Lightweight, energy efficient battery web gauge

The box-type frame adopted for use in the OpreX Battery Web Gauge ES-5 reduces power consumption by over 50%, weighs 75% less, and reduces air consumption volume by 90% in comparison to the WEBFREX3ES. This reduces CO2 emissions on the battery production line and in the supply chain. The OpreX Battery Web Gauge ES-5 utilizes the OpreX Collaborative Information Server as its centralized information management platform. This platform collects data from plant equipment and systems that are used in many different peripheral processes to ensure an even coating is applied to electrode sheets, which is an important determinant of rechargeable battery performance and quality. This increases production efficiency by linking with these peripheral processes, and enables a shift from the optimization of individual processes to the optimization of the production line as a whole. The OpreX Battery Web Gauge ES-5 features a safe design to eliminate risks that can potentially cause fires in rechargeable batteries, by minimizing exposure to copper and other metal powder. It features a 3-second scanning speed for the 1500mm scan width, achieves high-density measurement of up to 1600 points widthwise, and has a minimum 5mm slit width resolution, thus enabling even more meticulous quality control. Thanks to the new sensor design and the use of a box-type frame with a safety cover over the sensor moving parts, the risk of contact is reduced during operations and maintenance, and the radiation controlled area is less than half that of previous versions, for greater safety in operation and maintenance.

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