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Sakuu公布新的多进程电动电池3D打印机

电池技术专家,Sakuu Corporation,已经发布了一款新的工业级3D打印机,该打印机专门针对生产电动汽车(EV)电池进行了大规模优化。

Referred to only as the ‘Sakuu AM Platform,’ the multi-technology machine is said to yield Solid State Batteries (SSBs) with twice the capacity of regular cells, while using just half the amount of material. By removing the battery 3D printing roadblocks of cost, scale and reproducibility, Sakuu aims to unlock the potential of localized production, and drive the wider adoption of sustainably-powered transport.

“SSBs are a holy grail technology, but they are both very difficult and expensive to make,” said Robert Bagheri Founder and CEO of the Sakuu Corporation. “By harnessing the flexibility and efficiency-enhancing capabilities of our unique and scalable AM process, we’re enabling battery manufacturers and EV companies to overcome these fundamental pain points.”

“特别是针对电子活动市场,我们认为这是一个具有里程碑意义的成就,并且可以改变消费者对电动汽车的采用。”

An electric scooter being charged.
Sakuu believes that its new 3D printer could unlock the mainstream adoption of EVs. Photo via the Sakuu Corporation.

Sakuu的电池打印专业知识

由日本汽车供应商支持Musashi Seimitsu,Sakuu以前被称为Keracel,直到决定与Sakuu AM平台推出。在Keracel绰号下,该公司开发了专有的电池3D打印技术,该技术涉及从超薄的陶瓷层建立细胞,以减少其不活跃的材料含量并提高其能量密度。

用陶瓷创建电池在环境方面是有益的,因为它使他们能够仅使用本地材料实现与锂离子替代方案相同的能量水平,从而消除了提取石墨的需求。该过程也不含聚合物,这意味着没有将废弃的材料发送到垃圾填埋场,使其比许多传统的电动汽车电池制造工作流程更环保。

2019年8月,该公司开始适应其在更广泛的汽车领域中使用的新型生产过程,与Musashi Seimitsu合作3D打印摩托车SSB,但是随着新平台的推出,Sakuu现在有效地升级并重新包装了其技术,因为它准备将其推向今年晚些时候。

Musashi Seimitsu的摩托车部分。通过Musashi Seimitsu图像。
由Musashi Seimitsu生产的摩托车部分。通过Musashi Seimitsu图像。

Introducing the ‘Sakuu AM’

Although Sakuu hasn’t released the exact specifications of its new 3D printer, it says that the fundamental breakthrough behind the system lies in its multi-material deposition capabilities. By incorporating both powder bed and jetted material deposition technologies, the machine is able to combine different ceramics, metals and the firm’s proprietary ‘Poralyte’ support material, within the same part layer.

结果,该公司表示,Sakuu AM能够克服在现有设备中看到的脆性陶瓷层和较差的接口,从而提供了更适合高量生产的整体层层细胞,以及电动机,消费者,消费者等应用电力库,散热器和医疗微流体设备。

最初,Sakuu表示,由于其技术提供的形式,重量和容量益处,因此打算专注于解决两个,三个和较小的四轮配置电动汽车市场。该公司的第一个商业硬件产品(绰号为“ Sakuu Alpha平台”)目前定于第四季度2021年发布。

“As a cheaper, faster, local, customisable and more sustainable method of producing SSBs – which as a product deliver much higher performance attributes than currently available alternatives – the potential of our new platform offers tremendous opportunities to users within energy, as well as a multitude of other markets,” concluded Bagheri.

3D打印的新兴电动汽车市场

而3 d印刷电池一直是一个热门话题f research over the last five years or so, the resulting prototypes have often been limited in scalability and capacity. To combat this, additive manufacturing firms are now ploughing significant resources into developing more scalable longer-lasting cells that are potentially more viable within end-use applications.

3D打印材料专家6k已经建立了一个2500万美元的卓越中心为此6K能量部门,这将着重于开发用于储能设备的可持续电池材料。该公司的33,000平方英尺设施总部位于北安多佛(North Andover)。

英国的材料制造商光中心还在电池研发部门投资了大量投资,该部门目前正在开发节能3D印刷电池。该公司正在建造专门设计的新型电池,以满足汽车客户的需求,据报道,它试图将它们应用于特斯拉的拟建了英国萨默塞特郡的Giga工厂。

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特色图像显示了一辆电动踏板车。通过Sakuu Corporation图像。