The increasing demand for electrification has resulted in regulations on the transport of lithium batteries. However, do you really know how it works?

Batteries are considered "risky goods" because they contain chemical elements within them, which in a suitable context of use react in a certain way to produce energy, but which during handling, as this is not a fully controlled situation, could react incorrectly, causing possible malfunctions and bringing with them different types of risk: thermal, chemical, electrical, kinetic.This is why, both at national and international level, it has become necessary to introduce precise regulations, standards and classifications to ensure their safe handling.

Did you know, for example, that in order to be transported, lithium batteries have to pass 8 important stress tests and have to show proof of identity? Did you also know that they have to be packaged according to certain requirements?

In the following Flash Battery's blog article, our partner looked in depth at how lithium batteries are transported and the Manual of Tests and Criteria, the international document drawn up by the UN that sets out all the regulations to be followed for the safe handling of goods to be shipped. In addition, they talked about UN38.3 Certification and Battery Summery Test, which are just some of the requirements for transporting lithium batteries.

Read Flash Battery's transport guidelines here