Calendering was a crucial process in the manufacturing of lithium-ion battery electrodes, and the calendering pressure was an important parameter for electrode calendering. Due to the special structures of battery electrodes, the calendering pressure was difficult to predict. To address this issue, a predictive model was established for the unit pressure distribution during the calendering processes of lithium-ion battery electrodes based on Kuhn yield criterion in the field of powder forming. The model was validated through calendering experiments. The results demonstrate good agreement with experimental data, and the prediction errors of the unit width pressure remain within 10%. Further analyses exploring the distribution characteristics of unit pressure and frictional stress within the roll gap were carried out, and the effects of compression rate and roll diameter on unit width pressure and unit width torque were disussed. The results indicate that both unit width pressure and unit width torque increase with the increasing compression rate and roll diameter.
辊压前涂层相对密度由AutoPore IV 9500压汞仪测定(参数见表1)。模型中正、负极片摩擦因数分别设为0.15和0.1,其余涂层参数列于表2。鉴于多孔涂层的力学属性难以直接实验表征,本文将除相对密度外的涂层相关参数及摩擦因数作为待定变量,基于辊压实验数据在合理范围内进行校准,以确保模型预测的可靠性与准确性。
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