Inline Production Testing - The PEC inline tester is designed for running a fast qualification of the cells during the cell assembly or finishing process. The inline test station can be integrated in the line or can be placed as a stand-alone module between the different stations in the line.

The inline test system can load the cells from a buffer conveyor on top of the test system.

A feeding wheel will line up the cells and transfer to the main test wheel. This wheel has 48 individual test positions, from which 30 are active. At the end of the test the cells are transferred to an output wheel.

Each position has a 4-wire contact to the cell and the PEC inline test system differentiates itself by running the test with a stationary contact to the cells. This eliminates the chance on measurement and contact failures.

After the test run, the onboard electronics, will determine the quality based on the reject thresholds, defined by the operator computer. When the cell is OK, the cell will stay on the output wheel, which will transfer it to a buffer conveyor. When the cell is not OK, the cell will be ejected on one of the reject positions