Lithium ion Battery Recycling Plant
The Lithium ion Battery Recycling Plant(Lithium Battery Recycling Machine) is used for the dismantling and recycling of soft pack batteries, mobile phone batteries, case batteries, cylindrical batteries, etc. The plant’s end products are graphite powder, lithium aluminum cobalt oxide and copper.
Product Description
Efficient lithium ion battery recycling plant solutions, lithium ion batteries are rechargeable batteries that typically use lithium metal oxides as the positive electrode material, graphite as the negative electrode material, and non-aqueous liquid organic electrolytes.
Guanma Machinery’s lithium battery recycling machine uses an environmentally friendly physical separation process to achieve efficient separation and recycling of waste lithium batteries. The lithium ion battery recycling plant is used for the dismantling and recycling of soft pack batteries, mobile phone batteries, case batteries, cylindrical batteries, etc. The plant’s end products are graphite powder, lithium aluminum cobalt oxide and copper.
Raw Material
Iron Can NCM_NCA
Iron Can LFP
Pouch LFP
Pouch NCM_NCA
Aluminum Can NCM_NCA_LFP
Mobile_laptop_Ipad Lithium-ion Battery
Negative Electrode Material
Positive Electrode Material
At present, research on the recycling of used lithium batteries mainly focuses on the recovery of high-value anode precious metals cobalt and lithium. The copper (content up to 35%) in the negative electrode of waste lithium batteries is an important production raw material and has a wide range of uses. The carbon powder attached to it can be used as additives for plastics, rubber, etc.
Waste lithium battery disposal raw materials
Common positive electrode materials include: waste lithium battery, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4), lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) and ternary materials, such as nickel cobalt manganese oxide lithium NCM (LiNi ₓ CoMnO2) and nickel cobalt aluminum oxide lithium NCA (LiNi ₓ CoAlO2); Most of the ternary materials are NCM. The use of ternary materials for the positive electrode is called a ternary lithium battery.
Final Product
Final Outputs
Black Mass
Separator(PP_PE Film)
Iron(Battery Case)
Copper (from Anode Left Over)
Copper (from Waste Batteries Anode)
Aluminum (from Waste Batteries Case)
Aluminum (from Waste Batteries Cathode)
Lithium ion battery recycling final product
Copper Granules — get from the Battery Anode copper foil or Leftovers.
Aluminum Granules — get from the Battery Cathode aluminum foil, leftovers, and battery case.
Separator: — PP/PE Film, set between battery Anode and cathode.
Black mass: — get from the cathode and anode coating materials, include: Co, Ni, Li, Mn, Graphite, Carbon, PVDF, SBR etc.
Steel: — get from batteries case
Recovery Rate
（1）Copper, aluminum, metal ≥98%
（2）Black mass ≥98%
（3）Separator(PP/PE Film) ≥98%
（4）Copper aluminum contain in black mass ≤1％
Flow Chart
Lithium battery recycling technology includes a low-temperature volatilization process and a high-temperature pyrolysis process. The following is the lithium battery pyrolysis process flow for lithium batteries.
Battery Classification
When sorting different types of lithium batteries, it’s best to process only one type at a time, as this can yield higher profits.
Lithium-Ion Battery Discharging
Spent lithium-ion batteries are fully discharged to prevent fires and explosions during subsequent crushing.
Battery Shredding
Discharged batteries enter a battery shredder, where they are cut into pieces typically 2–3 cm in size. The entire shredding process is carried out under nitrogen protection.
Battery Crushing
The shredded battery material passes into a battery crusher for further size reduction. The crushed material is generally below 15 mm.
Lithium Battery Pyrolysis
The crushed material is fed into a lithium battery pyrolysis furnace (often called a carbonization or heat treatment furnace). Operating at a high temperature of 400–650°C in an oxygen-free environment, the furnace thermally degrades the PVDF binder, electrolyte, and separator.
Gravity Separator
Fragmented material from the lithium battery high-temperature pyrolysis line goes through a gravity separation system to separate out the battery casing. The remaining material (copper, aluminum, and black mass) enters a trommel screen.
Screening and Crushing
The copper, aluminum, and battery black mass undergo screening to separate the black mass. Additional crushing then extracts the black powder still attached to the copper and aluminum, raising the recovery rate of the black mass.
Copper-Aluminum Separator
The copper-aluminum separator uses vibratory separation combined with air separation to effectively separate copper from aluminum.
Environmental Protection System
The environmental protection system is primarily composed of a pulse-jet dust collector, a secondary combustion chamber, a high-temperature cyclone dust collector, a flue gas cooler, an activated carbon adsorption unit and a spray tower ect.— fully compliant with environmental standards.
Technical Parameter
Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Plant Technical Parameters
Working voltage can be customized, and if you have other requrement and want to know more details, please contact us.(The data in this table are for reference only)
| Model | Capacity | Power | Size(Length*Width*Height) |
| BRP-500 | 500-800kg/h | 155KW | 20000*6500*6000mm |
| BRP-1000 | 800-1000kg/h | 245KW | 35000*12000*6000mm |
| BRP-2000 | 1500-2000kg/h | 395KW | 55000*15000*6500mm |
If you want to set up a lithium ion battery recycling plant and start a lithium battery recycling business, you can contact Guanma Machinery, a reliable lithium battery recycling machine manufacturer!
Profit Analysis Table
Element Weight Ratio in Some Typical Lithium Ion Battery (For Reference Only)
Note：Different countries and different factory will have different standards of battery. Above raw material just have reference.
| No. | Recycle | Batteries type | |||
| Elements Weight RatioWt% | Ternary lithium battery 18650 steel case | Ternary lithium battery Pouch cell/Flexible package | Iron phosphate lithium iron Battery(LiFePO4)32650 steel case | Iron phosphate lithium iron Battery (LiFePO4)Pouch cell | |
 |  |  |  | ||
| 1 | Steel Cell | 20% | 0 | 22% | 0 |
| 2 | Copper | 5% | 8% | 3.5% | 8% |
| 3 | Aluminum | 5% | 6% | 2.2% | 6% |
| 4 | Black mass | 56% | 72% | 56% | 71% |
| 5 | Separator | 8% | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| 6 | Electrolyte | 6% | 6% | 6.3% | 7% |
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Please specify your requirement by referring to the following aspects:
1-What kind of raw material do you want to process?
2-How many tons raw material do you want to process per day?
3-When will you want to start this project?
4-How is your budget of machine?
5-Which point that you really focus on?(We have customized service for each client)