MATTER - Maintenance of Battery Production
Research Project, 2022 – 2023

The manufacturing industry’s transformation towards a sustainable future hinge on a fast and extensive upscaling of battery production. Yet, despite the ongoing planning and building of multiple battery factories in Sweden, industry and academia express a consensus about the severe lack of adequate knowledge about maintenance of battery production. This is remarkable as maintenance is fundamental to the ‘inner circularity’ of production systems – i.e., extending the lifespan of technical equipment, increasing resource efficiency by minimizing disturbances, and reducing scrap and waste through failure-free production. Therefore, the main project idea 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.

Participants

Jon Bokrantz (contact)

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Anders Skoogh

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Production Systems

Collaborations

AB Volvo

Sweden

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Stockholm, Sweden

Scania CV AB

Södertälje, Sweden

Volvo Cars

Göteborg, 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

4/28/2023