July, 2014
Genk, Belgium — IPTE Prodel has installed an automated assembly and test line covering the entire process for the efficient manufacture of high-performance batteries used in newly engi- neered battery-powered e-cars. The product manu- factured, a polymer-ion battery pack, consists of two units weighing a total of 80 kilograms, secure- ly placed in an aluminum casing. In addition to the various mechanical assembly steps, the production line also includes a variety of test stations for qual- ity and reliability assurance. The production process starts with pressing together the separate battery plates which results in a sandwich-like battery cell construction. These pressed compo- nents are then inserted into the rectangular box together with isolating material and welded using ultrasonic technology (if needed). A high-current cable, screw-fastened to each individual battery cell, provides the electrical connections of the sin- gle battery cells. Then, the two units are placed in the common aluminum casing which is securely closed by a tightly con- trolled precise crimping process, fol- lowed by a leakage test to examine the seal tightness. Then, a tempera- ture sensor will be put on top of the finished battery pack checking tem- perature stress and behavior. The layout of the flexible produc-
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tion line forms a lean U-shape. Depending on pro- duction orders and volume needed, the number of staff workers can easily be adjusted. Every manu-
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facturing station operates independently but is completely integrated in the line control system. The self-explaining and intuitively operating sta- tions guide the staff through every production step. Cycle time for the manufacture of a complete- ly assembled and verified battery pack is less than ten minutes. IPTE is a supplier of automated production
equipment for the electronics and mechanics indus- tries, designing turnkey-automation systems of all kinds for production, test and further processing of printed-circuit boards, as well as of board assem- blies and final products. IPTE runs nine engineer- ing and production sites, so in Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Estonia, Romania
and China. Contact: IPTE USA, 5935 Shiloh Road East,
Automated production line cranks out batteries for e-cars.
Suite 100, Alpharetta, GA 30005 % 678-807-0067 fax: 678-807-0072 E-mail:
sales@ipte.net Web:
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San Diego, CA — Pulse Electronics Corporation (NYSE: PULS) is intro- ducing a new planar platform which increases throughput power for the company’s planar SMT transformers by 50 percent over transformers of comparable size — to deliver up to 800 watts of power capability. These trans- formers are used for isolation and volt- age conversion for switched mode power supplies in datacom and inter- mediate bus converter applications.
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