In today’s rapidly evolving new energy market, the lithium battery, as one of the key drivers, has its production efficiency and technological advancements playing an important role in overall market competition. In this article, we’ll share a successfully implemented case using the FTS Intelligent Maglev Conveyor System in prismatic cell module assembly lines within the lithium battery industry. It demonstrates how smart technology is tackling traditional production challenges of efficiency and flexibility.

Customer Background and Production Line Application Requirements

The client in this case specializes in the lithium battery sector, their prismatic cell module assembly line deals with the process from raw materials into finished battery products. The production process is intricate, involving automatic material loading and transfer with AGVs, robotic vision-guided unpacking, sorting, and scanning of batteries and cooling plates, cell OCV testing, adhesive application and inspection, grouping of cells into beams, and stack formation into battery blocks. These processes pose high challenges to the conveyor system on precision, efficiency, and flexibility.

FTS Intelligent Maglev Conveyor: A Game-Changing Solution

To overcome these challenges, the customer introduced the FTS Intelligent Maglev Transport System, bringing revolutionary improvements to the prismatic cell module assembly line. This system has particularly excelled in the high-speed transfer loop for cooling plates and has demonstrated its exceptional performance as follows:

Efficient Transfer Loop: FTS’s magnetic levitation technology enables smooth, high-speed transport of cooling plates, significantly boosting overall production efficiency.

High Flexibility and Compatibility: The FTS system is customized and adapted seamlessly to different sizes of cooling plates, satisfying diverse production requirements of different battery modules, and reducing changeover time and costs.

Intelligent Control: The FTS system supports both group and bidirectional movement, and thus enhances transfer efficiency. In cases of product defects (NG), the mover can quickly retract, keeping the continuity and flexibility of the production process.

Adjustable Spacing, No Fixtures Needed: The conveyor system’s spacing can be limitlessly adjusted without the additional fixtures required, simplifying operations and improving production flexibility.

Quick Changeover: When switching cooling plates, the system only requires parameter change, eliminating the need for physical components change. This significantly reduces changeover time and improves the line’s ability to quickly adapt to market demands.

The FTS Intelligent Maglev Conveyor System helped the customer overcome challenges of traditional conveyor lines. It also delivered significant improvements in production efficiency and cost savings through its flexibility, smart control, and superior performance. This successful practice underscores the vast potential of FTS maglev technology in automatic lithium battery production lines, offering valuable references for other industries. As technology continues to evolve, FTS will continue to demonstrate its unique value across various fields, driving manufacturing toward greater intelligence and efficiency.

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