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Updates of India Standard for Electric Vehicle Battery
Overview: On 29 August 2022, the Indian Automotive Industry Standards Committee issued the second revision (Amendment 2) of AIS-156 and AIS-038 with immediate effect on the date of issue. Major updates in the AIS-156 (Amendment 2): n In REESS, new requirements for RFID label, IPX7 (IEC 60529) an...Read more -
GB 4943.1 (ITAV) standard interpretation
Overview: Chinese National mandatory standard GB 4943.1-2022, Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment Part 1: Security requirements, was released on July 19. The standard refers to the international standard IEC 62368-1:2018, there are two main outstanding improvements: o...Read more -
REACH Introduction
Overview: The REACH Directive, which stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, is the EU’s law for the preventive management of all chemicals entering its market. It requires that all chemicals imported and produced in Europe must pass a comprehensive set o...Read more -
New Methods of Triggering Thermal Run Away
Overview With more accident caused by lithium-ion battery happens, People are more concerned about battery thermal run away, as the thermal run away occurring in one cell may spread heat to other cells, leading to shut-down of the whole battery system. Traditionally we will trigger thermal run ...Read more -
Ternary batteries are banned in Chinese energy storage station?
Background Chinese authority issued an exposure draft of amended version of 25 Requirements on Preventing Electrical Production Accident. The Chinese National Energy Administration made this amendment by arranging discussion with electrical organizations and experts to conclude the experience an...Read more -
TISI New AV Standard Will Come into Force
Overview TISI issued the latest AV mandatory standard TIS 62368 PART 1-2563 on May 31st, replacing the original TIS 1195-2536. Before the launching date, there’s a complicated procedure: On March 2nd 2021, Thailand issues TIS 1195-2561 replacing TIS 1195-2536, and became effective on August 29th...Read more -
Lithium-ion Batteries in Energy Storage Systems Shall Meet Requirements of GB/T 36276
Overview： On June 21, 2022, the website of Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development released the Design Code for Electrochemical Energy Storage Station (Draft for Comments). This code was drafted by China Southern Power Grid Peak and Frequency Regulation Power Generation Co.,Ltd....Read more -
MCM Can Now Provide RoHS Declaration Service
Overview: RoHS is the abbreviation of Restriction of Hazardous Substance. It is implemented according to EU Directive 2002/95/EC, which was replaced by Directive 2011/65/EU (referred to as RoHS Directive) in 2011. RoHS was incorporated into the CE Directive in 2021, which means if your product i...Read more -
MCM 20T Electromagnetic Vibration Generator System Come into Use
Overview: In line with the company’s strategic development direction in the field of power and energy storage testing, MCM’ s 20T double-slide vibration generator system, which had been ordered in December 2021, was officially put into use recently. The device is mainly used for vibr...Read more -
CTIA CRD Amendment Meeting Minute
Background: IEEE released IEC 1725-2021 Standard for Rechargeable Batteries for Mobile Phones. CTIA Certifications Battery Compliance Scheme always regards IEEE 1725 as reference standard. After IEEE 1725-2021 released, CTIA establish a working group to discuss IEE 1725-2021 and form their own s...Read more -
New Testing Measurements Replacing Internal Short Circuit—A detailed analysis on new version of IEC 62660-3
What’s new in latest IEC62660-3 IEC 62660-3:2022 varies from version 2014 as follows. The column of Reasons of Change is inferred from our actual work, which may be worth as reference. Detailed Analysis on New Internal Analysis The new version mentions a new forced internal shorting te...Read more -
Taiwan Issued Voluntary Certification Requirements for Energy Storage Batteries
Overview: On May 16, the Bureau of Commodity Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan introduced the Energy Storage System of Single Cell and Battery System Implementation of Voluntary Product Verification Related Provisions, marking the inclusion of energy storage cells, general batte...Read more