LEAD Launches Advanced Solution for Battery Formation and Grading, Setting New Standards in Energy Efficiency and Cost Optimization

­Lead Intelligent Equipment (hereinafter referred to as "LEAD"), a global leader in intelligent manufacturing solutions, has introduced a cutting-edge battery formation and grading system designed to significantly reduce energy consumption, lower operational costs, and enhance production consistency for lithium battery manufacturers.

As demand for lithium batteries continues to surge worldwide, traditional formation and grading processes have become a bottleneck—plagued by high energy usage, limited precision, and costly maintenance. LEAD’s new system offers a comprehensive answer to these challenges, helping manufacturers increase efficiency and competitiveness through smart, sustainable innovation.

Three Key Innovations in Water-Integrated Thermal System Design

LEAD’s latest-generation solution delivers three major advancements in formation and grading performance:

• Precision Temperature Control for Energy Savings: As the first solution to use hot water as an energy source alongside a high-precision temperature control system, LEAD's technology maintains the battery cavity at a stable 25±1.5°C. This increases temperature control accuracy by 50%, reduces high-temperature zone volume by 60%, and significantly lowers total plant energy consumption.
• Integrated Design for Greater Efficiency: By replacing traditional split system layouts with a unified structure, the new system reduces charging energy consumption by 6% and plant footprint by 20%. Pre-assembled delivery further increases installation and commissioning efficiency by 30%, enabling faster production ramp-up.
• Maintenance-Friendly Engineering: A no-high-temperature-room configuration reduces power wiring by 30%, allowing personnel to conduct maintenance work in normal ambient conditions, enhancing both safety and comfort.

Innovation in Cleanroom Operations: Negative Pressure Workstation

The solution also introduces an advanced negative pressure workstation that dramatically improves cleanliness, automation, and operating costs:

• Cleanroom Space Optimization: Negative pressure components combined with tray-following technology maintain electrolyte injection port cleanliness throughout the process. This reduces the required cleanroom area by 90%, saving millions in annual facility costs.
• Smart Maintenance Features: The industry's first ground-level maintenance design, along with automated disassembly, leak detection, and blockage diagnostics, improves replacement efficiency by 80% and advances automation across the production line.
• Improved Product Quality: Seamless sealing and real-time electrolyte exhaust handling support better SEI film formation, leading to improved charge-discharge cycle life and battery reliability.

LEAD’s intelligent formation and grading solution delivers measurable results, achieving charging efficiencies above 88% and discharge efficiencies exceeding 85%. A single production line can generate tens of millions in plant construction savings and significantly reduce annual operating expenses, supporting faster return on investment and long-term cost control.

These outcomes reflect LEAD’s commitment to full-chain optimization through the deep integration of equipment design, process engineering, and plant layout. By establishing a unified “space–energy–labor” cost-control system, LEAD enables manufacturers to fully realize the value of intelligent manufacturing—enhancing both operational performance and strategic competitiveness.