The ProZell competence cluster – a network of renowned German universities, research institutes and corporations – is dedicated to exploring innovative solutions for the battery cell production process and the development of new generations of batteries. Within this context, researchers at the wbk Institute of Production Science as part of the Karl. In the current process, individual electrodes and separator sheets are cut off long material webs. Then, they are cleaned,put into buffer storage before being aligned to one another in a number of steps and then stacked by grippers. The systems require a changeover for different cell formats: a process that costs both time and money. In the new Coil2Stack process, the mate-rial web is fed from the coil to an accumula-tor and automatically aligned while running through. When using servo motors, the main tasks of winding, web tension/ dancer control, cross-cutting and many others can be implemented by ready-made, standardised motion control functions and function blocks. The simple combination of blocks from Siemens' TIA Portal software platform enables the prompt implementation of specific requirements. automatica. model was generated in the Siemens NX Mechatronics Concept Designer (MCD) coupled to the proven and trusted Simit and PLCSim Advanced simulation tools. This will speed up PLC programme development, facilitating the machine construction and further shorten the time-to-market and real commissioning for each future roll-out. Using SIMATIC HMI Mobile P.
