Battery Solutions
Advancing Battery Options with Measurement Solutions
The automotive industry is undergoing a monumental transition in manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) as a viable alternative to internal combustion engine-powered cars. Batteries are the core components of EVs, providing the energy necessary to propel vehicles. Acceptance and advancements of EV’s is highly dependent on the battery. It’s well understood that the mass adoption of EVs has significant implications for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and fossil fuel dependency. Consumers are making assessments on vehicles based on battery lifespan, charging options and mileage.
The increase in battery demand is connected to availability of critical materials. Reducing the need for critical materials will also be important for supply chain sustainability, resilience and security. Accelerating advancements in battery capabilities, recycling and materials will drive faster adoption of EVs. The current market shift towards EVs has made the lithium-ion battery the dominant battery type today, surpassing all other types. EV manufacturers prefer partnering with manufacturers (OEMs) of newer model Li-ion batteries due to their lighter weight and higher energy density.
Load Cells and Battery Advancements
Force measurement testing plays a crucial role in many aspects of lithium-ion battery testing, covering multiple stages in research, development, and manufacturing processes. Materials like lithium-sulfur, silicon anodes, and graphene-based electrodes hold great promise. As battery technology continues to evolve, we can expect transformative changes that will redefine how we travel, transport goods, and shape our world. As an industry solution provider, Interface offers various solutions tailored to automotive component and battery manufacturers:
- Battery Capacity Testing: Load cells assess the capacity and energy density of lithium-ion batteries by subjecting them to various load profiles and measuring corresponding electrical outputs. This enables the characterization of a battery’s energy storage capabilities and performance over time, crucial for achieving greater range in electric vehicles.
- Battery Safety Testing: Given the potential for thermal runaway and safety hazards in lithium-ion batteries, load cells, in combination with temperature and pressure sensors, can monitor critical parameters during battery operation. Detecting abnormal mechanical forces or stresses can indicate impending failure, prompting preventive measures or shutdown protocols.
- Battery Environmental Testing: Load cells and other sensor technologies simulate real-world conditions and environmental factors that batteries may encounter throughout their lifespan. This includes vibration testing, temperature cycling, humidity exposure, and acceleration force simulation. Manufacturers and researchers can assess the battery’s performance and reliability under various environmental conditions.
- Battery Manufacturing Quality Control: Load cells play a vital role in battery manufacturing processes by ensuring consistent quality and performance. They measure and analyze forces and stresses experienced during assembly, welding, or compression processes, identifying manufacturing defects, inconsistencies, or deviations from design specifications.
Battery R&D, testing and production rely on high-accuracy measurement solutions. As the world manufacturer’s, policy makers and organizations fund signification growth in battery manufacturing and incentives for EV purchases, batteries are expanding their reach into other industries including consumer products, energy and IoT. The possibilities are expansive and have dramatic impact on sustainability and humanity.
Battery Solution Videos:
Digital Prototyping and Precision Load Cells Advance Modern Manufacturing
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassDigital prototyping in manufacturing uses simulation for product development. Interface load cells validate these simulations and digital models using accurate real-world measurement data for physical product development in testing and validation. This important collaboration saves time, resources, and costs in modernizing manufacturing.
Engineering Peak Performance in Auto Racing Requires Precision Measurement
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface load cells and torque transducers provide precision measurements in auto racing vehicle design, testing, and performance tracking. The data acquired through these sensors, like the AxialTQ, helps performance auto engineers optimize vehicle components, ensuring they perform at their best under the intense conditions of a race.
Interface Validates Trends in Automotive Test and Measurement
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface is a trusted supplier to automotive testing labs and automakers of precision sensor technologies for force and torque measurement. Our load cells support research, testing, and innovation in the industry. There is a growing demand for Interface torque transducers for motor, engine, EV battery, tire, and component tests.
Accelerating Automotive Excellence in the Test Lab
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface understands that test labs need the very best in terms of testing devices and equipment. Interface, a supplier to automotive testing labs for decades, has a broad range of products used in all types of torque, force, and weighing applications. Accelerating Automotive Excellence With Interface Testing Lab Solutions is a new case study that details common challenges and solutions offered by Interface to fit the requirements of today’s modern automotive industry testing lab.
Interface Powers Smart Transportation Solutions
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassSmart transportation uses Interface transducers to measure force, torque, or weight. Our load cells, torque transducers, scales, load pins, tension links, and multi-axis sensors provide vital force, torque and weight measurement data in the design, development, testing and performance monitoring of various smart transportation systems and components. Our products are used in smart transportation for cargo weighing, railway monitoring, EV structural tests, automotive components, and transportation infrastructure projects.
Exploring Interface Capabilities and Differentiators
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface is the largest producer of load cells defined by a particularly important core differentiator. The Interface difference is precision. How do we maintain this standard of excellence? Interface is directed by our foundational 4-pillars for success: quality, service, accuracy, […]
Interface Automotive Force Measurement Solutions
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface introduced our load cells to the auto and vehicle industry more than five decades ago. Quality and precision sensor technologies are essential to manufacturing and production for vehicles. Interface force measurement devices are used for critical testing in both commercial […]
Interface Helps to Power the Electric Vehicle Market Forward
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassAny time innovation is introduced into the market, it takes many years to iterate and realize the full potential of the technology. In today’s automotive marketplace, electric vehicles (EV) are reaching a point where the technology and capabilities are fully […]
Advancing Auto Testing with Interface Measurement Solutions
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassWhat classifies as the automotive industry involves a complex and dynamic mix of suppliers, makers and designers of all types of vehicles, as well as prototypes of the changing demands and requirements of consumers both big and small. Whether we […]
The Future of Automotive is Electric
/in Blog /by Brian JohnsonInterface has been a longtime provider of force measurement solutions that help engineers develop the technology of tomorrow. One of our main areas of expertise during our 50 plus years in business has been in solutions for the automotive industry. Interface has […]