February 24, 2025

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Powder Systems Limited (PSL), a global leader in solid-liquid separation and drying solutions, has enhanced its CakeStand™ vacuum tray dryer, introducing modular advancements tailored to the evolving needs of the battery processing industry.

Designed to support the next generation of battery materials, CakeStand™ heightens efficiency, compliance, and scalability for manufacturers producing lithium-ion, solid-state, and advanced battery chemistries. Its precision drying technology, contamination control, and energy-efficient design position CakeStand™ as a future-proof solution for high-performance energy storage applications.

The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs), grid-scale energy storage, and advanced battery technologies is driving demand for efficient, scalable, and contamination-controlled vacuum tray drying solutions. CakeStand™ meets these challenges with:

• Precision drying – Direct heating shelves ensure uniform temperature control, preventing degradation and ensuring consistency in cathode, anode, and separator materials.
• Scalability and flexibility– A modular design supports seamless expansion from R&D and pilot trials to full-scale battery material production.
• Advanced containment – Closed, contamination-controlled drying environments prevent exposure to moisture and oxygen, ensuring high-purity materials essential for energy storage performance.
• Energy efficiency – Low-energy drying technology reduces environmental impact, aligning with the battery sector’s sustainability goals.
• Seamless integration– CakeStand™ interfaces with a controlled production environment, optimising throughput and process control.
• Regulatory compliance– Designed to meet ATEX/NFPA  standards, ensuring safe and compliant drying operations for sensitive battery materials.

Enhancing Safety, Performance, and Sustainability

As battery manufacturers push for higher efficiency, lower production costs, and improved safety, CakeStand™ provides a cutting-edge solution tailored to meet these demands. By preventing contamination, it ensures the purity of cathode and anode materials, safeguarding maximum energy density and cycle life. The system also optimises material handling, enabling the safe processing of high-value battery precursors and emerging materials such as silicon anodes and solid-state electrolytes.

With its enhanced cleanability, inert gas purging, and wash-in-place (WIP) technology, CakeStand™ minimises downtime, allowing for smoother batch transitions and greater process efficiency. At the same time, it supports sustainability efforts by reducing energy consumption and optimising drying cycles, helping battery manufacturers minimise waste and meet global sustainability targets while maintaining high-performance material integrity.

Sylvain Querol, Head of Business Development at PSL, said: "Battery technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and manufacturers need precision-engineered solutions that adapt to emerging demands. CakeStand™ provides the scalability, energy efficiency, and contamination control essential for high-performance processing of battery materials.

" Our commitment at PSL is to deliver forward-thinking solutions that empower industries to innovate with confidence, and CakeStand™ exemplifies this vision by setting a new benchmark in vacuum tray drying for the battery sector."

For more information please visit: https://powdersystems.com/solutions/filter-dryer-systems/cakestand-vacuum-tray-dryers/

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About CakeStand™: the next generation of vacuum tray drying

Developed by PSL, with over 35 years of industry-leading expertise, CakeStand™ is an innovative vacuum tray drying solution designed to meet the evolving demands of modern manufacturing. Combining precision engineering, modular flexibility, and cutting-edge technology, CakeStand™ delivers unparalleled performance and adaptability.

It offers solutions tailored to critical sectors such as pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical (including API and HPAPI), fine chemicals, and emerging industries like battery manufacturing and precious metals processing, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and compliance.

With its advanced design and forward-thinking features, CakeStand™ sets the new standard for vacuum tray drying, empowering industries to innovate with confidence.

About PSL

Powder Systems Limited (PSL) is at the forefront of designing and engineering advanced technology to support process development for complex industries such as pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, along with emerging sectors, including battery processing and precious metals.

Focused on helping clients and partners address challenging manufacturing processes, PSL provides filtration, drying, and microsphere processing solutions for small R&D projects, pilot plant activity, scaling up to commercial production.

The company provides tailored aftercare services ensuring a smooth transition of equipment into production, worldwide technical support, planned maintenance contracts and a wide range of approved spare parts.

The Centre of Process Excellence (C.O.P.E.™) is the process development arm of PSL. Created in 2015, it offers a collaborative space in which manufacturers and process developers explore latest ideas and learn about innovative production techniques.

Quality and innovation underpin PSL’s impressive continuous collaboration with global clients and industry partners for over 35 years.

As award-winning experts in solid-liquid separation, PSL is committed to taking your process further, together.

Visit www.powdersystems.com and follow PSL on LinkedIn for more information.