US electronics large Honeywell has launched its Battery Manufacturing Excellence Platform (Battery MXP), software program bundle, which is designed to optimize the operation of gigafactories by enhancing battery cell yields and expediting facility startups.
Battery producers’ materials scrap charges could be as excessive as 30% at regular state and even increased throughout the gigafactory startup course of, losing vitality and materials because it takes a number of years to ramp as much as environment friendly and worthwhile manufacturing, based on the corporate.
By offering bidirectional traceability and family tree, Battery MXP tracks battery cells from uncooked materials to completed product in actual time. The software program allows producers to detect and resolve high quality points earlier than they end in scrapped materials. It makes use of machine studying to determine situations that result in high quality points and supply insights that producers can use to enhance their effectivity and productiveness. This might cut back startup materials scrap charges by 60% and enhance supply charges, the corporate stated.
Battery MXP can be designed to help course of controls, workforce administration and thermal runaway battery fireplace prevention.
“With Honeywell’s Battery MXP and its automation capabilities, we will rapidly and successfully set up a basis for our community of gigafactories,” stated John Kem, President of American Battery Manufacturing facility. “This resolution permits us to scale back scrap and scale up rapidly, whereas additionally making certain we meet the US and worldwide demand for high-quality lithium iron phosphate batteries.”
Supply: Honeywell