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Lingchen Technology's Industrial controller PC Power Lithium-Ion Battery Cutting and Stacking Machines

2026-09-30

As the scale of power battery production continues to grow and the range of lithium-ion battery applications expands, global lithium-ion battery production capacity is undergoing rapid expansion. Global power battery production capacity is projected to exceed 2.5 TWh by 2026. Alongside this capacity expansion, market demands for lithium-ion battery safety, performance, and quality are constantly rising. This has driven a rapid increase in the demand for advanced inspection technologies—such as machine vision—in the lithium-ion battery manufacturing process, resulting in a continuous rise in the number of inspection points. Lingchen Technology has been deeply involved in the industrial automation sector for many years and has accumulated extensive experience in industrial PC applications within the lithium-ion battery industry. To address the stringent requirements of lithium-ion battery cutting and stacking machines—including high computing power, extensive I/O expandability, stable network transmission, and high environmental adaptability—the company provides a comprehensive solution centered on high-performance industrial PCs, motion control cards, and I/O modules.

Case Background and Client’s Core Needs

The customer’s core product, the integrated cutting and stacking machine, consists of multiple processing sections, including a sheet-making section, an inspection section, and a stacking section. It integrates numerous critical vision functions, such as incoming material defect detection, positioning and cutting, post-cutting appearance inspection, post-cutting dimensional inspection, pre-stacking inspection, stacking positioning, and stacking table alignment inspection, making it a vital piece of equipment in the lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing process.

To ensure the stable and efficient operation of the integrated cutting and stacking machine in a lithium-ion battery production environment, the customer has set the following stringent requirements for the core computing unit—the industrial computer:

· Production Rhythm Assurance: Maintaining a stable and consistent production rhythm is central to lean manufacturing. To ensure the existing stable production rhythm, the inspection speed for individual cells must reach 300 ppm, and the inspection speed for stacked cells must reach 0.5 seconds—which places extremely high demands on the computing power of the core processing unit.

· Smart Device Integration: The vision inspection system for lithium-ion battery cutting and stacking machines requires the connection of various smart devices, including industrial inspection cameras, lighting controllers, motion control cards, and image capture cards. As the application scenarios for lithium-ion batteries expand and the number of inspection points continues to increase, the solution must possess strong scalability to accommodate the future integration of new inspection equipment or functional modules.

· Data Transmission and Network Stability: A stable connection to industrial inspection cameras is required to ensure real-time transmission of vision data for processes such as incoming material positioning and cutting, defect detection, and appearance inspection. Additionally, a wide range of network interface resources must be provided to meet the data exchange needs of multiple industrial inspection cameras, lighting controllers, and other intelligent devices.

· Environmental Adaptability: Lithium-ion battery production workshops feature complex environments characterized by electromagnetic interference and dust. The core computing unit must possess robust dust-proofing, heat dissipation, vibration resistance, and anti-interference capabilities to support continuous, stable 24/7 operation in challenging industrial environments.

Lingchen Technology Solution

To meet the stringent requirements of integrated cutting and stacking machines for lithium-ion electrode sheet inspection, Lingchen Technology provides a comprehensive solution centered on an industrial PC, motion control card, and I/O modules.

Lingchen Technology’s High-Performance Industrial PC:
Equipped with an Intel i7-12700K CPU, this solution delivers powerful computing capabilities to support a sheet cutting inspection speed of 300 ppm and a stacking inspection speed of 0.5 seconds, ensuring a stable production cycle.

Slice Inspection Speed:
Leveraging the powerful performance of the high-performance processor, the solution achieves a slice inspection speed of 300 ppm, ensuring a stable production cycle during the slice inspection phase of the lithium-ion battery cutting and stacking machine and preventing fluctuations in production capacity. The 300 ppm slice inspection speed works in efficient coordination with front-end electrode production processes (such as coating and calendering) and back-end stacking processes (0.5 s per sheet), preventing overcapacity or undercapacity caused by inspection bottlenecks and achieving synchronized lean production.

Stacking Inspection Efficiency:
To meet the inspection requirements of the stacking section, a high-performance processor supports a stacking inspection speed as fast as 0.5 seconds, ensuring that all processes operate in sync at a uniform speed.

Extensive I/O Interfaces:
Lingchen industrial PCs feature a wide range of I/O interfaces, supporting the connection of intelligent devices such as industrial inspection cameras, light source controllers, motion control cards, and image capture cards, thereby meeting the needs for multifunctional module expansion. Diverse interface configurations ensure stable connections and seamless coordination among multiple vision function modules, including incoming material defect inspection, positioning and cutting, post-cut appearance and dimensional inspection, pre-stacking inspection, and stacking positioning. Robust expandability accommodates future integration of new inspection equipment or functional modules, providing long-term support for equipment upgrades and feature expansion.

Multiple Gigabit Ethernet Ports:
Lingchen industrial PCs support multiple Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports, providing stable hardware interfaces for connecting industrial inspection cameras and ensuring high-speed, reliable data transmission channels for vision inspection. By connecting industrial inspection cameras via Gigabit Ethernet ports, users can maintain a continuous and stable network environment for vision inspection across multiple production stages, including incoming material positioning and cutting, defect detection, and appearance inspection. A stable Gigabit network connection ensures real-time collection, transmission, and processing of inspection data, preventing network latency from affecting inspection accuracy and production cadence.

OS Recovery Feature:
Lingchen industrial PCs integrate a hardware-level OS Recovery system restoration feature, specifically designed to resolve system crashes caused by power outages, software incompatibility, and other issues. In the event of a system crash, users can restore the system with a single click, eliminating the need for complex reinstallation procedures and significantly reducing operational complexity and service costs. This feature effectively resolves the challenges associated with traditional system reinstalls—such as high difficulty and high service costs—ensuring the continuous and stable operation of critical equipment, such as lithium-ion battery cutting and stacking machines, in complex production environments.

Lingchen Motion Control Cards and I/O Modules:
The solution incorporates both Lingchen motion control cards and Lingchen I/O modules, utilizing the EtherCAT bus to enable multi-axis coordinated control and real-time acquisition of massive amounts of signals. It covers the entire production process, including feed position correction, AOI inspection, thickness measurement, turret movement, turntable movement, inspection position adjustment, and product discharge.

Application Value

Lingchen Technology’s high-performance industrial PC, combined with motion control cards and I/O modules, works in deep synergy to deliver significant application benefits for lithium-ion battery cutting and stacking machines:

Stable Production Rhythm: The high-performance CPU provides powerful computing power to support a slice inspection speed of 300 ppm and a stacking inspection speed of 0.5 seconds, ensuring a stable production rhythm.

Efficient Multi-Device Coordination: A wide range of I/O interfaces supports the connection of various intelligent devices—such as industrial inspection cameras, light source controllers, motion control cards, and image capture cards—to meet the demands of complex inspection scenarios.

Real-Time, Delay-Free Data Transmission: Multiple Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports provide stable network connectivity for vision inspection across all production stages, preventing network latency from affecting inspection accuracy and production cycle time.

Stable 24/7 Operation: The industrial PC features excellent dust protection, heat dissipation, vibration resistance, and anti-interference capabilities, supporting long-term, continuous, and stable operation in complex industrial environments.

Rapid System Recovery Ensures Production Continuity: The OS Recovery hardware-level system restoration feature enables one-click restoration in the event of a system crash, significantly reducing service costs and downtime.

Conclusion

The lithium-ion battery cutting and stacking machine is a critical piece of equipment in the lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing process; its inspection speed and accuracy directly determine production cycle time and product yield.

Lingchen Technology, with a high-performance industrial PC, motion control card, and I/O modules at its core, provides a comprehensive solution for lithium-ion battery cutting and stacking machines—ranging from high-performance computing and multi-device expansion to stable data transmission and 24/7 continuous operation. Lingchen’s industrial PCs, powered by 12th-generation i7 CPUs, support production rhythms of 300 ppm for slice inspection and 0.5 seconds for stack inspection; their extensive I/O interfaces meet the connectivity needs of various smart devices; multiple Gigabit Ethernet ports ensure real-time, stable transmission of vision data, while the OS Recovery feature enables one-click recovery from system crashes, ensuring the continuity and high efficiency of lithium-ion battery production.

In the future, Lingchen Technology will continue to deepen its expertise in the new energy equipment sector, focusing on the core process requirements of lithium-ion battery manufacturing. With more comprehensive products and solutions, the company will continue to empower the high-quality development of China’s new energy industry.

About Lingchen

- About Us -

Suzhou Lingchen Acquisition Computer Co., Ltd. was established in 2006. Guided by the business philosophy of creating value for customers and achieving win-win cooperation, the company provides core components and system solutions for automated equipment such as industrial computers, motion control, test and measurement, machine vision, and robotics. Lingchen currently has two wholly-owned subsidiaries: Suzhou Xunya Automation Technology Co., Ltd. and TIOK Robot (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., engaged respectively in robot sales and the R&D, production, and sales of linear transmission products. With outstanding performance in specialization, refinement, distinctiveness, and innovation, the company was awarded the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's “Little Giant” specialized and innovative SME title in 2025, marking a new stage in its development. It will continue to advance the growth and innovation of China's smart manufacturing industry.

Product System Network

Across the layers of the automation control network, Lingchen Technology covers all products in the device layer, control layer, and information layer

01 Industrial Computers

Lingchen industrial chassis provide all-round physical protection for critical computing cores with an industrial-grade rugged structure and excellent heat dissipation and dust-proof design, ensuring long-lasting, stable operation in harsh industrial environments with vibration, dust, and wide temperature ranges.

02 Embedded Industrial PCs

Lingchen embedded industrial PCs combine high-performance computing, rich I/O interfaces, and wide-temperature/wide-voltage adaptability in a compact, rugged industrial design. Built for embedded scenarios such as machine vision, edge computing, and automation equipment, they provide a stable and reliable intelligent core within limited space, empowering smart manufacturing and IoT applications.

03 Motion Control Cards

Lingchen motion control cards can control up to 32 motion axes and simultaneously support up to 512 DI points and 512 DO points, with a maximum bus communication cycle of 250µs. Motion functions include single-axis relative motion, absolute motion, jog motion, and drive homing; multi-axis interpolation; multi-axis point-table motion; and electronic gearing.

04 LMC Series Motion Controllers

Lingchen LMC series motion controllers are designed on an open hard real-time kernel (jitter < ±0.3us), completely resolving the non-real-time pain points of traditional Windows platforms and ensuring determinism and immediate response for multi-axis commands. Installation is extremely convenient—a single network cable completes the connection—and efficient asynchronous communication technology enables synchronized issuance and control of up to 12 axes of motion commands within 1 millisecond.

05 NAC Series High-Performance Motion Controllers

Lingchen NAC controllers center on powerful bus expansion capability, supporting 4 EtherCAT masters and enabling precise control of 256 axes per station and 4,096 I/O points in total. Their motion control functions are comprehensive and powerful: they support basic point-to-point, linear, and circular interpolation, and also offer advanced functions such as five-axis interpolation, trajectory spline smoothing, and dynamic coordinate systems; they integrate vibration suppression, soft landing, and high-precision position comparison output, and, combined with 8 independent interpolation systems and continuous interpolation capability, meet the needs of complex trajectories and high-speed synchronization. The development environment is open and flexible, supporting C++, C#, Python, and other languages, with direct programming inside the real-time system, significantly improving integration and commissioning efficiency.

06 PLC Motion Controllers

Lingchen PLC controllers strictly follow the PLCopen specification and the IEC-61131-3 international standard, combining high performance, a small footprint, and modular design with easy development and flexible deployment. They are widely used in automation equipment and production line systems in 3C, lithium battery, packaging, printing, and other fields, and can be extended to serve as network communication nodes in combined lines for logistics, automotive, and daily necessities, meeting requirements for internal/external network isolation, high-speed bus communication, and real-time data processing, providing a stable and reliable control core for various industrial scenarios.

07 Industrial Network Cards

Lingchen industrial network cards are designed for harsh industrial environments, featuring 10/100/1000Mbps auto-negotiation and providing stable, reliable high-speed network connections. With characteristics such as interference resistance, surge protection, and wide-temperature operation, they are widely used in key scenarios including motion control, machine vision, and automation systems. The products feature a flexible mounting design (full-height bracket as standard, half-height bracket optional) and can be widely integrated into various smart manufacturing devices and industrial networks.

08 IO Modules

Lingchen Technology offers a full range of IO module solutions to flexibly meet diverse industrial automation needs.

LC/LD series expansion IO modules: support multiple protocols such as EtherCAT, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, and Modbus TCP, and can flexibly expand digital, analog, temperature, pressure, and pulse acquisition modules, widely used in 3C, lithium battery, semiconductor, automotive, medical, and other fields.

MINI series IO modules: compact in size with high real-time performance, covering digital IO, analog IO, temperature modules, and communication modules, suitable for control and data acquisition scenarios with high space and real-time requirements.

GWS series out-of-cabinet IO modules: featuring high stability and convenient network wiring, suitable for distributed layouts and significantly saving system integration time and cost.

The full product range is dedicated to providing users with reliable, easy-to-integrate IO module support adaptable to multiple scenarios.