Sakuu, an organization recognized for growing additive manufacturing (AM) programs for battery manufacturing, is holding a web based public sale to promote a variety of apparatus. The public sale will run from August 12 to 14, 2025, and contains battery testing items, glove containers, vacuum ovens, steel 3D printers, milling gear, and extra. The total record of property and public sale particulars is obtainable on the Silicon Valley Disposition public sale website.
In mild of the public sale announcement, 3DPrint.com reached out to Sakuu to verify the standing of its operations. In response, Dave Pederson, the Vice President of promoting and enterprise improvement at Sakuu, supplied the next assertion:
“No thriller. We’re merely clearing out gear amassed during the last a number of years that we now not want. We’re making house for our subsequent version of Kavian, our additive manufacturing platform, which integrates our modern dry course of manufacturing steps into an all-in-one instrument to supply a whole lithium-ion battery electrode.”
In line with Sakuu, the public sale is a part of a facility improve to help the subsequent part of its Kavian platform. This dry-process 3D printing system is used to supply full lithium-ion battery electrodes. Not like conventional strategies, Kavian guarantees to get rid of the necessity for moist slurries and ovens through the use of a powder-based course of that avoids poisonous chemical substances, resembling NMP, a solvent, and PTFE, which is a plastic binder utilized in conventional battery manufacturing.
The system helps each present battery chemistries, resembling LFP and NMC, in addition to rising choices like lithium-metal, aluminum-ion, and sodium-ion. Sakuu says Kavian is designed to scale back manufacturing unit footprint by about 60%, reduce vitality use by 40%, and decrease carbon emissions by 55%. The platform has additionally gained consideration by way of early partnerships with teams like South Korean battery producer SK On.
Sakuu public sale. Picture courtesy of Silicon Valley Disposition.
As the corporate strikes ahead with Kavian, the upcoming public sale will embrace a wide range of legacy lab and manufacturing gear, resembling Neware battery testing items, ultrasonic welders, vacuum ovens, milling programs, a steel binder jet 3D printer, light-curing conveyor programs, forklifts, and different facility gear.
All objects are positioned at Sakuu’s San Jose facility, at 5870 Hellyer Ave, and might be obtainable for preview by appointment solely. The public sale will shut on August 14, with asset removing scheduled for the next week.
A rendering of Sakuu’s future 3D printing gear. Picture courtesy of Sakuu.
Sakuu is a California-based firm that focuses on additive manufacturing (AM) expertise for producing solid-state and lithium-ion batteries. The corporate has attracted consideration for utilizing 3D printing to make battery elements — an strategy geared toward decreasing waste, saving vitality, and enhancing efficiency. This kind of expertise is particularly essential as demand grows for batteries in electrical automobiles, electronics, and renewable vitality programs.
In March 2023, Sakuu introduced plans to go public by way of a merger with Plum Acquisition Corp. I, a particular function acquisition firm (SPAC) led by former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns. The deal valued the mixed firm at roughly $705 million and was anticipated to lead to a public itemizing below the ticker image “SAKU.” Nonetheless, by June 2023, Sakuu and Plum mutually agreed to terminate the merger. Following that announcement, Plum Acquisition Corp. I initiated plans to liquidate. As of mid-2025, Sakuu stays a non-public firm.
Photos courtesy of Sakuu
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