Manufacturing Partnerships
GreenSeal® Technology
The advantages of bipolar batteries have been known for almost 100 years.
- Uniform current density
- Increased active material utilization
- Higher energy density
- Higher power density
- Simpler construction
However, practical concerns around the actual battery design and manufacturing process have prevented anyone from developing a commercially viable bipolar battery – until now. GreenSeal is a new technology that allows bipolar lead batteries to be used anywhere a large format battery is used today.
Licensing GreenSeal® Technology Makes a Battery Business Better
- Current licensees of GreenSeal® technology improve their business in multiple ways:
- Reduction in BOM can increase gross margins to 35% or greater
- Growth opportunities for existing business; regaining and preventing share that is going to lithium batteries
- New market opportunities to expand their reach enabled by higher performance at lower cost
- Future licensees of GreenSeal® technology boost their competitiveness and control their future:
- Against local and regional lead battery competitors
- Facing new technology entrants
- A path for new battery technology deployments in an advantageous platform
ABC provides active support through battery development:
- Advanced research, development, and analysis of active materials
- Engineering development of GreenSeal® battery designs and associated manufacturing processes
- Small-volume production line to run small lots
- Creates fieldable batteries with licensee active materials and other process specifications
Licensing GreenSeal® Technology Makes a Battery Business Better
- Improved profitability
- 30% bill of materials reduction
- 40% lower production capital costs
- Improved environmental stewardship
- 46% less lead content
- Path to zero emission plant
- Improved performance
- 35-50% more energy and power
- 2-3X longer cycle life – more possible
Advanced Battery Concepts
Intellectual Property
Advanced Battery Concepts
ABC has launched the GreenSeal Alliance
- ABC launched the GreenSeal® Alliance in 2019 to ready the lead battery suppliers for the change to bipolar battery production.
- Active participation with key material suppliers to ensure global supply availability.
- Active participation with key equipment makers to ensure global supply of high-volume manufacturing equipment.
- Many of these suppliers are well known in the industry and are ready to help XYZ move to scale manufacturing of GreenSeal® Technology.
Greenseal Manufacturing Process Flow
Greenseal Core Processes
Production Line
- Designed to accommodate large batteries; up to 2.5kWh battery capacity
- Integrated modular system architecture designed to allow continuous flow or segregated operation of component assembly and pasting
- High level of automation and mechanization
- Critical to Quality measurements and error checking in line real time
- Low labor content – highly automized
- Core GreenSeal equipment compatible with existing factory infrastructure
- Precision AM pasting system adapts directly to existing paste mixing/feeding systems
- Handling of in-line raw materials based on traditional roll goods handling techniques
- Plastic components and current collectors may be supplied or manufactured in house
- Formation of GreenSeal adaptable to air or water formation methods
Other Key Benefits
- Greatly reduced power requirements
- Eliminates CAS molten pots
- Eliminates grid casting operations
- Reduces energy for formation
- No up draft fans
- Reduced Ah/kg-PAM (higher formation efficiency)
- Greatly reduces employee exposure to lead
- No paste offal
- No wash down required for pasting area
- No secondary wastewater treatment for paste waste needed
- No exposed cured/dried plates on inventory racks