NRW Laboratory and Workshop for Battery System Design (Battery Pack Laboratory)
The NRW central laboratory for the development and integration of components and concepts of battery systems is part of the elab at RWTH Aachen University. It offers highly modern equipment to develop battery systems from the first idea up to the tested prototype.
Contact
The equipment consists of:
- Laser cutting and welding machine
- Rapid prototyping 3D printer for plastics and metal
- Vacuum casting machine
- Test benches for the mechanical and electro-thermal validation of battery prototypes
- Closed development compartments for confidential customer projects
With the aid of this and further equipment innovative battery systems can be developed starting with concepts and the connection of cells, the construction and testing of cooling systems to the mechanical integration of cells into modules and packs.
- Rent our modern development workshop
- Consultancy and design for parts or complete battery systems
- Contractual work or joint development with your experts
Selection of battery cells
Performance and lifetime testing of battery cells, modules and packs
- Enabling characterization and parametrization with state-of-the-art methods
- For the prediction of battery behavior and performance
- For precise aging models for the selected battery system
- Performing safety tests to define the operating range of the battery system
Specifications
- Analysis of the power, energy, temperature and lifetime specifications of your battery system
- Validate the charging power and the charging strategies for your battery system
- Keeping battery systems within a safe operating range
Battery system design
- Module and pack concept
- Design your own battery system according to your requirements with our rental equipment and technical support
- Validate your wiring concept
- Develop a heat management system with the help of our equipment
Prototyping
- Rapid Prototyping of parts
- Use the advantages of prototyping and save development costs
Downloads
- Battery Pack Laboratory Regulations (pdf: 469 kb)
- Directions
- Description Battery pack tester (pdf: 1042 kb)
- Description Battery Module Tester (pdf: 1041 kb)
- Description Battery Cell Tester (pdf: 1183 kb)
- Description Compartment (pdf: 926 kb)
- Description Lathe (pdf: 962 kb)
- Description DMG (pdf: 985 kb)
- Description Plastic laser sintering plant (pdf: 939 kb)
- Description Calorimeter adiabatic (pdf: 1184 kb)
- Description Calorimeter isothermal (pdf: 1134 kb)
- Description Spot welding machine (pdf: 943 kb)
- Description Selective Laser Melting Plant (pdf: 992 kb)
- Description Laser cutting and welding maschine (pdf: 905 kb)
- Description Air cooling test bench (pdf: 1202 kb)