Nexergy Opens Performance Verification Lab
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December 12, 2006
COLUMBUS, OH (USA) - Nexergy unveiled a new Performance Verification Laboratory(TM) today at its corporate headquarters that will give it advanced capabilities to conduct comparative product research into energy cell properties. The newly-constructed test facility will be used to carry out extensive testing on a multitude of commercially available battery cells and Nexergy custom OEM battery packs.
"A supplier's specifications for cells are typically derived under ideal conditions," says Chris Turner, Nexergy's Director of Battery Technology. "We often see 'specsmanship,' where one manufacturer might show performance with one set of parameters generally favorable to their cell chemistry or construction, while another manufacturer uses another set of parameters, which makes it difficult for the end user to make a confident choice of cells"
The Nexergy facility can simultaneously test cells or batteries in a variety of atypical environments, including extremes of temperature and humidity. The data collected will provide clear, direct comparisons of similar products and help predict a cell or battery pack's performance in demanding environments. The Laboratory can be used to verify the performance of the customer's battery pack designs early in the development process by simulating the expected device power profile prior to building the actual host device prototypes.
The climate-controlled Performance Verification Laboratory brings together an impressive collection of test and monitoring equipment. Of note are a MACCOR Model 4000 Series with such options as high-speed pulse discharge capability, SMBus interface control, in-situ impedance measurements, and external charge control and a CSZ Temperature/Humidity chamber with capability to go from -73° to +190° C (- 100° to +375 °F) and 10% to 98% relative humidity.
"Using our years of experience in developing test regimes to differentiate among cell suppliers," says Turner, "we can verify performance within a supplier's standard operating parameters, but also in the context of our customers' unique requirements and application profiles." Bottom line: Real-time data generated by Nexergy's Performance Verification Laboratory will pinpoint which cells can truly meet the customer's specifications.
For more technical information, please contact Chris Turner, Director of Battery Technology, at 800-308-1365 or at cturner@nexergy.com .
About Nexergy: With more than 20 years of experience, Nexergy is a leading designer, integrator, and manufacturer of battery packs and chargers that enable electronic products to be more dependable, smaller, lighter, and longer-running.
Nexergy is based in Columbus, OH (USA), and operates additional design and assembly centers in Gainesville, GA and Escondido, CA. Through its strong international partnerships, the company also manufactures product in the Asia/Pacific region. Nexergy is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. For more information, please visit www.nexergy.com.
