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FLAG-MS

(H)EV Powertrain and Automotive Applications

Fabrizio Impinna

FLAG-MS CEO

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FLAG-MS is an Italy based company, founded in Turin, in april 2012.

FLAG-MS is focused on mechatronics in Automotive and Industrial field.

Since its foundation FLAG-MS was certified as innovative startup and after as small-

medium innovative enterprise from Italian government.

Since 2012 FLAG-MS is member of MESAP (Smart Product and Manufacturing).

Staff skills have been developed at Mechatronics Laboratory @ Politecnico of Turin

since 2005 in research applied to industrial and automotive applications.

More than 50% of team members have a PhD, the competences are various and

from different topics in order to cover all the following subjects:

• Mechatronics

• Informatics

• Automation

• Electronics

• Electrical

• Energy

FLAG-MS company

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FLAG-MS - Main Activities and Profile

FLAG-MS is a company skilled in design and realization of mechatronic systems for industrial and

automotive fields.

In the automotive field FLAG-MS pays specific attention to the electric powertrain whose development

and spread are sharply increasing in the lasts years. Main activities in this area are:

➢ SW development and management for on-board devices

➢ Electronic control unit development for electric motor drives

➢ Electric motor control strategies

➢ Inverter development

➢ Battery management system

➢ Battery module and battery pack development

In the industrial field FLAG-MS offers an HW/SW integrated solution devoted to:

➢ Industrial plant monitoring in agreement with “Industry 4.0”

➢ Industrial plant/test bench high performance control

➢ Industrial automation and motion control

➢ Components assembly stations for series production lines

➢ Components test systems for series production lines

➢ HV battery and battery components EoL systems

Activities share

Industrial Automotive Motorsport (H)-EV PWT

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EV Powertrain – Competences & Vehicle Integration

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User Level Knowledge Fully Designed

Co-designed

Deep Knowledge

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FLAG-MS BMS design/development

⚫ FW development: HW abstraction layer and communication with other PWT components (inverter,

VMU, …)

⚫ Design and development of application SW. Algorithms and strategies such as:

- cells balancing & voltage and temperature monitoring

- contactors diagnosis & insulation resistance measurement

- state of charge (SoC), state of health (SoH) estimation

- charge/discharge limits definition

⚫ Interlock management and auxiliary vehicle functions (cooling, heating, …)

⚫ Safety aspects, ISO26262 ready, isolation, functional safety

FLAG-MS HVB design/development

⚫ Analysis of application requirements: voltage, energy, current, mechanical dimensions, cells type and shape

⚫ Mechanical design: module/battery structural design, integration with electrical/electronic components

(master, slave, contactors)

⚫ Cooling system topology definition, design, simulation (CFD analysis)

⚫ Support to TIER 1 client for HVB design, industrialization and production

EV Powertrain – BMS &HVB

EV prototype BMS 31kWh EV Battery Pack 43kWh EV Battery Pack

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FLAG-MS Traction Inverter design/development

• The mechanical properties, besides the electrical ones, are taken into account to obtain an

optimized, efficient, reliable, compact and rugged design

• Advanced electrical, mechanical and thermal simulations are performed

• Power devices: IGBT, SiC, GaN

• Custom HW & FW development according to client requirements

FLAG-MS Motor control design/development

⚫ Matlab-Simulink model based automatic code generation

⚫ Field oriented (FOC) or unified direct flux (UDF) control

⚫ Non standard control (MPC, ADRC)

⚫ MTPA and motor flux mapping

⚫ Online thermal model

⚫ Sensorless control

EV Powertrain - Traction Inverter & Motor Control 1/2

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EV Powertrain – Traction Inverter & Motor Control 2/2

FLAG-MS experience in traction inverter (HW, SW and motor control design)

⚫ Co-design, test and validation of inverter HW & SW for motorsport application including

sensorless control

⚫ Motor speed > 40krpm

⚫ Motor power > 100kW

⚫ Switching frequency > 40kHz

⚫ Co-design, test and validation of inverter HW & SW for in-wheel traction application

⚫ Motor speed < 2krpm

⚫ Motor power <= 10kW

⚫ Switching frequency <= 15kHz

⚫ Motor control strategy design, modeling, validation and testing

⚫ Design and testing of models and control strategies for traction and auxiliary motor

⚫ Motor control design strategy for appliance market

⚫ Complete design of inverter HW and high level/low level SW, realization, testing and validation

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FLAG-MS design low voltage electronics and software for on board applications:

⚫ Design of DC motor control strategy for a park lock actuator

⚫ Design of DC motor control strategy for an automatic door handle

⚫ Design of BLDC control strategy for a dual clutch transmission

⚫ Design of dual DC motor control strategy and antipinch algorithm for automatic car tailgate

system

⚫ HW and SW design for a 600W three phase inverter integrated inside the motor

⚫ HW and SW design for a vehicle height adjuster actuator

⚫ SW for on-board internal light management

Design and development of On-Board electronics

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E-Mobility - projects examples

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Contacts

FLAG-MS s.r.l.

Via Einaudi 29

10124, Moncalieri (TO)

011 19116095

www.flag-ms.com

info@flag-ms.com

fabrizio.impinna@flag-ms.com