Abstract: A notching apparatus and method for an electrode substrate can improve the conventional problem of contamination of an electrode current collector by forming a punching oil supply hole in a punch and applying the punching oil to a wall surface of the punch through the punching oil supply hole, and can also discharge foreign objects generated when punching an electrode through the hole formed in the punch. The notching apparatus for the electrode substrate includes a die member on which the electrode substrate is disposed; and a punch member provided to be spaced above the die member and provided with a punch that moves up and down toward the die member. A wall surface of the punch is provided with one or more punching oil supply holes for applying the punching oil to an outer surface of the punch.

Abstract: An electrode assembly including a stack formed by aligning and alternately stacking a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators in a first direction, and a wrapping film surrounding and fused to the stack to fix the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of separators is provided. Electrode tabs of the plurality of electrodes are disposed at one side or the other side of the stack in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The wrapping film surrounds both of the stack in the first direction and both sides of the stack in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction. The wrapping film is fused to at least one of the sides in the first direction.

Abstract: An electrode coating device includes a front surface coating part, which is provided on a traveling path of a current collector, for coating a slurry on the front surface of the current collector, a back surface coating part, which is provided on the traveling path, for coating the slurry on the back surface of the current collector passing through the front surface coating part, and a guide roll including a core part having a rotating shaft, and a surface part surrounding the core part and formed of a material different from that of the core part, and transferring the current collector in a state where the back surface of the current collector faces the back surface coating part. A guide roll is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosure is a pouch-type cell in which a full width of a pouch cell is evenly maintained from an upper end to a lower end by completely fixing a sealing part of the pouch cell through molding using infrared heating, even without the use of tape, and a method for molding a sealing part thereof. The pouch-type cell includes an electrode assembly housing part; and sealing parts positioned at both side ends of the electrode assembly housing part, respectively, and protruding in an outward direction, in which the sealing parts include a portion overlapped by folding a tip, and the overlapped portions of the sealing parts form a constant angle in a range of is 80 to 90 degrees with a sealing part portion except the overlapped portion without the help of an external force.

Abstract: A horn includes a plurality of protrusion formation parts, each of which has a plurality of protrusions that protrude from a welding surface and are arranged in a line in at least one row, the plurality of protrusion formation parts respectively configured to form pattern formation parts on an outermost electrode tab of electrode tabs of a secondary battery, and a protrusion-free part which is disposed between two protrusion formation parts of the plurality of protrusion formation parts and in which protrusions are not provided to expose the welding surface to an outside, the protrusion-free part configured to form a pattern-free part on the outermost electrode tab. The protrusion-free part has a width greater than a width of each of the protrusions.

Abstract: An electrode drying device includes an air supply fan, an air supply duct, a drying space, an exhaust fan, a recovery duct, a recovery damper, a main hygrometer, and a control part. The air supply fan supplies air through the air supply duct to the drying space in which an electrode is dried. The exhaust fan discharges air from the drying space through an exhaust duct and the recovery duct supplies the air discharged from the exhaust fan to the air supply fan. The recovery damper adjusts the amount of the air introduced into the recovery duct. The main hygrometer senses the absolute humidity of the air supplied to the drying space and the control part adjusts an opening degree of the recovery damper according to the absolute humidity sensed by the main hygrometer in order to adjust the absolute humidity of the air introduced into the drying space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a method of manufacturing an electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly according to one example of the present invention comprises an electrode stack part, in which a basic unit cell obtained by sequentially laminating a separator, a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode is laminated numerously in two or more layers, and an electrode fixing part, by which the electrode stack part is surrounded and fixed, having a plurality of through-holes.

Abstract: The present application provides a roll-type electrode body, a method for manufacturing same, and a process using the roll-type electrode body (a method for manufacturing a secondary battery). According to the present application, it is possible to provide a roll-type electrode body that can reduce loss generated in the conventional manufacturing process thereof and contribute to yield and productivity improvement, a method for manufacturing same, and a method for manufacturing a secondary battery by using same.

Abstract: An air lift device and a drying device for manufacturing an electrode, where the air lift device related to one comprises a main body, including a space part into which air is introduced, a spray part through which the air in the space part is sprayed to the outside toward a coated electrode, a membrane member which is disposed in the main body to face the space part and is extensible, and a press part differently setting a spray pressure of the air sprayed toward a coated portion and a spray pressure of the air sprayed toward an uncoated portion by pressurizing a partial region of the membrane member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual slot die and a coating method using the same, wherein there is the advantage that electrode slurry coating and insulating solution coating simultaneously proceed through a dual slot die to prevent the occurrence of electrode slurry sliding at the edge of the electrode slurry layer. An electrode slurry layer and an insulating layer can be formed on a current collector sheet in a multi-line manner by including a shim having a structure formed with multiple discharge lines capable of discharging the electrode slurry or insulating solution in multiple lines, thereby increasing process efficiency.

Abstract: A device for coating an electrode slurry for a secondary battery and a method of coating an electrode slurry, which include a slurry transfer pipe with a dual structure including first and second pipes so that a temperature of the electrode slurry temperature can be kept constant when the electrode slurry stored in a slurry tank is transferred to a slot die. Accordingly, the electrode slurry is uniformly applied to a current collector so that a defective rate in electrode manufacturing can be reduced.

Abstract: A degassing system for a secondary battery, which includes a degassing device configured to discharge a gas generated in a pouch. The degassing device includes: first and second gas discharge members disposed respectively corresponding to one surface portion and the other surface portion of the pouch to press the one surface portion and the other surface portion of the pouch so as to discharge the gas generated in the pouch through the one surface portion and the other surface portion; and a moving member configured to linearly move the second gas discharge member toward the first gas discharge member so that the first and second gas discharge members press the one surface portion and the other surface portion, and thus, the gas generated in the pouch may be effectively discharged.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode assembly manufacturing process comprising the following steps. First, wrapping a second separator around a laminate structure having alternating layers of positive electrodes, first separators, and negative electrodes. Second, simultaneously pressing the upper end and the lower end of the laminate structure including the second separator-3-2 to strengthen the adhesive strength between each layer of the laminate structure. Third, bonding the excess portions of the second separator-3-2 surrounding the structure, thereby adjusting to meet the standard requirements of the laminate structure. And fourth, bonding each of the bonded portions of the second separator to a respective adjacent portion of the second separator in the lateral dimension. The electrode assembly manufacturing process minimizes damage to the initial structure and allows the wrapping to suit the size of the structure, thereby increasing the utilization value of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a secondary battery capable of preventing the phenomenon of bending of an electrode stack generated in an activation step, and a secondary battery produced thereby are provided. The method of manufacturing a lithium secondary battery includes (a) a step of manufacturing a lithium secondary battery by embedding an electrode stack together with an electrolyte in a battery case, (b) a step of aging the battery at room temperature, (c) a hot press step of applying pressure and heat to the lithium secondary battery, and (d) a step of charging the battery, in which a stack surface of the electrode stack is laminated by the hot press step. In the process of activating the secondary battery in which the electrolyte is injected by performing a hot press step, it is possible laminate the stack surface of the electrode stack before the charging process.

Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a radical unit in which electrodes and separators are alternately stacked, the radical unit having a structure in which one electrode is stacked at the uppermost end. An auxiliary unit is provided with a separation sheet disposed at the uppermost end side of the radical unit. The separation sheet includes a separation part disposed at the uppermost end side of the radical unit and a side surface protection part connected to each of side surfaces of the separation part and folded to contact a side portion of the radical unit to cover the side portion of the radical unit.

Abstract: A multilayer conductive tape includes an adhesive layer, an electrically conductive layer positioned on one side of the adhesive layer, an insulating layer positioned on one side of the electrically conductive layer, and a protective layer for protecting an outer surface of the insulating layer.

Abstract: A pouch type secondary battery includes a pouch type battery case including an electrode assembly housing portion and a sealing portion. An electrode assembly is housed in the housing portion, and an insulation coating layer is laminated on the sealing portion. The insulation coating layer includes a binder and heat-dissipating particles having a thermal conductivity of 0.2 W/(mk) or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing device for a secondary battery. The sealing device is configured to seal a battery case accommodating an electrode assembly therein to manufacture the secondary battery, the sealing device including a sealing block configured to press a sealing portion of the battery case, a flatness adjusting part configured to adjust a flatness of a pressing surface of the sealing block, and a heater part configured to transfer heat to the sealing block to thermally fuse the sealing portion of the battery case when the sealing portion is pressed by the sealing block.

Abstract: The secondary battery according to the present invention may comprise the separator pocket part having the accommodation groove in which the first electrode plate is accommodated and a radical unit provided as the second electrode plate disposed on one surface of the separator pocket part to secure the stacking property, safety, and insulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for circulating a slurry including, a coating die for applying a electrode active material slurry on the current collector; a tank for supplying the electrode active material slurry to the coating die; and a circulation piping for connecting the coating die and the tank, wherein the slurry circulates through the circulation piping connected from at least one of the left surface, the right surface, the rear surface, and the lower surface of the coating die to the tank at the time of a line stop.