Title :
New light weight battery grids by electroforming
Author_Institution :
DSL Dresden Mater.-Innovation GmbH
Abstract :
A new electroforming process and a new dispersion hardened material to manufacture grids for lead-acid batteries are presented. In combination they provide grids of any desired technically meaningful thickness, fully current optimised and weight minimised design, superior corrosion resistance, and competitive cost. A continuous production process is under development
Keywords :
corrosion resistance; electrochemical electrodes; electroforming; lead acid batteries; Pb; Pb-acid batteries; battery grids manufacture; competitive cost; continuous production process; corrosion resistance; current optimised grids; dispersion hardened material; electroforming; light weight battery grids; weight minimised design; Anodes; Batteries; Casting; Cathodes; Corrosion; Costs; Design optimization; Lead; Manufacturing processes; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Applications and Advances, 2001. The Sixteenth Annual Battery Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6545-3
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.2001.905124