Product Families

Engine Cooling

 Ensuring passenger comfort while protecting the environment

The Engine Cooling Product Family aims to be a world leader in vehicle powertrain thermal energy management systems.
It develops and produces components and modules for a full range of engine and transmission cooling functions, with a view to reducing pollution and enhancing passenger comfort.

 A few figures

• 699 million euro sales*
• 18 plants and 11 R&D centers in 13 countries**

    * 6 months ended June 30, 2007

  ** End of March 2007

 Global presence

 Products

• Powertrain cooling systems
• Radiators
• Condensers
• Evaporators
• Heater cores
• Charge air coolers and exhaust gas recirculation coolers
• Oil coolers
• Fan/motor systems
• Engine cooling modules
• Front end modules

 Expertise

• Laboratories

Valeo has a complete range of world-class tests equipments and analysis tools in Technical centers located in France, Spain, Sweden and the USA, all of which are certified ISO 9000/QS 9000.

Benefits

- Innovation through evaluation of new products and processes (long-life alloys, new flux, new materials)
- Technical proficiency through competitors’ product analysis and technological survey
- Comfort through acoustic optimization and control
- Valorisation of recycled material and waste product

VEC laboratories also dispense their knowledge and expertise within the Valeo Institute for Thermal Systems (IVST).

• Calculation and Simulation

Valeo uses a comprehensive range of simulation tools to predict behaviour of components, complete and efficient modules and smart systems.
These tools allow system approach, Innovative and optimized design and development lead time reduction in view of innovative packaging solutions, fuel economy and emissions reduction of all powertrains.

Expertise aeras:

- Global system sizing (integration of specialized software) for all operating conditions
- Air-flow management
- Water-flow management
- Heat transfer
- Structure analysis: optimization of mechanical and acoustic behaviours
- Low speed crash simulation

• Architecture and Design

Valeo has expertise in development and manufacturing of components, modules, and systems in the domain of powertrain thermal management, including:
- Heat exchangers
- Fan systems
- Front End architecture
- System Engineering
- Crash management (see Pedestrian safety)

The wide scope of Valeo’s expertise  guarantees high flexibility in the design and architecture approach.

Thanks to a comprehensive range of simulation tools, Valeo is able to offer optimized packaging and innovative architecture under hood, such as the Ultimate Cooling™ system.

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