Chamber made to PROTECT EV BATTERIES

With the ACS Dust Chamber, testing to ISO 20653 helps ensure EV battery housing designs will keep out dust and small particulates.

Ingress protection testing against solid particulates, such as dust, is a crucial part of battery manufacturing. If a battery is not designed to keep dust out, small particles can infiltrate and wreak havoc on the delicate workings within the battery's housing.

A major vehicle OEM selected ACS, a specialized equipment maker, to design and build a self-contained test stand with a dust chamber, in accordance with ISO and client-specific standards. ISO 20653 testing determines the degrees of protection provided by enclosures of electrical equipment on road vehicles against foreign objects, water, and access. This test stand was designed to test the 5K and 6K regimes of ISO 20653. Among the client-specific requirements was the ability to test two different size batteries in a single chamber.