Flexible pilot lines as enabler for accelerated, safe and efficient scaling of battery cell production

The global mobility revolution is gaining steam. As a result, the demand for sustainable and economically viable batteries for electric cars continues to grow. Therefore, the production infrastructure for battery cells must be scaled rapidly, but at the same time be engineered to be sustainable and efficient. The accelerated implementation of new production technologies plays a crucial role in this. Pilot lines are currently being set up at both research institutes and battery cell manufacturers in order to drive forward the implementation of new production technologies as quickly, reliably and efficiently as possible. The main difficulty here is the currently low changeability and flexibility of the pilot lines. Currently, the long procurement time for system components is a particular challenge. As a result, pilot lines can only be modified for new research objects with a very long delay, which limits the agility of the research operation. This factor is to be seen as particularly critical, since the battery sector currently exhibits a unique dynamic in R+D. This results in the need for flexible pilot lines for battery cell production to ensure agile, efficient as well as cost-effective implementation and scaling of new production technologies in a fast, safe and efficient way. Therefore, this poster analyzes the importance of flexible pilot lines in battery cell production.