Plasma Cleaning in Battery Cell Preparation
On a battery pack assembly line, plasma cleaning sits between cell feeding and welding, occupies very little space, adds seconds to the cycle and is frequently the station …
End-of-Line Testing for Battery Packs
End-of-line testing is the last opportunity to stop a defective battery pack leaving the plant, and it is routinely asked to do more than it can. A pack that passes every…
Cell Sorting and Grading: Why Cell Matching Matters
A battery pack is a group of cells asked to behave as one. They never quite do. Cells leaving the same production line differ measurably in capacity, in internal resistance …
OCV, IR and ACIR Testing in Battery Production
Three measurements dominate cell testing in battery production, and they are routinely treated as three ways of checking the same thing. They are not. Each answers a different…
Laser Welding vs Wire Bonding for Cell Interconnects
Every cell in a battery pack has to be joined electrically to its neighbors, and in a pack containing several hundred cylindrical cells that means thousands of individual connections…
Industrial Cooking Equipment: Selection Guide for Food Processing Industries
Cooking equipment is usually specified by volume, and volume is one of the least useful numbers in the decision. A two thousand liter kettle does not produce two thousand…
Industrial Conveyor Systems: Types, Benefits, and Applications
A conveyor moves material between two points. A conveyor system connects a plant, and the difference is not one of scale. A network of conveyors behaves in ways that….
Top Factors to Consider When Choosing Industrial Conveyor Belt Manufacturers
Conveyors are the cheapest equipment in most process plants and the most frequently responsible for stopping them. That combination is why supplier selection matters more…
Industrial Blenders: How to Select the Right Mixing Equipment
Blender selection usually begins with a batch size and a budget, and those are the last two things that should decide it. The material determines the mixer. A machine that …
Industrial Belt Conveyors: Improving Material Handling Efficiency
Conveyors rarely appear on an improvement plan. They are cheap relative to process equipment, they mostly work, and when they do not the fix is usually a fitter….