From Within the Battery Industry, to Serve the Battery Industry

Bitrode began in 1957 as an in-house department developing formation chargers for Acme Battery, a manufacturer in St. Louis, Missouri. It quickly developed into a standalone company, known at that time as Meteor Production Engineering, building on industry expertise to provide charging solutions backed by knowledgeable, dedicated service to manufacturers of automotive, standby and motive power batteries. Early in its history, Bitrode recognized a need among its customers for accurate and reliable test instrumentation for both R&D and quality assurance, and responded by developing lines of production and laboratory test equipment tailored to meet the specific demands of many segments of the battery industry. Bitrode grew from within the battery industry, and continues to provide superior value by remaining dedicated solely to that industry.

The storage power industry continues to grow, and with that growth comes inevitable business change: larger companies, consolidations and new partnerships to produce more and better batteries for consumers and industry. Bitrode meets the needs of these 'new' companies, developing solutions appropriate to battery manufacturers, from smaller companies to the largest producers - charging hardware for any level of production, tailored to meet the needs of evolving production methods and test instrumentation for development of new materials and production processes. Bitrode assures that this equipment integrates perfectly with R&D and manufacturing flows, with software interfaces developed for flexible, powerful network control, data acquisition and analysis for process management.

All Segments Of The Battery Industry Benefit From Bitrode's Expertise

Evolution of industrial processes and consumer product development continue to create greater demand for new, more efficient storage power solutions - smaller, lighter, with greater capacity, longer life, greater reliability and safety. This drives development in traditional lead-acid and VRLA battery design as well as development of other storage power chemistries - Nickel, Lithium-ion, lithium-polymer. Bitrode works closely with major producers and developers of all of these batteries to provide innovative, reliable solutions for the specific needs of R&D and production environments.

Automobiles depend on more electronic devices than ever, and this is driving the industry to explore a higher voltage battery standard. Battery manufacturers benefit from the custom evolution of Bitrode's test and charging equipment as they design and produce these new 42 volt batteries. Bitrode's experience with automotive batteries is leveraged to offer customers confidence as they ramp up for evolving products and standards.

Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle batteries require standard tests (FUDS, ECE-15, DST) to simulate driving conditions for battery cells, modules and packs. Bitrode offers test equipment that delivers the power, accuracy and fast switching required of these standards. This testing generates very large amounts of data at high speeds - Bitrode's computer control solutions deliver the network performance required for reliable data acquisition and software tools to manage and analyze information gathered.

Small consumer batteries in many chemistries require testing for materials and process development, usage simulation testing and quality assurance. A large amount of varying kinds of information is required by laboratories performing these tests. Bitrode provides hardware and software solutions that allow developers to pull the data they need from cells in test, accurately and with flexibility to suit the demands of individual lab environments. Bitrode software provides means to develop gathered data into meaningful analyses - better batteries and processes, efficient development and production.

Capabilities Developed Through Experience

Bitrode started from within the battery industry, and continues to grow with it - our technical and manufacturing developments ensure that battery manufacturers' requirements are met in superior fashion. Our extensive experience in this demanding industry gives us the knowledge and dedication to ensure that your investment in Bitrode's charge and test solutions will grow in value as an investment in your own company.

Our full staff of design engineers develop innovative, custom tailored solutions to individual laboratory and production needs.

Complete manufacturing facilities guarantee a single source for equipment that performs reliably with consistently high quality.

Full service and support for Bitrode's hardware and software protect customers' investments in their development and manufacturing infrastructures.

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