JOI Tech Introduces Battery Testing and Safety Management Technologies at K-BATTERY SHOW 2026

JOI Tech, a company specializing in research and laboratory equipment, participated in "K-BATTERY SHOW 2026." The event was held from Sept. 9 to 11 in Hall 7 of Exhibition Center 2 at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. At the event, JOI Tech showcased battery test chambers, battery chillers, and lithium-ion battery storage cabinets, and also held a seminar on battery storage safety.

K-BATTERY SHOW is a specialized exhibition covering technologies across the entire battery industry lifecycle. Its exhibition categories included secondary battery materials, components and equipment, manufacturing and inspection, ESS, charging infrastructure, and reuse and recycling. This year, a special EV fire response pavilion was also operated, where technologies for battery fire prevention, detection, spread suppression, and response were introduced.

Against this exhibition backdrop, JOI Tech unveiled a lithium-ion battery storage cabinet at the show. The cabinet was designed with step-by-step response measures for abnormal situations in battery manufacturing processes, and the same design was also applied for storage and charging abnormalities in research labs and testing facilities.

When signs of an abnormality are detected, the cabinet on display provides visual and audible alarms, cuts off charging power to the internal outlets, and then supplies water inside the cabinet through the HydroShield™ automatic water-sprinkling system. Accordingly, its step-by-step response structure consists of an alarm, charging shutdown, and automatic water sprinkling.

The exhibit also incorporated Off-Gas detection and exhaust structures, drawer-type storage spaces, internal power outlets, and a dual locking system. This allowed batteries to be stored and charged separately, while the HydroShield™ automatic water-sprinkling system was designed to reduce temperature rise and suppress fire spread to adjacent batteries.

Battery test chambers and battery chillers were also on display. The battery test chamber is equipped to evaluate battery performance and reliability under set temperature conditions, while the battery chiller controls the temperature of test subjects, broadening the product lineup to include battery storage equipment as well as environmental control equipment for R&D and performance testing.

In addition to standard products, JOI Tech also provides custom-built equipment, supporting the setup of test environments by tailoring equipment to testing purposes, required temperature conditions, installation space, and equipment integration methods. It also helps create site-appropriate testing environments by reflecting different test conditions across laboratories, testing institutions, and battery production sites in equipment design.

During the exhibition period, Kim Sam-il, executive director at JOI Tech Research Institute, gave a seminar presentation on the safe storage of lithium-ion batteries. He explained that thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries can spread to adjacent cells and batteries.

Kim said that management systems are needed not only for extinguishing fires after they occur, but also for identifying signs of abnormalities during storage and suppressing spread. He added that inspections of abnormalities such as battery appearance and temperature, as well as management of charging status and storage conditions, are necessary. He also said that alarm systems and emergency response procedures that workers can recognize immediately when abnormalities occur are needed, and that equipment adoption should be accompanied by regular inspections, worker training, and emergency response plans for each institution.

JOI Tech said that managing lithium-ion battery storage cannot be resolved by extinguishing fires after they break out alone. A company official explained that an integrated response process involving abnormality detection and alarms, charging power cutoff, and spread suppression is important.

To that end, JOI Tech plans to reflect operating conditions from battery research, testing, and quality control sites. It also plans to continue providing safety management information related to battery test chambers, battery chillers, and lithium-ion battery storage cabinets.

JOI Tech is scheduled to participate in the "2026 International Research Industry Convention," to be held from Oct. 28 to 29 at Suwon Convention Center. At the event, the company plans to exhibit a lithium-ion battery storage cabinet, and in the event program's "Live Lab," it plans to demonstrate basic and safety research equipment for solid-state battery testing.

Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Gyeong-ju
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408450

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