Battery Manufacturing EquipmentGelon PLC gap-tracked intermittent electrode cutter
Gelon's intermittent electrode cutter tracks the uncoated gaps between coated patches and cuts each piece to a length set on an English-language PLC screen, using a pneumatic cutting drive. It handles a coating width up to 500 mm at 0–12 m/min, with listed precision of ±0.3 mm and 1.1 kW power. It suits pilot lines cutting intermittently coated electrode into sheets.
Length setting, gap tracking and drive
Gelon describes cutting to a requested length set digitally on a PLC with an English interface, with gap-length cutting and tracking and a pneumatic drive. The table lists a maximum coating width of 500 mm, precision of ±0.3 mm, speed of 0–12 m/min, 1.1 kW power and a size of 1450 ×1250 ×1050 mm. Ask for the maximum incoming web width as well, since it can exceed the coating width.
The unwinding tension adjustment row reads 12 Nm, which is a torque. Ask where that torque acts and how web tension changes as the reel empties. Sensor type, readable coating contrast, thickness range and the shortest and longest cut lengths are not listed.
| Parameter | Published value | Record status |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum listed coating width | 500 mm | known |
| Speed range | 0–12 m/min | known |
| Stated cutting precision; datum to confirm | ±0.3 mm | known |
| Listed dimensions | 1450 ×1250 ×1050 mm | known |
| Listed power | 1.1 kW | known |
Catalogue values apply to the configuration and test method the maker states. Ask for the values that apply to your configuration.
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Check where each cut lands
Send your repeating coated and uncoated pattern, the cut position you want, and the collector and coating properties. Ask which edge or mark the machine follows and what it does when a gap is faint or missing. Agree the reference point and what ±0.3 mm means on the finished electrode.
Run a roll with normal pattern variation, and a roll change if you will make them in production. Measure cut length and cut position against the coating as two separate results, because a piece can be the right length and still be cut in the wrong place. Set edge quality and particle limits as well, since Gelon lists no burr or delamination figure.
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From web speed to good pieces
To turn 12 m/min into pieces per minute you need the cut pitch, the dwell and the feed behaviour. Agree a part drawing and time the full cycle through unloading, operator steps included. Ask for air pressure, air flow and cutting force, which the page does not give.
During the trial, cut the tracking signal and stop a cut midway to see recovery and how much material is scrapped. Get details of guarding, trim waste collection, blade maintenance and calibration. At handover, save the PLC recipe and first-off check for your pattern so the operator can confirm each new roll cuts correctly.
Gelon's profile lists the stackers that receive these sheets, and the acceptance test planning page sets out how to check length and burr on samples.
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Questions that change the purchase
| Decision | What the catalogue says | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| Which physical feature does tracking follow? | The page describes gap tracking without a sensor or material window. | Show registration on your coating pattern. |
| What does 12 Nm describe? | The page lists a 12 Nm torque under unwinding tension adjustment. | Find where the torque acts and the usable web-tension range. |
| What output follows from the speed range? | The page gives 0–12 m/min with no cut pitch or part cycle. | Measure accepted pieces at your length with unloading included. |
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Sources and check dates
The maker's own pages and public records used for this page, each with the date it was checked.
s1 · Gelon PLC gap-tracked intermittent electrode cutter — manufacturer equipment page
Gelon · Manufacturer-origin source
Gelon's product page with coating width, precision, speed, unwind torque, power, size and the gap tracking description.
Archived source check: 2026-10-11
s2 · Gelon official equipment portfolio
Gelon · Manufacturer-origin source
Gelon's equipment range, including coaters with intermittent patterns and stackers downstream.
Archived source check: 2026-10-11
Still to confirm
- The tracking sensor type and the coating patterns it can read.
- Electrode thickness range and the shortest and longest cut lengths.
- Where the 12 Nm unwinding torque acts and the resulting web tension range.
- Air pressure, air flow and cutting force.
Cutting intermittently coated electrode at the gaps
- Coated/uncoated pitch, cut datum and electrode drawing
- Collector/coating thickness and total incoming web width
- Tracking sensor, missing-gap behaviour and registration test
- Cut-length range and ±0.3 mm measurement method
- Unwind torque/tension, pneumatic force and air utilities
- Unloading, edge quality, recipe and interrupted-cut recovery