The evaporation of N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent during the large-scale production of LiNi${}_x$Mn${}_{1-x-y}$Co${}_y$O${}_2$ (NMC) cathodes usually occurs in convection ovens. This paper aims to close the gap between the industrial convection drying method and the conventional vacuum oven typically used at the laboratory scale. Multiple studies focus on modeling convection dryers to reduce energy consumption, but few have studied their impact on the cathode quality experimentally and compared them to vacuum-dried cathodes. A convection oven designed for LIB electrode drying was developed to investigate the influence of drying kinetics on the formation of small electrode surface cracks (C/2. An alternative surface analysis with less sample preparation was sufficient for determining the relative change in binder migration.