements and pass the most stringent environmental and durability tests g g All major OEMs and Tier suppliers worldwide have installed billions of GORE® Automotive Vents g Gore venting solutions are trusted globally for their consistent quality and reliability, combined with worldwide engineering support. A...

About W. L. Gore & Associates Gore is a technology-driven company focused on discovery and product innovation. Well known for waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX® fabric, the company’s portfolio includes everything from high-performance fabrics and implantable medical devices to industrial manufacturing components and aerospace electronics. Gore products have remained at the forefront of creative solutions because they are engineered specifically for challenging applications requiring durable performance where other products fail. For more than thirty-five years, Gore venting solutions have...