Bosch has introduced that it’s going to current its industrial battery recycling know-how at Hannover Messe from April 17 to April 21, 2023.

A press launch from the corporate famous that it has developed particular equipment, gear, and software program for recycling batteries for lithium, cobalt, and nickel.

In addition to completely automated battery module discharging stations, these embrace ergonomically versatile workstations for technical evaluation and protected battery disassembly, switch programs for transporting batteries of various weight lessons, and software program for guiding staff by means of the assorted course of steps.

The firm additionally gives a track-and-trace answer for batteries’ situation, materials origin, and processing standing.

The subsidiary Bosch Rexroth provides Battery Lifecycle Company, a three way partnership between Remondis subsidiary TSR Recycling and Rhenus Automotive, with Europe’s first absolutely automated system for discharging and disassembling battery modules.

Battery Lifecycle Company is constructing a totally automated plant at its web site in Magdeburg, with Bosch Rexroth supplying the know-how. The web site will take a look at used batteries from completely different producers, deep-discharge them, and put together them for subsequent shredding. The new plant’s workpiece carriers will every transport battery supplies weighing as much as 150 kg at 18 meters per second.

The mannequin challenge in Magdeburg is the primary to make use of this patented Bosch discharging answer: battery modules might be chemically deactivated in a dependable course of, guaranteeing that additional processing can happen with out voltage. The residual power within the modules can be utilized to function the recycling system.

In addition, the positioning will use confirmed Bosch industrial know-how for battery manufacturing on-site, together with versatile, modular switch programs and the ctrlX Automation management platform. The Battery Lifecycle Company web site will recycle as much as 15,000 metric tons of battery supplies annually. The plant is scheduled to enter operation in the summertime 2023.

Dr Stefan Hartung, Chairman, Board of Management, Bosch, famous that electro-mobility can solely set up itself long-term if adequate uncooked supplies can be found for battery manufacturing. “Recycling plays a key role here, and helps place our output on a sustainable footing: we reuse what we use, and we recover raw materials,” he added.

Bosch estimates that by 2030, Europe will see 70% of all newly registered passenger automobiles as EVs. The firm famous that consultants predict that by 2030, Europe would require recycling capability for as much as 420,000 metric tonne of battery materials annually.

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