Patent ID: 6886439
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: B23D,H01M,Y02E,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A continuous method for cutting expanded, punched or cast continuous metal mesh strip freshly pasted with a polymer-free paste without the use of paper barriers to create paperless battery plates for use in lead acid batteries, the method comprising the steps of: providing a cutting device including a cutting roll having cutting blades mounted thereon, an index mechanism and an anvil roll opposed to said cutting roll for receiving the freshly pasted and paperless continuous metal mesh strip therebetween; and heating said cutting blades, the cutting roll, the index mechanism and the anvil roll to a temperature in the range of about 160 to 300° C. whereby the paste from the freshly pasted and paperless continuous metal mesh strip does not adhere to the heated cutting blades, the cutting roll, the index mechanism and the anvil roll during the cutting of the freshly pasted and paperless continuous metal mesh strip with said heated cutting device into discrete paperless battery plates.