Manufacturing

As one of the largest battery formation and test equipment manufacturers in the world, Bitrode offers customers an extensive line of products designed to address the specific requirements of every battery application and chemistry in use today.

Fifty years of progressive, innovative engineering have resulted in the reliable, high performing, flexible designs that have set quality standards for the entire industry. Product offerings include designs for container formation for stationary industrial VRLA batteries and water bath formation featuring polarity reversal for tackless formation of automotive and industrial plates.

Formation

SCR Technology:

• CDNHigh Voltage Charge/Discharge
  Voltage: 100-550V
  Current: up to 4500A
  Circuits: up to 16

• CDManual Charge/Discharge
  Voltage: 300V
  Current: 0-300A
  Circuits: up to 1
  

• CRConstant Current Manual Charger
  Voltage: 300V
  Current: 400A
  Circuits: up to 8
  

• VCF-CR/CDHigh Voltage Charge/Discharge
  Voltage: 0-560V
  Current: 0-50A
  Circuits: up to 32
  

• CRNConstant Current Networked Charger
  Voltage: 500V
  Current: 2-1000A
  Circuits: up to 24
  

IGBT Technology:

• HD-CR/CDHigh Density Charge/Discharge
  Voltage: 400V
  Current: 60A
  Circuits: up to 16

End of Line Testing

Fixed Load:

• HRDHigh Rate Discharge Testing
  Voltage: 20V
  Currrent: 3000A
  Circuits: 1

Variable Load:

• VRL/VRXHigh-Current Production Line Testing
  Voltage: 20V
  Current: 3000A
  Circuits: 1

Text Fixture:

• TFXAutomated Production Line Testing
  Voltage: 20V
  Current: 3000A
  Circuits: up to 2 (PLC control)