Among the problems that the battery industry is involved in, is that 95% of the required battery items are domestically produced, but its separator is imported and its raw materials are not found in the country. Farnam Bespar has managed to localize this product, please explain.
Farnam Bespar Company is an organization established after the revolution and has tried to do things that were not noticed by others in the country. This product is among the products that were not paid much attention to its production in the country.Franambaspar company, seeing the cheap price of one of the foreign products similar to its own product that was produced before Separator, investigated the reason for its cheapness and in some way directed the research. During the investigations, it was found that some importers, instead of the real name of the imported product, which has higher customs duties, register the name of the “ion exchange layer” product, which is the separator and has lower customs duties. Of course, due to the fact that it is not produced in the country, the minimum customs tariff has been set, but the mentioned merchants reduce the total price by replacing the name of the imported product with the name of Seperator. This issue made this company familiar with the mentioned product and motivated its production.
In the investigations, it was found that another company had decided to produce this product before us and was setting up the equipment, but a little later, during a call, it suggested handing them over to this company. It was observed that the continuation of their actions is compatible with the will of this company, so the proposal was welcomed due to the alignment with the previous decision. The purchase and transfer of all the machines, which were all made in China, was completed, but in the process of setting them up, we realized that they are far from the power required to produce the product, so by using the existing technical knowledge, comprehensive and necessary modifications of these machines were implemented to produce the product with the required specifications. They got ready.
How is the production of this product for battery makers? Does it have a specific standard?
This product, like other engineering products, must have special specifications that are announced by the battery manufacturers. The manufacturer of this product is required to create the required specifications of each battery manufacturer in the requested product according to their needs. Each domestic producer has presented a different table to this company.
By studying the specifications of foreign manufacturers and receiving specifications from domestic manufacturers, we realized that by providing all the specifications announced by them in the product, we will be able to satisfy them. But the demand of the builders covers a wide range of specifications.
Therefore, we have become familiar with our duty to provide and stabilize the specifications announced by the customers. Stabilization of these specifications in terms of features requires modification and completion of different processes in product production. This was possible by designing and building a very precise automation system that was designed and implemented last year. Of course, the work of setting them up has also been completed recently.
How were you finally able to obtain the license to produce the battery separator?
Execution of development projects in Tehran is limited to the issue of exploitation license. The company’s operating license is in line with the development of Seperator product production, so we were able to justify the officials and after receiving the license; Receive order registration for two required foreign products. Therefore, the export problem was solved and the necessary coordination for import was completed with foreign sources.
Currently, how much separator does Farnam Bespar have the ability to supply to battery companies?
Currently, we can produce 4 million meters of this product and enter the market. According to the experience and gaining the necessary knowledge, there is enough power to design and manufacture similar machines. Currently, the machines made by the company are ready for operation. Therefore, we can supply at least 6 tons of separator battery materials to the market daily. Of course, the continuation of the construction of the next machines has also started, which will be launched gradually from next year, and we hope to be able to create conditions for the production of the country’s entire needs in the next year.