Pab Coventry Limited

The automotive industry and road transport are major contributors to the UK's net greenhouse emissions, with a significant portion originating from this sector alone. Given this context, the imperative for lightweight vehicle design becomes apparent as a crucial strategy in reducing CO2 emissions. Achieving this goal necessitates a comprehensive approach,...

Transport is the largest greenhouse emitting sector in the UK. It accounted for 27% of total emissions in 2019\. Of this, the majority (91%) was produced by road vehicles. Vehicle weight is a main factor responsible for the large emissions. Emissions of new cars in the UK fell by only 1% between 2011 and 2019 due to the rising popularity of heavy weight S...

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PAB has a long history of working with the automotive, aerospace, rail and defence industries. We supply specialist bespoke engineering solutions to some of the world’s biggest companies, the largest include Aston Martin, Ford, Rolls Royce and Jaguar-Land Rover. We currently have over 20 new products in development for the automotive industry alone and be...

The LightBlank project will push the limits of sheet panel light weighting technology. A combination of high quality friction stir welding and HFQ, an advanced aluminium forming based on scientific understanding of material behaviour, will help realise the ultimate lightweight aluminium panels with innovative design for automotive, rolling stock and aeros...

his project aims to develop, optimize, and manufacture novel polymer micro-hollow fibre heat exchangers (PHFHE) for various applications . This light weight PHFHE can reduce the weight up to 50% compared with traditional metal heat exchanger, leading to at least 50% cost reduction. The small diameters of the fibres (micrometers) have thin walls and large ...

Weight reduction is of pressing importance in order to reduce CO2 emissions. All vehicles sizes (micro cars to lorries) and engine types (Diesel, Petrol or Electric) will benefit. Currently the use of aluminium to achieve major weight reduction is limited by cost, which arises from the purchase cost of aluminium and from the difficulties in processing alu...

The aim of this project is for a consortium of industry leaders, Lotus Cars, Innoval, PAB Coventry, Impression Technology and Imperial College to develop an enabling technology for significant reduction in carbon emissions from automobiles and therefore help preserve a healthy world environment through pollution reduction. There are two major ways this ca...