Cell & Pack Manufacturing

List of Open-Access / Quasi-Foundry Pilot Lines in US Organization

Location / Size

Battery Focus

Fabrication & Build

Testing & Safety

Teardown & Analytics

RIT Battery Development Center BDC

Rochester, NY

Open-access pilot cell manufacturing, testing, and safety validation

Electrodes: slurry mixing + roll-to-roll coating

Cycling: 650+ channels, 01000 V, up to 240 kW

Teardown: diagnostic analysis via testing center

Safety: abuse & thermal testing up to 500 Ah

Analytics: partial in-house

Industry-accessible academic pilot line bridging lab → commercial formats

Electrodes: reel-to-reel pilot coating

Cycling: 500+ channels, 5 V, 30 μA50 A

Teardown: not marketed

Cells: 18650, 21700, pouch up to 15 Ah

Safety: abuse + ARC testing

Analytics: XRD, DSC/TGAMS, rheology, EIS

Open-access academic dry-room cell build & test capability

Electrodes: slurry mixing, coating & calendaring

Cycling: 400+ channels

Teardown: not specified Analytics: campus-shared facilities

Rapid prototyping & scale-up for commercialization

Cells: pouch 80100 mm, 1020 Ah) & 18650 cylindrical

Established 20142015

Cells: pouch 3450 mm → 250250 mm), cylindrical

1530 staff University of Michigan – Battery Lab

Ann Arbor, MI Established 2015 2030 staff

Binghamton University – NECCES Dry Room

Binghamton, NY Established 2015

Safety: not specified Cells: pouch assembly line

1530 staff

BEACONS UT Dallas) Richardson / Dallas, TX UT Dallas) 15,000 sq ft facility

Dry rooms: 3,500 sf 1% RH 400 sf 0.25% RH (same source)

Cycling: formation & aging available (same source)Safety: abuse testing via partners (same source)

Teardown: not specified Analytics: materials characterization via UT Dallas facilities

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