{"title":"Lab Supplies \u0026 Equipment","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilm applicators, doctor blades, disc cutters and dies, crimping and disassembly tools, glassware, and consumables for electrode preparation and cell assembly. The equipment that sits between your materials and your data.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSetting up an electrode line\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApplicator gap is not coating thickness.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wet gap, solids content, and drying shrinkage together determine your final loading, and the relationship is formulation-specific. Expect to calibrate against your own slurry rather than trusting the setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCutter and case diameter have to be specified together.\u003c\/strong\u003e Electrode discs are typically sized a little under the case inner diameter to allow for separator overhang and alignment tolerance. Order dies against the cell format you are actually building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReproducibility comes from the tooling, not the technique.\u003c\/strong\u003e Manual cutting and hand crimping introduce more variance than most formulation changes you are trying to measure. If your error bars are wide, look at the tools before you look at the chemistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding out a lab or adding a line? Send us your process and scale and we will put together the equipment list.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/6953\/7343\/collections\/balance_with_logo.jpg?v=1789427619","url":"https:\/\/advanced-materials.com\/collections\/lab-supplies-equipment.oembed","provider":"Advanced Materials by Vivara Scientific","version":"1.0","type":"link"}