— certificationDrone Battery Certification Training Program.
— CoursesIndustry-focused in-house workforce development, designed to train the next generation of technicians, engineers, and hobbyists.
Drone Battery Fundamentals (2 Days)
Course Objectives: This course provides fundamental knowledge and hands-on experience in battery operating principles, battery safety, the strengths and limitations of different battery chemistries, and battery requirements for a drone, as well as coin-cell assembly and testing. It is a starting point for anyone interested in batteries with little experience in battery chemistry and fabrication.
- Battery chemistry – Principles and operations
- Drone battery chemistry
- Cell design
- Drone battery requirements
- Cell manufacturing overview
- Battery safety
- Battery failure mechanisms
- Introduction to electrochemical testing
- Coin cell assembly
- Glovebox operation
- Basic battery testing
Price: $1,000
Advanced UAV Battery Manufacturing (3 Days)
Course Objectives: This course focuses on hands-on practical experience across the processes involved in battery manufacturing, from materials preparation and electrode coating to cell making, cell testing, and quality control.
- Slurry preparation
- Electrode coating
- Drying
- Calendering
- Electrode punching
- Multilayer pouch cell fabrication
- Electrolyte filling
- Cell sealing
- Quality control
- Operating different cell manufacturing equipment
- Perform quality control
- Students fabricate their own battery cells
Price: $1,500
Drone Battery Pack Assembly & Testing
Course Objectives: In this course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of drone battery pack design and gain hands-on experience assembling packs from cells, integrating the packs into a drone, and conducting basic tests to demonstrate proper functioning.
- Drone battery requirements
- Fundamentals of drone battery pack design
- Key components and functions of a drone battery pack
- Key test requirements and protocols
- Assemble a battery pack
- Perform key electrical tests on the pack
- Integrate into a drone and test
Price: $1,000
Drone Battery Pack Assembly & Testing
Course Objectives: In this course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of drone battery pack design and gain hands-on experience assembling packs from cells, integrating them into a drone, and conducting basic tests to demonstrate proper functioning.
- Formation cycling
- Capacity testing
- Rate capability
- Cycle life
- Coulombic efficiency
- Voltage profile analysis
- dQ/dV analysis
- Temperature effects
Testing Includes:
- Formation protocol optimization
- Long-term cycling
- High-rate testing
- Pulse power testing
- Fast charging evaluation
- Calendar aging
- Thermal testing
- Energy efficiency
Hands-on:
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
- Cyclic Voltammetry (CV)
- Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV)
- DC Internal Resistance (DCIR)
- Open Circuit Voltage analysis
- Relaxation studies
- Understand drone flight load profile
- Set up instrumentation and test protocol for drone flight simulation
- Perform drone flight simulation and analyze results
- SEI growth
- Charge transfer resistance
- Lithium diffusion
- Cell degradation
- Failure mechanisms