Press Release
W. L. Gore & Associates' Technology Named 2020 Automotive News Pace Awards Finalist
Posted October 16, 2019
Condensation Management Device offers industry’s first solution to actively removing headlamp moisture
Electronic Components & Electrochemical Materials
Electronics are the building blocks of the modern world. Gore supports electronics manufacturers with components built to protect signal integrity, and fuel cell components that generate zero-emission power.
In our changing world, we’re increasingly reliant on electronics — to communicate, to work faster and smarter, and to push the boundaries of innovation. From smartphone users to drivers, we all need our electronics to be reliable.
Gore’s electronics components are engineered to provide excellent electrical performance and durability under challenging conditions, and our electrochemicals materials support fuel cell technology in energy-efficient vehicles.
Electronics Components
Combining Gore’s world-leading ePTFE technology with our expertise in polymeric dielectrics, we’ve developed a wide-ranging portfolio of high-performance signal transmission products.
Our EMI shielding and grounding solutions offer features and material characteristics that ensure reliable performance in mobile electronics like smartphones, tablets, notebooks and automotive electronic control modules. The wide-ranging shielding materials in our portfolio are marked by high compressibility, easy installation, low DC resistance and superior conductivity — amounting to products that shield reliably even in harsh environments, and electronics that work just as they should.
Electrochemical Materials
Gore can also provide environmental solutions through fuel cell technology. Our fuel cell components offer high durability and power density to meet the world’s growing energy needs while addressing environmental concerns. Fuel Cells can be used for cars and buses; for stationary applications, acting as backup power for critical systems and remote locations; in portable applications like generators and compact charge devices; and for co-generation, sourcing cost-efficient heat and power for homes.
Electrochemical Device & Fuel Cell Components
In 1994, Gore developed its proprietary reinforced membrane technology, based on our expertise in engineering ePTFE. Since then we have produced millions of membrane electrode assemblies, more than any other supplier in the industry.
Our product line includes:
- GORE-SELECT® Membrane
- GORE® PRIMEA® Membrane Electrode Assemblies
- GORE® Electrodes and Electrode Assemblies
Gore Electrochemical Products have been used in such diverse applications as:
- PEM Fuel Cells for automotive, stationary, back-up, and portable power
- PEM fuel cells for co-generation (power and heat)
- CO detectors
- Batteries
- Flow batteries
- EDLCs (electrical double-layer capacitors)
Gore Fuel Cell Components provide high durability and power density and are designed and tested for fitness for use in the most demanding fuel cell applications worldwide:
- Transportation — reliable, zero-emission power for cars and buses
- Stationary — back-up power for critical systems and remote locations
- Portable — fuel cell generators and compact charge devices
- Co-generation — cost-efficient heat and power for homes
It is our continuing mission to make fuel cell components that are the most powerful, dependable and cost effective in the world, to meet the world's growing energy needs and environmental concerns.
Electrochemical Device & Fuel Cell Components
Electronic Components for Oil and Gas Applications
Power electronics in oil and gas downhole tools are subjected to some of the harshest operating conditions on the planet. Design teams have had to work around the challenges of legacy capacitor technologies: using multiple capacitors to meet power needs while overcoming de-rating, innovating specialty mounting techniques for shock & vibration, the use of dewar insulation systems, or even cooling systems to resist extreme temperatures.
GORE High Temperature Capacitors reduce the risk of tool failure by delivering stable performance in harsh oil and gas downhole environments. Unlike traditional capacitors, Gore’s technology avoids sudden and complete failure for a more predictable mission completion.
