Four of the industrial organizations from Japan making it to one hundred of affiliated firms are forming an alliance this year to shape new safety standards and test necessities for lithium- ion batteries to be sold in Japan.
A series of problems which aroused with battery packs of cell phones and laptops has initiated the need for these new regulations. Currently these safety requirements are under the Japanese Industries Standards which specifies the required conditions for conducting these tests. The certificate issued by the association is optional.
As number of defects have been cited at the production stage JIS found it very important to share the defect information along with the improvement know-how’s with the member of the firms, so as to get rid of these defects.
These new regulations will be fabricated by The Battery Association of Japan, with Information Network Association along with the Communication and Information Association of Japan and the Camera & Imaging products association.
With help from these organizations the safety tests will be made tougher and used as the new JIS. These tests will include short circuiting these batteries with the insertion of metallic shavings, running a brawny shock on fully charged batteries among the worst hot and cold conditions that can be. The tests are made to ensure that the batteries do not get overheated or ignite.
If the firms fail on the new standards they will have to stop supplying there batteries. It is a matter of time that these newly set up standards for Japan can soon be applicable internationally. As there are lots of batteries which are made out of the country for inland use, the Japans battery association urges the overseas Standards Associations and various other groups to follow these newly formed regulations.
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[Via:GreenCarCongress]
