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From the 3D printer: a mount for holding the Steasy® battery pack during the UN 38.3 vibration test
Thursday, 11 August 2022
There was recently a post on this blog regarding our 3D printer used for making samples and prototypes. The 3D printer allows both our customers and us to enjoy speed and flexibility in various process steps. For instance, this is true for the start-up Steasy®: We printed a mount designed to hold the start-up’s custom
- Published in Battery Technology
UL certification – the key to the US market
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
The standards in the North American market are set by Underwriter Laboratories (UL). UL is an independent US private company, one of the oldest testing institutes in the world, which published the first standard in 1903. Unlike the IEC/CB method, which does not use a test mark, UL has a test mark and a database
- Published in Battery Technology
Insights into the daily tasks of a project manager: The first steps in battery development projects
Tuesday, 01 March 2022
In the consumer sector, the decision for the right battery is made quickly. There are standard batteries which fit in consumer applications. However, in the industrial or medical technology sector, the situation is different. For these applications, “off-the-shelf” batteries are often not suitable. There are special requirements concerning safety or space. The solution: individually developed
- Published in Battery Technology
Customer Success Story: A Powerful Lithium-Ion Battery for HKK Bionics
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
Everyday activities such as tying shoes or eating with knife and fork are almost impossible for patients with paralyzed or weakened hands. The German-based start-up HKK Bionics is aiming to help these people with its newly developed hand orthosis. “Our exomotion® hand one is a kind of motorized partial glove with forearm splint,” explains Dominik
- Published in Battery Technology, Customer Success Stories
Customer Success Story: Early Detection via MRI – an Amagnetic Lithium Polymer Battery for Northh Medical
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Northh Medical, a MedTech start-up founded in 2017 in the German city of Hamburg, focuses on early detection of congenital heart defects of unborn children in the womb. “Especially in the last weeks of pregnancy, routinely conducted ultrasonographic cardiac imaging reaches its limits,” says Dr. Christian Ruprecht, one of the founders. That’s why Ruprecht and
- Published in Battery Technology, Customer Success Stories
Customer Success Story: Deeper’s Smart Fish Finder
Tuesday, 05 November 2019
Fishing is one of the most relaxed hobbies you can imagine. Just cast out your line and hope a fish will take the hook. Sometimes however, the angler’s patience is not rewarded and he has to return home without having caught anything. If you want to avoid this disappointment and don’t want to rely on
- Published in Battery Technology, Customer Success Stories, Frequency Control Products
How It All Began: The Voltaic Pile
Monday, 18 February 2019
In the year 1800, Italian physicist Alessandro Volta presented his latest invention to the Royal Society in London. His Voltaic Pile was the first battery. For the first time, a permanent flow of electricity could be created and held over a long period; a scientific sensation that paved the way into the electric age. The
- Published in Battery Technology