Resources

Technical guides for formation engineers.

Detailed reference on formation cycling, SEI formation, dQ/dV analysis, defect taxonomy, and the limits of statistical process control applied to electrochemical data. Written for process engineers who need to understand why the approach works before they trust a system to flag their line.

Primer

Battery Formation: A Complete Process Guide for EV Manufacturers

A deep-dive into battery cell formation cycling — what's happening electrochemically, how cycler telemetry encodes quality signals, and how modern ML approaches use that data to predict defects earlier than traditional SPC methods.

20 min read · Last updated April 2026

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Reference

dQ/dV Analysis Reference for Formation Quality Teams

A practical reference for interpreting the voltage-capacity differential curve during lithium-ion cell formation. Covers peak identification, defect signatures, and what specific deviations indicate about electrolyte uniformity and lithium plating risk.

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Comparison

Formation Monitoring Approaches: SPC vs. ML vs. Rule-Based Systems

Side-by-side comparison of statistical process control, rules-based threshold monitoring, and ML-based predictive systems applied to battery formation data. Covers detection latency, false-positive rates, chemistry adaptability, and operator requirements.

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Deeper reference material for active pilots.

Pilot customers receive the dQ/dV interpretation reference guide, chemistry-specific model cards covering NMC, LFP, and NCA formation signatures, and API documentation for downstream MES and data export integration.

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