Abstract: A system may be configured for distributed functional testing of one or more batteries. The system may include a charging station, a discharging station, and an automation station in a distributed arrangement with respect to each other, having respective automation and communication devices, and being in communication with each other to separately charge, discharge, and test the one or more batteries. The automation station may be arranged in at least one of a series configuration and a parallel configuration with respect to at least one of the charging and discharging stations.

Abstract: A branch assembly system may include a transport system having a main transport line, branch transport lines, and branch stations including branch operations. The system may be configured to move parts by the branch transport lines. The system may move parts to the branch stations according to respective branch operations.

Abstract: A repeating layer system may provide operations to generate one or more layers of a product having a layer quantity based on an assembly arrangement of layering devices for transforming the product between an uncompleted configuration and a completed configuration, generate at least one of an operation portion, operation quantity, operation type, cycle time, or pass quantity for the one or more layers, and cause movement of the product through the layering devices according to at least one of the layer quantity, operation portion, operation quantity, operation type, cycle time or pass quantity for the one or more layers.

Abstract: A method of assembling a battery cell stack includes providing a plurality of cell handling stations disposed around a transport system. The transport system is operable to move each of the stack locations past each of the plurality of cell handling stations once during a transport cycle. The plurality of cell handling stations includes a number of group preparation stations. One of a plurality of battery cells of one of a plurality of cell groups is positioned on each respective stack location with each respective group preparation station during each transport cycle. The transport system is moved through a pre-defined number of transport cycles.