Process alternatives in the battery production

The future demand for Lithium-Ion-Cells is definitely going to increase. The main part accelerating the development is the cell production for electric cars. In order to gain more market share it is necessary to build up high-quality machines and connect them to an efficient process. Problematic for this target is the diverse process chain. An international survey showed that most companies are focused on just one specific operation; they cannot handle all steps with their own solutions. This paper presents a way to solve the problem by identifying, characterizing and assessing product alternatives along the whole process chain. In addition to that interdependences were detected and technology chains got written down in a last step.