Fuel cell production of the future: Starting signal for the “i-skaB” project
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Our new project has started! Together with 6 project partners we are researching the fuel cell production of the future. The project i-skaB (innovative, scalable fuel cell production) is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV). Project sponsor is the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH.
Revolutionizing the production of fuel cells – seven partners from research and industry want to achieve no less in the i-skaB joint project. The common goal is innovative, scalable fuel cell production (i-skaB) and stack production at 30-second intervals. The project started at the beginning of the year and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport.
As part of i-skaB, fuel cell manufacturing processes are to be developed further in such a way that production, which is still largely manual today, can become fully automated. This should increase annual production by a factor of 20: from up to 25,000 today to over 500,000 fuel cells per year on one line in the medium term. The degree of automation in production lines for fuel cells and their central components such as bipolar plates (BPP) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) is still very low. Currently, a production line has such low cycle times that it can only produce a few fuel cell stacks per day.
Read more: For more information on the project and project partners, click here.
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