Vacuum Tables for Battery & Fuel Cell Fabrication

Do you want to optimize the performance of your fuel cell or battery production process? The heated precision vacuum tables from Systematic Automation are the perfect solution. Featuring precision tolerances of +/- .001", our vacuum tables maintain industry-leading flatness, while distributing heat evenly up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. For your membrane electrode assembly (MEA), the primary component of your fuel cell, this ensures optimal preparation settings for catalyst coated membranes (CCM).

The aluminum honeycomb core ensures an even distribution of vacuum, which ensures a precise, consistent production process for your MEA. With our vacuum tables, you can control variables such as catalyst, loading, membrane, size, and shape with ease. Our tables are tailored to your product to ensure the best possible performance for your specific application.

Don't settle for anything less than the best when it comes to your fuel cell or battery production process. Choose Systematic Automation's heated precision vacuum tables for industry-leading flatness and precise, uniform heat distribution. Click the link below for more information on our heated vacuum tables and how they can benefit your production process.

Equipment Features

Systematic Automation super precision vacuum tables provide a flatness of +/-.001″ (.025mm) per linear foot, making it the flattest vacuum table available. Additionally, we provide an array of features and customizable options to complement the vacuum table, such as:

Custom shaped vacuum tables
Custom designed zones with valves
Custom hole patterns
Custom bases
Sliding vacuum tables

Heated vacuum tables
Automatic pin registration
Formica table surface
Anodized table surface

±.001″

flatness per linear foot — membrane prep on a surface you can certify

Heat + vacuum

uniform heating and uniform hold in one table — built for CCM/MEA work

Honeycomb core

even vacuum distribution across the full membrane

40 years

manufacturing vacuum tables in Farmington, CT · Made in USA

BUILT FOR CCM AND MEA PREPARATION

Membrane electrode assembly is unforgiving: catalyst-coated membranes need to sit perfectly flat, dry evenly, and come off undamaged — every time, at production rates. Our heated vacuum tables combine uniform heat distribution with uniform vacuum through an aluminum honeycomb core, so you control the variables that matter: catalyst, loading, membrane, size, and shape. Direct catalyst deposition, quick-drying of painted catalyst ink layers, debulking and curing — one table, one process. Every table is tailored to your cell design and line, and as US battery and fuel cell manufacturing scales, they're built 40 minutes from Hartford, not overseas.

BUILT IN FARMINGTON, CT — TO YOUR CELL AND LINE

precision hole pattern on fuel cell vacuum table — Fine hole patterns — even hold across delicate membranes

vacuum table valve actuated zones — Zones for multiple membrane formats

custom vacuum table — Custom builds for lab through production scale

vacuum pump matched to the table — Pump matched to the membrane's seal

custom vacuum port locations — Ports where your bench needs them

TRUSTED BY THE MOST DEMANDING BUYERS IN THE WORLD

SEE HOW EVERY TABLE IS MADE

Watch how our precision vacuum tables are manufactured at our Connecticut facility.

Hold demonstration — uniform vacuum secures the workpiece with zero movement.

WHY ENERGY MANUFACTURERS CHOOSE SYSTEMATIC AUTOMATION

THE FIRST UNIFORM-HEATING VACUUM TABLE

We developed the heated vacuum table — uniform heat and vacuum with no compromise to either.

FLATNESS GUARANTEED, NOT CLAIMED

±.001″ per linear foot, inspected and verified on every table before it ships.

MADE IN THE USA, BUILT TO YOUR CELL

Every table manufactured in Farmington, CT — size, shape, zones, and heat to your program.

SUPPORT FROM THE TEAM THAT BUILT IT

Call after installation and you reach the engineers who made your table.

GET A CUSTOM FUEL CELL / BATTERY TABLE QUOTE

Tell us your membrane sizes, process, and temperatures — we'll spec the table, heat control, and pump, and come back to you fast.

or call 860-677-6400

Value Added Services

Our knowledgeable engineering department will assist you in selecting the optimal size vacuum table, type of pump best suited for your needs, and port location. Our precision vacuum tables are available with vacuum port connections from any side of the table, or at any location from the bottom of the table.

You can also call on Systematic Automation to resurface your current vacuum table, applying our extensive knowledge in manufacturing precision vacuum tables to providing superior engineering enhancements to your current product.

At Systematic Automation, we have vast experience in providing the most cost-efficient solution for your application requirements. With our customized approach, we make sure that you get the vacuum system required for your application, without paying more than you need to.

Systematic Automation is recognized as a leading global supplier of vacuum tables, with experienced engineers providing customized solutions. We provide exceptional customer service and ongoing support to ensure success of your installation. Contact us today to learn more about our high-performance vacuum tables for fuel cell and battery fabrication.

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