The third assembly line of starter batteries was put into operation at Zubr Energy LLC

Zubr Energy LLC put into operation the third assembly line of passenger car starter batteries. A special feature of the line is fully automatic assembly.

The following stages take place on an automatic assembly line:

1. Automatic block punching with a large loading conveyor allows you to automate this process as much as possible

2. Converting wafers and forming a package of wafers

3. Fully automatic COS (cast-on-strap) installation, which casts bridges and borns onto plate packages

4. Short circuit tester, which checks that envelopes are not pierced.

5. An automatic TTP (Through The Partition) machine welds bridges in cans through the block partition. A second short circuit test also occurs as the plates move and possibly damage the envelopes when the bridges are welded.

6. Welding the battery cover

7. After welding the cover, the tightness of the battery should be checked by injecting air and measuring leakage. The battery is then marked on a laser marking machine and then moved to subsequent operations such as filling and forming.

8. The assembled batteries are installed on a pallet for transportation to subsequent stages of production (gluing and packaging).

Zubr Energy LLC is the first Belarusian battery plant. The plant was founded in 2000 as an assembly plant together with AZ Centra, in 2004 the plant received the status of the main EXIDE plant in the CIS, and in 2018 the plant was renamed Zubr Energy LLC and included in the structure of 1AK-GROUP. Since 2022, Zubr Energy LLC has been a resident of the Brest Free Economic Zone.

Since 2023, Zubr Energy LLC has been pursuing an active policy to modernize production and expand its product range. The expansion of production is carried out within the framework of the «1 ATE — 1 Project» program. For the high rates of investment growth and the successful completion of the announced project, the Brest FEZ awarded Zubr Energy LLC in the «Investment Leader 2023» nomination.

In March 2024, start-up complex 1a was put into operation — the production of electrode plates.

In June 2024, a stamped plate production line (Punch) was put into operation at the electrode plate production site.

In July 2024, the third assembly line for passenger car starter batteries was launched.

Zubr Energy plans to produce batteries using EFB and AGM technology (starter batteries) and industrial batteries of the PzS type (traction batteries).