Many of our customers are curious about how the batteries are made, here below is a brief introduction of the procedure and our facilities.

1.Plate making: Nickel hydroxide are mixed with other materials and inserted into a three dimension substrate called nickel foam to get the positive plate. Hydrogen storage alloy powder and other materials are made to slurry shape and pasted on nickel plated steel ribbon to get the negative plate. NiMH manufacturing have two kinds of technology, dry powder and wet pasting process, same as other world top listed battery manufacturers, SUPPO also use wet pasting technology, consistency and stabilization are better ensured.

2. Assembly is generally classified to four stations:

    2.1. Winding Station: Positive plate and negative plate are winded with separator in between and inserted to a steel can.

    2.2. The machine will proceed a short circuit test, then it beads the can, apply sealant at the inner edge and place a gasket on from the feeder bowl.

    2.3. Electrolyte Filling Station: Electrolyte is dispensed into each can, filling amount is very important, overfilling may lead to leakage and less filling will lead to bad performance.

    2.4 Crimp Station: Cap assembly installed with pressure release safety vent are fed and welded on the cap. Machine close the can and have a voltage test to finish the assembly process.
During the procedure, automatic assembly equipments are adopted, integrated with short circuit testing, washer placing, tab welding, tipping, sealant applying, beading, voltage testing and etc., so that consistency could be guaranteed.

3. Formation and sorting: this process is used to activate and classify the battery. Cell characteristics like capacity, impedance, charge/discharge performance and life are systematically tested and monitored at given conditions. We do not only sort the battery by their capacity, but also impedance and charge acceptance characteristics to make sure the battery in the same battery pack behave the same way, which will help a lot in ensuring the longest cycle life.

4. Battery packs and package: Labels of consumer cells could use SUPPO package or we’d also like to make it customized with your noble brand. Customers may also need battery packs, and we weld single cells as well as protective devices(PTC, NTC, thermostat, etc.) and accessories.