BATTERY CYCLING

CONTAINMENT ENCLOSURE

Cabinet for lithium-ion battery cycling, housing individual vented steel ammuniation boxes with electrical and temperature feedthroughs.

A client needed a safer alternative to open-bench, end-of-life cycling of lithium-ion batteries. They required individual containment and clean routing for power, sense and thermocouple cables, integrated with their Bio-Logic BCS-815 cycler.

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BRIEF

A two-stage containment system: each steel ammo box was fitted with a gas vent and sealed cable feedthroughs, then installed within a steel cabinet with labelled panel-mount bulkheads for power, sense and thermocouple connections.
Each box included packs containing vermiculite (a fire-retardant mineral) to add a layer of protection between researchers if a catastrophic battery failure occurred, while the cabinet provided a secondary barrier and a clean interface for lab users.

Pillar drill creates holes in an ammunition box

Holes made into a steel cabinet for electrical bulkhead connections

Cabinet used for cycling lithium-ion batteries

Ammunition boxes to be used for lithium-ion battery cycling

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