▲ The’Secondary Battery Material Parts Test and Evaluation Center’ will be established to foster materials and parts supplier companies through self-reliance of core materials and manufacturing parts for medium and large secondary batteries and to establish an ecosystem for the front and rear industries.[기계신문] The’Secondary Battery Material Parts Test and Evaluation Center’ will be built by investing a total of 23 billion won by 2023 to foster materials and parts supply companies through self-reliance of core materials and manufacturing parts for mid- to large-sized secondary batteries and to establish an ecosystem for the front and rear industries.
At the Secondary Battery Test and Evaluation Center, you can receive not only analysis of core materials and major parts for secondary batteries developed by domestic small and medium-sized companies, but also evaluation of cell performance by making them with medium and large-sized battery cells at the level used in actual electric vehicles. Provides consulting services such as error analysis, etc. to improve technical completion.
In addition, it will also perform functions to cultivate secondary battery specialists, such as operating a training platform using cell manufacturing lines and test and evaluation equipment.
In Korea, there is only test and evaluation infrastructure for small-sized batteries used in mobile phones, and there is a very lack of specialized manufacturing and evaluation infrastructure for testing medium and large-sized batteries used in electric vehicles and energy storage devices (ESS).
In order to confirm the final performance when a battery is made from newly developed materials, material and parts companies without a battery cell production line should request a performance evaluation from a battery manufacturer. Since this process takes a lot of time and cost, the difficulties faced by materials and parts development companies were great.
When the material/parts test and evaluation center is established through this project, small and medium-sized companies developing materials and parts can shorten the cost and period of performance evaluation, and have the opportunity to apply and test battery cells from the early stages of development. It is expected to increase.
▲ Contents of secondary battery material parts test evaluation centerIn addition, battery manufacturers will be able to receive reliable evaluation results for various materials and parts while using the cell manufacturing line to concentrate on the production of the battery, which is the original purpose.
The local government and industry are also well received. An industry official said, “Even if we develop several versions of a new material, we were disappointed that we could not test all of them due to the evaluation period and cost.” “As the developed material can be made and tested with an actual battery, it will be of great help to battery manufacturers. It seems like” he expressed expectations.
An official from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said, “In order for secondary batteries to leap into a new major industry, securing competitiveness in basic materials and parts technology is paramount.” “Equipment required by comprehensively reflecting the demands of not only materials and parts development companies, but also battery manufacturing companies Will build.”
The project is scheduled to be posted on the website of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Institute for Industrial Technology Evaluation from February 4 (Thursday), and a project application is received by March 5 (Fri), and the project operator is finally selected in March.
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