Strip Energy Storage Complex Production via Strand Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for producing electrical energy storage unit ribbons are inefficient due to the need for extensive manual handling and cutting of film reels, which increases costs and reduces production output.
Innovation Solution
A method involving continuous movement and transverse separation of material strands to form functional layers, allowing for the production of ribbons with optimal electrolyte and cathode layer widths, reducing manual handling and increasing production efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If film reels are cut to the same width as the desired storage complex ribbon before assembly, then the ribbon width precision is improved, but the production time and manual handling costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The film reels are divided into multiple narrow strands (e.g., two strands from one reel) before assembly. Instead of cutting one wide reel to the final width, the system cuts each reel into multiple narrower strands that are then assembled together to form the desired ribbon width, eliminating the need for time-consuming pre-cutting of wide reels
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from a single-wide-reel approach to a multi-strand assembly approach. By stacking multiple narrow strands vertically (adding a vertical dimension to the assembly process), the system achieves the desired ribbon width without requiring horizontal cutting of wide reels, thereby improving production efficiency
2Productivity
If the width of film reels is made n times greater than the desired ribbon width to speed up production, then the production rate is improved, but the need for cutting and manual handling increases
Solution Approach 1:
Wide film reels are segmented into multiple narrow strands before assembly. This segmentation allows the system to use wide reels (maintaining high production rate) while eliminating the need for complex cutting operations to reduce them to final ribbon width, as the strands are assembled in a standardized configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The film reels are pre-cut into narrow strands of standardized width before the assembly process. This preliminary action simplifies the main assembly operation, as the strands can be directly stacked and bonded without requiring complex real-time cutting or adjustment during assembly
3Manufacturing precision
If manual handling and cutting of reels is performed, then the assembly precision is maintained, but the labor costs and production efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses automated mechanisms to guide, position, and bond the narrow strands together. The assembly process serves itself by using the standardized strand dimensions and automated bonding apparatus to maintain precision without requiring manual intervention, thereby improving production efficiency
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AI summary
A system and method for producing a strip of electrical energy storage complex The present invention concerns a method for producing a strip of electrical energy storage complex, the method comprising the steps consisting of: —unwinding (100) a strip of continuous material, —longitudinally cutting (200) the strip of material so as to form at least two strands of material from the strip of material, —transversely separating (300) the strands of material in a separating direction that extends: —in a winding plane of the strands of material, —perpendicular to a winding direction of the strands of material, —forming (400) at least one electrolyte layer on the separated strands of material in order to obtain a complex, and —longitudinally cutting (500) the complex to obtain the strip of electrical energy storage complex.