Toyota decarbonises its industrial processes with help from Fives' hydrogen technology
Fives, a global leader in industrial engineering, is supporting Toyota in its energy transition.
Toyota Motor Europe is involved in a European-funded project titled HYINHEAT which focuses on decarbonising industry using hydrogen technologies and has chosen Fives' hydrogen burner technology to equip a heat treatment furnace its site in Poland.
It is the first time in its global network that Toyota is using hydrogen for this particular application.
Faced with two major challenges: reducing its carbon footprint and maintaining the quality of the produced parts, Toyota Motor Europe turned to Fives cutting-edge technology: a dual fuel burner (natural gas and hydrogen).
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A first burner was installed at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland in August. There, Fives’ technology was tested to assess the quality of Toyota’s production while using full hydrogen combustion. The results were conclusive, marking this the first step of a lasting collaboration between Fives and Toyota to decarbonise automotive industrial processes.
Francesco Giudici, CEO of Fives ITAS, said: “This successful supply of hydrogen burners illustrates Fives' ability to offer concrete, tailored and efficient solutions to support our customers in their decarbonisation. We are proud of this fruitful collaboration with Toyota and are ready for future projects.”
Krzysztof Zieliński, Head of PE Innovation at Toyota Motor Europe, said: “Our manufacturing strategy follows a Multi-Pathway (MPW) approach to meet the diverse needs of our clients.
“We are applying the same philosophy to the decarbonisation of our factories. By testing burners capable of using sustainable gases —including hydrogen, natural gas, and biogas—we are making significant progress towards achieving carbon-zero emissions.”
Rigorously tested at the Fives European Combustion Centre, which is one of the largest R&D centers in Europe dedicated to industrial combustion, Fives' solution demonstrated its reliability regarding the combustion of hydrogen, which emits no CO2. Thus, meeting the environmental objective.
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