Apparatus for Discharging Battery Units

An apparatus for discharging battery units includes a plurality of carrier units, with respective battery units arranged on top of each; a conveyor system configured to transport individual carrier units; a buffer station configured to receive and temporarily store carrier units; a discharging station configured to receive individual carrier units from the buffer station; a removal station configured to remove individual carrier units from the discharging station; a contacting assembly configured to generate an electrical contact to carrier units accommodated in the discharging station such that a series circuit of battery units is generated, which are arranged on these electrically contacted carrier units to discharge battery units of this series circuit and to disconnect the electrical contact to individual carrier units individually and independently from one another so that the battery units arranged on these carrier units are removed from the series circuit individually and independently from one another.