{"id":48162,"date":"2023-10-24T00:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/smart-upcycling-machine-dissects-batteries-to-save-them-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T00:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:58:46","slug":"smart-upcycling-machine-dissects-batteries-to-save-them-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/smart-upcycling-machine-dissects-batteries-to-save-them-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart upcycling machine dissects batteries to save them | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Circu Li-ion<\/a> cofounder and CEO Antoine Welter says his startup\u2019s upcycling machine can diagnose batteries in seconds. \u201cWe know exactly which cell can be reused and which one can\u2019t,\u201d he told TechCrunch on Monday.<\/p>\n

Circu Li-ion is in the business of saving usable battery cells from shredders. The German startup\u2019s machine identifies batteries by their appearance, via AI and a growing battery library; it separates cells from other materials, such as plastic housing and PVC boards; and it determines the cells\u2019 states of heath.<\/p>\n

Cells in great shape might go to use in mobility. When their condition is so-so, they might go on to store renewable energy. And cells that don\u2019t make the cut go to a recycling facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recyclers usually shred cells into black mass and recover valuable metals via smelting or leaching<\/a>. Tons of components get mixed together and lost in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Circu Li-ion\u2019s machine separates battery cells from plastic housing and other materials, such as PVC boards. Image Credits:<\/strong> Circu Li-ion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of valuable materials that we can take away that don\u2019t need to land in a shredder,\u201d said Welter. Circu Li-ion claims that \u201cmore than eight out of ten cells in an end-of-life battery are actually not end of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Circu Li-ion charges manufactures and recyclers to use its machines and software. It also operates a facility in Karlsruhe, Germany, where it disassembles batteries.<\/p>\n

In their past lives, so to speak, Welter worked as a B2B investor and consultant, while co-founder and CTO Xavier Kohll helped produce a \u201csoft total artificial heart\u201d at ETH Zurich, a Swiss research university.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, Circu Li-ion secured about $4.8 million (\u20ac4.5 million) in equity financing led by BonVenture, on top of around $4.2 million (\u20ac4 million) in earlier grants from the European Innovation Council Accelerator.<\/p>\n

The startup said the combined $9 million or so in seed funding would help it scale its machine-as-a-service business model. Circu Li-ion said it also intends to build the \u201cworld\u2019s largest\u201d repository of battery recycling data.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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