Fulcrum – Commercial Battery Testing

Testing for UN regulations and compliances

Safe, Accurate, & Powerful
Commercial Battery Testing

SAE G27 PERFORMANCE BASED PACKAGE STANDARD FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES AS CARGO ON AIRCRAFT

Fulcrum: Your Lithium Battery
Testing Specialist

Fulcrum is a testing laboratory that specializes in testing energetic materials and products, including lithium batteries. The Fulcrum team customizes test plans and provides recommendations and guidance to meet the needs of our customers.

Obtain the Safest, Highest Performing Batteries

Fulcrum has assisted many clients to ensure their cells, batteries and battery powered products meet performance, reliability, and safety compliance standards.

Testing performed at Fulcrum can help customers better understand how safe their batteries really are and assist them in designing the safest batteries. We assist clients in ensuring the safety and performance of their battery products under anticipated usage, environmental and hazard conditions to avoid costly recalls.

Getting to the Root of Your Company Safety Events

We provide test results and data that can be used to determine if a recall is required. If your company has experienced a safety event and is considering a recall, we can assist you in understanding the root cause of the safety event and how likely it is to occur.

We can also assist you in determining if the product needs to be shipped as damaged or defective batteries and require special packaging.

Limit Your Supply Chain Disruptions

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Air Navigation Council implemented a 30% State of Charge requirement in April 2016 until controls were put into place for an acceptable level of safety. A performance-based packaging standard was identified as one of the controls. The new standard is scheduled to be completed in 2018 and will be incorporated into the international air transport regulations.

We encourage companies to start testing as early as possible to be prepared and limit supply chain disruption.

SAE G27 PERFORMANCE BASED PACKAGE STANDARD FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES AS CARGO ON AIRCRAFT

Prepare to Meet New Classification Requirements

The United Nations Transport of Dangerous Goods Sub-Committee has undertaken an initiative to classify lithium batteries based on their inherent risks. This means manufacturers of lithium batteries will need to test batteries to failure as opposed to simply meeting the UN 38.3 tests.

Our staff can assist companies to better understand the inherent hazards association with their cells and batteries in preparation for meeting the new classification testing requirements.