Operational Capabilities
At the core of the Ceres Power product development process is expertise the company has established in 'Design for Manufacture' which addresses key risks up-front. This involves concurrent design, product engineering and manufacturing activities across the entire supply chain of raw materials, components and process equipment. This approach ensures that the product design is well suited for volume manufacture and reduces the product development lead time and costs.
Engagement with supply chain partners at an early stage of the process ensures that development lead time to get product to market is minimised. Through continued investment in product engineering, manufacturing operations and the development of supply chain partnerships, Ceres has established the necessary capabilities to create cost-effective products for a range of market applications.
Product Engineering
Advanced computer-aided engineering tools enable products, sub-systems and components to be modelled, and their performance to be predicted.
This means that alternative concepts are rapidly developed into detailed designs and evaluated prior to the building and testing of prototypes, thereby minimising development lead times.
Supply Chain
Ceres Power has established a global supply chain of leading manufacturing companies for raw materials, components and process equipment.
Our unique low temperature technology enables the use of proven cost-effective materials and processes for the manufacture of fuel cells and key balance of plant components. In-house product engineering and design for manufacture expertise, together with supply chain collaboration, helps ensure that our products can meet demanding market requirements.
Manufacturing Operations
In 2009 Ceres Power announced the commissioning of a Manufacturing facility in Horsham. This 50,000 sq. ft. facility will be used to scale-up for volume production the manufacture of fuel cells and the assembly of fuel cell stacks and Fuel Cell Modules.
Assembly and testing processes for volume production of complete CHP products are also being developed with supply chain partners. Scale-up of manufacturing processes is an important de-risking activity prior to investment in a plant for volume production, and paves the way for rapid technology transfer and effective plant utilisation.
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