Waygate Technologies and Liminal Insights Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Multimodal Inspection for High-Performance Secondary Batteries
Waygate Technologies and Liminal Insights partnered to deliver an integrated multimodal inspection solution combining X-ray CT and AI ultrasound, enabling battery gigafactories to improve yields and cut costs.
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Delivering the industry's first integrated inspection solution for defect detection throughout the manufacturing lifecycle, helping battery manufacturers reduce costs and improve production yield.
Hürth, Germany, and Emeryville, California, USA, March 31, 2026 — Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business and global leader in non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions for industrial and energy infrastructure, and Liminal Insights, an AI-powered high-performance secondary battery ultrasonic inspection venture, today announced a strategic technology and channel collaboration aimed at providing the industry's first integrated multimodal inspection solution for battery manufacturing.
Under this collaboration, the two companies will align in the areas of battery manufacturing, technology development, and field service inspection to advance initiatives including the development of next-generation probes and the provision of integrated services to improve battery cell quality. Furthermore, Waygate Technologies will utilize Liminal's EchoStat inspection system for inline inspection applications in mass production environments, acting as a preferred channel and integration partner for battery gigafactories and other battery-related customers.
## Driving Yield Improvement and Cost Efficiency Across the Battery Lifecycle
By combining Waygate Technologies' industry-leading position in industrial CT and radiographic inspection with Liminal's proprietary real-time ultrasonic AI analysis technology, the partnership provides inspection capabilities across the entire lifecycle, from cell manufacturing to module assembly and field service.
In the radiographic and CT fields, it utilizes CT systems for quality assurance and failure analysis in laboratory environments, R&D-grade nano CT for cell development and material characterization, and high-energy CT for battery pack and module-level inspection. Additionally, Waygate Technologies' Krautkrämer product line offers a wide range of ultrasonic solutions, from phased array electronics to advanced beamforming algorithms and custom-designed probes for industrial applications.
Through joint development with Liminal, the combination of Waygate Technologies' proprietary array probe technology and signal processing electronics with Liminal's EchoStat hardware platform and AI analysis layer will realize a next-generation inline ultrasonic testing (UT) platform equipped with high sensitivity and robustness suitable for production line environments.
By leveraging X-ray CT as ground truth data and combining inline screening ultrasonic inspection with feedback coordination to process data via machine learning, manufacturers can achieve early response to defects, reduce scrap in final processes, and optimize processes based on data.
Paul Perera, Strategy, Technology and Partnerships Director at Waygate Technologies (Baker Hughes), said:
"At gigafactory scale, even less than a 1 percent improvement in yield can lead to tens of millions of dollars in cost savings annually. The purpose of this collaboration is to dramatically improve the inspection accuracy and production efficiency for our customers by combining the strengths of both companies."
Shaurjo Biswas, CEO of Liminal Insights, said:
"Multimodal inspection is a critical approach that pioneers the future of battery inspection. Waygate Technologies' global deployment track record and extensive experience in the NDT field provide an ideal foundation for accelerating the rollout of our EchoStat inline inspection system. Together, we will provide a one-stop inspection solution from R&D to mass production, realizing integrated value that currently does not exist in the market."
## Proven Track Record at UK Battery R&D Centre: Effectiveness Confirmed in Evaluation of Over 400 Cells
Waygate Techno
Hürth, Germany, and Emeryville, California, USA, March 31, 2026 — Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business and global leader in non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions for industrial and energy infrastructure, and Liminal Insights, an AI-powered high-performance secondary battery ultrasonic inspection venture, today announced a strategic technology and channel collaboration aimed at providing the industry's first integrated multimodal inspection solution for battery manufacturing.
Under this collaboration, the two companies will align in the areas of battery manufacturing, technology development, and field service inspection to advance initiatives including the development of next-generation probes and the provision of integrated services to improve battery cell quality. Furthermore, Waygate Technologies will utilize Liminal's EchoStat inspection system for inline inspection applications in mass production environments, acting as a preferred channel and integration partner for battery gigafactories and other battery-related customers.
## Driving Yield Improvement and Cost Efficiency Across the Battery Lifecycle
By combining Waygate Technologies' industry-leading position in industrial CT and radiographic inspection with Liminal's proprietary real-time ultrasonic AI analysis technology, the partnership provides inspection capabilities across the entire lifecycle, from cell manufacturing to module assembly and field service.
In the radiographic and CT fields, it utilizes CT systems for quality assurance and failure analysis in laboratory environments, R&D-grade nano CT for cell development and material characterization, and high-energy CT for battery pack and module-level inspection. Additionally, Waygate Technologies' Krautkrämer product line offers a wide range of ultrasonic solutions, from phased array electronics to advanced beamforming algorithms and custom-designed probes for industrial applications.
Through joint development with Liminal, the combination of Waygate Technologies' proprietary array probe technology and signal processing electronics with Liminal's EchoStat hardware platform and AI analysis layer will realize a next-generation inline ultrasonic testing (UT) platform equipped with high sensitivity and robustness suitable for production line environments.
By leveraging X-ray CT as ground truth data and combining inline screening ultrasonic inspection with feedback coordination to process data via machine learning, manufacturers can achieve early response to defects, reduce scrap in final processes, and optimize processes based on data.
Paul Perera, Strategy, Technology and Partnerships Director at Waygate Technologies (Baker Hughes), said:
"At gigafactory scale, even less than a 1 percent improvement in yield can lead to tens of millions of dollars in cost savings annually. The purpose of this collaboration is to dramatically improve the inspection accuracy and production efficiency for our customers by combining the strengths of both companies."
Shaurjo Biswas, CEO of Liminal Insights, said:
"Multimodal inspection is a critical approach that pioneers the future of battery inspection. Waygate Technologies' global deployment track record and extensive experience in the NDT field provide an ideal foundation for accelerating the rollout of our EchoStat inline inspection system. Together, we will provide a one-stop inspection solution from R&D to mass production, realizing integrated value that currently does not exist in the market."
## Proven Track Record at UK Battery R&D Centre: Effectiveness Confirmed in Evaluation of Over 400 Cells
Waygate Techno