Design of Assembly Systems for Large-Scale Battery Cells

Abstract:

The social and technical trends regarding electro mobility and the turnaround in energy policy cause an increasing demand on large-scale and high-quality lithium-ion cells as core components for electrical storage systems. Within the production of lithium-ion cells, cell assembly has to deal with diverse challenges which result from product complexity and a lack of production experience. This paper covers the design of assembly systems for large-scale lithium-ion cells and presents the enhancement of conventional design processes by three add-on modules. The first one is an analysis of product structure and design focus points and is described in this paper. The modules two and three are outlined.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 769)
• Pages: 11-18
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.769.11
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Jakob Kurfer
• Keywords: Assembly, Design Method, Energy

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