Assembly System Configurator for Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing

Background

• Lithium-Ion battery technologies are changing rapidly as new cell chemistry and cell types are being developed.
• Demand for lithium-Ion batteries is highly variable since the electrical vehicle market is still developing.
• The assembly systems for battery packs much be reconfigurable.

Objective

• To develop the mathematical tools and software system which serve as a battery assembly system “design aid”.
  • Given cell types and geometry and the pack volume demand, generate assembly system configurations
  • Perform throughput analysis and cost modeling to select best configuration

Approach

• Develop a system design database of stacking machines
• Create algorithms to generate automated assembly system alternatives
• Output such configurations to Witness for performance evaluation

Researchers

• Lisa Li
• Henry Kuang
• Hui Wang
• Sam Yang