Michael Rogers, managing director of Uniross Batteries, tells how it all started for him, including the setbacks that have shaped who he is in the electronics industry.
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Flat-cell designs are getting price competitive and battery experts predict a shift towards these cell formats, especially if the same performance criteria of the cylindrical cell can be met.
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At the original time of writing of this article, in August 2016, Tesla Motors expected to consume two billion Li-ion cells by 2017. Both the Tesla Model S and Model X electric vehicles (EV) get their ...
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Battery users often ask: “Why does an old Li-ion lake so long to charge?” Indeed, when Li-ion gets older, the battery takes its time to charge even if there is little to fill. We call this the ‘old-man ...
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Batteries achieve the desired operating voltage by connecting several cells in series; each cell adds its voltage potential to arrive at the total terminal voltage. Parallel connection attains higher ...
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Lithium-ion is safe but with millions of consumers using batteries, failures are bound to happen.
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Jason Finney has been appointed to a sales position at Uniross Batteries.   
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Charging and discharging batteries is a chemical reaction, but lithium-ion (Li-ion) is claimed to be the exception. Battery scientists talk about energies flowing in and out of the battery as part of ...
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Uniross’s Michael Rogers explores some of the issues behind producing battery packs, and how the difference between a good one and a bad one is more than skin deep.
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On the 10th of May 2016, a massive fire broke out at the premises of Uniross Batteries in Kyalami. The blaze started in the warehouse and quickly spread through the factory and offices, destroying everything ...
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Panasonic has developed a pin-shaped lithium-ion battery with a diameter of 3,5 mm and a weight of 0,6 g suitable for powering small devices such as wearable devices. This product, on top of being the ...
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We’ve all heard the saying ‘a chain is only as strong as its weakest link’, and never has this been more relevant than when used to describe lithium ion cells connected in multi-cell battery packs. When ...
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