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Drive Battery Quality with Advanced Testing & Formation Systems

More than 70 years of battery testing expertise across all major chemistries, now combined with ANDRITZ engineering, project management, and global service.

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Battery Testing Solutions

Where battery performance, safety, and lifetime are defined

Battery performance, safety, and lifetime are defined long before a cell leaves the production line. The way batteries are tested, formed, and validated determines how they behave in electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and demanding industrial applications.

ANDRITZ provides advanced battery testing and formation systems that give technical decision‑makers full control over their processes – from early development in R&D labs to high‑throughput production environments. Our solutions combine high measurement accuracy, robust industrial design, and energy‑efficient operation to support reliable quality decisions and reduce total cost of ownership.

Why testing and formation matter

Large testing facilities, labs, OEMs, ESS providers, and R&D centers require systems that are flexible enough for new chemistries, but also robust enough for continuous 24/7 operation. ANDRITZ supports both.

Testing and formation are central to:

establishing the electrochemical structure of a cell
verifying capacity, internal resistance, and stability
identifying early‑life failures and deviations
ensuring that cells meet customer‑specific requirements
creating reliable datasets for continuous improvement

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Formation Systems

ANDRITZ formation systems are engineered for precision, repeatability, and energy efficiency.

Formation racks for cylindrical, prismatic and pouch cells
Multi‑channel systems with stable current and voltage control
Flexible profile management for various chemistries and cell designs
Temperature‑controlled environments to ensure consistent results
Configurations for lab, pilot, and industrial‑scale production

These systems provide a stable foundation for repeatable formation processes, while supporting future scale‑up.

Battery Testing Systems and Cyclers

ANDRITZ testing solutions help users understand how a cell behaves across the full operating window.

High‑precision cycler systems for performance and lifetime testing
Charge/discharge profiles for development, validation, and benchmarking
Support for a broad range of current, voltage, and temperature conditions
Parallel testing of large numbers of cells for statistical relevance
Advanced protection and safety functions for reliable operation

This enables technical teams to characterize new designs quickly and build robust data for decision making.

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Integrated Validation Solutions for production

ANDRITZ testing solutions help users understand how a cell behaves across the full operating window.

End‑of‑line testing concepts for cell, module, and pack levels
Integration of testing and formation with upstream and downstream processes
Automated material handling interfaces
Real‑time monitoring and data exchange with higher‑level systems
Solutions designed for high throughput and industrial uptime

This ensures that validation is not a bottleneck, but a strategic quality gate.

Designed for different environments

For R&D Centers and Labs

Highly configurable systems for fast profile changes
Support for multiple chemistries and experimental parameters
Detailed data logging for analysis and reporting
Compact layouts for laboratory conditions
Easy‑to‑use interfaces for frequent test setup changes

For Large Testing Facilities

High channel counts for maximum throughput
Centralized control and monitoring
Scalable architectures for future expansion
Robust components for continuous operation
Efficient cooling and energy management

For Production Environments

Standardized formation and testing modules
Integration into manufacturing execution systems
Automated workflows to reduce manual handling
Stable, repeatable processes that support high yield
Designs prepared for industrial safety and compliance standards

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Designed for future

Modern testing and forming systems must not only be precise—they must also be data-driven. Furthermore, they are among the most energy-intensive steps in the battery value chain. Given rising energy prices and stricter emissions regulations, efficiency is becoming a decisive competitive advantage.

Data, Digitalization, and Integration

Central data acquisition and storage
Interfaces for integration with existing IT/OT landscapes
Real‑time dashboards for process and asset monitoring
Traceability across batches, lots, and individual cells
Reporting tools to support audits and customer documentation

Energy efficient and sustainable

Energy‑optimized power electronics
Intelligent distribution of loads and profiles
Recovery and smart use of heat where feasible
Minimized standby and idle consumption
Designs that support long lifecycles and reduced waste

Innovative Solutions For Battery Manufacturing

ANDRITZ is your global engineering partner for the new energy industry - delivering seamless efficiency, excellence, and reliability across the entire battery industry ecosystem with cutting-edge technology and customer-centric solution.

Innovative Solutions For Battery Manufacturing

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FTF - the E-Mobility & Energy Storage Test System

All of our FTF systems share the same high-accuracy, continuous-duty architecture and unified software ecosystem, yet each model is tailored to distinct voltage and power requirements.

FTF - the E-Mobility & Energy Storage Test System

All of our FTF systems share the same high-accuracy, continuous-duty architecture and unified software ecosystem, yet each model is tailored to distinct voltage and power requirements.

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BTDC - Digital Cycler the ultimate battery testing solution for high-capacity cells

The ANDRITZ Bitrode Digital Cycler™, also known as the BTDC™, features high-performance, fully regenerative hardware. It delivers high energy efficiency, exception al accuracy, and fast output with a low signal-to-noise ratio.

BTDC - Digital Cycler the ultimate battery testing solution for high-capacity cells

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Ready to strengthen your battery testing and formation capabilities?

Let us discuss your development, testing, or production environment and define the solution that best supports your objectives.

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Solutions shaping a sustainable tomorrow covering the battery value chain

Explore our solutions across the battery value chain, from lab and pilot lines for advanced battery innovations to scalable cell manufacturing, lead-acid technologies, and advanced testing, supporting development to industrialization with global engineering and services.

Lab & pilot lines for battery innovation

Turning electrochemistry research into scalable battery cell technologies

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Industrial solutions for lithium‑ion cell manufacturing

Large-scale manufacturing solutions, built for performance and reliability

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Lead‑acid Battery Manufacturing Solutions

Turnkey solutions from raw material processing to ready-to-market batteries

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Battery Testing Systems

Defining battery performance, safety, and lifetime, supporting R&D and validation

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Complementary portfolio within the group

Within the ANDRITZ Group, we can stimulate growth in the battery industry by developing safer, more efficient and faster-charging battery manufacturing technologies for e-mobility, ESS and any other applications. In particular our complementary portfolio within the ANDRITZ Group enables us to cover the entire battery lifecycle.

Eco‑efficient

Battery recycling

Turn battery waste into value, with proven processes, advanced equipment, and end‑to‑end services help you scale safely, recover key materials, and reduce environmental impact—ready for the accelerating EV market.

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Electrode manufacturing

Innovative calendering

Unlock consistent electrode quality with an innovative calender designed for battery manufacturing. CellCal helps refine materials with confidence and supports stable downstream processing.

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Battery minerals

pCAM, CAM and AAM production

Optimize your production with high‑performance dewatering and drying—from lithium dehydration to precursor filtration, drying, and calcination. Improve powder purity, cut energy use, and minimize downtime in active‑material processing.

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Digital Solutions

Smart, attractive & integrated

Boost efficiency, gain real‑time data transparency, and optimize OEE—your straightforward path to digitalized, reliable, and future‑ready manufacturing.

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