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In an increasingly digitalized industrial environment, proactive maintenance strategies are becoming increasingly important. CEPA is currently working on an innovative system solution for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of centrifuges - specifically for the requirements of the biopharmaceutical and chemical industries as well as for our deoiling centrifuges in the machining industry.

The new technology is based on the intelligent evaluation of operating and sensor data. The aim is to record the condition of the machines in real time, identify potential faults at an early stage and enable automated fault diagnosis. The advantages for our customers are obvious:

- Planned maintenance work instead of unplanned downtime

- Optimized maintenance cycles while reducing costs at the same time

- Significant increase in system availability and operational reliability

- Greater process efficiency - even for complex applications such as oil removal

The integration of decades of CEPA expertise in the field of machine diagnostics creates particular added value. The result is a solution that is not only based on state-of-the-art technology, but also reflects real-life practice in sensitive production environments.

“Our aim is to provide our customers with maximum transparency and control over their processes - reliable, scalable and future-proof,” explains Managing Director Uwe Kirchgässner.

The market launch of the new diagnostic platform is planned for the fourth quarter of 2025.

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After three years of intensive work, we are celebrating the completion of IDcycLIB - a pioneering project for sustainable battery recycling. Together with our partners, we have developed innovative technologies, such as the Z 61 GP rapid centrifuge and the harvesting and cleaning station, which make recycling processes safer, more efficient and more resource-friendly.

A huge thank you to our great team and all project partners who made this successful chapter possible! Together, we have made an important contribution to the sustainable battery production of the future.

This is just the beginning - we look forward to what's to come!

As part of the IDcycLIB project - funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - we are working with ten partners from industry and science to create a sustainable and forward-looking solution for recycling lithium-ion batteries. Our aim is to develop a flexible, automated solution for classifying various battery residues with industrial throughput. To achieve this, we rely on our specially adapted tubular centrifuges, which, in combination with a robotic arm, enable precise and efficient sorting.


Our approach has numerous advantages: the technologies used allow for the environmentally friendly separation of materials, such as production residues and cell returns, using a water-based separation technique that effectively isolates even the smallest particles. With this innovative process, we are making an important contribution to reducing our dependence on raw material imports and to optimizing economic efficiency and sustainability in battery cell production.
 

We are particularly proud of the automated robot solution, which significantly reduces manual effort. This allows us to protect our employees by reducing their contact with potentially hazardous materials such as electrolytes or cobalt, while at the same time improving the process stability and durability of our systems. We are also developing a special cleaning unit that enables the centrifuges to be cleaned quickly and easily, thereby extending maintenance intervals.
We were recently on site and implemented important steps: The assembly of the centrifuges, the programming of the robot tasks and the first functional tests. This will be followed in November by the optimization of the interfaces and commissioning with real production materials. Our final goal, the presentation of the entire process to our project partner ISC in December, is getting closer and closer.


We see this project as a great opportunity: it not only enables us to strengthen our market position, but also to further expand our comprehensive expertise in the field of rapid centrifuges. Together, we are shaping the battery technologies of the future - for a more sustainable, resource-conserving world.