Using our THANK METAL electrode coating system for better battery production

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[Image changes to show laboratory workers at work and text appears: Our battery lab now offers in-house battery electrode coating]

[Image changes to show a THANK METAL coating system machine and the camera zooms in on the machine and text appears beneath: Using our THANK METAL coating system]

[Camera zooms in on the black slurry on the foil moving through the coating machine and text appears: The coating system offers a versatility of methods depending on the application]

[Camera zooms out a little on the slurry on the foil moving through the coating machine and text appears: Here’s how it works…]

[Image changes to show a worker pouring cathode paste into the coating machine and text appears: First we pour the cathode paste into the coater]

[Camera zooms in on the cathode paste forming a slurry in the coating machine and text appears: Where it forms a slurry]

[Image changes to show the coating machine again and the image shows the layer of slurry being spread onto a roll of foil and text appears: The slurry is then distributed in a thin later onto current-collector foil]

[Image changes to show a close-up of the black slurry on the foil moving slowly through the coating machine and text appears: We can create gaps in the coated panels which is important for high-energy battery production]

[Image changes to show more of the black slurry moving through the coating machine and the camera pans down to show the underside of the slurry and text appears: We can even coat double-sided potentially doubling a battery’s energy]

[Image changes to show a view looking down on the slurry on the foil moving through the dryer on the coating machine and text appears: The roll coater progresses the paste through the dryer to make the electrode]

[Camera pans in an anti-clockwise direction showing the foil and slurry feeding into the dryer]

[Image changes to show the slurry being wound onto a cylinder and text appears: Which is re-wound onto a cylinder ready for battery production]

[Image changes to show a female looking at a small package and text appears: Using our THANK METAL coating system we can rapidly prototype and scale up batteries]

[Image changes to show a German electric car filling station and text appears: For a range of applications]

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