Twaice, a Munich-based battery analytics company, has recently partnered with R&D service provider Vispiron Systems to open the Munich Battery Lab. The lab will serve as a platform to analyse battery behaviour and optimise battery development with a focus on testing lithium-ion batteries.
The facility is built on state-of-the-art infrastructure and offers an area of over 100 square metres. This enables the analysis of different cell types in the battery at a current of one to several hundred amperes, with a cooling capacity of 40 kW, and using ten temperature chambers.
The lab offers a range of tests such as parameter and lifetime tests, thermal cycling tests, and calendar or cyclic ageing tests (electrical, thermal or combined) at temperatures between -20 and +80 degrees Celsius. The test results will not only benefit the commissioning customers but also provide additional data for Twaice’s battery analytics.
Michael Baumann, Managing Director of Twaice, said: “The Munich Battery Lab will make an important contribution to analysing battery ageing and behaviour in depth. As part of the Twaice Battery Research Center, we can thus further improve our software and, together with our partner Vispiron, make an important contribution to environmentally friendly mobility and energy.”
The partnership with Vispiron Systems is expected to further expand Twaice’s battery analytics capabilities. Vispiron Systems is a development partner of well-known manufacturers and suppliers in the industry, accompanying projects in the areas of Future Mobility, Future Energy, and Digital Transformation from idea generation to concept development and implementation. Since 2019, Vispiron has also been operating its own e-labs to provide more test capacities for the growing electromobility market.
The opening of the Munich Battery Lab comes after Twaice expanded its own lab capacities in December 2020. The new lab facility will enable Twaice to analyse battery behaviour and optimise battery development more efficiently, and further contribute to the advancement of environmentally friendly mobility and energy.
