Customisation & Design Services
At Zinergy we take our customers success seriously.
We work closely with our customers to ensure the final product performs as desired. We customise our battery layouts to fit pre-existing circuit designs and modify designs and materials to optimise electrical performance for peak currents, cold temperature or long-term operation.
With all customisation services performed in-house, Zinergy can develop new designs with total control over the development process in rapid time. The only service we outsource is certification.
We even vary our method of supply to optimise our customers overall production requirements and cost.
Product Supply
Our customer’s success is our success.
Customisation Services
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Custom Sizes
Zinergy has R&D and design centres in the UK and China that allow us to develop custom designs for testing and approval in two- to four weeks. We have years of experience in developing batteries of multiple shapes and sizes, with a wide range of operating characteristics.
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Custom Materials
Having control of our material chemistry and in-house development tools, we understand how to modify our batteries to attain the electrical performance you need rapidly. We handle a variety of substrate materials and provide expertise on the best material combinations to achieve reliable performance.
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Custom Performance
We modify our designs and materials to achieve the performance you need, whether that is high peak currents for international wireless communications, or long operational lifetime with minimal current draw. We have programmable temperature testing and electrical discharge facilities in-house for testing our prototypes against customer-driven specifications immediately.
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Custom Build
Depending on our customer’s manufacturing facilities and requirements, Zinergy can supply cut batteries, batteries on reels or sheets, or batteries printed directly onto customer-supplied product. We work with our customers to determine the most reliable and cost-effective overall product manufacturing strategy.
Direct Printing
Directly printing our battery onto customers’ circuits can achieve higher electrical and physical performance. Direct printing minimises the number of layers in a product, increasing flexibility and reducing cost. It also ensures the battery is fully integrated with the circuits, providing optical electrical contact and lower internal resistance. This can improve peak current performance.
We work with our customers to optimise the product manufacturing strategy for overall electrical performance and cost. Depending on the product demands, we advise on accelerating speed to market and cost-down migration strategies.
Consult
The first stage for us is to understand the use case and overall product requirements, where possible. During this stage we consider the product requirements as well as the preferred methods of production and ramp-up speed. Understanding our customers’ production capabilities and product requirements provides us with a clear view of the possible alternatives to get to market quickly and for ramping volume to scale.
Develop
We use expertise gained through years of research, product and process development to propose one or more solutions for the product development. In consultation with our customers we prioritise the proposals and begin developing prototypes. This process is typically very rapid, moving from consulting to physical prototypes within a month.
Test
Using in-house programmable environmental chambers and battery discharge equipment, we can test our prototypes under anticipated operating conditions. These tests can be tailored to requirements depending on the novelty of the proposed solution(s).
Produce
Once the prototypes have been fully tested and approved, we begin production scale up. Initial volumes may be manufactured using one approach until volumes are sufficient to warrant alternative production approaches. While the lowest cost of production is envisaged during the consult and develop phases, early volume production can be used to seed markets, test field performance and validate business models. As uncertainties are eliminated, so progression to alternative, lower cost manufacturing approaches can be embraced.
