Recently, the Provincial Productivity Promotion Center officially released the “2023 Jiangsu Unicorn and Potential Unicorn Enterprise Evaluation Results”. A total of 50 shortlisted unicorn companies and 311 potential unicorn companies were evaluated. Among them, FHS Medical Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. has once again been honored on the list, winning the title of “Potential Unicorn Enterprise in Jiangsu”.
What is a potential unicorn
A potential unicorn is a high-growth innovative company that is no more than five years old and valued at $50 million or less, or five to nine years old and valued at $100 million to $1 billion, has received private investment and is not listed.
Potential unicorn enterprises in Jiangsu Province refer to innovative enterprises with strong innovation ability, fast growth rate, and great development potential. They are an important force leading industrial transformation in the new economic track.
FHS Group is a global one-stop intelligent manufacturing solution provider. Our business scope covers intelligent manufacturing fields such as new energy, automotive components, and life sciences, providing intelligent, digital, and flexible intelligent manufacturing production solutions and core equipment data services for the industry.
Adhere to technological innovation as the core competitiveness. In recent years, FHS Group has continuously increased our research and development investment, continuously breaking through cutting-edge technological barriers in the industry. With the landing of cutting-edge technology and equipment from multiple industries, FHS Group has taken a new step towards development. Relying on strong research and development capabilities and refined internal management, the company has successively has been awarded multiple honors, such as High tech Enterprise, Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Center, Jiangsu Potential Unicorn Enterprise, Suzhou Unicorn Cultivation Enterprise, Jiangsu Specialized, Refined, Unique and New Small and Medium-sized Enterprise, Suzhou Xichang First Set, and Suzhou Digital Economy Demonstration Enterprise.
Being able to successfully be shortlisted again as a potential unicorn enterprise in Jiangsu is a recognition from Jiangsu Province of FHS Group’s sustained innovation and development speed. In the future, FHS Group will continue to uphold its vision of becoming a respected global intelligent manufacturing enterprise, accelerate the improvement of independent innovation capabilities and core competitiveness, and contribute to local economic development.
The lithium battery industry is constantly changing, and battery technology is continually updating and iterating. The 46 series large cylindrical batteries have shown their brilliance with their safety performance advantages, lower manufacturing costs, and other benefits. Nowadays, their installation scale and speed are expanding and accelerating, and they will become one of the important development directions of next-generation battery technology.
On the afternoon of November 11, The Large Cylindrical Battery Industry Summit hosted by FHS Group opened on schedule by Yangcheng Lake, with the theme of “Riding the Beacon, Joining the Future”. The summit invited multiple industry experts, scholars, and related enterprises to jointly discuss the current development status, challenges, and future development direction of the large cylindrical battery industry.
The summit began with Mr. Yang Ping, Chairman and General Manager of FHS Group, delivering a welcome speech as the host, expressing gratitude to each guest for their attendance and expressing his hope that through this summit, they could have in-depth exchanges and dialogues with industry experts, scholars, and relevant enterprise leaders, strengthen cross-border cooperation and knowledge sharing, and work together to promote innovation and development in the large cylindrical battery industry, contributing to the future development of the lithium battery industry.
Dr. Yan Chenglin, the selected candidate for the National Major Leading Talents Project, as the Honorary Dean of FHS Group Research Institute, expressed his earnest expectations for establishing closer industry-university-research-application cooperation in the future during the summit theme introduction. He hoped that this summit could promote the deep integration of academic research, technological innovation, and the development of the large cylindrical battery industry from all walks of life.
Subsequently, Ms. Cao Juan, the Operations Director of FHS Group, introduced the group’s overview to the guests present. The solid data and technological strength demonstrate FHS Group’s unwavering confidence in the development path of large cylindrical batteries.
At the meeting, Gao Xiaobing, the President of the High-tech Industry Research Institute, was invited to give a speech on the market prospects of large cylindrical batteries: “Compared to square, soft pack, and previous small cylindrical batteries, the advantages of large cylindrical batteries are reflected in safety, energy density, rate, and cost. In terms of safety, large cylindrical batteries have the characteristics of thermal runaway propagation blocking, good sealing, and high product consistency, and have certain advantages over square and soft pack batteries. In terms of cost, without considering yield loss, the manufacturing cost of large cylindrical batteries is 0.07 yuan/Wh for 100 PPM and 0.04 yuan/Wh for 300 PPM. The market prospects are broad. “
“Under the trend, various battery manufacturers were laying out their own 46 series large cylindrical battery cells. However, in promoting the mass production of large cylindrical batteries, enterprises need to pay attention to the yield rate and key technologies such as welding and dry electrodes,” stated Mr. Ma Yingbao, a former senior executive of IBM’s well-known consulting expert, in a keynote speech on the current process and production path of cylindrical batteries.
Subsequently, Dr. Que Zhili and Dr. Huang Fuchang, the R&D directors of FHS Group, gave two special presentations on the current research and development achievements of the research institute: “The Road of FHS Large Cylindrical Battery Equipment Innovation” and “FHS Magnetic Suspension Products Assisting in Efficient Coordinated Transmission of Cylindrical Battery Production.”
After the speech, experts and scholars held a roundtable dialogue on the challenges and opportunities for the future of large cylindrical batteries, and the atmosphere of on-site discussions was lively.
Introduction to 4680 large cylindrical battery equipment line
The main machines for this line are winding machines (including flattening and kneading), X-Ray detection machines, positive and negative current collector laser welding machines, high-speed shell insertion machines, high-speed positive electrode ultrasonic torque welding machines, high-speed negative electrode and shell welding machines, high-speed groove rolling machines, baking, equal pressure injection machines, high-speed non-polar cover plate assembly machines, high-speed sealing machines, X-Ray detection machines, high-speed cleaning machines, high-speed film coating machines (optional), high-speed disc loading machines, etc. This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information, and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
4680 Positive and negative collecting fluid laser welding machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of this device include scanning and feeding battery cells, NG (non-good) removal, good product pairing, compaction, size measurement, positive current collection material loading, negative current collection material loading, positive current collection welding, negative current collection welding, dust removal and regular sampling inspection for tensile force, insulation testing, positive electrode solder joint inspection, negative electrode solder joint inspection, adhesive bonding, tape inspection for presence, NG removal, and other functions.
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 120PPM
4680 high-speed shell feeding machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of this device include cell feeding, flow pulling ring, flow pulling ring outflow, incoming shell flow pulling ring entry, polarity inspection, entering the main rotating tower, installing insulation sheets (insulation sheet punching, electrostatic removal, double row to single row, incoming pulling ring, line buffering, entering the rotating tower, vacuum adsorption), detection of presence, steel shell entering the main rotating tower (steel shell incoming material, steel shell shaping and inspection diameter, steel shell dust removal), transition star wheel, CCD inspection, NG (non-good) removal, line caching, 180-degree flipping, shell flow loop backflow, current exchange loop, and good product output functions.
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
The main functions of this device include scanning and feeding of battery cell stars, inspection of core holes in battery cells, NG removal, main cam on battery cell, following ultrasonic torque welding, 4mm endoscope inspection of solder joints, star wheel cutting, NG removal, and other functions;
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
4680 High-speed negative electrode and shell welding machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of this device include scanning the battery cell star wheel code NG removal, detachment pull ring, fixture pressure negative electrode, entering the main star wheel, finding MARK points to follow welding, welding dust removal, welding CCD inspection, installation of flow pull ring Functions such as HI-POT testing, NG removal, and good product output;
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
4680 high-speed groove rolling machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of this device include screw feeding, star wheel automatic core conveying, cam mode automatic groove rolling, height synchronous automatic compensation with the feed rate of the rolling cutter, synchronous online vacuum cleaning, automatic cutting, defective product removal, and carrier circulation transmission (the rolling cutter automatically adds DMC and synchronously performs online vacuum cleaning, with CCD detection of gasket flying out after rolling groove, groove size, pole ear position detection, automatic cutting, and defective product removal);
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
4680 Equal pressure injection machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of this device include battery scanning and feeding, pre battery weighing NG removal, battery transplantation into trays, tray scanning and binding, combination of battery trays and cup trays, airtightness testing, liquid injection, pressure settling, separation of cup trays and battery trays, cleaning of cup trays, battery tray cutting, weighing into battery trays after weighing, liquid replenishment, and NG removal for airtightness;
The entire line equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of battery barcode information, airtightness detection, and liquid injection information, and can interface with MES systems and pre – and post process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
The main functions of the device include automatic star wheel scanning of the battery and star wheel feeding, NG (non-good) removal, cover plate star wheel feeding, main cam feeding, cover plate inspection for presence or absence, automatic feeding of cover caps, NG product removal, fixture positioning, and circular conveying functions;
The device automatically binds and saves battery barcode information and device functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
4680 High-speed sealing machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of the equipment include battery screw feeding, star wheel transition, flow ring separation and cover plate inspection & ion dust removal, entering the first sealing rotary tower, first sealing, transition star wheel, entering the second sealing rotary tower, second sealing, transition star wheel, height detection, flow ring combination & ion dust removal, and star wheel discharge；
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
4680 High-speed pier sealing machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of the equipment include battery screw feeding, star wheel transition, separation and cover plate inspection of flow rings, entering the sealing rotary tower, pier sealing, transition star wheel, height detection, merging of the battery and flow rings, star wheel discharge, and other functions;
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
4680 High-speed cleaning machine
Briefly explain the main functions:
The main functions of this equipment are battery screw feeding, transition star wheel, flow ring separation, transition star wheel, battery body cleaning, transition star wheel, battery upper and lower end cleaning, transition star wheel, star wheel group water removal, transition star wheel, drying, star wheel transition, oiling, star wheel transition, drying, star wheel transition, feeding to flow ring, star wheel unloading, etc;
Functional composition, in which the cleaning solvent is municipal water, and the oil is provided by Party A. During the transportation process, the battery is rotated to ensure that there are no dead corners to be cleaned. High pressure water spraying is used in conjunction with a rotating brush to brush away stubborn stains. Then, the battery is dried with hot air, oil mist is coated with oil, and hot air-drying forms an oil film, which is automatically discharged. The water used for cleaning the battery can be recycled.
This part of the equipment automatically realizes the binding and storage of barcode information and functional information and can interface with MES systems and pre- and post-process equipment.
Single line equipment production capacity ≥ 200 PPM
Self-developed mechanism combining magnetic levitation and conventional conveyor lines
The flexible conveying line includes a series of standardized module components such as longitudinal conveying module, transverse conveying module, curved, synchronous belt, chain plate, material tray, support profile, positioning and guidance.
Users can quickly and flexibly build various required assembly conveyor lines through simple assembly combinations.
Magnetic levitation technology, magnetic motor module and multi slider system (with magnetic components selected according to load), capable of multiple backflow and multiple turnouts, and can be ferried.
The load can reach 20 kilograms, the speed is ≥ 5 meters/second, and the repeated position accuracy can reach ± 0.01 mm.
Effectively improving the flexibility and intelligence of traditional conveyor lines, the freely configurable linear system is easy to integrate into existing conveyor assembly systems.
Intelligence and flexibility are supplements to traditional transportation assembly solutions. Through magnetic levitation technology, accurate, flexible, and stable transportation and positioning are achieved, greatly saving costs and improving efficiency.
In today’s rapidly changing market environment, enterprises need to constantly innovate and optimize to adapt to constantly changing market demands. The key to achieving this goal lies in having a team with innovative capabilities and excellent leadership. The “Leader Transformation Plan” – “Team Review and Coach Workshop” was launched as scheduled at the Kunshan headquarters.
Team Review
“Review” is originally a Go term, which means that after each game is over, both players repeat the previous match. This can effectively deepen the impression of the game and identify the loopholes in both sides’ offense and defense. It is a good way to check the advantages and disadvantages of the moves in the game, and the key is to improve one’s own level.
Our old friend, Teacher Cai, is still serving as the mentor for this training session. He has led all students to review the learning skills of situational leadership and goal and performance management through a precise review workflow. He has also followed up on the application of classroom results in the two training sessions to ensure that classroom content is effective in practical work. Managers eagerly shared the gains and challenges from practice, and the classroom atmosphere was lively.
Review and consolidation of knowledge
In the second stage of the course, Mr. Cai “pointed out the common confusion and management difficulties” submitted by the managers in the pre-class research. Based on the knowledge points of coaching techniques and performance coaching, Teacher Cai helps students further consolidate how to dynamically and accurately identify the development status of employees in different management contexts, and use appropriate management, motivation, or coaching guidance methods to help employees achieve better career development and personal growth.
On-site, Teacher Cai further explained the application skills of the “1-on-1 Partnership Dialogue” tool for practical situational leadership skills, inspiring students to learn and apply it in subsequent management actions.
Focus on organizational talent development strategy team co-creation
In the context of the current organizational talent development strategy, retrospective and coaching techniques will be efficiently applied in the management of middle and senior management, guiding managers to deeply reflect on the current status of talent development and talent strategy, and jointly create and reach consensus to achieve talent development expectations.
“If talent is not developed, what consequences will the enterprise face?”
“As a management team, what can we do for talent development?”
Under the guidance of Teacher Cai, managers have organized discussions based on two core issues that run through the main line. Each group has independently reviewed, shared within the group, and displayed on the wall. They first thought independently, then brainstormed the crystallization of group wisdom. Through voting, they selected the most important and actionable aspects of the current management team, and ultimately reached a consensus.
Summary
The “Leader Transformation Plan” phase III has come to the end. In the future, FHS Group will continue to focus on building a human resource management system that is integrated with the company’s business and can support the achievement of strategic goals. With the vision of becoming a prestigious global smart manufacturing enterprise, FHS Group will continuously explore the path of talent cultivation, adhere to goal orientation, problem orientation, and result orientation, improve management efficiency, optimize and improve management methods, systems, and mechanisms, and promote the high-quality development of the enterprise.
Driven by the rapid growth of the new energy vehicle market, power batteries that can balance high energy density, high safety, and low cost have become a hot topic in the market.
To do a good job, one must first sharpen their tools. As the core support for lithium battery production, lithium battery intelligent equipment enterprises need to keep up with the development pace of leading enterprises and deeply participate in the technological innovation and manufacturing iteration of battery enterprises. This is essential to help battery enterprises maintain and enhance their core competitiveness through efficient, high-quality, and economically intelligent manufacturing equipment.
Cell stacking is the core of mid stage equipment
Lithium battery manufacturing can be divided into four major processes: electrode fabrication, cell assembly, cell activation detection, and module/pack packaging. Among them, cell assembly belongs to the middle production process, mainly including winding or stacking, cell pre-packaging, cell liquid injection, and other processes. According to GGII calculation data, in lithium battery equipment, the value of middle equipment accounts for about 35%, and the winding/stacking machine is the core of middle equipment, accounting for about 70% of the value.
Currently, mainstream stacking machine equipment on the market:
FHS stacking era, “cell” technology
The FHS high-speed lamination cutting and stacking machine achieves a stable production rate of 400~480 PPM, with a stacking speed of 0.125 S/pcs, greatly improving production efficiency. The equipment includes positive electrode slicing, positive electrode conveying unit, negative electrode bag making, negative electrode conveying unit, stacking unit, and hot pressing production line. The compact structural design reduces the ground occupation of the entire machine, shortens the transfer of sheet materials from pole coil to stack, and saves equipment production costs.
The use of backup double unwinding spools in roll production reduces material replacement time. Multiple stacking platforms stack 8 pieces at once to improve overall efficiency.
Spare double unwinding reelStacking
Online integrated CCD detection for real-time detection of V-angle cutting, electrode width, and electrode ear shoulder to eliminate defective electrodes and improve product defect detection capabilities. The negative electrode adopts thermal composite technology to solve the problem of diaphragm deformation. After thermal composite, the electrode plate is smooth and flat. The position of the electrode plate is rechecked on the lamination table to ensure the accuracy of battery cell alignment, improve the quality of the battery cell, and prolong its service life.
The whole machine is equipped with FHS’s own intelligent data collection and analysis system, which can be connected to the factory MES system to optimize production processes and monitor the real-time operation status of equipment.
Parameters of FHS high-speed lamination cutting and stacking machine:
Adhere to customer orientation and strive for value sharing
FHS adopts internationally advanced simulation and system integration technology, which has realism and immersion, saves costs and time. In the design phase, using this technology for verification will detect problems in advance, nip errors in the bud, assist customers in reducing costs and time, improve equipment quality and efficiency, and reduce production risks. In the electrical design stage, simulation and debugging work can be carried out before the actual machine is implemented, greatly reducing on-site debugging time.
With profound technological research and development capabilities and project management capabilities, recently, the FHS high-speed lamination cutting and stacking machine has successfully completed acceptance and delivery, and the high standard and efficient verification results have been highly recognized by customers.
Cross border, focusing on the field of new energy
FHS, with its accumulated technology and application experience in automotive component automation and medical automation, has quickly opened up the new energy market with modules and Pack lines as entry points, and has been recognized by many leading customers in the industry. It has expanded from back-end equipment to mid-stage core equipment, and its hardcore product technology and operational service capabilities will help FHS continue to cultivate in the field of new energy intelligent equipment.
With the arrival of the VUCA era, facing the uncertainty of the future world, more thinking has been triggered on how the human resource management system can better adapt to the changes of the times and enhance enterprise development.
To continuously promote the construction of human resource management system and cultivate a high-quality management talent pool. Recently, the second phase of the “Leader Transformation Plan” Phase II – Performance Management Course from a Strategic Perspective was launched as scheduled at the Kunshan headquarters.
For this event, FHS Group has invited Professor Ma Li, an expert in human resources solutions, to serve as the training lecturer.
How to formulate performance goals from corporate strategy?
How to establish a performance evaluation system and tools?
How to effectively conduct performance evaluation?
What to do if employee performance is poor?
Under the guidance of Professor Ma, managers entered an immersive learning state. Through case analysis, role-playing, group discussions, and other methods, fully interpret how to achieve the transition from strategic planning to performance goals, from company business goals to departmental goals, and combine scientific management tools to systematically think and learn about performance management. Each group member actively spoke and interacted with each other based on their actual work situation, creating a strong atmosphere at the training site.
Summary and sharing
Finally, Mr. Zou Zhi, Deputy General Manager of the Human Resources Administration Center, shared that the core content of this course is how to combine performance management with organizational strategy to support the long-term development and goal achievement of enterprises. Performance management from a strategic perspective ultimately boils down to the process of decoding strategy into key tasks and then decomposing organizational performance. Mr. Zou hoped that everyone could apply what they have learned today, effectively combine it with practical work scenarios, and draw inferences from one instance to another. Strived for practical results in application, effectively used performance management as the starting point, fully mobilized the enthusiasm and initiative of employees, and comprehensively stimulated the new vitality of the enterprise.
End
In the future, FHS Group will continue to focus on building a human resource management system that is integrated with the company’s business and can support the achievement of strategic goals. With the vision of becoming a prestigious global smart manufacturing enterprise, FHS Group will continuously explore the path of talent cultivation, adhere to goal orientation, problem orientation, and result orientation, improve management efficiency, optimize and improve management methods, systems, and mechanisms, and promote the high-quality development of the enterprise.
