Automation Upgrade Of Lithium Battery Recycling Machine
With the vigorous development of the new energy vehicle market, the use of lithium batteries has increased rapidly, and with it comes the generation of a large number of waste lithium batteries. How to deal with these waste lithium batteries efficiently, safely and environmentally friendly has become an urgent problem to be solved in the industry. The upgrade of lithium battery recycling Machine from manual to fully automatic is not only an inevitable trend of technological development, but also the key to achieving resource recycling and promoting the sustainable development of the new energy industry.
Current situation: limitations of manual recycling
The traditional lithium battery recycling method mainly relies on manual operation. This method is not only inefficient, but also has many safety hazards. For example, during the battery disassembly process, manual operation can easily cause battery short circuit, fire or even explosion, posing a threat to the life safety of the operator. In addition, manual recycling is difficult to achieve refined processing, resulting in a low recovery rate of valuable metals and serious waste of resources.
Preliminary automation: Mechanization of key links
Automated disassembly equipment: This is the first step in automation upgrades. Through the research and development and application of automated disassembly equipment, the disassembly efficiency can be greatly improved and manual intervention can be reduced. For example, some advanced equipment can realize the automatic disassembly of battery packs and decompose battery packs into single cells, laying the foundation for subsequent processing procedures.
Integration of crushing and sorting: In the crushing and sorting process, the introduction of automated equipment can achieve higher efficiency and better sorting effect. For example, the four-axis lithium battery crusher launched by Enpat realizes the “tearing + shearing” double crushing of battery packs through the differential operation of four sets of independent knife boxes. The single crushing particle size can be controlled at 30mm, which directly improves the subsequent sorting efficiency.
Mid-term upgrade: intelligent and refined processing
Refined separation technology: In the separation process, advanced physical sorting technologies such as gravity sorting, magnetic separation, flotation, etc. are used to accurately separate the crushed battery particles according to the differences in density, magnetism, surface properties, etc. of different materials. For example, magnetic separation can separate magnetic materials such as iron and nickel from other substances, thereby realizing the efficient separation of copper and aluminum foil, black powder (positive active material) and diaphragm, with a metal recovery rate of more than 99% and a black powder purity of more than 99%.
The upgrade of lithium battery recycling Machine from manual to fully automatic is not only an inevitable trend of technological development, but also the key to realizing resource recycling and promoting the sustainable development of the new energy industry. By gradually realizing the mechanization, intelligence and fine processing of key links, as well as the comprehensive intelligence and greening in the future, the lithium battery recycling industry will usher in a broader development prospect. Driven by both market demand and policies, we have reason to believe that the automation upgrade of lithium battery recycling Machine will inject new impetus into the sustainable development of the new energy industry.