Battery Factory from Serbia, has been in the lead-acid starter battery market since 1952, having transformed from a small workshop for assembling and servicing of 6V and 12V batteries. Since then, the firm has experienced steady progress though it was not until 1974 than it came to a turning point and took a direction of dynamic development. It was then when the US-based GLOBE UNION-s licence was bought, boosting improvement of technology and equipment, due to the company-s expertise and experience. In 2004 a new generation of batteries based on calcium technology was launched on the market, this required modernization of the production process. Leading manufacturers` machines and equipment such as WIRTZ, TEKMAX, TIEGEL, MAC, SOVEMA, TBS etc. have been installed meeting the requirements of EN 50342.
BLACK HORSE is now a familiar brand name in the markets of Europe, Africa and Asia.
The Factory can turn out 1, 000, 000 batteries per annum (36 Ah through 235 Ah) , ranking it among prominent battery manufacturers in this part of Europe.
The said achievements serve as basis for further development and expansion.
PRODUCTION
The Battery has invested into new continuous casting technology, which in terms of product quality, proved to be superior over other casting systems. It is also in line with the latest developments of the battery industry.
Via continuous casting of the negative calcium grid and continuous plate pasting manufacture of the hybrid starting battery has commenced. The said technology results in lighter, stronger, high-quality batteries and the current capacities installed is 1, 500, 000 units per annum.
The plate design of the continuous-cast full-frame grid adds firmness to the thin carrier, resulting in enhanced vibration-resistance during use. The casting technology enables manufacture of such grid structure, which is exceptionally resistant to corrosion at high temperatures of up to + 75C.
Lead powder, a key component in the production of lead-acid batteries, is manufactured with equipment from the Italian mill-maker Sovema.
Wirtz pasting machine is the most modern of its in the world and used only by the most prominent battery manufacturer. This sophisticated machine performs complete pasting of both sides of grids thus enhancing battery performance
The new assembly line has been chosen to ensure high quality and productivity.
High quality, thin, micro-porous, polyethylene, pocket separators eliminate all shortcut possibilities during use as well as reducing electric resistance and enhancing starting at low temperatures. Texmax machines perform enveloping of plates and stacking cells.
TBC cast on strap machine produces an excellent combination of quality, flexibility and speed.
Starting ability as well as resistance of battery to vibration depends on the quality of the intercellular weld. Therefore, the factory had the renowned American Machine maker, Tiegel-s machine installed.
In he final stage of assembly, the battery lid is thermally connected to the container. Contact surfaces are heated and bound by pressing against each other. Another unit of the same machine tests whether cells and the lid-container are properly sealed.
Aiming at the highest possible final product quality, every single battery is tested for voltage without load and under extreme load. The unit for final control testing is computer-controlled and every single battery has to meet the values set by the software resulting in standard quality of all the batteries produced.
QUALITY
The ISO 9001-2000 certificate of quality was received from BSI Management Systems certifying the level of quality of batteries manufactured by Battery Factory Serbia.
Company starter batteries with brand name BLACK HORSE have been assigned European Type Number (ETN) which means that these batteries have been made in accordance with European Norm EN 50342.