Leclanché commissions Comau to automate battery module production facility
By Jim Gibbins - 1st July 2019
Italy / Switzerland – Swiss energy storage company, Leclanché has commissioned Comau, a Turin-based subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles specializing in advanced industrial automation products and systems, to build one of the world’s first automated manufacturing lines for lithium-ion battery modules for transport applications.
A joint engineering team has created a fully automated battery production process from pouch cell stacking and welding to the final assembly of up to 32 different product configurations. In defining the scope and design specifics during the simultaneous engineering process, the joint engineering team was able to validate the production process and propose modifications to the battery module design to further increase the efficiency of the proposed manufacturing solution. The use of Comau’s LHYTE laser welding machine will enable Leclanché to improve its welding process by granting increased productivity and model flexibility.
