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- https://www.rit.edu/batterydevelopment
- https://www.rit.edu/batterydevelopment/about-bdc-testing
- https://umbatterylab.engin.umich.edu/
- https://news.engin.umich.edu/2025/08/u-michigan-battery-lab-2-0-expansion-open-for-innovation
- https://www.binghamton.edu/centers/necces
- https://www.binghamton.edu/centers/necces/dry-room
- https://beaconsusa.org/prototype-with-beacons
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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, 0–1000 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 μA–50 A
Teardown: not marketed
Cells: 18650, 21700, pouch up to 15 Ah
Safety: abuse + ARC testing
Analytics: XRD, DSC/TGA-MS, 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 (~80×100 mm, ~10–20 Ah) & 18650 cylindrical
Established ~2014–2015
Cells: pouch (34×50 mm → 250×250 mm), cylindrical
~15–30 staff University of Michigan – Battery Lab
Ann Arbor, MI Established 2015 ~20–30 staff
Binghamton University – NECCES Dry Room
Binghamton, NY Established ~2015
Safety: not specified Cells: pouch assembly line
~15–30 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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