According to the data released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the national lithium battery production in 2021 was 324GWh, a year-on-year increase of 106%, and the total output value of the lithium battery industry as a whole exceeded RMB 600 billion. The growth in demand for lithium batteries has stimulated the advancement of automated production of lithium batteries. More and more automation equipment manufacturers are committed to lithium battery PACK link to increase R & D investment, to achieve fully automated production mode of operation.

To empower the automatic production line of lithium battery PACK module, Apache provides a total solution of hardware product IPC400 + operation and maintenance software, which provides reliable support for the automation control and human-machine interaction of lithium battery PACK module production line.

PACK line process flow

Lithium battery PACK means packaging, encapsulation, assembly, and its process is divided into three major parts: production, assembly, and packaging.PACK is a single component.PACK production line generally needs to undertake only two functions: transmission and testing. At present, manufacturers generally use semi-automatic PACK assembly line, mainly used for PACK on-line, off-line, testing, in-plant transmission and packaging. Li-ion battery Pack production line is relatively simple, the core process includes loading, bracket paste, welding, testing and other processes.

Difficulties in the demand for PACK module production line

1、Highly customized demand

PACK is based on the requirements of downstream customers, targeted research and development of different customer needs, with strong customization properties, the current market requirements of various manufacturers are different, there are almost no two manufacturers of modules and production processes are the same, which also puts forward more requirements for automated production lines.

2. High safety and stability requirements

The core difficulty of the power battery system PACK lies in the customized market demand; high-quality power battery system PACK can be based on the individual needs of customers, while customized R & D and design of the power battery BMS program, thermal management, space dimensions, structural strength, system interfaces, IP levels and protection, etc., through the interactive use of a variety of mature technologies to achieve an organic combination of lithium battery modules, to protect the core energy storage device cell, and to ensure the safety and stability of the battery. Guarantee the safety and stability of the core energy storage device core to ensure product safety.

3.The whole line controls the long operation cycle

Traditional production line, from the previous workstation to the next workstation after the completion of the transmission, there is always a workstation waiting, which wastes the beat and efficiency, lithium-ion battery demand growth, the requirements of the production to maintain a high beat, efficient production, to meet the market demand for supply.

4, reliability and compatibility requirements

High-efficiency automated production line in addition to meet the above hardware configuration and process requirements, but also need to focus on its compatibility and operation cycle, while effectively enhancing the power battery system with different manufacturers of different models of the matching and applicability, due to the immobility of the module, so the incoming material of the battery cell, shell, PCB, connectors, etc. may change, the production line's reliability and compatibility is particularly important.

Program Introduction

The case customer is a head enterprise of *** new energy equipment. In the lithium battery PACK module production line, there are strict control standards for temperature and air tightness, etc. However, it is relatively difficult to operate in the case of manpower, and the use of automated production mode makes it easier to meet the performance indexes of the products and has a higher yield rate.

For this case, Apache provides IPC400 as the control system solution for PACK automatic production line, and carries QiDeviceEyes platform to realize remote batch management, status monitoring, remote operation and maintenance, and safety control of equipment, etc. This solution gives more powerful energy to enhance the manufacturing process of the whole line of module PACK.

Adaptive Hardware Solutions

>>>>IPC400series

■Support Intel®2~13th desktop CPUs;

■Graphics card anti-vibration and power supply enhanced design, supports up to NVIDIA RTX 4090 independent graphics card;

■Support 7-slot full-height card expansion, can expand the motion control card, data acquisition card, multi-network interface card;

■Humanized design, chassis front system fan tool-free maintenance;

■Well-designed tool-free PCle expansion card mounting bracket, with higher shock resistance;

■Optional 8 3.5-inch anti-vibration and anti-shock hard disk space;

■ Optional 2 5.25-inch optical drive mounting box;

■ front panel USB, switch design, power and storage status display, easier system maintenance;

■Support illegal open box alarm, can lock the front door to prevent unauthorized access;