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The World's Most Rugged Batteries from under the Desert Sun

GAZ's story goes back almost a century and a half and includes the buildup of the Zwickau site and the expansion to new locations. But none of these projects…

October 10. 2023

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How Are Electrodes Made? By Cutting a Bar of Steel

Although the basis of the nickel-cadmium cell is chemistry, its production is relatively simple engineering. Simple, but very precise, like folding electrode…

August 16. 2023

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Making a Perforated Strip Requires High-Precision Mechanical Engineering

The electrodes of a nickel-cadmium cell include, among other things, a perforated strip of steel that forms a kind of pocket for the active…

April 21. 2023

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Another Evolutionary Step in Ni-Cd Technology? Even Less Maintenance.

The benefits of nickel-cadmium cells include a long lifespan, both in terms of chemistry and design. Thanks to many inconspicuous innovations, modern Ni…

January 6. 2023

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Over a Century Old, But Still Modern

We talked about the technology of Ni-Cd cells with Jiří Vitásek, the head of cell production at GAZ.

December 23. 2022

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Can Batteries Work Reliably Without a Battery Management System?

If you’ve ever travelled by plane, you know that all electronic devices equipped with a battery should be carried in your on-board luggage. That is…

December 2. 2022

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Where does Nickel come from and how do we get Cadmium?

Nickel-cadmium batteries naturally require both nickel and cadmium. Two metals that are quite similar, yet also very different, if only in where we find them…

November 21. 2022

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Precipitated from Salt: How Active Materials for Ni-Cd Cells Are Made

Electrodes are probably the most fundamental components of a cell, but making them is far from simple, starting with the preparation of active materials.

November 4. 2022

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Sources of Nickel, Its Mining and Recycling

While our planet’s fossil and in particular biological reserves are dangerously depleting, our supply of nickel is virtually inexhaustible – in part because it…

September 12. 2022

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The World's Most Rugged Batteries from under the Desert Sun

How Are Electrodes Made? By Cutting a Bar of Steel

Making a Perforated Strip Requires High-Precision Mechanical Engineering

Another Evolutionary Step in Ni-Cd Technology? Even Less Maintenance.

Over a Century Old, But Still Modern

Can Batteries Work Reliably Without a Battery Management System?

Where does Nickel come from and how do we get Cadmium?

Precipitated from Salt: How Active Materials for Ni-Cd Cells Are Made

Sources of Nickel, Its Mining and Recycling

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