Starter polyethylene pocket separators

Separators for Starter Batteries 11.2.2.1 Polyethylene Pocket Separators... 

Practical experience has shown polyethylene pocket separators only in very exceptional cases to be considered as a cause of failure in starter batteries... 

The microporous polyethylene pocket has succeeded worldwide more than 70 percent of all starter batteries use this form of separation. Whereas in the USA and Western Europe the transition is essentially complete, a similar development in the Asia-Pacific area and Latin America, and in the medium term also in Russia and China, is expected [3],... 

The production process is comparatively simple, even though — of course — the respective know-how is also decisive. The equipment for the production of sintered PVC separators is suitable in size and production capacity to be operated on its own by individual, medium-sized, starter battery plants, in contrast to the far larger units required for the production of polyethylene pocket material. 

Filled polyethylene separators are the only pocket material that has been able to meet all requirements of a starter battery reliably [39-48]. It is flexible and weldable into three-sided closed pockets, making the previously usual mud room at the bottom... 

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