Soucell

Unique Clamping System SOUCELL

The fast laser welding system with a compact footprint

The bipolar plate (BPP) is an important component of fuel cells; up to 400 such plates are put together into the so-called stack. This makes the BPP a key component. ANDRITZ Soutec is offering -analog to the Soutec highspeed laser welding system SOUSPEED- a system that welds fast and in the required high quality. SOUCELL makes it possible; based on a reference design*, a production rate of up to 1 Hz is feasible (=1 BPP per second).

_{*based on a benchmark weld seam length of 2.5 m}

Benefits at a glance

• High precision machine, produces high quality weld seams

• Small floorspace required

• Scalable to required production volume

• Welding in a single clamping, no reclamping necessary

• Easy and flexible integration into existing production lines

• Technically maximum possible beam-on-time

• Resource-saving with regard to welding gas

• World novelty, from the world's leading TWB welding specialist in Switzerland