Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making a particulate (oxy)hydroxide of TM including the steps of: (a) providing an aqueous solution (?) containing a water-soluble salt of nickel, one metal selected from cobalt and manganese, a compound of at least one metal selected from Ti, Zr, Mg and Nb, an ?- or ?-hydroxy carboxylic acid or ascorbic acid or of an amino acid selected from glycine, alanine and serine, or their alkali metal salts, an aqueous solution (?) containing an alkali metal hydroxide and, optionally, an aqueous solution (?) containing ammonia, (b) combining the solution (?), the solution (?), and, if applicable, the solution (?) at a pH value between 11.0 and 13.0 in a stirred tank reactor, thereby creating solid particles of a hydroxide containing nickel, said solid particles being slurried.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making an electrode active material, where said process includes the following steps: (a) Providing a hydroxide TM(OH)2 or an oxyhydroxide of TM, where TM is one or more metals and contains Mn, optionally, Co, and from 85 to 95 mol % Ni, referring to the sum of Ni, Co and Mn; (b) Drying said hydroxide TM(OH)2 or oxyhydroxide of TM at a temperature in the range of from 400 to 600° C., thereby obtaining an oxide or oxyhydroxide of TM with a residual moisture content of from 200 to 500 ppm; (c) Mixing said oxide or oxyhydroxide from step (b) with a source of lithium, at least one compound of Mg or Al, and at least one compound of Ti or Zr; and (d) Treating the mixture obtained from step (c) thermally at a temperature in the range of 550 to 875° C.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making an electrode active material, where said process includes the following steps: (a) providing an (oxy)hydroxide or oxide of TM, where TM is a combination of metals, and where TM contains Ni and at least one of Mn and Co; (b) treating said oxide or (oxy)hydroxide from step (a) with a non-aqueous or aqueous solution of a compound of M2, where M2 is selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Nb, and Ta; (c) removing the solvent(s), thereby obtaining a solid residue; (d) mixing the solid residue from step (c) with a source of lithium and, optionally, at least one compound of Ti or Al or Zr; and (e) treating the mixture obtained from step (d) thermally at a temperature in the range of from 550 to 900° C.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for making a particulate (oxy)hydroxide of TM, where TM are metals and TM includes at least 60 mol-% nickel, and where said process includes the steps of: (a) providing an aqueous solution (?) including water-soluble salts of Ni and of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Co and Mn, and, optionally, at least one further metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Mo, W, Al, Mg, Nb, and Ta, and an aqueous solution (?) an alkali metal hydroxide and, optionally, an aqueous solution (?) including ammonia, (b) combining the solution (?) and the solution (?) and, if applicable, the solution (?) at a pH value in a range of from 11.0 to 13.0 in a stirred tank reactor, thereby creating solid particles of a hydroxide containing nickel, said solid particles being slurried.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for precipitating a mixed hydroxide of TM where TM includes Ni, at least one of Co and Mn, and, optionally, one of Al, Mg, Zr or Ti from an aqueous solution of salts of such transition metals or of Al or of Mg. The process is carried out in a stirred vessel and includes the step of introducing a 10 to 40% by weight aqueous solution of ammonia and an aqueous solution of transition metal salts through at least two inlets into the stirred vessel. An aqueous solution of alkali metal hydroxide is added separately from the at least two inlets.

Abstract: Particulate electrode active material with an average particle diameter in the range of from 2 to 20 ?m (D50) having a general formula Li1+xTM1?xO2 wherein TM is a combination of Ni, Co and Al, and, optionally, at least one more metal selected from Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, Ta, Mo, Mn, and W, with at least 80 mole-% of TM being Ni, and wherein x is in the range of from zero to 0.2, wherein the Co content at the outer surface of the secondary particles is higher than at the center of the secondary particles by a factor of at most 5 or by at most 30 mol-%, referring to TM.

Abstract: Process for making a particulate (oxy)hydroxide of TM wherein TM comprises nickel and where-in said process comprises the steps of: (a) Providing an aqueous solution (?) containing water-soluble salts of Ni and of at least one transition metal selected from Co and Mn, and, optionally, at least one further metal sel-ected from Ti, Zr, Mo, W, Al, Mg, Nb, and Ta, and an aqueous solution (?) containing an alkali metal hydroxide and, optionally, an aqueous solution (?) containing ammonia, (b) combining a solution (?) and a solution (?) and, if applicable, a solution (?) at a pH value in the range of from 12.0 to 13.0 in a stirred tank reactor, thereby creating solid particles of a hydroxide containing nickel, said solid particles being slurried, (c) transferring said slurry into another stirred tank reactor and combining it with a solution (?) and a solution (?) and, if applicable, a solution (?) at a pH value in the range of from 11.0 to 12.

Abstract: Process for making a particulate (oxy)hydroxide of TM wherein TM comprises nickel wherein said process comprises the steps of: (a) Providing an aqueous solution (?) containing water-soluble salts of Ni and of at least one transition metal selected from Co and Mn, and, optionally, at least one further metal selected from Ti, Zr, Mo, W, Al, Mg, Nb, and Ta, and an aqueous solution (?) containing an alkali metal hydroxide and, optionally, an aqueous solution (?) containing ammonia, (b) combining a solution (?) and a solution (?) and, if applicable, a solution (?) at a pH value in the range of from 12.0 to 13.0, thereby creating solid particles of hydroxide containing nickel, (c) continuing combining solutions (?) and (?) and, if applicable, (?) at a pH value in the range of from 9.0 to 12.0 and in any way below the pH value in step (b), (d) adding a solution (?) and a solution (?) and, if applicable, a solution (?) at a pH value in the range of from 12.0 to 12.

Abstract: Cathode active material in particulate form with a mean particle diameter in the range from 2 to 16 µm (D50), wherein the cathode active material has the composition Li1+xTM1-xO2 wherein x is in the range of from 0.1 to 0.2 and TM is a combination of elements according to general formula (I), (NiaCobMnc)1-d-eM1dM2e where the variables are each defined as follows: a is in the range from 0.20 to 0.40, b is in the range of from zero to 0.15, c is in the range of from 0.50 to 0.75, d is in the range of from zero to 0.015, and e is in the range of from zero to 0.02, M1 is selected from Al, Ti, Zr, Mo, W, Fe, Nb, and Mg, M2 is selected from B and K, with a + b + c = 1.0 wherein said composite oxide has a specific surface (BET) in the range from 0.5 m2/gto 10 m2/gand a pressed density of at least 2.9 g/cm3, and wherein said cathode active material has an average primary particle diameter in the range of from 200 to 3,000 nm.

Abstract: Process for making a manganese composite (oxy)hydroxide with a mean particle diameter D50 in the range from 2 to 16 ?m comprising the step(s) of combining (a) an aqueous solution containing salts of nickel and of manganese, and, optionally, at least one of Al, Mg, or transition metals other than nickel and manganese wherein at least 50 mole-% of the metal is manganese, (b) with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide and (c) an organic acid or its alkali or ammonium salt wherein said organic acid bears at least two functional groups per molecule and at least one of the functional groups is a carboxylate group.

Abstract: Particulate material of the composition Li1+xTM1?xO2 wherein x is in the range of from ?0.02 to +0.05, TM comprises at least 93 mol-% nickel and (A) at least one element M1 wherein M1 is selected from Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, W and Mo, (B) at least one element M2 wherein M2 is selected from B, Al, Mg and Ga, wherein said particulate material has an average particle diameter (D50) in the range of from 2 to 20 ?m.

Abstract: Packets of cigarettes are delivered from a packing machine to a cartoner in the form of arrays each of which contains a predetermined number of packets. The packing machine discharges discrete packets which are advanced to a gathering station where the packets are assembled into arrays in successive compartments of a stepwise operated first endless conveyor. The first conveyor delivers freshly accumulated arrays into the pockets of a stepwise operated second endless conveyor which delivers a series of arrays to a second station adjacent the cartoner. The second conveyor is set in motion during a first stage of each cycle of the cartoner, and a pusher transfers successive arrays from the respective pockets of the second conveyor during second stages of certain cycles of the cartoner. The frequency of cycles of the cartoner at least equals but normally exceeds of the frequency at which arrays of packets are assembled in the compartments of the first conveyor.

Abstract: Discrete cigarette packets which are supplied by a packing machine are assembled into arrays in successive compartments of a first endless conveyor at a first station, and the pockets of a second conveyor accept arrays from successive filled compartments for stepwise transport to a second station where the arrays are draped into blanks in a wrapping machine to form cartons. The second conveyor is moved stepwise during successive intervals of idleness of the first conveyor, and the first conveyor is normally moved stepwise when the second conveyor is idle. The two conveyors cross each other at the first station. The arrays in the compartments extend transversely of the first conveyor, and the arrays in the pockets extend longitudinally of the second conveyor.

Abstract: Apparatus for making cartons with arrays of cigarette packs therein has a conveyor which transports the arrays to a transfer station and a feeding unit which delivers successive blanks to the transfer station so that a freshly delivered blank is adjacent to one side of the foremost array on the conveyor. A tubular deforming member is pivotable about a horizontal axis between a first position in which an inlet of its chamber is adjacent to the transfer station so that a plunger can be caused to transfer the foremost array into the deforming member with simultaneous partial draping of the adjacent blank around the transferred array, and a second position in which the inlet is located at a level below an outlet of the deforming member. A pusher is thereupon caused to enter the deforming member by way of the inlet and to move the array and the deformed blank upwardly into a receiving unit with attendant further deformation of the blank.