Blue Whale to establish battery testing lab at Photon Automation

Blue Whale Energy & Innovation (BWE&I), a battery testing and evaluation lab, has announced a collaboration with Photon Automation Inc., a provider of customized automated assembly lines for battery manufacturing offering laser welding capabilities at its locations in Greenfield and Farmington Hills, Mich.

Under this partnership, BWE&I will establish testing capabilities at Photon’s automation and manufacturing facility in Greenfield, Ind., to serve Photon’s existing battery manufacturing clients and new clients in need of performance testing for li-ion, lead acid, and complex chemistries.

BWE&I’s end-of-line testing capabilities have recently expanded to include access to high-voltage cell cyclers and temperature chambers. This will bring a streamlined experience from prototype manufacturing to fully characterized and validated mass-produced battery packs, the companies report.