{"id":5970,"date":"2017-05-02T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=5970"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:51:52","slug":"advancing-battery-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2017\/05\/02\/advancing-battery-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Battery Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Herty helping Dreamweaver International bring breakthrough battery separator to market<\/em><\/h2>\n

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\nPartner for Power When Dreamweaver International needed a partner to create and test prototypes, the company turned to Herty.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Georgia Southern University\u2019s Herty Advanced Materials Development Center provides another look at the role this academic institution plays in boosting economic development locally, nationally and globally. The top-notch applied research facility is where clients from around the world sign on to develop new technologies and validate processes and product concepts \u2014 clients like Dreamweaver International.<\/p>\n

Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, Dreamweaver is an advanced technology company focused on selling low-cost high-performance battery separators to battery manufacturers. A separator is the thin barrier placed between the anode (positive) and the cathode (negative) electrodes in a battery to prevent it from short-circuiting.<\/p>\n

Dreamweaver\u2019s battery separators for lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors are made from a combination of nanofibers and microfibers. The company\u2019s unique nanofiber technology dramatically improves the durability and high-power performance of rechargeable batteries for use in a range of applications including electric\/hybrid vehicles, cordless power tools, computers and mobile devices.<\/p>\n

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For development of its products, Dreamweaver partnered with Herty where more than 1,000 prototypes have been made and tested. \u201cHerty had everything we needed. They had the knowledge, equipment, lab for testing and support staff that could help bring our product to market,\u201d said Dreamweaver International co-founder Brian Morin. \u201cThey were always willing to help solve problems and think outside the box to come to a solution that fits what we are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

In explaining how the Center has helped Dreamweaver, Morin said, \u201cWhen we started the company, I knew nothing about paper, and had only one contact in the industry, who I called and who suggested Herty. I went to visit almost immediately and was so impressed with their capability and business-like approach to help our only-days-old startup, that we actually signed the contract that we use today within two weeks of founding the company. Every idea we have had has been first tested with help from Herty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Morin, who is also the company\u2019s president and chief operating officer, praised the efforts of Danny Bragg, Herty\u2019s assistant program director who spent many hours helping the company develop its products. \u201cDanny made changes to the machines and tried multiple ways to make our material,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dreamweaver\u2019s president said his company\u2019s partnership with Herty has been an invaluable experience. \u201cEveryone at Herty has been wonderful to work with. They go out of their way to make you feel welcome,\u201d he said. \u201cThey helped Dreamweaver launch three product lines in four years. They have been supportive and encouraging since the first day.\u201d \u2014 Sandra Bennett<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University’s Herty Advanced Materials Development Center is helping Dreamweaver International bring breakthrough battery separator to market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-5970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-spring-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}