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How can European manufacturers compete globally? The new EDAG study analyzes 35 innovative technologies for manufacturing lithium-ion pouch cells, focusing on efficiency, scalability, and cost reduction.
The key finding: by considering cell chemistry, cell format, and manufacturing technologies in combination, production costs can be significantly reduced and space requirements cut massively. The study compares three concept layouts and shows specifically how much potential there is in choosing the right technology – from electrode manufacturing to cell assembly.
Technology analysis
Thirty-fivetechnologies were examined, including:
Electrode manufacturing:
- Mixing: Batch-Mixing, Intensive mixers, continuous batch mixing, Twin screw extruder, Inline-Dispersers, Trajectory mixing
- Coating: One-sided and Double-sided coating, plasma coating, Screen printing process, Drycoating
- Drying: Convection drying, Suspended dryer, diode laser drying, infrared drying, light-initiated thermal emission, Drying with VCSEL lasers
- Calendering: Rotating roller pairs, Rotating roller pairs with inspection
- Slitting: knife slitting, laser slitting
- Vacuum Drying: Conventional vacuum drying, roll-to-roll post dryer
Cell assembly:
- Separate: Punch / shear cut, laser cutting
- Winding / stacking: Single sheet stacking, Z-Folding, Z-Folding with single sheets, lamination process
- Contacting: Ultrasonic welding, laser welding
- Housing: Impulse- / contact sealing, laser welding, ultrasonic welding, Bookfolding
The layouts presented show savings of several million euros in space, CAPEX, and OPEX—even before the first real setup.
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