Consortium study: Battery Factory Planning

What are the challenges in setting up battery production? How can the factory planning process be designed most effectively?

In collaboration with the PEM Chair at RWTH Aachen University and PEM Motion, the Fraunhofer Research Fab Battery Cell FFB aims to optimize the planning of factories to produce battery cells, modules, and packs for electric vehicles, while fostering innovation. As part of this initiative, we seek participants for a joint consortium study to develop solutions for existing challenges and uncover optimization opportunities.

Together with product and process development, factory planning is an essential component on the way to competitive battery cell production. Several target variables are important: quality, cost, product volume, sustainability, adaptability, and scalability. Successful factory planning projects are an elementary precursor to electromobility and the energy transition. You can get an insight into such a project in our whitepaper.

In a three-step process, the interests of all parties involved in factory planning for battery production are first brought together. These areas of interest, such as planning for clean and dry rooms, lead to specific challenges in the planning process. Based on this, concrete solutions will be developed and examined in detail in specific use cases within the consortium study.

In brief

Key data of the study

Start: Q3 2024
Duration: 4 months
Participants: at least 10 partner (with defined effort)
Target group: Cell manufacturers, OEMs, machine and plant manufacturers, clean and dry room manufacturers, general planners/general contractors, planning offices, module and pack manufacturers
Participation fee: 12.500 Euro
Content:
Three workshops
Updates and elaboration of the results by scientists from the PEM Chair at RWTH Aachen University, PEM-Motion, and Fraunhofer FFB

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At a glance

Your Benefits

Consortium partners benefit from participation in the following ways:

A study based on the latest research findings.
Holistic understanding of the needs and interrelationships of different actors along the production process and factory construction.
Establishment of a network of potential partners in the battery ecosystem.
Synergy effect: bundling specialist knowledge from different areas to optimize battery factory planning.
Increasing efficiency in production plant construction through knowledge transfer.
Development of innovative concepts for cooperation and information management.

Die Kooperationspartner

The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University has been involved in the implementation of the "FoFeBat" project since the earliest stages of the Fraunhofer FFB. As an experienced partner, the experts at PEM support the "FoFeBat" project and work together with the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to develop key content in strategy and technology development as well as in building and production planning. At the same time, the PEM supports communication with current and future industrial partners;

PEM Motion GmbH was founded in 2014 from the Chair of "Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components" (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University. The company, led by Managing Director Dr. Christoph Deutskens, sees itself as a consulting and engineering service provider in the field of innovation, primarily in electromobility. Its activities range from product development and production design of alternative drive components such as battery cells and electric motors to infrastructure and industrialization projects. Its customers include car manufacturers, mobility providers, suppliers and start-ups. PEM Motion has more than 70 employees at five locations in Europe and North America.