Lithium battery equipment: survival or destruction
May 07, 2018The manufacture of lithium battery equipment is closely related to its technological process. Generally speaking, the lithium battery process is roughly divided into three stages: pole piece production, battery cell assembly, and battery assembly. The corresponding lithium battery equipment can be divided into front end, middle end and back end.
Front-end equipment includes mixers, coating machines, slitting machines, etc.; mid-end equipment includes winding machines, stacking machine, Electrolyte injection machines, etc.; back-end equipment includes battery cell tester, testing equipment, PACK automation equipment, etc.
If equipment companies want to improve the competitive advantage, must work hard on equipment technology. On the one hand, shorten the delivery cycle and reduce inventory, on the other hand, reduce costs and optimize equipment.
There are mainly the following three aspects.
1. Integration of functional modules.
Made manufacturing process equipment functions of lithium batteries into all-in-one equipment to reduce the unnecessary material cost of the equipment and improve production efficiency. Only by reducing working procedures, optimizing the structure, simple process, the stability of the overall equipment will be better.
2. Integrate the industrial chain and reduce the transaction cost of enterprises.
For those lithium battery equipment companies whose customers are not mainstream companies, the market will be squeezed. Horizontal integration between equipment companies will accelerate,
3. Leading technological breakthroughs, leading the production of battery technology.
Most of them are developed around the battery technology that the battery company has determined, and only maintain technological leadership in one or a few links.
If lithium battery equipment companies can grasp the manufacturing process, achieve technological breakthroughs, help battery companies reduce costs, and lead the development of battery technology, it will not be difficult to survive.