DAkkS Accredits Batteryuniversity for Battery Tests

Batteryuniversity has been accredited as test laboratory for batteries by the Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS) with effect from 26 January 2016. The successfully completed approval procedure certifies the company’s competence  to perform test series according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 in compliance with the criteria of the UN manual“UN ST/SG/AC.10/11/Rev. 5 and 6, part III, Section 38.3 Lithium metal and lithium ion batteries” (so-called UN transport test).  Batteryuniversity is one of the few German test labs that is allowed to use the listed standardized test methods based on the different dates of issue of the relevant standards without prior information or approval by DAkkS. The test reports are internationally recognized. The combined symbol of ilac-MRA and DAkkS on the test reports serves as evidence. 

“Batteryuniversity is not only the organizer of the internationally well-reputed Battery Experts Forum which will take place for the 10th time from 5 to 7 April this year. Our key competence is to support developers and users of batteries with the most different individual services in their daily work – a mission accomplished by a dozen highly qualified experts, in electrical engineering, chemists and physicists. These services include in-house trainings, technical analyses, expert opinions and the development of own test devices as well as the performance of standard based or customized test series in our own lab. We provide long-standing experience in testing batteries according to the statutory provisions for the most different safety, transportation and environmental concerns. The accreditation according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 represents a further significant milestone on our way to one of the leading test laboratories for batteries in Europe” Dr. Jochen Mähliß, CEO of Batteryuniversity GmbH, is pleased.

About Batteryuniversity

Batteryuniversity GmbH was founded in early 2008 and have set on the task of supporting manufacturers, developers and users of batteries in their daily work with extensive specialist information and individual services. Batteryuniversity GmbH focuses on the implementation of standards-based or customer-specific test series in its own laboratory, technical analyzes, general advice on standards and the organization of in-house training courses, seminars and expert forums. With the test benches from Batteryuniversity GmbH, large batteries in the field of electromobility such as electric cars or electric forklifts can be tested.