There are many alkaline battery manufacturers in China, and it is difficult for many consumers to distinguish between high-quality alkaline batteries and ordinary alkaline batteries, especially large importers and battery wholesalers. They are more worried about the storage performance, discharge performance, safety performance, delivery time and warranty after-sales of alkaline batteries.
COSÌ, how to choose a reliable alkaline battery manufacturer?
A reliable alkaline battery manufacturer must first have cost-effective products. Because the market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, the profit margin has dropped sharply, and many buyers will give priority to low-priced but high-quality products. This is equivalent to reducing procurement costs and improving corporate benefits. It is also what every responsible buyer should do for his company and customers. In this way, how to distinguish the product quality of alkaline batteries is particularly important.
Below we will give you a detailed introduction on how to distinguish the quality of alkaline batteries and the precautions when purchasing. These will help you choose a reliable alkaline battery manufacturer.
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1. How to Distinguish the Quality of Alkaline Batteries?
The alkaline battery production industry has a history of more than 20 years in China. Some Chinese alkaline battery manufacturers have achieved the quality of alkaline batteries at the level of world-renowned brands by purchasing advanced production equipment, improving formulas, increasing production, innovating technology, and independently developing products. Well-known brands such as Duracell, Energizzante, and Panasonic also choose to outsource their production to Chinese manufacturers.
When purchasing alkaline batteries, you can refer to the following technical details to choose high-quality alkaline battery products:
1.1 Battery Label
The label wrapped on the outermost layer of alkaline batteries has the function of identification and protection, and is usually made of aluminum film and PVC.
Aluminum film is usually made of aluminum foil material, with a smooth surface, good thermal conductivity and corrosion resistance. It is relatively thin and strong, and can effectively protect the battery from the influence of the external environment. The heat resistance and corrosion resistance of PVC are worse than those of aluminum film. Perciò, the labels of high-quality alkaline batteries will choose to use aluminum film instead of PVC.
1.2 Battery Steel Shell
The best choice for the battery steel shell is one with good finish and smooth and uniform surface. “Smooth” E “uniform” usually also represent better protection and durability, which are the prominent characteristics of high-quality battery steel shells.
1.3 Storage and Leakage Rate
Storage stability: The shelf life of high-quality alkaline batteries is usually 5 anni, while ordinary alkaline batteries only have 1-2 anni. After one year, the electrical performance of high-quality alkaline batteries will decrease by 5-10%, while ordinary alkaline batteries will decrease by 10-20%.
Leakage rate: high-quality alkaline batteries are around 20PPM, and ordinary alkaline batteries are around 300PPM.
1.4 Weight of Alkaline Batteries
Generally speaking, high-quality alkaline batteries are heavier than ordinary alkaline batteries of the same size.
High-quality alkaline batteries (such as LR6 AA) usually weigh 23 grams to 25 grammi.
Do you know why? Because the proportion of manganese rings inside alkaline batteries is very large, and high-quality alkaline batteries should have three manganese rings. Some battery manufacturers only put two manganese rings to save costs, so the overall weight of the battery is less than 23 grammi, but this will directly lead to a significant reduction in discharge performance.
1.5 Discharge Performance
For high-quality alkaline batteries, the starting voltage should generally be 1.55V-1.65V. If you find that the starting voltage exceeds 1.68V, don’t be happy, it may be a cheap carbon battery, but it has the characteristics of an alkaline battery.
The discharge time of a high-quality LR03 AAA alkaline battery should reach 8.5 hours (10 ohms, 24 hours/day, end voltage: 0.9V).
The discharge time of a high-quality LR6 AA alkaline battery should reach 19 hours (10 ohms, 24 hours/day, end voltage: 0.9V).
And high-quality alkaline batteries will not leak even if they are over-discharged to 0.6V, and they can be used at temperatures from -10 degrees to 60 degrees.
1.6 Raw Materials and Production Equipment
For high-quality alkaline batteries, raw materials are very important, such as zinc powder, diaphragm paper, steel shell, eccetera. The cost is relatively high, but the purity is very high, which can reduce the self-discharge rate.
High-speed battery production equipment adopts imported production lines, and strictly follows the production process during production to reduce manual operation errors. It also adopts sealed leak-proof and explosion-proof technology to reduce leakage and prevent alkaline battery explosion.
2. Things to Note when Purchasing Alkaline Batteries
In the previous section, we have learned how to distinguish the quality of alkaline batteries. Now let’s look at other things to pay attention to when purchasing alkaline batteries.
2.1 Alkaline Battery Model
2.2 Alkaline Battery Usage
Home use: If it is for home use, there is no need to require a super high discharge time, because the cost of this type of battery will be very high.
Industrial use: Is the working environment high or low temperature? Is there a requirement for the discharge rate? Or is the storage time required to be more than 5-10 anni? You need to tell the manufacturer these, so that they can provide you with alkaline batteries that meet the requirements and quotes.
2.3 Alkaline Battery Packaging
For supermarkets and B2C sales channels, alkaline battery packaging generally has two types: Blister card/Shrink, and different packaging has different prices. Many manufacturers can also provide OEM services, but for OEM production, please pay attention to copyright infringement issues. Please make sure that your brand and design will not involve copyright infringement, and provide a brand authorization letter to the manufacturer.
Nota: It is best to choose an alkaline battery supplier with an automatic packaging machine, and make sure that their packaging materials (paper card thickness, plastic shell quality) meet your requirements and environmental regulations.
2.4 Alkaline Battery Delivery Time
Please choose a manufacturer that can deliver on time and let the factory determine the delivery time based on your order quantity. And you need to calculate the time from factory delivery—booking a ship—sea and air transportation—finally to your warehouse to avoid business problems caused by time errors.
2.5 Confirmation Before Production
Let the factory send you an electronic version of the technical specifications for confirmation and provide samples. By the way, you can observe the cooperation of the factory team and the efficiency of the factory through these. A good manufacturer’s team always makes you feel that everything becomes easy and you will feel very comfortable.
3. How to Choose an Alkaline Battery Manufacturer?
In the above content, we learned how to distinguish the quality of alkaline batteries and the precautions when purchasing alkaline batteries. Then it is very easy to choose a good alkaline battery manufacturer.
At present, some alkaline batteries in China can also reach the quality of well-known brands such as Duracell. If you are a buyer/wholesaler/brand owner, purchasing alkaline batteries from big brands (such as Duracell/Panasonic) is a good choice. Tuttavia, the disadvantage is that the service of big factories may not be thoughtful, the efficiency is low, the communication cost is high, and because of the brand premium of famous brands, the profit margin of the buyer will be relatively low.
The only way to increase profit margins is to choose to cooperate with cost-effective small and medium-sized factories (NBCELL) that can provide OEM order services to create your own brand of alkaline batteries. It is definitely good news if you can meet a factory team with rich export experience and professional international trade and logistics.
Ovviamente, you also need to consider the factory’s capacity, product quality control and production efficiency, whether the raw materials comply with environmental regulations, warehouse storage conditions, the professionalism of the sales and production teams, the company’s integrity, delivery time, quotation, eccetera. It is also necessary to visit your Chinese alkaline battery manufacturer on site.
As we know, Ningbo, Zhejiang is one of the most important alkaline battery production bases in China, with a complete supply chain of alkaline batteries and packaging materials. Inoltre, Ningbo is very close to Ningbo Port and Shanghai Port, which is convenient for international transportation and business inspections. Whether you need cost-effective alkaline batteries or different battery packaging materials or battery display racks, NBCELL, as an alkaline battery manufacturer in Ningbo, can provide you with one-stop service!
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