How is a car battery made? A look inside the Century Batteries factory
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Ever wondered how a lead-acid car battery is made? Step inside Century Batteries' Australian-based manufacturing facility in Carole Park, Queensland, for an overview of how a car battery is made - from start to finish!
Designed and built right here in Australia, this new range of iconic Blue and Yellow SMF batteries continue to build on Century’s reputation for quality and innovation and feature an array of design improvements and specialist internal components to better suit Australia’s extreme climate and harsh conditions. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
How can people not like this. It’s how they are made nothing else. Weird this world for sure
I work in a plant where we make just the plastic and lead components for batteries, the shell, cover etc. Was curious what the rest of the process was like
Some great engineering here
Nice, lets hope we keep it aussie made for years to come
Yeah, I hope too. There are too many companies being bought by U.S. or chin a, or anywhere.
@@histoman4 Century is owned by a Japanese company (GS Yuasa), tho good on them for keeping manufacturing here in Australia. As long as people keep buying them, they'll probably keep making them here.
Worked at Exide in Adelaide as maintenance fitter for 19 years I know manufacturing machines inside out
Hey man how do I get such machines..planning on setting a similar factory only that am in africa
i just replaced my factory bt50 battery with Century, tomorrow i will replace my partners factory LR discovery sport with a AGM Century battery I will allways support Aussie made 100%
Wish we got these in Canada, nice colourful cases, rather than all black
Will have to remember to buy an Aussie made battery next time
Just bought this Aussie made battery for my Falcon FG. About 1.5 kg heavier compared to the Philippine made.
And it will last 3 times as long, too.
Pretty slick, thanks for sharing.
Love it
How to know the production date by Coding stamped on the battery?
Since Century Battery give like for this question, it's good to give the answer as well
Looks like you could offer 5 year warranties :)
I would like to know how the charge indicator/low water works
it's a basic hydrometer.
Why the initial fill of electrolyte is of lower strength and then its drained and later higher specific gravity electrolyte is added?
To dissolve all impurities and ensure correct 1.27 hydrometer level
It is required for the ‘Forming Process’ where the initial raw new lead plates in the new batteries are chemically changed by that initial process.
Even thi the batteries are Australian made
Is Century Batteries an Australian owned company?
What does the initial charging do exactly, especially the fact that the electrolyte is poured out and the new fresh electrolyte needs no charging?
It’s called the “Forming process” and is an essential part of the process for the new lead used in the making of the cells in the batteries
@@wa7215 Thanks for your comment.
I am curious, did you happen to change the term I used, i.e. "initial charging" and called it "Forming process"?
If I had instead used your term, someone may have said, it is "initial charging" and is essential part of... etc etc. It could have happened.
If you don't mind, I will cut through the chase as some might call it. There is no charging going on after the initial forming charging or whatever as I had stated. They pour out the solution and pour in fresh stronger solution and then leave it at that. In other words, it no longer needs charging. It is a charged battery by merely pouring the new solution.
Question 1. Why it does not need charging
Question 2. This is the big gurella in the room question: You hook up the battery to what is called a charger to charge the battery. Got that covered and stated. But what I want to know is "WHAT IS CHARGING?"
And just to stop the next move, I want to stop it. Charging is sending current to the battery. Just to clear this, whatever current is, as they go in through one post, that many leave the other post.
Now if you can go from there. It is the only answer that counts.
Why did I just watch some dude in Pakistan melt lead over an open fire when this exists?
Totally agree with you. They just don't want to improve.
sher Khan how would you improve with no money???
@@ebrahimakoonjee8888 even if they had money still they won't change their mentality.
sher Khan If they had money they probably won’t be working on the side of the road risking their lives doing a job which is harmful to their health for extremely small amounts of money, some people have it hard in the world , don’t be so quick to judge!
Because it's always impressive to watch a master craftsman. It's not clear on the lead levels humans can tolerate . Some animals such as insects don't appear bothered by high lead levels . I still don't believe we used to accept lead additives in our fuel . So we cultivated a nonchalant attitude about it which now has swung to opposite .
Why is there a double lid heat sealed permanently? Is that so you can't top up with distilled water and use your batteries much longer than a couple of years?
A sealed battery is preferred these days because most people dont know how to top-up their batteries
@@BoomChing does this stop the evaporation, or do they still lose fluid?
@@brad9529 It can still loose water with vapour, yet the design of the lead suppose to capture vapour and most shoul get back to elements (though this is not always guarantied)
Only their ‘maintenance free’ type batteries are fully sealed. The ‘flooded cells’ type are still able to be maintained by adding distilled water when needed via the removable screw in plugs in the top of the battery.
I will like to purchase equivalent machine. How much is the complete line of production.
I think you can buy the machine but they won't sell you their manufacturing secrets.
I guess you've watch the Indian/Pakistani videos where they rebuild lead acid batteries . Robert Murray Smith also has given good info in his member's channel last year early .
Century battery Australia is good. Last Very long
How long?
@@gerryrice4848 Providing that they are properly maintained, by always being sure to connect them to a “Smart Charger/Maintainer” that is properly sized, to suit, the stated AHr rating of the battery, whenever, the vehicle they are fitted into, is not being used regularly ie, driven on a daily basis, then you can confidently expect to get at least 4 years of useful service life out of these top quality Australian made Century Brand Batteries. I can vouch for this as a fact, because I have been using them in all of my vehicles for over 20 years now, and they have never let me down, and when they do finally, ultimately need replacing, I have never, had one of them fail unexpectedly, and completely, overnight, and thus leaving me stranded. They have always given me enough ‘prior warning’ by starting to become slower at cranking the engine for at least a week, before they finally fail, which has always been enough ‘warning’ time, to allow me to get to the local Auto parts store and buy, another, reliable, Century Battery, as a replacement. Prior to me discovering just how good and reliable these Century batteries are, I had tried using other battery brands, and I can honestly say, that none of them, were as good, or as reliable, as Century batteries. Top quality Aussie manufacturing, and I can highly recommend them. 👍👍
What percentage of the Century battery range are made in Australia?
Ie. 20%, 50%, 80% made in Australia? 🤷🏽♂️
Where’s the cast on process??
What is the cost 0f a manufacturing plant
In millions dollars
Can anyone tell the cost of this full automated factory?
regular price is 3,8 million US $. But I give you good price, my brazer. For you, only 1,4 million. 10% in advance , 90% after the installation. Top price, top quality. I give you also 50 years guarantee on all spare parts. We accept also Bitcoin. Like Tesla, you know my brazer.
@@stewiegriffin6503 contact number pls
Never had any luck with century batteries lasting, don’t know if this is just me or what
......are they still made in australia
Yes they are
Wish we could get these in the United States.
what battery brands are common in the states? curious?
@@calmauric8218 Ever Start, Bosch, Champion, Interstate.
@@BACKFIREFUR only 3-4 manufacturers ,make em all. Then rebranding
.....scotty kilmer the mechanic of 53 years experience says dont buy optima cos now they are poor quality made in mexico,..places like sears and others resell traded in s batteries of customers or even faulty returned batteries . project farm dude did a video on the brands too ,queries about optima arose.....yes im impressed with the century batteries ive picked up cheap as discards
@@calmauric8218 I work at Clarios and we manufacture all stock batteries for Ford ( United States) GM , Chrysler/ Dahmer .
I will like to be one of you guys
You can't only support the country where it is made
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Geez it takes you guys forever to make a car battery. We spit them out much faster where I work.
Yeah sure and they'll dies much faster too.If you don't going throughout the whole processes correctly.
Our batteries far exceed the warrantee @@Chu3505
Please help me jobs I’m from India but live in Saudi Arabia and I’m 7 years work experience
no narrator its a miracle but thats why i didn't really watch either!!
A little expensive.
Appalling sound
Oriya spelling at I am job vacancy and call me
Disposable
Can someone from your company please help me understand why a manufacturer of flooded batteries would seal the cells from being properly maintained? I could understand if it was an actual maintenance free type. Gel or agm. But it seems like a piss poor design to prevent maintenance on a battery that specifically requires maintenance.
The batteries have a way to vent the gas? Yes! But no way to top off?!!!
Help us understand. Otherwise you look greedy and or deceitful.
I just picked up two deka batteries from East penn and they pull the same crap.
Some century batteries have the little maintenance plugs in them just depends on what one you get , I've got the overland 4x4 century battery and it has them .
Some of the century batteries can fool you. They got a good tight fitting cover that hinges off on some ofem exposing the top up plugs .
The ‘flooded cells’ type are ..not ..fully sealed. They have removable screw plugs in them so that they can be maintained ie, topped up with distilled/demineralised water when needed.
This is what I have to say about this video:
In this video both positive and negative plates are made of the same stuff. FALSE.