BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING BN Series Battery Notching For lithium-ion battery roduction
2 BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING MANZ AG 3 BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING MANZ AG GERMAN ENGINEERING INTERNATIONALLY STAGED GLOBAL REFERENCES Production solutions for lithium-ion batteries AS A HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER, MANZ DEVELOPS AND PRODUCES HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELLS, MODULES AND PACKS. Manz AG Established 1987 Headquarters in Reutlingen, Germany. Additional branches in Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, China, Taiwan, the United States, and India. Emloyees 1,700 Emloyees arox. 1,700 emloyees worldwide, including around 500 engineers Core technologies Automation Metrology Laser rocessing Wet chemistry Roll-to-roll 30 Years of exerience 24/7 There for you Manz AG is one of the leading suliers of roduction equiment for lithiumion battery cells, modules and acks, as well as for caacitors. We have been setting global standards in this field for 30 years. Manz offers individual machines as well as integrated roduction lines as standard or customer-secific solutions: for various cell shaes, such as cylindrical cells, hard-case cells and ouch cells for wound cells or stacked cells for batteries for various alications such as ortable devices, cell hones, BEV (battery-electric vehicles), PHEV (lug-in hybrid electric vehicles) or HEV (hybrid electric fuel vehicles) and stationary storage systems Our machines are known for high roduction seed and a wide range of battery sizes to be roduced. Precision, reliability, durability, availability and low overall oerating costs (TCO) are the main features of our high-tech roduction systems. The individual system or roduction line can be adated uniquely uon request using our modular machine design. Our erformance sectrum sans from battery cell roduction (cell assembly) to the assembly of individual battery cells in a battery system (ack assembly). We accomany you from the initial idea to the final roduction rocess and are at your side during lanning, rojecting, construction and installation of your roduction line. In addition, we suort you with our comrehensive know-how through the setu and commissioning of the system, with user training, remote maintenance and after-sales service. Notching Process Milestones 1995 Due to increasing customer requirements for throughut and efficiency in battery roduction, in 1995 Manz Italy (reviously Arcotronics) develoed the notching rocess. The rocess established itself as a standard in the following years and now is used worldwide by all battery manufacturers. 2005 Through the systematic further develoment and imlementation of new technologies, by 2005 Manz Italy had doubled its throughut and web seed. To continue to meet the ever growing requirements for quality, the systems were exanded by integrated measurement technology systems. since 2016 In order to manufacture a wide variety of roduction configurations efficiently, Manz develoed the modular BN Series for battery notching. The comany is able to flexibly and quickly meet customer demands through the combination of different modules.
4 BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING MANZ AG MANZ AG BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING 5 LI-ION BATTERY PRODUCTION MANZ TECHNOLOGY MATRIX Highseed Notching of Lithium Ion Battery Cells MANZ PROVIDES EQUIPMENT FOR ALL PRODUCTION STEPS RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES. WITH THE BN SERIES ALL MECHANICAL OR LASER-BASED NOTCHING PROCESSES ARE COVERED. WITH THE BN SERIES MANZ OFFERS A HIGHLY EFFICIENT SOLUTION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF INDIVIDUAL ELECTRODES OR ELECTRODE WEBS. INPUT MATERIAL Anodes, cathodes and searators on a roll Cathode Searator Anode CUTTING Searation and staming of electrodes Progressive Notching Mech. Notching & Cross Cutting Laser Notching & Cross Cutting CELL ASSEMBLY Laminating, stacking of individual electrodes or winding of stamed electrodes Cylindrical Winding Radial Flat Winding Flat Winding Mono-/Bi-Cell Stacking Dual-Cell Folding Flat Folding TAB WELDING Welding of electrodes and contacts Tab Welding PACKAGING Incororating stacks in aluminum cans or ouches and dee drawing of ouches Can Insertion & Can to Cover Laser Welding FILLING Filling with electrolytes into ouches or hard cases and sealing of ouches Can Filling OUTPUT MATERIAL Cylindrical, rismatic hard case or ouch cells Cylindrical Cell Hard Case / Can The BN Series is suitable for a variety of different notching rocesses. From Constant Pitch to Progressive Pitch u to Double Progressive Pitch, using mechanical cut or laser cutting all notching rocesses and rocess variants can be imlemented using the BN Series. Therefore, the BN Series is the best choice for the roduction of high-quality hardcase batteries or ouch cells, with the best rice-erformance ratio of available notching systems. Productivity, seed and throughut With the BN Series, throughut and roductivity are increased and at the same time roduction costs are lowered. The system has the highest material seed on the market and also offers one of the most efficient rocesses with simultaneous high yield. High degree of material utilization Material recognized as defective is detected right after the notching rocess, then marked or immediately sorted out. Thus, the scra in the subsequent rocesses is held to a significantly low level and the manufacturing costs are substantially reduced. Quality and safety of the end roducts Integrated and otimally matched measurement methods for inline quality insection ensure that the electrode material is constantly cut with high recision. The high accuracy of tab itch and angle ensures high-quality and safe battery cells. In combination with high-quality machine comonents, the integrated measurement technology guarantees a maximum of roduct quality. Vacuum transort rollers and almost totally smooth accelerations ensure continuous material seeds and thus a very gentle and low-stress rocess flow. Therefore, negative influences, such as delamination of the coating or wrinkles in the web, are minimized. Thus, a consistently high quality and safety in the battery cells is guaranteed. BN Series Battery Notching Alications Roll-to-Roll / Roll-to-Magazine / Roll-to-Cell Processes Constant Pitch Pouch, Hard Case, Consumer Cells Progressive Pitch Hard Case, Consumer Cells +n Double Progressive Pitch Hard Case +n Laser Cutting Stack Winding Z-Folding Dee Drawing & Packaging Pouch Filling Pouch Cell The integrated measurement systems ensure that constant recision and 100 % checked outut material are guaranteed. Central Barefoil Constant Pitch Pouch, Hard Case, Consumer Cells Laser Ablation & Laser Cutting Single Sheet Stacking
6 BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING MANZ AG MANZ AG BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING 7 BN SERIES BATTERY NOTCHING Auto-slice unit Web guiding system/epc Notching unit Vision system (CCD) Auto-slice unit Automatic roll change for continuous oeration of the equiment. Regulates the osition of the web through direct recognition of the web or coating edge. Highly dynamic drive unit for all tyes of unching tools. Enables constant high CK values for the dimensioning or the itch of the electrode. Automatic roll change for continuous oeration of the equiment. Unwinding units Web guide rollers Vacuum ulling unit Cleaning system Winding mandrels/ Highly recise, 3-oint mounted, Minimize load and stress on the Minimize mechanical load and Efficient cleaning off of ossible magazines/winding centrally clamed mandrel in 3" or 6" design. Continuous diameter detection material web during standstill/cut. Prevent delamination and article material stress. Prevent delamination of the coating and article existing articles for better service life and higher quality of the The aroriate modules are built deending on the alication and Increases rofitability for user warning and triggering the generation. Minimize material generation. batteries. Reduces scra from method. slicing. fracture. short circuits (Hi-ot failure). Increases roductivity Increases the quality and safety of the battery cells
Founded in 1987, Manz AG is a global high-tech equiment manufacturing comany. In addition to the CIGSfab turnkey roduction line in the Solar segment, the comany focuses secifically on the automotive industry in the Electronics and Energy Storage segments. The comany, listed on the stock exchange in Germany since 2006, currently develos and manufactures in eight countries with around 1,700 emloyees. MANZ AG 11/2018 MANZ GERMANY MANZ SLOVAKIA MANZ USA MANZ HUNGARY PRODUCTION MANZ ITALY MANZ CHINA R&D, PRODUCTION, MANZ TAIWAN R&D, PRODUCTION, MANZ INDIA Manz AG Steigaeckerstrasse 5 72768 Reutlingen Germany Tel.: +49 7121 9000 0 Fax: +49 7121 9000 99 www.manz.com info@manz.com