A design for a thermal battery automated assembly station

Technical Report · Fri May 19 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:719831

Jacobs, D; Herrig, D M

Thermal battery assembly involves many operations which are labor intensive. In August 1986, a project team was formed at GE Neutron Devices to investigate and evaluate more efficient and productive battery assembly techniques through the use of automation. A plan was formulated to automate the piece part pellet fabrication and battery stacking operations by using computerized pellet presses and robots integrated by a main computer. This report details the conceptual design and development plan which was followed in the fabrication, development, and implementation of the thermal battery automated assembly station. 4 figs., 5 tabs.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Largo, FL (United States). Neutron Devices Dept.; General Electric Co., Largo, FL (USA). Neutron Devices Dept.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00656
• OSTI ID: 719831
• Report Number(s): GEPP-TIS-1124; ON: TI89021112
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 19 May 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
THERMAL BATTERIES
FABRICATION
AUTOMATION
FUEL PELLETS
FUEL CELLS
LITHIUM-CHLORINE BATTERIES
ROBOTS
COMPUTER CODES
IMPLEMENTATION
FLOWSHEETS
DIAGRAMS
INVENTIONS