Accelerating Safe, Scalable, and High-Precision EV Battery Assembly with Intelligent Automation
Drive faster growth and smarter operations through integrated automation and real-time insights
Emerson helps EV battery manufacturers scale faster and operate smarter by delivering precise automation, real-time quality control, and digital insights that improve safety, productivity, and sustainability in battery pack assembly.
EVB Solutions in Action
Emerson’s solutions harness automation technology, software, and services to help industries achieve greater efficiency, enhanced safety, and sustainable operations across the value chain.
Real-Time, Reliable, and Secure Critical Data with Systems Integration
Data Integration with the DeltaV system provides data between the field and business systems with minimal setup time. Decision makers at every level in the plant from engineering, operations, and production can get the critical data they need, reliably, securely, and in real-time.
Reducing Health Risks for EV Battery Assembly and Production
Prevent unnecessary health and safety concerns from operations in the welding process due to heat and fumes. Emerson Branson Ultrasonic Welding solutions do not generate high heat or fumes during the welding process.
Rosemount Incus Ultrasonic Gas Leak Detector
Deploy INCUS Ultrasonic Gas Leak and NetSafety Millennium Point Gas Detectors with Rosemount 935 Open Path Combustible Gas Detectors to increase detection efficiency and provide early and accurate alarms in outdoor operations.
Control Valve Packing and Bellows
Digital valve controllers bring intelligence to easy-e valves with the ability to detect issues before they become a problem.
PACSafe Configurable Safety Controller, expandable, with display
PACSafe Configurable Safety Controllers are perfect for machine automation applications requiring integrated SIL3 machine safety with multiple coordinated safety sensors.
Reducing Fugitive Emissions with Single Valve Upgrades
The valves in your plant are likely the leading source of fugitive emissions. With limited capital, addressing the thousands of potential leak paths in your plant can seem like a daunting challenge. Yet every single valve upgrade you make moves you closer to more sustainable production.
Maintain Consistent Quality and Improve Reliability in All Environments
Manufacturers turn to Emerson for solutions to challenging plastic joining, metal welding, and cleaning applications in plant floors, work cells, and cleanrooms worldwide.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The electric vehicle battery assembly process involves complex steps that require precision, safety, and consistency. This FAQ section provides clear answers to common questions related to assembly technologies.
Critical raw materials used in manufacturing Li-ion batteries (LIBs) include lithium, graphite, cobalt, and manganese. As electric vehicle deployments increase, Lithium EV battery production for vehicles is becoming an increasingly important source of demand.
Lithium battery component (or battery cell) manufacturing is done in sets of electrodes and then assembled into battery cells. To produce electricity, lithium EV batteries shuttle lithium ions internally from one layer, called the anode, to another, the cathode. The two are separated by yet another layer, the electrolyte.
Every generation of battery design – cylindrical, prismatic, polymer pouch, and now, solid state - challenges technical limits and demands more from battery assembly technology. Ultrasonic welding solutions reliably bond the thinner, more delicate metals and advanced hybrid films needed to build more energy-dense batteries.
A battery is made up of an anode, cathode, separator, electrolyte, and two current collectors (positive and negative). The anode and cathode store the lithium. The electrolyte carries positively charged lithium ions from the anode to the cathode and vice versa through the separator. The movement of the lithium ions creates free electrons in the anode which creates a charge at the positive current collector. The electrical current then flows from the current collector through a device being powered (cell phone, computer, etc.) to the negative current collector. The separator blocks the flow of electrons inside the battery.
While the battery is discharging and providing an electric current, the anode releases lithium ions to the cathode, generating a flow of electrons from one side to the other. When plugging in the device, the opposite happens: lithium ions are released by the cathode and received by the anode.
One of the biggest challenges when it comes to vehicles is balancing weight with fuel power. Researchers are changing key features of the lithium-ion battery to make an all-solid, or “solid-state,” version. They replace the liquid electrolyte in the middle with a thin, solid electrolyte that’s stable at a wide range of voltages and temperatures.