In order to slow down the erosion of the base metal and help to extend battery life, one company has designed and developed a robotic spray coating process used to apply conductive carbon and graphite coatings to battery current collectors, fuel cells, thin-metal cathode grids used in implantable pacemaker batteries, and other energy storage devices that require low-resistance coatings.

The acquisition of Imaginant, a specialist for ultrasonic measuring equipment, will expand the company’s BYK division through patented technology for handheld and robotic measuring instruments.

This enhanced robotic system can paint and apply custom design elements to extremely complex body surfaces such as vertical or A and C pillars, fully automatically and without masking.