Abstract: A secondary battery manufacturing apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus including: an air supply duct through which a flow of drying air is guided in a first direction; and a drying trunk connected to the air supply duct to guide the flow of the drying air in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the air supply duct includes a plurality of air supply vanes, the drying trunk includes a plurality of drying vanes, the plurality of air supply vanes distribute the drying air and guide the flow of the drying air in a width direction of the air supply duct, and the plurality of drying vanes distribute the drying air and guide the flow of the drying air in a width direction of the drying trunk.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying a battery electrode includes a drying portion for drying a coated electrode sheet; an auxiliary heater portion disposed in the drying portion and configured to dry the coated electrode sheet; and a control unit configured to control turning-off driving of the auxiliary heater portion in response that a coating stop is initiated for a foil connection portion of an electrode sheet to be coated, in which a prior foil and a subsequent foil are connected to each other, and to control redriving of the auxiliary heater portion in response that the foil connection portion passes through the drying portion and a coating restart is initiated.

Abstract: A method of determining an angle by an encoder includes generating a first angle data based on a rotation of a bipolar magnet and a second angle data based on a rotation of the multipolar magnet; determining a first waveform signal based on the first angle data and a second waveform signal based on the second angle data; converting the first waveform signal into a third waveform signal having a cycle similar to the second waveform signal; calculating an angle result value as a function of the second angle data and a determined value about a location of a rotation cycle of the multipolar magnet based on a difference between the second waveform signal and the third waveform signal; and determining an absolute angle corresponding to the calculated angle result value based on stored angle data.

Abstract: A method of determining an angle by an encoder includes generating a first angle data based on a rotation of a bipolar magnet and a second angle data based on a rotation of the multipolar magnet; determining a first waveform signal based on the first angle data and a second waveform signal based on the second angle data; converting the first waveform signal into a third waveform signal having a cycle similar to the second waveform signal; calculating an angle result value as a function of the second angle data and a determined value about a location of a rotation cycle of the multipolar magnet based on a difference between the second waveform signal and the third waveform signal; and determining an absolute angle corresponding to the calculated angle result value based on stored angle data.