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LBT System with Multi-Zone Temperature Chambers
LBTS-MZTC Series
A turn-key cell testing system with 16 individually controlled mini-chambers built into the chassis and every channel already cabled to its cell. Thirty-two high-precision channels, four auto-switching current ranges reaching 20 A, 100 ppm measurement precision at 24-bit resolution, and a temperature set point for each individual temperature zone.
Up to 20A
Current per channel
±0.02% / ±0.01%
FSR accuracy / precision
16
Isolated mini-chambers, each with its own set point
10 – 60 °C
Per-chamber control at ±0.5 °C stability
Accuracy you can audit
Measurement accuracy held across all voltage and current ranges, with precision published as a separate specification.
Independently verified
Designed and manufactured under an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality system, supported by an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited testing and calibration laboratory.
35 years of instrumentation
Founded 1991. Arbin reinvests 30% of profits into R&D, funding the precision architecture provided with every Arbin test station.
Built for any lab
Scalable channel density in a compact, air-cooled footprint, with open Python and C# API for the automation you already run.
Highlights of the LBTS-MZTC Series
Four hardware decisions that separate the LBTS-MZTC from a conventional cycler, and what each one changes about the data you create.
Sixteen Isolated Chambers
one set point each, insulated apart
Temperature becomes a variable, not a constant
Two Multi-Zone Temperature Chambers are built into the chassis, giving 16 compartments that each hold one battery tray at their own set point between 10 °C and 60 °C. Insulation and separate air paths keep one compartment from pulling another off its set point.
A sixteen-point temperature study runs as one experiment instead of sixteen sequential ones.
4 Current Ranges
auto-selecting, every channel
Provides the widest range of accurate output and measurement
Each channel carries four current ranges that select automatically, including during constant-voltage control, and the rated specification follows the range in use. Configurations top out at 5 A, 10 A or 20 A and reach down to 1 mA on every one of them.
A 1 mA tail is measured on a 1 mA scale, not on a 20 A one.
Integrated Cabling
turn-key on delivery
Nothing to specify, source, or wire together
Every chamber is mapped and wired to its test channels before shipping, and the second-voltage and PT100 connections travel on the same tray insertion as the current and voltage leads. There is no chamber to buy separately and no channel-to-chamber map to work out.
Commissioning is a direct power connection, loading cells, and starting tests.
Built-In Safety Features
safety monitoring for every channel
Onboard computation and independent safety
Each channel computes capacity, energy, internal resistance, and efficiency in real time. Voltage, current, and temperature are all checked against safety limits independently of the test control loop.
Sixteen chambers. Sixteen independent set points.
A conventional temperature chamber holds every test at one shared condition. LBTS-MZTC uses 16 insulated compartments with independent control, so multi-temperature studies can run simultaneously instead of becoming a queue.
Each chamber can begin, end or change set point without disturbing neighboring tests. Interchangeable tray options support coin, cylindrical and pouch cells, while chamber temperature is logged alongside the electrical data.
Applications and Test Methods
Each channel operates as an independent potentiostat and galvanostat, so one chassis covers electrochemical characterization and long-run cycling at the same time.
Cell R&D and characterization
Resolve the small signals that separate one formulation from the next. Four current ranges per channel cover milliamp characterization and full-rate cycling without moving the cell.
Incoming QC and cell grading
Grade and sort incoming cells against your own pass criteria. Up to 256 channels per chassis with per-channel independence, so one failed cell never stalls a batch.
Impedance and electrochemical analysis
Every channel acts as an independent potentiostat/galvanostat. Native DCIM plus integrated Gamry EIS to 100 kHz put cycling and impedance in one time-aligned dataset.
Automated and adaptive testing
Drive the tester from your own software. ArbinCTI over TCP/IP plus Lua scripting support BMS emulation, digital twins, and adaptive fast-charge strategies.
Supported Test Methods
Electrochemical
- GITT — galvanostatic intermittent titration
- PITT — potentiostatic intermittent titration
- Cyclic and linear sweep voltammetry
- Chrono-amperometry and potentiometry
- EIS to 100 kHz
- Symmetric-cell testing
- Multi-electrode and reference-electrode work
Cycling and lifetime
- Battery life cycle testing
- dQ/dV analysis
- High-precision coulombic efficiency
- Self-discharge current measurement
- DCIR and pulse characterization
- Real-world drive-cycle simulation
- High-speed pulse testing
Production and QC
- Incoming quality control
- Cell-level grading and sorting
- Formation and cell finishing
- End-of-line testing
- Fast-charge optimization
Voltage, Current, and Channel Ranges
Three channel configurations, all of them 32 channels per chassis with four auto-switching current ranges. The configuration is chosen at order time and sets the top current range.
Battery Trays & Holders
With the integrated chamber, cells load on an interchangeable tray that carries the channel, second-voltage and PT100 connections in one insertion. Trays are specified at order time.
Coin Cell Tray
Cylindrical Cell Tray
Universal Tray
Comparing systems?
Four hardware parameters decide whether test data is suitable to draw a conclusion from. Here is where the LBTS-MZTC lands on each, and the question worth putting to every vendor on your shortlist.
Software and Safety
The two questions a lab asks after the specifications check out: can my team actually drive it, and what happens when a cell misbehaves.
MITS Software
MITS scales from basic charge–discharge cycling to complex protocols with nested conditions. Most tests can be built through the menu-driven interface, while Lua scripting and ArbinCTI are available for advanced automation and external control
- ✓ 30+ programmable control types, 90+ meta variables, and up to 9 nested loops
- ✓Up to 127 reusable sub-schedules, so a validated procedure gets called rather than rebuilt
- ✓Adaptive logging raises acquisition rate during transients and state transitions
- ✓DataWatcher queries the SQL database directly — filter by channel, barcode, or cycle count, overlay up to 9 plots
- ✓PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Apache Kafka streaming
- ✓ArbinCTI TCP/IP API plus Lua scripting for BMS emulation and adaptive control
Safety Architecture
Protection is distributed across channel hardware, an independent controller, and step-level software limits. Critical safeguards remain active independently of the test sequence.
- ✓Independent safety monitoring checks voltage, current, and temperature limits without relying on the test control loop
- ✓Hardware E-Stop with all-pole disconnection, plus a dry-contact circuit for facility-wide remote trip
- ✓Hardware voltage clamps on high-current modules; protective fuses in every I/V channel board
- ✓Test Object profiles auto-set thresholds from the cell spec and block a test on reverse polarity
- ✓Behavioral checks flag abnormal rates, voltage excursions, and capacity anomalies
- ✓Tri-color light tower, audible alarms, thermoswitches, variable-speed ventilation
Auxiliaries and Optional Accessories Available to Enhance Testing
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
- Integrated Gamry EIS multiplexed across Arbin test channels; eliminates dedicated instruments
- DCIM — Fast DC impedance measurement in under 1 second; enhances standard cycling workflows
- Up to 4 independent Gamry systems enable parallel EIS across many channels simultaneously
- Frequency range: 10 µHz to 100 kHz; full impedance characterization to 10 kHz
- EIS data time-aligned with voltage, current, and temperature for seamless test integration
Auxiliaries
- Temperature sensing — real-time thermal monitoring for chambers and cell surfaces
- Auxiliary voltage inputs — monitor individual cell voltages or reference electrodes within packs
- Analog & Digital I/O — control external devices like pumps, fans, valves, and safety interlocks
- CAN Bus interface — direct communication with Battery Management Systems
- SMBus interface — read and write smart battery registers during testing
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) — detect power loss and safely pause or resume tests
CTI & External Control
- Custom Test Instructions (CTI) — script test logic beyond standard commands, written in C#/.NET
- Application Programming Interface (API) — connect MITS Pro to LIMS, MES, or in-house systems for automated data exchange
- External device control — drive third-party power supplies, DAQs, or lab instruments directly from the test schedule
- Custom hardware drivers — integrate vendor-specific communication protocols not natively supported out of the box
Evaluated Side by Side Against Other Testers
“We did side-by-side comparisons of Arbin and other tester technology. Armed with this data, we moved forward with confidence using Arbin for what is critical to our electrification future [EV].”
“With Arbin, you can see minute changes in the battery and this gives researchers better predictability of when the end of life will occur in a reduced amount of time.”
“High precision measurements are not the only answer to understanding battery life, but it is a key component. Sandia National Lab brings their expertise in metrology and precision measurements and has helped Arbin as they’ve designed the new series of testers.”
R&D 100 Award — high-precision tester development
Through a three-year ARPA-E project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Arbin worked with Ford Motor Company, Sandia National Laboratories to develop high-precision battery testing at currents up to 200 A. The resulting architecture was subsequently extended across lower-current applications and now underpins the LBTS-Cell platform.
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