8inks offers a multilayer curtain‑coating platform that integrates electrode manufacturing with cell design and chemistry, enabling a single‑step process to apply up to eight layers of material at speeds over 600 m/min. The technology supports a wide range of slurry viscosities and layer thicknesses—from sub‑micron to >300 µm—allowing battery makers to produce ultra‑thin, high‑loading, and novel multilayer electrodes while reducing capital and operating costs.
Funding
$3.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Battery development often separates cell chemistry and design from manufacturing, causing delays and limiting the ability to scale new electrode architectures. This disconnect prevents rapid adoption of high‑performance, low‑cost batteries needed for the growing demand for energy storage at tera‑watt‑hour scales.
Solution
8inks provides a multilayer curtain‑coating platform that integrates manufacturing directly with cell design and chemistry from the outset. The technology enables a single‑step coating process that can deposit up to eight layers of electrode material with thicknesses ranging from sub‑micron to over 300 µm at speeds exceeding 600 m/min. This flexibility supports ultra‑thin, high‑loading, and novel multilayer electrode structures, allowing manufacturers to increase throughput, reduce capital and operating expenses, and unlock higher energy, power, and cycle‑life performance. By accommodating a wide viscosity range of slurries, 8inks can work with diverse chemistries, including lithium‑metal, solid‑state electrolytes, and non‑flammable additives, facilitating safer and more sustainable battery production.
Target Audience
Primary customers are battery manufacturers and cell developers seeking to integrate advanced electrode designs and chemistries into high‑volume production, including automotive, grid‑storage, and consumer‑electronics sectors.
Features
- One‑step multilayer curtain coating capable of applying 1 to >8 layers in a single pass
- Adjustable coating thickness from <1 µm to >300 µm to support ultra‑thin and thick electrode designs
- High line speeds from <20 m/min to >600 m/min, delivering up to 10× faster throughput than conventional methods
- Material‑agnostic slurry handling covering viscosities from <10 mPa·s to >40 Pa·s for broad chemistry compatibility
- Enables high loading, thick electrodes and optimized interfaces for lithium‑metal and solid‑state batteries
- Reduces CAPEX and OPEX by approximately 30% at production scale through simplified process steps and smaller equipment footprint