Sakuuhas selected operations consultancy specialist保时捷咨询为建造即将到来的电池3D打印工厂提供建议。
Once opened, Sakuu’s planned ‘gigafactories’ are expected to yield energy storage devices that meet its 2030 annual energy output goal of 200GWh. As the consultancy arm ofPorsche汽车跨国公司经验丰富,Porsche Consulting will now draw on this expertise to help ensure that Sakuu’s facilities are state-of-the-art and capable of operating at scale.
“We’re thrilled to become an integral part of Sakuu’s journey as it embarks on building gigafactories that break all norms in commercial-scale energy manufacturing,” said Gregor Harman, CEO of Porsche Consulting, North America. “Their seminal and scalable additive manufacturing approach can bring incredible innovation to major industries transitioning to new energy solutions— automotive and beyond.”
Sakuu’s ‘Kavian’ 3D printing platform
Formerly known as KeraCel, Sakuu is aMusashi Seimitsu-backed developer of next-generation solid-state batteries or ‘SSBs,’ with the potential to power future electric vehicles (EVs). Previously named the ‘Sakuu AM Platform,’ the firm’s proprietary 3D printing technology has also undergone a rebrand recently. Though now called ‘Kavian,’ the system still relies on a combination of the binder jet and powder bed fusion processes, to 3D print parts with ceramics and metals in the same layer.
The technology also draws upon artificial intelligence (AI) for its quality control system, which is capable of independently carrying out integrated layer inspection. On the cost front, thanks to 3D printing’s inherent feedstock efficiency advantages over subtractive manufacturing methods, the tooling-free Kavian platform is said to yield no material waste whatsover, with any excess being reusable.
最终，Sakuu夸耀其技术允许与现有电池以及单层层的电池以及更容易在大规模生产的设备创建具有改进接口和更强陶瓷层的设备。
为了帮助加速将这些电池推向市场的过程，该公司吸引了大量投资。后Sakuu筹集了6200万美元towards this end in October 2021, it went on to achieve a benchmark battery energy-density of 800 Wh/L last year, putting it on course for its first 1,200 Wh/L device shipments in 2023.
Sakuu的Gigafactories是什么样的？
从2030年我们可能仍然是七年,你们的ar in which Sakuu aims to have its gigafactories open and churning out batteries at an industrial rate, but it has already given a clear idea of what its facilities will look like. Set to be built around the firm’s Kavian platform machines, it’s said that these factories will enable the ‘high-volume, cost-effective, and sustainable printing of industry-leading cells.’
Compared to traditional roll-to-roll battery manufacturing, Sakuu says the automation unlocked by its Kavian technology will also help slash manufacturing costs. Overall, the company boasts that its gigafactories are going to feature a 44% smaller than normal footprint, while enabling battery production with 69% fewer process steps, in a way that will make them 33% cheaper to produce.
到目前为止，Sakuu仅开设了一个能源生产工厂，这是加利福尼亚州圣何塞的一家试点工厂。但是，借助保时捷咨询公司，该公司的目标是打破新的大型电池制造综合体。
Sakuu的创始人兼首席执行官罗伯特·巴格里（Robert Bagheri）表示：“就其在汽车植物的构想和执行方面的深入专业知识而言，我们最终选择了保时捷咨询公司，因为我们相信其团队在设计大型制造工厂（即将完成）方面掌握了掌握。”。“我们期待在保时捷咨询公司的贡献和支持的情况下，在第一个Gigafactory上打破基础。”
Although battery 3D printing remains an emerging market, Sakuu has managed to establish itself as one of the early leaders in an increasingly competitive space. In March 2022,黑石资源unveiled plans to commercialize its3D printed sodium-ion batterydesign by 2025, with its performance already being tested on aEurabus。
研究人员在Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL) have also partnered withAmpcerawith the aim of developing next-gen3D打印的锂电池阴极。Backed with $1.5 million inUS Department of Energy这项研究的资金使团队使用粉末床融合来打印更快的充电，更高的能量电池。
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Featured image shows some promo material for the Sakuu-Porsche tie-up. Image via Sakuu.
