Maintenance of Battery Production (MATTER)
Research Project, 2022 – 2023

Purpose and goal
The purpose of the MATTER project is to gather the combined strength of industry and academia and take a firm grip on understanding the why’s, how’s, and what’s of maintenance of battery production. The goal is to build the foundation for a sustainable battery production industry in Sweden. The project will set the stage for research on maintenance of battery production and solve the emerging maintenance-related challenges in battery factories already from the start.

Expected results and effects
The Step 1 feasibility project will focus on uncovering the uniqueness of maintaining battery factories, identifying key enabling responses, building and realizing the Step 2 project application, and packaging the project results for industrial and educational dissemination. The major effect goal is to achieve maintenance operations that ensure the ‘inner circularity’ of battery factories - i.e., extending the lifespan of technical equipment, increasing resource efficiency by minimizing disturbances, and reducing scrap and waste through failure-free production.

Participants

Anders Skoogh (contact)

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Jon Bokrantz

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Collaborations

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Stockholm, Sweden

Scania CV AB

Södertälje, Sweden

Volvo Cars

Göteborg, Sweden

Volvo Group

Gothenburg, Sweden

Funding

VINNOVA

Project ID: 2022-02467
Funding Chalmers participation during 2022–2023

Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure

Sustainable development

Driving Forces

Production

Areas of Advance

Publications

More information

Latest update

2023-12-13