JLM-Lifetech 3D Digital System Debuts at National TCM Germplasm Bank, Featured on Hunan TV

Recently, a delegation led by Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visited the National Traditional Chinese Medicinal Germplasm Resource Bank at Yuelu Mountain Laboratory for inspection and guidance. During the visit, the JLM-Lifetech 3D Digital Specimen Rapid Construction System made an on-site appearance and demonstration.

Hunan News Broadcast reported: At the National Traditional Chinese Medicinal Germplasm Resource Bank of Yuelu Mountain Laboratory, JLM-Lifetech technical personnel demonstrated the full 3D digitization workflow for medicinal plant germplasm resources using the 3D Digital Specimen Rapid Construction System.

On site, JLM-Lifetech technicians demonstrated the complete archiving workflow—transforming medicinal plant germplasm from physical specimens into digital twin archives. As a vital national platform for the conservation and utilization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) resources, the National Traditional Chinese Medicinal Germplasm Resource Bank at Yuelu Mountain Laboratory is tasked with the core mission of preserving, exploring, and passing down TCM heritage. This demonstration represents a proven, real-world deployment of JLM-Lifetech's 3D digitization system within a national-level germplasm repository.

The preservation of TCM germplasm resources has long relied on traditional physical specimen archiving, which faces three major practical challenges:

1. Prolonged production cycles: From collection and preparation to cataloging, the traditional workflow often takes weeks to months.
2. Irreversible loss of morphological information: Desiccation, fading, insect damage, and physical wear cause permanent loss of three-dimensional structures and authentic coloration.
3. Difficulties in remote sharing and appraisal: Cross-regional physical retrieval incurs high logistics costs and relies heavily on on-site expert review and verification.

Addressing these pain points, the JLM-Lifetech 3D Digital Specimen Rapid Construction System provides a distinct technological pathway. Tailored to the conservation and utilization needs of medicinal plant germplasm, it covers all specimen categories—including seeds, rhizomes, flowers, fruits, and prepared herbal slices (decoction pieces). Through fully automated 3D modeling and high-fidelity color restoration algorithms, it shifts specimen archiving from "passive storage" to "digital twin" dynamic documentation. A single physical specimen is thus transformed into a permanent, remotely accessible, and precisely measurable digital asset, delivering domestic technical infrastructure for germplasm digital asset construction and TCM authentication.

1. End-to-End One-Click Automation: Automatically executes the point cloud–mesh–texture pipeline, ideally suited for high-throughput batch archiving in germplasm banks.
2. Multi-Angle HD Camera Array: Delivers non-destructive 720° all-round image acquisition, protecting delicate and precious medicinal specimens.
3. Automatic Color Calibration Algorithm: Achieves high-fidelity color reproduction and micro-structural resolution to serve phenotypic analysis and trait identification.
4. Virtual Cross-Sectioning & Precision Measurement: Delivers quantitative parameters—including length, angle, cross-sectional area, and groove depth—to construct quantifiable phenotypic profiles.
5. Standard 3D Format Compatibility: Seamlessly links with digital herbaria to enable multi-terminal retrieval and cross-institutional sharing.

A full-color 720° 3D digital model of an individual specimen is produced in approximately 15 minutes. Compared to conventional manual modeling workflows that require hours or even days, efficiency is increased dozens of times, fully supporting high-volume intake and ongoing collection updates. Powered by virtual sectioning, 3D metrology, and diagnostic feature libraries, the system delivers objective data for morphological evaluation, comparative studies, and expert verification, ensuring that identification is verifiable with reliable metrics.

Operating Workflow: Place the sample on the turntable, close the chamber door, and the system automatically captures 108 high-resolution images. In roughly 15 minutes, a full-color panoramic 3D model is generated automatically.

For provincial organizations and institutes advancing TCM germplasm digitization, this system provides an empirically validated pathway—enabling batch repository development, quantitative phenotype acquisition, remote expert verification, and cross-regional resource sharing.

Furthermore, the core automated 3D modeling and color restoration framework offers cross-domain adaptability. The identical hardware and methodology can be directly deployed across botanical herbaria, entomological and disease vector archives, museum cultural relic preservation, customs specimen quarantine and identification, and university specimen collections.

Specimen 3D digitization has matured from technical exploration into large-scale engineering deployment. JLM-Lifetech looks forward to collaborating with partners across diverse fields. Whether you represent a provincial institution establishing digital TCM germplasm archives, an organization curating botanical, entomological, or cultural collections, or an institution focused on customs inspection and university education, JLM-Lifetech offers tailored technical solutions, live demonstrations, and sample trial processing. We welcome you to contact us and witness your physical specimens accurately brought to life in the digital domain.