Consumer Battery Testing

CONSUMER BATTERY SAFETY TESTING

Battery safety, battery performance and battery durability are highly valued today as batteries become more common in everyday use. Batteries are being used in a growing range of consumer appliances such as mobile phones and computers. The safety and reliability of these batteries depends on its quality.  

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

It is projected that by 2020, the average number of electronic network-connected devices owned per person would be 6.5. Consumer electronic products has never been so proliferated. A faulty battery can endanger their users. This could tarnish consumers’ trust and brand image. On top of that, there could also be lawsuit filed against product manufactures for placing faculty products into the hands of their consumers.    

TÜV SÜD’S SERVICES

• Life cycle testing - Verify how long a battery lasts and demonstrate the quality of the product to customers. These tests include cycle life testing, environmental cycle testing and calendar life testing.
• Performance testing- Demonstrate the efficiency of batteries. Our experts can customize testing programmes to suit specific customer requirements such as performance testing under various climatic conditions.
• Abuse testing - Simulate extreme environmental conditions and scenarios to test your battery beyond its limits.
• Environmental and durability testing - Demonstrate the quality and reliability of your battery. Our tests include vibration, shock, EMC, thermal cycling, corrosion, dust, salt and humidity tests.
• Transport testing - Ensure your batteries can be transported safely. We conduct tests for the United Nations requirements (UN 38.3) for the safe transportation of lithium batteries. 

CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CTIA)

TÜV SÜD PSB is appointed by the CTIA as a CTIA Authorized Testing Laboratory (CATL).

TÜV SÜD’S FACILITIES

TÜV SÜD PSB has the following facilities to perform battery testing:

• Battery test systems
• Emission Spectrometer (ICP- OES)
• Environmental chambers
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical
• Microscopes
• Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM)
• Shock Testers
• Vibration test systems
• X-Ray Diffractometer System (XRD)
• X-ray imagining system

Learn more about our battery lab capabilities.

ACCREDITATION AND RECOGNITION

TÜV SÜD PSB has more than 40 years of experience in testing and product certification services. Its test reports and product certification marks are well accepted by manufacturers, third party buyers and government authorities worldwide. TÜV SÜD PSB is accredited under the Singapore Accreditation Council Singapore Laboratory Accreditation (SAC-Singlas) Scheme to ISO/IEC Guide 25 (ISO/IEC 17025) and ISO Guide 65 (ISO/IEC 17065).