Thales Cryogenics will be present on the Fuze Conference 2010, held between the 11th and 13th of May 2010 in Kansas City, USA, to present our latest developments in the field of strengthening and miniaturizing the reserve lithium battery.

The presentation, given by Tonny Benschop, General Manager of Thales Cryogenics, will take place on Thursday 13th of May, 1:20 PM, session VA. Mr. Benschop will be available throughout the length of the show to answer your questions and discuss any issue and/or project you may have regarding reserve lithium batteries.

Summary of the presentation:

Thales will present its long-term developments and results in the field of strengthening the current lithium battery to make the fuze safer.

The reason for ruggedizing the present day battery is the requirement to have a larger margin of safety for incorrect activation due to flick-ramming shocks in automatic loading systems, and shocks due to dropping of the fuze. The relation between requirements for activation within a wide range of G-levels (800 up to 30.000g) and the resistance against external shocks will be discussed.

Next to the ruggidizing of its current battery Thales is also working on enhancement of its current lithium battery type in order to increase the potential energy density, to provide a solution for systems requiring high-energy content batteries.

Thales will present its strategy to use its proven lithium technology know-how for miniaturizing the lithium battery, in order to offer an appropriate solution for smaller and more efficient fuze electronics that require less energy and operate at lower voltage levels. Compact batteries (±10mm x 13mm) delivering up to 9V are under study for applications with or without rotation.