The present disclosure provides an electrode plate die-cutting method and an electrode plate die-cutting device. The electrode plate die-cutting method includes: conveying an electrode plate material strip in a first direction to a cutting area of an elect...

A cutting tool includes a first vacuum manifold, a second vacuum manifold separated from the first vacuum manifold by a gap, a laser, and an actuator. The actuator is configured to move the laser along the gap for cutting a material held down by, and subst...

To increase process reliability and/or process speed and/or to simplify process control and/or apparatus, the invention provides an electrode strand provisioning method for providing an electrode strand (32.1, 32.2) which has a separator web (34.1, 34.2) a...

A vehicle (10) instrument panel assembly (12) that includes a light-pipe (40) configured to guide light emitted from a light source (28) to a location on the assembly (12) remote from the light source (28). The light-pipe (40) is advantageously cut from a ...