Solving powder handling challenges in battery production.
The global battery market is increasing rapidly as the shifting trend towards electric vehicles and demand for renewable energy grows.
However, the battery manufacturing process is also becoming increasingly complex as safety measures become more stringent and the demand for better-performing batteries produced at lower cost rises.
Key Challenges for Battery Manufacturers
Battery manufacturers face numerous risks and challenges, in relation to product quality and operator safety, during production process.
Occupational Safety
The components utilised in battery production are often in raw, carcinogenic, and flammable powder form. Therefore, manufacturers must factor-in a stringent and compliant containment strategy for hazard potential OEB 4(1-10µg/m³) or OEB 5 (<1µ/m³).
Product and Process Integrity
To maintain the quality and performance of the battery, manufacturers often use controlled environments with low humidity levels or inert gases like N2 or Ar to prevent exposure to moisture and oxygen during this stage.
Benefits of Split Butterfly Valve Technology
ChargePoint Technology’s range of high-quality and innovative single and multi-use containment solutions ensures that the handling of sensitive or toxic powders, when manufacturing battery components is safe, cost-effective and efficient delivering the following benefits:
Powder containment and dust emission control to OEB4 & OEB5 level
Ensure product quality assurance
Protects against moisture ingress
Maintain inert environments
Suitable for hazardous environments with explosion risk, Atex & Class 1 Div1 certified
Reduce risks of cross contamination
Regulatory compliance
Sectors
Next Generation Batteries
Battery Material Production
Battery Production
Battery Recycling
Applications
R&D Scale
Pilot Scale
Commercial Battery Production
Process Steps:
Offloading silo
Filling Intermediate Containers
Offloading Intermediate Containers
Material Mixing & Blending
Drying
Classification – Milling, Sieving, Sampling
Sampling
Big bag discharge / charge – FIBC / Super Sack
Example materials our products can help you handle
Nickel Nitrate
Lithium Chloride
Nickel Hydroxide
Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt
Cobalt
Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate
Magnesium Chloride
Browse our range of powder-handling technology that ensures operator and product protection throughout the entire handling, transferring, blending, milling, discharge and quality stages:
Contact our team of powder-containment solution experts for further information here.
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