Engineers understand the critical impact that changes in battery pressure can have in battery performance and safety. Tekscan's pressure mapping technology can help you "see" these changes.

The video below shows real time battery housing pressure changes we can capture during the charge and discharge cycles.

New and Improved Battery Applications

Engineers have been utilizing our pressure mapping technology, which is highly effective in R&D applications, such as controlling dendrite formation.  

Tekscan is now expanding its pressure mapping battery applications to the manufacturing floor. Key use-cases: 

  1. Battery Formation: Ensuring uniform pressure distribution during the formation process to enhance battery performance and lifespan. 
  2. Quality Control: Continuous monitoring of pressure during production to identify and rectify issues in real-time, ensuring consistent product quality and safety. 

Integrating our technology into your manufacturing processes can help achieve higher efficiency, better quality control, and improved overall battery performance. 

Introducing TQi

This year, we will be launching our newest pressure mapping system for the battery market, TQi. We're previewing it to manufacturers and engineers interested in quality monitoring for:

  • Multiple pressure positions within a pack
  • During stack assembly
  • Testing of multiple cells simultaneously
  • Cycle testing at scale
Screenshot TQI flyer V1

Real-time pressure monitoring tools for quality control via OPC-UA that can run on the manufacturing floor can be a big win for improved efficiency and safety monitoring.

Additionally, an amazing opportunity to reduce COGS when deployed in the formation process. 62% of battery manufacturing cost comes after battery formation. TQi identifies nonconformance thereby preventing those cells from traveling further down the line consuming costs and improving overall quality and performance.

Please reach out via our form with your battery application needs. Our engineers are ready to help.

This animated image below shows how measuring pressure to maintain pressure uniformity can improve the battery formation process with:

  • Stable Solid-Electrolyte Interface (SEI) Formation
  • Reduced Formation Time
  • Improve process Efficiency
  • Tailored Cycling Profiles
  • Improved Energy and Power Density

non uniform battery pressure
Non-Uniform Battery Pressure