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MI Battery Engineering designs, assembles, tests and supports battery systems for demanding industrial and defence applications, including harsh-environment tools, communications, robotics and remote sensing.

12,000+ battery and power products across 100+ brands, supporting Defence sustainment, MRO and legacy equipment.

MI Battery Engineering

Capabilities

  • Custom battery pack design and assembly
  • Multi-chemistry expertise: Li-ion, LiFePO₄, NiMH, SLA and primary cells
  • Thermal chamber validation up to 200°C
  • Designs for harsh environments, ruggedised, sealed and submersible configurations
  • Active R&D in sodium-ion and high-temperature battery chemistries
  • National assembly footprint with small to large volume capabilities

Key Differentiators

  • Australian design, assembly and engineering
  • Security-clearance capability
  • Proprietary BMS architecture for application-specific control
  • Concept-to-field-support lifecycle management
  • Secure, diversified cell sourcing
  • In-house Arbin testing and application-specific validation
  • Life-cycle, capacity, high-current, DCIR and safety testing

Industry Memberships

ISO9001 Certified

Certification & Standards

Supported testing standards include: UN 38.3, IEC 62133, IEC 62619 and AS 5347.


Application-Focused Smart Solutions

Trusted Lead Acid and Lithium Power

Power Solutions

  • Custom battery, charger and power solutions
  • Chemistry agnostic - LiIon, LiFePO₄, NiMH, sodium-ion and LTO chemistries
  • Custom packs, modules and energy storage systems
  • In-house BMS, protection and monitoring
  • Australian design, manufacture and support

Customer Charging Solutions

  • Portable chargers: 50W, 100W & 200W
  • Multi-chemistry programmable charging
  • Integrated with Enepower and existing power infrastructure

Battery Engineering

  • AGM, GEL and Lithium power for deep cycle, standby and UPS
  • High-rate discharge, long life standby for mission critical installations
  • Base infrastructure and access-control applications

Defence Applications

Naval Weapons Systems

Battery supply for torpedo and guided weapons ordnance programmers.

Fighter Jet Avionics

Primary lithium cell supply for airborne avionics systems.

Tactical Communications

Custom battery manufacture for Barrett, Motorola and MBITR/AN/PRC-148 compatible platforms.

Soldier Systems

BB-2590 battery supply for dismounted soldier and vehicle-mounted applications.

Exercise and Training Systems

Battery solutions for recoverable exercise torpedo systems.

Our 7 Stage Custom Engineering Process

1 - Requirements Technical brief, application analysis, environmental requirements and compliance specifications.
2 - Concept Design Cell chemistry selection, pack architecture, BMS specification and preliminary BOM.
3 - Detailed Design Engineering drawings, BMS design, thermal analysis and manufacturing documentation.
4 - Prototype Build First article manufacture, assembly and initial testing.
5 - Testing & Validation Performance, environmental and safety testing with compliance verification.
6 - Production Release Manufacturing documentation, quality plan and supply chain qualification.
7 - Production & Support Volume manufacture, quality control and ongoing field service capability.
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