Battery Testing - Comprehensive Tests for Safety & Performance

Batteries are everywhere in our everyday life. Portable systems have been used successfully for decades as Li-Ion cells. For several years, this technology has also been used for the application of traction batteries / accumulators, which experience a significant increase in energy content, performance and also in the total capacity compared to the previous orders of magnitude. For qualification, batteries are also evaluated according to the electrical properties, so-called parameter tests (capacity, maximum charging and discharging current), as well as according to the environmental conditions (temperature influences, charging and discharging behavior under temperature as well as vibration and shock).

Unlike other tests, comprehensive battery testing must meet very high safety standards because batteries can explode and burn off in a so-called thermal runaway event.