We have established an experienced business & technology organization with the research & development capabilities to deliver valued innovations.

Manufacturing

Our first manufacturing facility started-up in 2014. This grass roots facility confirmed that our proprietary process could be scaled-up to produce commercial quantities; the initial production capacity of 1M Liters/year has been expanded to 3.3M Liters/year to support customer demands, enough to support >40 GWh of high-energy density anode production.

Pre-engineering and site selection is underway for construction of an additional full scale manufacturing plant(s) capable of supporting our partner’s longer-term needs.

  • Our products are manufactured in an ISO 9001:2015 certified facility

 




Research & Development

We have invested heavily in advanced analytical and battery testing capabilities to progress our own product development efforts and support those of our customers. We are well-equipped to test hundreds of Lithium-Ion or Lead-Acid batteries across the majority of the world’s testing specifications. Take a closer look at the tools we use to efficiently advance developments and deliver innovations to our customers.

General Equipment

We are continuing to invest in new capabilities to support our development efforts.  As an example, a recent investment in a JEOL Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) allows us to capture images at up to 1,000,000x.  This enables a true nano look at the interactions between our MOLECULAR REBAR® technology, surfactants, the lead particles, expanders, and any other additives or materials where we need to understand how they interact at the nanoscale.

  • JEOL Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM)
  • JEOL Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with EDX capabilities.
  • Thermo Gravimetric Analyzers (TGA)
  • Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
  • Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA)
  • FTIR and UV-VIS Spectrometer
  • Haake Poly Lab OS with torque meter for high shear mixer
  • Instron 3367 Tensile Tester
  • Additional supporting analytical equipment

Battery Lab

We  recently opened a brand new advanced battery testing lab in effort to support our ongoing work in providing the most comprehensive performance data on the effects of MOLECULAR REBAR® on battery performance. The lab was built to advance our internal testing capabilities on full scale batteries and provide our customers circuits for their product development and optimization.  The lab includes 300A circuits so that we can support Start-Stop testing like the SBA-S0101 and other high current testing.

  • 129 testing circuits for full-scale (ex. 12 V) Pb-acid battery testing
  • 248 testing circuits for Lithium-Ion and Lead-Acid cell testing
  • 8 Channel Solartron potentiostat
  • Energy-dispersive X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD)
  • Mercury Porosimeter
  • Dieletric spectroscopy
  • Arbin, 32 channel battery tester
  • 2ct Eirich EL1, lead paste mixers
  • Maker Bot 3D printer (Cell Casing Production)
  • Water baths (2V and 12V Testing)
  • Moisture analyzer (Paste QC)
  • Penetrometer (Paste QC)
  • Pyncometer (Paste QC)
  • Humidity/Curing Chamber
  • Refrigeration Chamber
  • Hach Handheld Colorimeter (Water and Metals testing)