Eurofins EAG Laboratories is expanding its battery materials testing capabilities with a new purpose-built 6,600-square-foot laboratory in Sunnyvale, CA. The company is also expanding facilities at its Syracuse, New York laboratory — adding 6,500 square feet of new laboratory space.
Both labs complement Eurofins EAG Laboratories’ extensive testing techniques and capabilities covering over 150 material testing techniques.
Eurofins EAG is the only independent battery testing laboratory with turnkey materials and failure analysis-based testing capabilities in the US, addressing materials testing needs throughout the entire battery life cycle for batteries ranging in size from a coin cell battery to an EV battery pack.
Its suite of services supports battery innovation, time to market, and improvement of battery quality and reliability.
Notable features of the battery testing laboratories include:
- A dedicated dry room and argon-filled gloveboxes to safely open batteries and diagnose components in as-is conditions
- Battery cyclers that work with various sizes of batteries to facilitate galvanostatic and potentiostatic cycling tests
- An air-free transfer system connected to an expanding network of services within Eurofins EAG Laboratories
- Battery tear-down services that focus on isolating specific components or materials for characterization
- Prototype coin cells to test electrode performance
- Cyro Plasma FIB for large cross-sectioning and compositional analysis of batteries
- Gas analysis tools to measure gas-forming elements and gases related to batteries and battery components
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