Glimpse provides a battery quality monitoring platform utilizing X-ray computed tomography scanning for high-resolution internal cell inspection. This system enables real-time defect identification, root cause analysis, and centralized quality data storage for battery manufacturers and fleet operators. The platform supports cell qualification, incoming quality control, and process capability monitoring at gigawatt-hour scale production volumes.
Funding
$4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Battery manufacturing defects, such as cathode overhang, tears, or jellyroll buckling, are often latent and undetectable by standard electrical tests. These hidden flaws can lead to premature failures, safety issues, and inconsistent performance, especially as battery production scales to gigawatt-hour levels.
Solution
Glimpse provides X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning services designed specifically for battery manufacturing quality control. Their platform enables high-resolution internal inspections of battery cells to identify latent defects early in the production process. By generating detailed 3D maps of a cell's internal structure, Glimpse helps manufacturers and suppliers ensure consistent battery quality, reduce failures, and improve overall reliability. The platform offers real-time insights and a centralized system of record, empowering organizations to monitor battery quality collaboratively and implement fixes quickly.
Target Audience
Glimpse serves cell producers and cell buyers, including those involved in cell development, factory operations, quality control, and fleet management within the battery industry.
Features
- High-resolution X-ray CT scanning to detect internal battery cell defects imperceptible to electrical testing
- Collaborative platform enabling organization-wide monitoring of battery quality
- Real-time insights and root cause analysis tools for rapid identification and resolution of defects
- Digital fingerprinting of battery quality for long-term reliability tracking
- Ability to quantify key degradation mechanisms and deconvolute build quality from electrochemical performance
- Support for factory ramp-up, mass production, and factory expansion initiatives
- Services for cell qualification, incoming quality control, and fleet failure management
- Second-life evaluation to analyze degradation in aged cells