Manz - Cell Contacting Systems
Cell contacting systems play a central role within the electric powertrain. They connect the individual battery cells to form a highly efficient battery module and pass on the voltage via sensor lines for power consumption. In the automated production of cell contact systems, a number of critical points must be taken into account in the plant design in order to prepare the processes and production facilities for large-scale production.
Key Challenges for Production Equipment for Cell Contacting Systems
For a supplier like Manz, which has very extensive and long-standing experience in the automation of complex, high-precision production systems for microelectronic components, the individual process and production steps required for the manufacture of cell contacting systems are manageable in their difficulty. Depending on the product requirement, whether battery modules with cylindrical, prismatic or pouch cells are contacted, between 15 and 50 proven and product-specific processes are required, which individually are not particularly complex.
The added value in the production of cell contacting systems is not created by the individual process and work steps, but by the perfect, automated orchestration of the processes. A key challenge in system design is to identify processes critical to automation at an early stage, test them, develop scenarios and solutions for highly scaled automated production, and integrate the individual process modules intelligently, efficiently and flexibly. Here, OEMs and suppliers alike can benefit from our cross-industry expertise. In high-tech industries such as solar or consumer electronics, ultra-precise, automated assembly of electronic components in high volumes has been the industry standard for years. We help you to check the predominantly standardized key processes in cell contacting system production plants for their automation capability and to intelligently orchestrate the production chain.
- Modular, scalable and flexible: Our modular principle enables the automation of product-specific processes and offers flexibility in the design of the plant layout
- Outstanding process technology: Product-specific implementation of production solutions with the experience gained from over 50 fully integrated processes for the assembly of cell contacting systems
- Digital, networked, data-based: Continuous monitoring of production and quality data
- Compact, proven, efficient: Productivity gain through workpiece carrier bypassing and minimized system footprint through cross transport of elongated workpieces in line
- Internationality: Consulting, testing and production close to the factory