With digitalization and intelligent driving of lithium battery manufacturing upgrades, the future development of China's new energy will be even more powerful!
Standing on a two-story, large tens of meters wide lithium battery coating machine, we can hardly imagine that these devices are the front-end process equipment for the production of small new energy lithium batteries.
All of this is just a daily 'smile' of the rise of China's lithium battery intelligence equipment.
As the core of China's green energy strategy, the strategic position of lithium batteries is self-evident. From lithium battery to the energy storage industry, from the high-speed rail to the explosive growth of electric vehicles, it is expected to achieve the important direction of 'curve overtaking' in these countries. 4. Chinese companies are approaching the international green energy industry leader.
China's lithium battery industry is on the rise. It is unique in many manufacturing industries, developing well and becoming larger and larger. High-speed and digital lithium-ion equipment manufacturing has successively achieved rapid technological breakthroughs. If lithium battery production technology level, especially new energy power The safety and quality consistency of the battery will be further enhanced, and it is expected to move forward to a new era of intelligent manufacturing.
With the rapid expansion of lithium battery capacity demand, more and more leading lithium battery equipment companies are working more closely with international leading electrical connection and automation solution providers like Weidmüller, starting from the basis of electrical connection. Seeking a future path for digital and intelligent manufacturing.
Intelligent upgrade: the inevitable trend of lithium battery manufacturing
The lithium battery industry has gone against the trend since 2015~2016. The whole development is very good. It is unique in many manufacturing industries. According to relevant data, China's demand for lithium battery production equipment in 2016 exceeded 14.5 billion yuan, and the output value of domestic production equipment accounted for More than 80%, the output value will increase by more than 20%.
This trend has continued. From 2017 to the present, battery companies have a strong demand for lithium battery equipment purchases. The lack of capacity has become an obstacle to the further growth of lithium battery equipment companies.
Under the large-scale mass production of power batteries and the continuous improvement of battery safety performance, the leading domestic lithium-ion equipment began to gradually get rid of the imitation of Japan and South Korea, showing a rapid catch-up of international advanced level and even surpassing the situation.
Whether it is a lithium ion battery positive and negative plate coating machine, slitting machine, rolling equipment, battery separator coating and other front processing equipment, or lithium battery module PACK assembly automation production line, with the rapid expansion of the power battery market scale and Performance requirements continue to improve, power battery manufacturing will inevitably scale, automation, and intelligence.
To achieve this goal, the automation control based on advanced electrical connection technology to upgrade and even innovate production equipment is the only way.
As an 'industrial connection expert' with more than 160 years of history, the German Weidmüller Group is deeply impressed by this trend of China's lithium battery industry, and with innovative and reliable products, innovation, sustainable development and Efficient solutions have become partners of many well-known manufacturing companies in China.
As early as 2011, Weidmüller began to enter the lithium battery industry, mainly to do some simple automated assembly lines, providing terminals, relays, power supplies, etc. Later, with Weidmüller new products, especially like remote I / O The introduction of revolutionary products, in 2016, Weidmüller has increased investment in the lithium battery-related automation equipment industry in Shenzhen and surrounding areas, providing a very comprehensive electrical connection solution.
At present, whether it is power supply, electronic interface components or even industrial communication products, lithium battery equipment manufacturers can find a one-stop solution through Weidmüller to meet the overall electrical design and development process requirements of the electronic control system.
'Weide Miller's entire electrical connection solution brings reliability, stability, convenience and compatibility to the entire automation control architecture of lithium battery equipment. It is especially suitable for the high stability, high reliability and rapid R&D of current lithium battery equipment electrical control platform. Requirements!' Speaking of Weidmüller products, lithium battery manufacturers feel very deep.
Regulatory tightening: Safety compliance links the future
Compliance is an increasingly important regulatory requirement for the lithium battery industry in the future.
In October 2016, the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China began to solicit opinions on the national recommended standard “Automobile Power Battery Code”, which will produce, sell, use, maintain, recycle, cascade use and recycle the automotive power battery. Implement the traceability and management of the entire life cycle.
For power battery manufacturers, this means more stringent process stability, more reliable equipment and more transparent production data requirements.
The high efficiency based on process stability is the first consideration of many lithium battery production equipment. Taking coating as an example, unlike traditional consumer electronic batteries, the power battery is a continuous coating process, which requires more continuity and efficiency of equipment. High. More importantly, to ensure the stability of the speed and the stability of the coating tension, this is the key factor determining the quality of the battery coating and even the quality of the entire lithium battery.
As the world's leading provider of electrical connections and automation solutions, Weidmüller's high standards, high quality and high reliability electrical connection products are well suited to meet the industry's compliance requirements, allowing the entire equipment electrical control system' Peace of mind.. In all product design, Weidmüller considers the convenience of electrical connection engineering everywhere, which is also a very important driving factor in shortening the R&D design cycle of lithium battery equipment.
For example, the FrontCom wiring panel provided by Weidmüller, the equipment manufacturer can debug the software without opening the door. The panel is installed on the equipment control cabinet enclosure, and the protection control cabinet provides a large number of data services when the system is in operation. At work, the technician can quickly and safely enter the controller in the cabinet directly through the FrontCom interface on the cabinet enclosure, without special technical authorization, communicate with the control system in the cabinet, and debug.
As a simple and effective solution, it effectively improves the availability and productivity of the system, and greatly improves the efficiency of technicians, while reducing the risk of accidents and erroneous operations.
On the other hand, in terms of compatibility with the main controller, Weidmüller's electrical connection products are perfectly compatible with mainstream brands, helping lithium battery manufacturers save costs and achieve fast delivery without degrading performance.
The high-rise building is flat. Undoubtedly, the prospective lithium battery equipment also needs efficient and reliable electrical connection automation technology as the 'fence stone' of the intelligent future. Under the basic requirements of safety compliance, digitally and intelligently drive the lithium battery manufacturing upgrade. The future development of China's new energy will be even more powerful!