La empresa de ingenier\u00eda Manz ha recibido un pedido de un fabricante estadounidense de veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos no identificado para una l\u00ednea de montaje de m\u00f3dulos de bater\u00edas de celdas redondas por valor de dos d\u00edgitos de millones de euros. Las primeras l\u00edneas se instalar\u00e1n en 2021.<\/p>\n
Manz se desmarca de sus competidores con un proceso l\u00e1ser para soldar c\u00e9lulas redondas en m\u00f3dulos. Seg\u00fan el director general Martin Drasch, el cliente conf\u00eda en la plataforma l\u00e1ser BLS 500 y la plataforma de montaje modular LightAssembly de Manz. Por el momento, el especialista en maquinaria de Reutlingen (Alemania) no revela m\u00e1s detalles sobre el pedido.<\/p>\n
Sin embargo, en un comunicado de prensa adjunto, Manz salpica algunas referencias m\u00e1s al cliente. Por ejemplo, se trata de un prometedor pionero estadounidense de la movilidad el\u00e9ctrica y un nuevo cliente para Manz. Y Manz habla de las c\u00e9lulas redondas de alta eficiencia que utiliza el cliente y del gran potencial de mercado que tienen estas c\u00e9lulas desde el punto de vista de la empresa alemana.<\/p>\n
El hecho es que son m\u00e1s bien pocos los fabricantes de coches el\u00e9ctricos que apuestan exclusivamente por las pilas redondas. Por supuesto, el defensor m\u00e1s conocido de este formato de celda es Tesla, al que tambi\u00e9n le cuadrar\u00edan las pruebas, pero no se trata en absoluto de una suposici\u00f3n concluyente. La empresa californiana utiliza pilas redondas del tipo 18650 y 2170 e introdujo una a\u00fan mayor y c\u00e9lula redonda m\u00e1s potente llamada 4680<\/a> hace s\u00f3lo unos meses. En cambio, los fabricantes de autom\u00f3viles alemanes, por ejemplo, suelen confiar en las c\u00e9lulas prism\u00e1ticas y las c\u00e9lulas de bolsa.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La empresa de ingenier\u00eda Manz ha recibido un pedido de un fabricante estadounidense de veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos no identificado para una l\u00ednea de montaje de m\u00f3dulos de bater\u00edas formados por celdas redondas en<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":92391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9927],"tags":[10230,13682,10914,9961,354,13946,609],"class_list":["post-146922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battery-fuel-cell","tag-batteries","tag-battery-cells","tag-battery-production","tag-germany","tag-manz","tag-suppliers","tag-usa"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":" What is also interesting to note, is that this is a new customer for Manz: the first rumours that Manz was supplying Tesla were already circulating a few years ago in the run-up to the construction of Gigafactory 1 in Nevada. If Tesla is already a customer of Manz, Tesla is ruled out here.<\/p>\n Another possible, but of course unconfirmed customer would be Lucid Motors<\/a>: The American company has not officially specified the cell type of their Air electric sedan. But when the supply contract with LG Chem was announced in February 2020, Korean media<\/a>, citing LG Chem, reported that it would be cylindrical cells. And both LG Chem and Lucid boast of the particularly high energy density. Since Lucid relies on 900-volt technology, the company could also be called a pioneer.<\/p>\n Manz says that the new order will seamlessly continue the successful development of the past fiscal year. In 2020, the company said it achieved a significant increase in incoming orders, revenues and earnings compared to 2019. Among the orders from last year, several came from e-mobility players, such as battery systems manufacturer Akasol and Slovakian battery cell manufacturer InoBat Auto, but also from suppliers with eMobility projects such as TE Connectivity.<\/p>\n On the occasion of the new order, CEO Drasch notes that the topic of electromobility is now also gaining significant momentum across the board in the US market. “In addition to the immense opportunities offered by the already booming European market, we are convinced that we will increasingly be able to convince customers from the US of our production facilities for high-performance and efficient battery systems and benefit from their ambitious expansion plans.”<\/p>\n