Spent lithium-ion batteries are mainly divided into two major categories: ternary lithium batteries and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. These two types differ greatly in material composition, target recycling products and profit models. Many investors are confused about selecting suitable recycling processes and equipment configurations during project initiation.
Ternary Lithium Battery Recycling Line (NCM/NCA)
Ternary batteries contain high-value precious metals including lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese. Our complete turnkey ternary lithium battery recycling system is specially developed for waste ternary power batteries and consumer-grade ternary batteries.
Process Flow: Feeding → sealed crushing → pyrolysis (removal of electrolytes and binders) → multi-stage screening, magnetic separation and gravity separation. The process effectively separates steel shells, copper granules and aluminum granules to produce high-purity black mass. The obtained black mass can be sold directly on the market or further processed via the lithium-ion battery hydrometallurgical refining system to produce battery-grade nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate, manganese sulfate and lithium hydroxide. It realizes deep purification of precious metals for the reproduction of battery materials.
Suitable Customers: Recycling enterprises aiming for deep extraction of nickel, cobalt and lithium metals and layout of hydrometallurgical deep processing business.
LFP Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Recycling Line
LFP batteries contain no cobalt or nickel. Traditional recycling processes only separate copper, aluminum and black mass, with low lithium recovery efficiency and limited economic benefits. To solve this industry pain point, we have independently developed a dedicated turnkey LFP battery recycling system. This system can process both waste LFP batteries and LFP black mass, and finally produce high-value recycled products including battery-grade lithium carbonate and iron phosphate. It realizes synchronous recycling and utilization of iron, phosphorus and lithium components, greatly improving the economic efficiency of LFP battery recycling projects.
Suitable Customers: Project operators that process large quantities of retired LFP batteries from energy storage systems and passenger vehicles and intend to improve lithium resource recovery rates.
Common Core Advantages of Two Production Lines
Both production lines adopt our mature modular design concept, achieving a comprehensive metal recovery rate of over 98%. The entire equipment adopts a sealed negative pressure structure with complete tail gas treatment systems, fully complying with global environmental protection emission standards. Equipped with centralized PLC intelligent control, the lines greatly reduce labor dependence and realize automated and stable production.
In addition, we support a mixed feeding solution. One integrated production line can complete the pre-treatment of both ternary and LFP batteries, with separate downstream processing procedures, which is highly suitable for recycling enterprises with complex and mixed raw material sources.
Model Selection Suggestions
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If your raw materials are mainly ternary batteries, prioritize the ternary battery recycling line with optional customized hydrometallurgical refining units.
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If you process a large number of LFP batteries, the dedicated full-set LFP recycling equipment is the optimal choice.
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For mixed raw materials, we can customize exclusive mixed processing process solutions according to actual conditions.
As a professional original equipment manufacturer, we provide one-on-one customized process design services based on customers’ local raw material sources, target production capacity, investment budget and downstream metal purification demands, effectively avoiding blind equipment procurement and ensuring stable and profitable project operation.
