Camera and sensor cleaning in the context of Driving Assistance
Cleaning sensors is becoming increasingly important in automotive technology. Driver assistance systems and autonomous driving, which will soon be approved, will only work if the sensors provide clean data. In addition to camera and ultrasonic sensors, this also includes lidar and radar sensors, for example. All the different sensors have one thing in common: they get dirty and need to be cleaned regularly. Changing weather conditions, dirt, insects or bird droppings can contaminate the sensors. A dirty sensor can no longer measure reliably and therefore poses a risk to driver assistance systems and autonomous driving.
The cleaning of cameras and sensors is an important future market, as more and more sensors and cameras are being installed in vehicles. Currently, such systems are often operated by a compressed air system in conjunction with a cleaning fluid. As the number of sensors increases, so does the number of outlets for on-demand cleaning with compressed air and fluid.
Transferring know-how to new product areas
RAPA Automotive offers a technology based on the product range of pneumatic solenoid valve blocks from RAPA Automotive - a field in which RAPA Automotive has more than 20 years of market experience. The corresponding, newly developed blocks have several connections for pneumatic lines. The intelligent valve technology ensures demand-oriented and controlled dosing and pressure regulation in the overall system.
The special feature of this block is that it can be operated with both cleaning fluid and compressed air.
RAPA Automotive is currently working actively on the further development of such solutions.