DSK has won an order to supply notching equipment from the battery joint venture between Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution based in the US, TheElec has learned.
The venture, HL-GA, has placed orders for the equipment for two out of its nine production lines, sources said.
The equipment costs around 50 billion won per line so the order is expected to be worth over 100 billion won, they said.
It also opens the door for DSK to supply the equipment for the seven remaining lines.
HL-GA is planning to spend US$7.59 billion to build battery production facilities in Georgia with the goal of securing an annual production capacity of 30GWh by 2028.
DSK’s notching equipment comes with automation features, the sources said. It is a press notching equipment that uses spinning blades to notch the positive and negative tabs of the battery.
Similar equipment in the past stopped the line to pull the tabs before notching them but the new equipment can do this without the line stopping.
This means the line will be more productive and the batteries less prone to defects as the line is not stopped which can cause vibrations.
The equipment also automatically dries the reel before notching begins which will coat the conductive materials in place.
DSK supplied lamination equipment to LG Energy Solution in 2021 but has since won no major orders, so that latest deal is expected reinvigorate its battery production equipment business.
