The ability to safely, reliably, and precisely process lithium metal and lithium alloy foils is becoming more and more crucial for new generations of battery technology being manufactured. Lithium foils are not only used as anode material in batteries, but also in energy storage systems, solar energy, and electronics.
Our experience in designing and manufacturing lithium metal foil processing systems for the primary and secondary battery markets has led to ground breaking achievements in production of new generation batteries. Our equipment includes options for repetitive job scheduling, tooling wear tracking, cycle time analysis, and data collection to help you optimize your operations. Our systems can provide a high level of accuracy and we can customize our machinery to meet your unique needs.
Aside from energy storage, lithium is also commonly used in a multitude of coating applications, such as: sputtering, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), and Thermal and Electron Beam (E-Beam) Evaporation. These applications typically require much heavier gauge lithium strip to manufacture sputtering targets, wafers, or substrates, and Element can supply systems to meet the evolving needs of the coating industry.
WHAT WE OFFER

Lithium Ingot Shear
The efficiency of lithium extrusion starts with the ingot. Depending on the quality of the lithium ingot, uneven surfaces and oxidation can drastically impact the throughput of an extruder. Lithium ingot shears fix several of these issues by both ensuring perpendicular flat end surfaces and removal of surface level oxides.

Lithium Ingot Auto Loader
Lithium ingot preparation and loading is a mundane process that keep operators from focusing on where they add the most value, production. Element’s lithium ingot auto loader can help automate this repetitive task and increase extruder throuput and efficiency.

Lithium Extruder
Lithium extruders use heavy duty actuators to convert lithium, lithium-alloy, or lithium-similar ingots into flat or profiled strip shapes under extreme pressure. By precisely controlling extrusion speeds and pressures, Element extruders offer precise and repeatable profile tolerances.

Lithium Extruder Winder
Lithium extruders process ingots into delicate foils for the battery industry. These foils are produced with precision at high speeds and require specialized winding systems to properly tension and coil the extruded strip.

Lithium Extruder Tooling
Extrusion of lithium foil requires high strength ultra precision manufactured tooling. Element offers a variety of proprietary styles and configurations of lithium tooling to meet your requirements.

Lithium Rolling Mill
Thin lithium foils are the key to unlocking new battery and energy storage system designs and and configurations.

Lithium Slitting System
Producing thin lithium foils at a precise width with uniform edge condition is critical to battery manufacturing and performance.

Lithium Laminating Mill
Lamination of thin lithium foils to conductive substrates are key to unlocking new battery and energy storage system designs and and configurations.

Lithium Production Materials
The ability to safely and cleanly handle, store, and process lithium foils is crucial to maintaining the quality and purity of battery materials.
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