Avanti Battery Company

— PROJECT NAME

Pipe Cell

— SKILLS UTILIZED

Mechanical Design

Machining

CAD (SolidWorks)

Laser Cutting

Material Selection

Spot Welding

Testing/Reporting

Custom-made aluminum/sulfur battery consisting of the following hand-made and outsourced mechanical parts:

-Aluminum pipe cut and finished using a chop saw and desktop lathe.

-PTFE top and bottom “end caps” cut, shaped, and finished using chop saw and desktop lathe.

-Laser cut molybdenum disks press fit onto a molybdenum rod.

-Aluminum “end blocks” custom designed via Solidworks and manufactured via outside manufacturer. Paired with M5 tie rods and nuts to secure PTFE “end caps” in place.

-Spot-welded aluminum tab for anode electrical connection point.

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— PROJECT NAME

Steel-Cased Cylindrical Battery

— SKILLS UTILIZED

Mechanical Design

Machining

CAD (SolidWorks)

Laser Cutting

Material Selection

Testing/Reporting

Custom-made aluminum/sulfur battery consisting of the following hand-made and outsourced mechanical parts:

-Custom-designed stainless steel outer casing manufactured via outside manufacturer.

-Stainless steel clamp purchased online via McMaster.

-Plastic compression fitting for ¼” rod purchased online via McMaster.

-Custom made anode consisting of ¼” Aluminum rod and 1/8” aluminum 90 mm disk.

-Custom made molybdenum base consisting of laser cut molybdenum disk and fins that were spot-welded together to create cathode base.

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— PROJECT NAME

Glass Tube Battery Test Cell

— SKILLS UTILIZED

Mechanical Design

CAD (SolidWorks)

Material Selection

3rd Party Manufacturing

Testing/Reporting

Custom-made aluminum/sulfur battery consisting of the following outsourced parts:

-Custom designed aluminum top piece ordered from outside manufacturer.

-Custom designed steel top piece ordered from outside manufacturer.

-Glass tube section ordered from McMaster.

-M5 bolts ordered from McMaster.

Used to conduct small-scale tests to explore testing-rate effects on active material utilization.

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— PROJECT NAME

21700 Aluminum Can Cell Batteries

— SKILLS UTILIZED

Mechanical Design

Machining

CAD (SolidWorks)

Material Selection

Testing/Reporting

Custom-made aluminum/sulfur battery consisting of the following hand-made and outsourced parts:

-Standard 21700 battery cans.

-Custom designed PTFE caps ordered from outside manufacturer.

-Hand-made interior aluminum anode shaped using tabletop lathe.

Mechanical Engineer