Electrode slurry lot information tracking management system, and tracking management method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12551920-B2
Application number	US-202218271224-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2022
Priority date	Aug 4, 2021
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

An electrode slurry lot information tracking management system for managing lot information of electrode slurry when the electrode slurry is transferred from a mixer to a coater. The system includes a plurality of tanks connected between the mixer and the coater through a pipe. The pipe is configured to transfer the electrode slurry supplied from the mixer to the coater. The system further includes a controller. The controller identifies the lot information of the electrode slurry. The controller allocates and records the lot information of the electrode slurry supplied to each of the plurality of tanks. The controller determines electrode slurry lot information of a final supply tank that supplies the electrode slurry to the coater based on a history of the lot information recorded for each of the plurality of tanks.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrode slurry lot information tracking management system for managing lot information of electrode slurry when the electrode slurry is transferred from a mixer to a coater, the system comprising:
at least one plurality of tanks connected to the coater through a pipe, the pipe being configured to sequentially transfer the electrode slurry supplied from the plurality of tanks to the coater; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to identify the lot information of the electrode slurry, wherein the controller is configured to allocate and record the lot information of the electrode slurry sequentially supplied to the plurality of tanks, wherein, during the allocation and recording of the lot information to each of the plurality of tanks, upon determining the electrode slurry is not introduced into a subsequent tank from the plurality of tanks, the controller is configured to maintain the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks without updating, and upon determining additional electrode slurry is introduced from an upstream tank to the plurality of tanks and the electrode slurry is not introduced to the subsequent tank, the controller is configured to allocate additional lot information of the additional electrode slurry to each of the plurality of tanks in addition to the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks, and wherein the controller is configured to determine electrode slurry lot information of a final supply tank that supplies the electrode slurry to the coater by referring to a history of the lot information recorded for the plurality of tanks at a final supply tank stage.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the electrode slurry comprises top slurry and back slurry, and the at least one plurality of tanks comprises a first plurality of tanks and a second plurality of tanks,
wherein the top slurry and the back slurry are transferred to downstream tanks of the respective first and second plurality of tanks, wherein an upper surface of a current collector is coated with the top slurry and a lower surface of the current collector is coated with the back slurry.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tanks comprises:
a storage tank into which the electrode slurry is introduced from a main tank; a transfer tank into which the electrode slurry is introduced from the storage tank; and the final supply tank into which the electrode slurry is introduced from the transfer tank and which supplies the electrode slurry to the coater.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a first tank of the plurality of tanks that receives the electrode slurry comprises an identification tag scanner,
wherein the identification tag scanner is configured to scan an identification tag on a slurry batch container, wherein the identification tag scanner is configured to detect the lot information of the electrode slurry based on the identification tag, and wherein the identification tag scanner is configured to transmit the lot information to the controller.

5 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a valve installed on the pipe coupled to the plurality of tanks,
wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal for opening the valve, wherein the controller is configured to detect a transfer of the electrode slurry between each of the plurality of tanks, the electrode slurry having predetermined lot information, and wherein the controller is configured to allocate and record the predetermined lot information of the detected electrode slurry transferred to each of the plurality of tanks.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein, upon the allocation of the additional lot information of the additional electrode slurry to each of the plurality of tanks, if the electrode slurry is introduced from the plurality of tanks to the subsequent tank, the controller is configured to delete the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks and maintain the additional lot information of the additional electrode slurry allocated to each of the plurality of tanks according to a first-in first-out principle.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein, upon the allocation and recording of the lot information to each of the plurality of tanks, the controller is configured to maintain the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks without updating when the electrode slurry is introduced into the subsequent tank and the additional electrode slurry is not introduced from the upstream tank, and
wherein when the electrode slurry is introduced into the subsequent tank and the additional electrode slurry is introduced from the upstream tank, the controller is configured to update the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks with the additional lot information of the additional electrode slurry introduced from the upstream tank.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein, upon the allocation and recording of the lot information to each of the plurality of tanks, the controller is configured to maintain the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks without updating when the electrode slurry is introduced into the subsequent tank and the additional electrode slurry is not introduced from the upstream tank, and
upon determining the electrode slurry is introduced into the subsequent tank and the additional electrode slurry is introduced from the upstream tank, the controller is configured to update the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks with the additional lot information of the additional electrode slurry introduced from the upstream tank.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein, when the additional lot information of the additional electrode slurry is allocated to each of the plurality of tanks in addition to the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks, upon determining the electrode slurry is introduced from the plurality of tanks to the subsequent tank, the controller is configured to delete the lot information allocated to each of the plurality of tanks and maintain the additional lot information of the additional electrode slurry allocated to each of the plurality of tanks according to a first-in first-out principle.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the electrode slurry lot information allocated to the final supply tank to a manufacturing execution system of a factory.

11 . The system of claim 1 ,
wherein a direct upstream tank introduces the electrode slurry into the final supply tank, and wherein the controller is configured to record and manage identification information of the direct upstream tank in accordance with the electrode slurry lot information allocated to the final supply tank.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Jeon Gi Yeong
• Su Jun Hyo

Classifications

• H01M4/0404

  by coating on electrode collectors · CPC title

• B65G2201/04

  Bulk · CPC title

• B65G65/30

  Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass (devices for tilting and emptying containers B65G65/23; such containers having means facilitating filling or emptying B65D88/54) · CPC title

• H01M4/04

  Processes of manufacture in general · CPC title

• G06Q10/06312

  Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling · CPC title