ContiTech bushes provide riding comfort in electric vehicle

Not only are they safer and more comfortable than a two-wheeled scooter; they are also smaller and cheaper than a car. Developed by e-volution Elektromobilittskonzepte GmbH, an Austrian company, the vehicle is already in use by the police force in Dubai for traffic monitoring. The approval process is also underway in Germany. The wheel mountings on this innovative vehicle use ContiTech MEGI bushes. Positioned between the axle and the wheels, these suspension elements reduce vibration and help deliver a powerful drive.

For decades, the MEGI brand from ContiTech Vibration Control has stood for rubber-to-metal bonded components of high quality. In vehicles like the Jetflyer, the bushes are employed as elastic joints. They can be used in applications with continuous radial or axial loads as well as under angular rotation between -15degrees and +15degrees without the rubber and metal moving in relation to one another. A particular advantage is the compressive pre-stressing applied to the bushes using a special technique. As a result, the MEGI bushes can absorb large forces under radial loads. Depending on the particular bush used, the load spectrum runs as high as 15kN. In addition, the elastic joints are completely maintenance-free, noiseless, and capable of reducing vibrations.

Andreas Ronge, product group sales manager at ContiTech in Austria, says: "In the innovative Jetflyer, a total of four MEGI bushes are used on each wheel axle. The high quality and superior performance of our bushes deliver a safe and comfortable ride for this electric vehicle of the future."

To learn more about ContiTech MEGI bushes please go to www.contitech.de.