That's a nice production line. It's not unusual. Many of the steps shown, and some of the machinery, are the same as in regular lithium-ion battery manufacturing. Compare with the machinery in [2].
It's not the machinery that's advanced. It's the manufacturing chemistry.
The real breakthrough here is that the ceramic is deposited as a slurry, and through a series of ovens and dehydrators, it becomes the solid electrolyte. There's no high-pressure sintering press step, as there is in the Fraunhofer lab making solid state battery samples.
The process is roll to roll. If that works, the production cost comes way down and the process scales up well.
The next two or three years are going to be very interesting in batteries.
It's not the machinery that's advanced. It's the manufacturing chemistry. The real breakthrough here is that the ceramic is deposited as a slurry, and through a series of ovens and dehydrators, it becomes the solid electrolyte. There's no high-pressure sintering press step, as there is in the Fraunhofer lab making solid state battery samples. The process is roll to roll. If that works, the production cost comes way down and the process scales up well.
The next two or three years are going to be very interesting in batteries.
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZg5-uk1-k