Bosch Rexroth Scalable Automation Solutions in Battery Recycling

[Mucitler Elektrik]

## Scalable Automation Solutions in Battery Recycling

As electric vehicle batteries reach the end of their service life, increasing efficiency, safety, and scalability in recycling processes becomes crucial. Bosch Rexroth is presenting a modular and automated system concept to address these needs at IFAT 2026.

### Increasing Battery Volume Challenges Recycling Capacity

The widespread adoption of electric vehicles is leading to an exponential increase in the number of batteries. The volume of waste batteries is expected to increase tenfold in the next five years. Existing facilities, however, operate on a small scale with limited automation and are insufficient to meet this growing volume. Furthermore, the variety of different battery types complicates standard processing procedures, increasing the need for flexible and automated systems.

### Industrial Automation Plays a Key Role in Recycling

Bosch Rexroth adapts automation technologies used in manufacturing, such as drive and control systems, linear motion, assembly, and tightening technologies, to battery disassembly and material recovery processes. By increasing automation in critical stages that require manual intervention, especially in processes like battery discharge and disassembly, it enhances occupational safety and process efficiency.

### Technical Specifications

• Modular Automation: Supported by linear motion systems, tightening tools, assembly technologies, and collaborative robots.
• Flexible Configuration: Manual, semi-automatic, or fully automatic systems can be set up.
• Diagnostic Tools: Systems that determine a safe discharge process even for non-digital older batteries, based on battery type and condition.
• Discharge Systems: Mobile and stationary versions, applicable according to plant layout and processing volume.
• Pre-treatment Solutions: Supports recycling efficiency by improving material quality.

### Flexible and Safe Solutions for the User

The system's modular design allows for gradual upgrades and expansions in existing facilities. This enables capacity increases without the need for a complete infrastructure overhaul. This solution not only enhances occupational safety but also contributes to integrated digital supply chains with production processes.

### Presentation at IFAT 2026

Bosch Rexroth will introduce this scalable automation concept at the IFAT 2026 exhibition in Munich. This system, which combines diagnostics, controlled battery discharge, and automatic disassembly processes, aims to increase capacity, cost-effectiveness, and safety in battery recycling facilities.