Battery Test & Measurement

Batteries are becoming ubiquitous and are a key technology in a number of areas like transport, power and industry.

Battery manufacturers and integrators in these sectors needs to perform advanced tests to assure the quality of their batteries and systems. There are different challenges related to battery measurements on different system levels; from characterization of individual cells to balancing a high voltage battery stack. 

WireFlow has experience in designing test and measurement equipment for these battery applications. By using our ready-to-use software and hardware building blocks, we can quickly build customized test and measurement system that fit your need. We develop and manufacture systems for both production test and design characterization.

Do you want to know more about Battery Test & Measurement? Please contact us at info@wireflow.com

Operator panel for a battery cycle test rig.

A charging and testing station for battery pack manufacturing.

WireFlow Battery Test & Measurement Systems

WireFlow Battery Test & Measurement Systems Presentation

WireFlow solution vertical for battery test and measurement. We provide of the shelf products and turn-key solutions for validation of cells and packs and production test of battery-packs.

WireFlow Battery Cycle Test Rigs

Solution for long term test and qualification of Li-Ion batteries.

WireFlow’s CEO, Johan Sandquist, held a keynote on one of our battery cycle test-rigs using National Instruments’ Compact-RIO platform and our own WF 3169 – Battery Stack Monitoring C Series module. The keynote was recorded during NI Automotive Forum 2019 in Göteborg, and held again at NIDays Europe 2019 in Munich.

WireFlow Battery Test & Measurement Solutions

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Cell Characterization

WireFlow’s solution for cell characterization is a highly modular and scalable Cell Tester which is designed as a framework that makes it easy to integrate it with instrumentation and software from multiple suppliers.

The Cell Tester is used for long-term testing of individual cells by executing customized charging and discharging sequences while taking measurements of voltage, current and temperature. It can also be combined with more advanced measurements like Hybrid Pulse Power, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy etc.

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Rapid BMS prototyping

Use the NI LabVIEW development system with compactRIO hardware to quickly design and develop a working Battery Management System, BMS.

By using the WireFlow battery stack monitoring modules you connect the compactRIO directly to the cells in the battery stack to monitor the voltage of each cell and control the discharge function for each cell to create cell balancing. There also exist many other modules for temperature sensors, current measurement, CAN communication etc. This is the perfect platform for developing a BMS for low volume applications, or for experimental setups.

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Pack verification

A battery pack consists of many battery cells configured for the desired voltage and capacity. The pack also includes a Battery management system, BMS. The design of these battery packs needs to be verified. Both the long-term capacity of the pack and the software functionality. The design engineers typically wants do many types of “what if tests”.

WireFlow design and manufacture these types of Pack verification rigs which are used for long time charge and discharge testing as well as many types of “what if testing”. WireFlow adapts the test rig to the voltage levels, capacity, CAN communication etc used by your battery pack.

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Production Testing and Charging

Each manufactured battery pack needs to be programmed, configured, charged and tested before being shipped.

 WireFlow’s systems for production testing are robust and user friendly. They are built for the factory floor. The system shares information with the factory IT systems to make sure each battery is programmed and configured with the correct data. The batteries are charged to the specified SOC used for batteries at delivery and a basic function testing is performed.

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Reuse and Recycling

The industry is working hard to ensure that batteries can be refurbished, remanufactured, repurposed or recycled at the end of their life.

The WireFlow Bifrost systems for Reuse and Recycling are specifically designed to qualify and prepare the battery modules and packs for any of the stages above.

The system can execute tasks such as; State of Health for characterization and remaining life estimations, TotalDischarge™ for recycling, Individual cell balancing, Charging and discharging for maintenance or transportation etc.

Building blocks

The building blocks is a collection of components that are used within the Battery Test & Measurement Solutions

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VALAND Battery Test & Measurement Framework

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Peripheral Software

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Read the case studies below about some of the projects that we have carried out in the past

CASE | WireFlow Integration Services

Charge and Test System for Li-Ion Battery

Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Sweden is one of the world’s largest factories for manufacturing of warehouse trucks. Toyota was in progress of introducing a new generation of Li-Ion batteries for their trucks and needed new charging and test stations for the battery manufacturing line.

CASE | WireFlow Integration Services

Battery Cycle Test Rigs, A Solution for long term test and qualification of Li-Ion batteries

Micropower builds modular Li-Ion battery packs and chargers for a wide range of applications such as automotive, utility vehicles and mobile storage solutions.

They needed a safe, reliable and flexible test solution that could cycle battery packs unattended for many months, while logging large amounts of measurement data from the DUT (device under test).

CASE | WireFlow Integration Services

A Battery Testing Solution for Brompton Bicycle

Brompton Bicycle builds one of the most iconic foldable commuter bikes and is Britain’s largest bike producer. Upon introduction of their first electric bike to the market, they needed a top-of-the line battery testing solution.

Initially, the requirement was to test three packs, but the solution had to be scalable for easy upgrade to up to ten packs.

CASE | WireFlow Integration Services

Donsö EV-Battery Reuse
and Recycling System

A WireFlow Bifrost Battery Test & Measurement solution for Stena Recycling which is a part of the goal to ensure that batteries can be repurposed, remanufactured, or recycled at the end of their life.

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Solution and Application notes

Downloads

Measuring individual cells in high voltage battery packs

AB0005-116 AN19 Measuring individual cells in high voltage battery packs.pdf

Battery Stack Demo

AB0005-084 AN8 Battery Stack Demo.pdf

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