Rolls picks BTU to build SOFC production line

Rolls Royce selected BTU International Inc. as its primary contractor for building one of the first automated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) production lines.

The pilot production line in Loughborough, England includes multiple BTU convection drying systems and a BTU elevator hearth system for high temperature sintering. The BTU technology also includes multiple screen-printing systems, a laser marking system and automated handling equipment.