Batteries

The rapid pace of product innovation, evolving manufacturing methods, and skilled labor shortages are putting increasing pressure on traditional Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) approaches. At EWI, advanced QA/QC has been an ongoing focus, leveraging our expertise in manufacturing processes, sensor integration, and data science to develop real-time, automated solutions that can: Enable 100% inspection  Provide...

As the electric vehicle industry continues to grow, the pressure on automotive suppliers and OEMs to deliver leak-free battery enclosures — an expensive and critical component — grows as well. Not reflected in the importance of these enclosures is the effectiveness of traditional leak detections methods. Current techniques may be expensive, difficult to implement, or...

Ultrasonic metal welding is one of the most effective ways to join lithium-ion batteries. However, the need to completely replace the sonotrode due to tool wear is a limiting factor for manufacturers who are performing tens of thousands of welds per day. EWI has designed and validated a sonotrode with a replaceable tip made of...