SK C&C Develops Customized Smart Machines for Secondary Battery Production Plants

Joint Development Agreement with Hana Technology

SK C&C announced on the 28th that it has signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Joint Development of Customized Smart Machines for Secondary Battery Production Factories' with Hanatech.

Hanatech, established in 2000, is a leading domestic secondary battery equipment company. Recently, as global orders for secondary battery process equipment have expanded, the company is pursuing business diversification including the advancement of process equipment, core equipment for all-solid-state batteries, and equipment for recycling waste batteries.

Through this agreement, the two companies will jointly develop integrated smart machines that can be rapidly supplied to secondary battery factories. In addition to secondary battery manufacturers, they will promote the integration of smart machines into equipment construction projects for pilot lines targeting global automobile companies that Hanatech is currently undertaking.

They will begin by converting stacking equipment, which is in high demand at secondary battery production factories, into smart machines. Stacking equipment is a core device in the secondary battery manufacturing process, responsible for stacking battery components such as cathode and anode materials. By converting to smart machines, detailed data will be collected during the manufacturing process immediately upon installation. This enables real-time detection and control of product defects and subtle equipment malfunctions, preventing breakdowns and improving production capacity.

The two companies plan to expand the application of smart machines to the entire assembly process and chemical process equipment in the future. Furthermore, they will strengthen mutual cooperation in the smart factory transformation of secondary battery factories.

Kim Min-hyuk, head of the Digital Factory Business Group at SK C&C, said, "By smart-machining secondary battery production equipment, we can analyze detailed manufacturing variables that are difficult to identify on-site, which will not only improve yield and reduce manufacturing costs but also establish a safe production environment. We will actively target global secondary battery production factories with Hanatech to create a new successful digital factory export model."

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