In February 2026, less than two weeks before the Lunar New Year, while most supply chains had entered "wrap-up mode," Br&Qmesys completed the entire process—from contract signing and production scheduling to international logistics and on-site installation and acceptance—in just 31 days—delivering the flagship QM900A-U10 servo motor heated platen tester precisely to Jiangsu Zhuogao New Materials, a Putailai subsidiary in Changzhou, its R&D center.
This was no ordinary equipment delivery. It took place at a critical juncture in the race to industrialize solid-state batteries, and it tested the limits of Br&Qmesys's delivery and service during the "Spring Festival window."
Why Jiangsu Zhuogao? Why Now?
2026 is defined by the industry as the "breakout year" for solid-state batteries. As semi-solid battery production lines roll out densely, they impose unprecedented demands on upstream materials companies for R&D iteration speed.
Jiangsu Zhuogao, the core R&D platform of Putailai's membrane-materials division, focuses on functional-coated Li-ion battery separators—a film only tens of micrometers thick that directly determines a power battery's thermal safety boundary and cycle-life limit. Putailai's R&D investment reached RMB 743 million in 2025, and the precision and efficiency of test equipment is exactly what turns R&D into the product's "last mile".
"Conventional hot-press equipment has large temperature fluctuation and poor pressure repeatability; one set of process parameters takes two weeks of trial and error. What we need is not a single machine, but a reproducible, traceable precision testing system."
— R&D Lead, Jiangsu Zhuogao
QM900A-U10: Turning "Trial-and-Error Experience" into "Data-Driven Decisions"
The QM900A-U10 is Br&Qmesys's high-precision hot-press forming platform for new-energy materials R&D. From sensor selection to servo closed-loop algorithms, from platen material to temperature-control circuits, every design choice targets the core pain points of coated-separator R&D:
| Specification | Value | R&D Pain Point Solved |
|---|---|---|
| Repeatable positioning accuracy | ±0.01 mm | Ensures consistent bonding thickness every time, eliminating human error |
| Temperature-control accuracy | ±1℃ | Wide 50–400°C range covering the full window from room temperature to high-temperature curing |
| Pressure range | 0.1–10 MPa | Continuously adjustable to match the pressure-sensitive range of different coating formulations |
| Data capability | Stores 100 recipe sets | Full-process data traceability—R&D data reproducible, auditable and horizontally comparable |
Once in use, Jiangsu Zhuogao's thermal-stability and wetting test cycles for coated materials are expected to shorten by over 40%—meaning the R&D team can iterate more recipe combinations in the same time, faster approaching the extreme demands solid-state batteries place on separator materials.
Behind the 31-Day Delivery: Not Luck, but a System
Before the Spring Festival is the "darkest hour" of China's logistics and supply chain: trunk capacity plummets, customs inspections tighten, and on-site engineers go on leave. Delivering within this window relied not on expediting, but on Br&Qmesys's full-link system from R&D to service.
Pre-Matching
Before signing, Br&Qmesys application engineers already broke down R&D requirements and customized parameters, so the equipment was installable on arrival with no second commissioning cycle.
Parallel Logistics
Three links—production, customs clearance and transport—anticipated Spring Festival congestion nodes in advance and optimized routes, saving 5 days versus the normal cycle.
Direct Factory Service
Br&Qmesys application engineers stayed on site throughout, providing one-on-one operation training and process support, ensuring data output started the very day of delivery.
"We deliver not just a machine, but a validated testing methodology."
— Application Technology Lead, Br&Qmesys
Next Stop: In Step with China's High-End Manufacturing
From power-battery separators to solid-state electrolytes, from consumer-electronics films to aerospace composites, Br&Qmesys's precision testing platforms are entering more and more Chinese R&D centers.
Going forward, Br&Qmesys will keep focusing on the three fields of new energy, semiconductors and precision manufacturing, turning our accumulated expertise in servo control, digital sensing and precision temperature control into truly usable testing capabilities in customers' laboratories. This Jiangsu Zhuogao project is a new starting point—the next 31 days, the next industry benchmark, are already on the way.