Lithium battery cell manufacturing is a fast-growing, global market where operators often need to scale up quickly. Simply scan the news and you’ll see manufacturers across many industries vowing to build battery plants to meet the demand for lithium-ion batteries, which are used in electric vehicles, hand tools, medical devices, cell phones, laptops, and many other products.
These operations require moving and mixing harsh chemicals, like adhesives and solvents, and transferring slurries, solids, andviscous fluids in multiple steps throughout the manufacturing process. Because air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps are often the preferred choice for transferring hazardous substances, abrasive fluids, and high-viscosity mixtures, they’re perfect for lithium battery manufacturing applications.
AODD pumps are also a good fit for lithium battery cell manufacturing because of their safety benefits. For example, NMP, a solvent that’s used in the battery cell manufacturing process, is flammable, creating potentially dangerous conditions for workers in these facilities. Luckily, AODD pumps are operated from compressed air, a safer power source than electricity because it reduces the risk of ignition or an explosion.
Additionally, because AODD pumps are capable of handling multiple steps within the process, you can use the same pump throughout the entire plant, which in some cases may require hundreds of pumps. Relying on one standard pump model streamlines the operation.It makes life much easier for the people tasked with ordering and inventorying pumps and parts, installing them, maintaining, and
troubleshooting them.
AODD pumps are also commonly used in lithium battery mining and lithium battery recycling applications. Like their counterparts in those markets, lithium battery cell makers have learned that working with the right AODD pump brand can make the pumping part of the manufacturing process easy.
Versamatic, in particular, is an ideal partner for lithium battery cell manufacturing applications because of the company’s experience in the marketplace, its focus on actively inventorying the applicable pump models, and its global distribution network.
All of these things help get pumps in the hands of Versamatic customers quickly.