As government incentives and growing demand propel the battery industry to new heights, competition is getting fierce, and businesses are looking for new ways to solve manufacturing challenges to help quicken the pace of their battery production lines.
The growth in demand for Li-ion batteries also brings intense competition and various challenges for manufacturers. From scaling up your battery production line, reducing scrap rates, optimizing production quality and throughput, to working out how to accommodate future innovations, and ensuring sustainability.
To overcome these challenges, forward-thinking manufacturers are embracing digital transformation initiatives. Many companies are already benefiting from Smart Manufacturing solutions, with 70% of them implementing such strategies. By utilizing big data analytics to improve quality control in cell finishing, manufacturers can achieve up to a 15% reduction in cell production costs.
To streamline production and ensure efficiency, you need to build collaboration and establish a digital information-sharing framework among suppliers and design teams.
By planning and validating production processes in the early stages, potential operational errors can be identified and corrected virtually, reducing costly delays. Using virtual models helps determine optimal line configurations, validating process plans and logistics, and implementing standardized change procedures while safeguarding manufacturing intellectual property. The benefits include saving time during production ramp-up, avoiding errors through controlled change procedures, and ensuring the security of valuable manufacturing IP.
Utilizing Siemens' Smart Manufacturing solution designed specifically for the battery industry, you can harness the power of automation technology, edge devices, artificial intelligence (AI), industrial IoT, and machine learning. This integration allows for seamless connection between your factory's machinery and processes with the digital replica of battery production, known as the digital twin.
Download the ebook to see how partnering with Siemens for your battery cell and pack production requirements grants you access to a harmonious blend of software and hardware components that will help you establish yourself as a leading battery manufacturer.
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