CN106532130A - Automatic adhesive pasting machine - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to an automatic adhesive applicator. The automatic adhesive applicator includes a feeding mechanism, a clamping mechanism, an adhesive pulling mechanism, an adhesive cutting mechanism, and an adhesive applicator. These mechanisms work together to automatically feed and install adhesive tape, significantly improving the efficiency of applying adhesive to battery terminals and reducing labor intensity and manufacturing costs. Simultaneously, it avoids missed areas and insecure adhesive application caused by manual application, effectively ensuring consistency and reliability of the adhesive application and improving product quality.

Description

Automatic glue machine

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of mechanical automation equipment, in particular to an automatic gluing machine.

Background technique

At present, lithium batteries are one of the new sustainable clean energy sources. They are widely used in all walks of life due to their advantages of high energy density, high working voltage, no memory effect, long cycle life, no pollution, light weight, and small self-discharge. Industry.

In the production process of the lithium battery, after the cover plate is welded, the tabs of the lithium battery need to be bent to smoothly insert the lithium battery into the shell, but the tabs can easily lead to a short circuit between the positive and negative poles of the battery, so it is necessary to bend the tabs Put glue on the positive and negative tabs before bending to prevent short circuit. However, in the traditional production process, the tape needs to be hand-made to glue the positive and negative tabs separately, and it is difficult to ensure the consistency of the glue by hand, and even the phenomenon of artificial leakage or tape falling off after pasting, resulting in The product quality is unstable, and the manual operation is inefficient and labor intensive, which increases the manufacturing cost.

Contents of the invention

Based on this, it is necessary to provide an automatic gluing machine capable of automatic gluing.

An automatic gluing machine, used for gluing the tabs of the battery, including:

A feeding mechanism for releasing the gummed paper;

a clamping mechanism capable of clamping the adhesive tape released by the discharging mechanism;

The glue pulling mechanism is located on the side of the clamping mechanism away from the discharging mechanism, and the glue pulling mechanism can clamp the adhesive tape from the clamping mechanism and drive the adhesive tape to move;

A glue cutting mechanism is located between the clamping mechanism and the glue pulling mechanism, and the glue cutting mechanism can cut off the adhesive paper clamped by the clamping mechanism and the glue pulling mechanism at the same time; and

The glue application mechanism includes a glue application head and a glue application head drive assembly. The glue application head drive assembly can drive the glue application head close to the adhesive paper, so that the glue application head absorbs the glue pulling mechanism and the glue application head. The adhesive paper between the gluing mechanism, the gluing head driving assembly can drive the gluing head close to the tab, so that the gluing head attaches the adhesive paper to the tab .

In one of the embodiments, the gluing head drive assembly includes a moving block, a first gluing cylinder and a second gluing cylinder, the gluing head is connected to the moving block, and the first gluing cylinder The second gluing cylinder is arranged on the side of the moving block away from the gluing head, and the first gluing cylinder can push the moving block and the gluing head close to the adhesive paper, so The second gluing cylinder is connected with the moving block to push the moving block and the gluing head closer to or away from the tab.

In one of the embodiments, the gluing head driving assembly also includes a second gluing cylinder buffer, and the second gluing cylinder buffer includes a stopper, a screw, a fixing plate and a nut, and the fixing plate and the The second glue-applied cylinders are arranged at intervals, the screws are penetrated through the fixed plate and are threadedly connected with the fixed plate, the axis of the screw is parallel to the moving direction of the moving block, and the stopper is parallel to the moving direction of the moving block. The end of the screw is threaded, and the stopper is located on the side of the fixing plate close to the second gluing cylinder, the nut is threaded with the screw, and is far away from the fixing plate One side of the two adhesive cylinders is abutted.

In one of the embodiments, the discharging mechanism includes a reel and a guide wheel spaced apart from the reel, the adhesive paper can be wound on the reel, and the guide wheels are a plurality of A plurality of guide wheels are arranged at intervals, and the plurality of guide wheels can guide the glued paper.

In one of the embodiments, the discharging mechanism further includes a tensioning assembly, the tensioning assembly includes a tensioning wheel and a tensioning cylinder, the tensioning wheel is arranged between any two of the guide wheels, The tensioning cylinder drives the tensioning wheel to move, so that the tensioning wheel presses against the glued paper.

In one of the embodiments, the clamping mechanism includes a clamping driving cylinder, a movable chuck and a fixed chuck, and the clamping driving cylinder is connected with the movable chuck to drive the movable chuck closer to or away from The fixed chuck, the movable chuck cooperates with the fixed chuck to clamp the adhesive tape.

In one of the embodiments, the glue pulling mechanism further includes an air claw, a first glue pulling cylinder and a second glue pulling cylinder, and the second glue pulling cylinder is connected with the air claw to drive the air claw to open To open or close, the first rubber pulling cylinder is connected to the second rubber pulling cylinder to drive the second rubber pulling cylinder and the air claws to approach or move away from the clamping mechanism.

In one embodiment, the glue cutting mechanism includes a glue cutting cylinder and a cutter, the glue cutting cylinder drives the cutter to approach or move away from the adhesive paper, and the cutter can cut the adhesive paper.

In one of the embodiments, it also includes a frame and a fixture, and the fixture, the discharging mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the glue pulling mechanism, the glue cutting mechanism and the gluing mechanism are all installed on the On the frame, the clamp is used to install and clamp the battery.

In one of the embodiments, the number of the discharging mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the glue pulling mechanism, the glue cutting mechanism and the gluing mechanism are respectively two, and the two clamping mechanisms are respectively set On both sides of the fixture, the two glue pulling mechanisms are respectively arranged on both sides of the fixture, the two glue cutting mechanisms are respectively arranged on both sides of the fixture, and the two glue applying mechanisms are respectively arranged on both sides of the fixture. It is arranged at opposite positions on both sides of the clamp, so as to glue the two sides of the tab.

In the above-mentioned automatic gluing machine, the feeding mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the glue pulling mechanism, the glue cutting mechanism and the gluing mechanism cooperate with each other to realize automatic unloading, feeding, and automatic sticking of the glued paper to a greater extent. It greatly improves the efficiency of gluing the battery tabs, and reduces labor intensity and manufacturing costs. At the same time, it also avoids the phenomenon of missed stickers and adhesive tapes not firmly attached caused by manual glue sticking, effectively ensuring the consistency and reliability of glue sticking, and improving product quality.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the automatic gluing machine of an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the gluing mechanism in the automatic gluing machine shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the structural representation of clamping mechanism and glue cutting mechanism in the automatic gluing machine shown in Fig. 1; And

Fig. 4 is a structural schematic diagram of the glue pulling mechanism in the automatic glue applicator shown in Fig. 1 .

detailed description

In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully below with reference to the associated drawings. Preferred embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention can be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the disclosure of the present invention more thorough and comprehensive.

It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being “fixed” to another element, it can be directly on the other element or there can also be an intervening element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and similar expressions are used herein for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to represent the only embodiments.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the technical field of the invention. The terminology used herein in the description of the present invention is only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and is not intended to limit the present invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , an automatic gluing machine 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used to automatically gluing paper on tabs of batteries. Specifically, the automatic glue applicator 10 includes a frame 100 , a clamp 200 , a feeding mechanism 300 , a clamping mechanism 400 , a glue pulling mechanism 500 , a glue cutting mechanism 600 and a glue applying mechanism 700 .

Wherein, the clamp 200 , the feeding mechanism 300 , the clamping mechanism 400 , the glue pulling mechanism 500 , the glue cutting mechanism 600 and the glue applying mechanism 700 are all installed on the frame 100 . The jig 200 is used to install and clamp the battery. The feeding mechanism 300 is used for releasing the gummed paper. The clamping mechanism 400 can clamp the adhesive tape released by the discharging mechanism 300 . The rubber pulling mechanism 500 is located on the side of the clamping mechanism 400 away from the discharging mechanism 300. The rubber pulling mechanism 500 can clamp the tape from the clamping mechanism 400 and drive the tape to move so that the tape stretches out of the clamping mechanism 400 preset distances. The glue cutting mechanism 600 is arranged between the clamping mechanism 400 and the glue pulling mechanism 500 , and the glue cutting mechanism 600 can cut off the adhesive tape clamped simultaneously by the clamping mechanism 400 and the glue pulling mechanism 500 . The gluing mechanism 700 includes a gluing head 710 and a gluing head driving assembly 720 . The glue head drive assembly 720 can drive the glue head 710 close to the tape, so that the glue head 710 absorbs the tape between the glue pulling mechanism 500 and the glue cutting mechanism 600, and the glue head drive assembly 720 can drive the glue head 710 to approach The pole ear is made to stick the adhesive tape on the pole ear by the adhesive head 710.

The working process of the above-mentioned automatic glue application mechanism 10 is: after the glue pulling mechanism 500 clamps the glued paper from the clamping mechanism 400, the clamping mechanism 400 releases the glued paper, and the glue pulling mechanism 500 drives the glued paper to move, when the glued paper stretches out After the clamping mechanism 400 presets the distance, the clamping mechanism 400 clamps the adhesive tape again, and then, the adhesive head drive assembly 720 drives the adhesive head 710 to approach the adhesive tape, the adhesive head 710 absorbs the adhesive tape, and the adhesive cutting mechanism 600 approaches Tape and cut off the tape, the glue pulling mechanism 500 releases the tape, the glue head drive assembly 720 further drives the glue head 710 close to the tab, so that the glue head 710 attaches the adhesive tape it absorbs to the tab superior.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the gluing head driving assembly 720 includes a moving block 721 , a first gluing cylinder 722 and a second gluing cylinder 723 . The gluing head 710 is connected with the moving block 721 . Both the first gluing cylinder 722 and the second gluing cylinder 723 are installed on the frame 100 and located on the side of the moving block 721 away from the gluing head 710 . The first gluing cylinder 722 can push the moving block 721 and the gluing head 710 close to the tape, and the second gluing cylinder 723 is connected with the moving block 721 to push the moving block 721 and the gluing head 710 closer to or away from the tab.

Wherein, when the first gluing cylinder 722 pushes the moving block 721 and the gluing head 710 close to the adhesive tape, the moving block 721 simultaneously drives the piston rod of the second gluing cylinder 723 to move. When the gluing head 710 is close to the adhesive paper, the air holes (not shown) on the gluing head 710 are vacuumed to realize the adsorption of the gluing head 710 to the adhesive paper. At this time, the first gluing cylinder 722 is withdrawn, The second gluing cylinder 723 pushes the moving block 721 to continue to move, so that the gluing head 710 is close to the pole ear, and the adhesive paper on the gluing head 710 is attached to the pole ear by passing air through the air hole on the gluing head 710 superior. Afterwards, the second gluing cylinder 723 drives the moving block 721 and the gluing head 710 away from the tab and returns to the initial position.

In other embodiments, the glue applying head 710 and the moving block 721 can also be integrally formed.

Specifically, the gluing head driving assembly 720 also includes a second gluing cylinder buffer 724 installed on the frame 100 . The second glued cylinder buffer 724 includes a block 724a, a screw 724b, a fixing plate 724c and a nut 724d. The fixing plate 724c is fixed on the frame 100 and is spaced apart from the second gluing cylinder 723 . The screw 724b passes through the fixing plate 724c, and is threadedly connected with the fixing plate 724c. The axis of the screw 724b is parallel to the moving direction of the moving block 721 . The stopper 724a is threadedly connected to the end of the screw 724b, and the stopper 724a is located on the side of the fixing plate 724c close to the second gluing cylinder 723 . The nut 724d is threadedly connected with the screw 724b, and the nut 724d abuts against a side of the fixing plate 724c away from the second glue cylinder 723 .

When the second gluing cylinder 723 drives the moving block 721 and the gluing head 710 close to the tab, the stopper 724a can abut against the moving block 721 to buffer the movement of the second gluing cylinder 723 and the moving block 721 , to prevent the second gluing cylinder 723 and the moving block 721 from moving too fast, causing the gluing head 710 to collide with the tab, causing damage to the tab. At the same time, by rotating the nut 724d, the length of the screw 724b protruding from the fixed plate 724c is adjusted, that is, the distance between the stopper 724a and the fixed plate 724c is changed, thereby driving the moving block 721 to the second gluing cylinder 723. Fine-tune the length.

In this embodiment, the discharging mechanism 300 includes a roll wheel 310 and a guide wheel 320 spaced apart from the roll wheel 310 . The adhesive tape can be wound on the reel 310 . There are multiple guide wheels 320, and the multiple guide wheels 320 are arranged at intervals. The adhesive paper derived from the roll wheel 310 can be wound on a plurality of guide wheels 320 in sequence, and the plurality of guide wheels 320 can guide the adhesive paper.

Specifically, the discharging mechanism 300 also includes a tensioning assembly 330 . The tensioning assembly 330 includes a tensioning wheel 331 and a tensioning cylinder 332 . The tensioning wheel 331 is arranged between any two guide wheels 320, and the tensioning cylinder 332 drives the tensioning wheel 331 to move, so that the tensioning wheel 331 presses against the tape. In other embodiments, the tensioning assembly 330 can also be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 , the clamping mechanism 400 includes a clamping driving cylinder 410 , a movable chuck 420 and a fixed chuck 430 . Both the clamping driving cylinder 410 and the fixed chuck 430 are installed on the frame 100 . The clamping driving cylinder 410 is connected with the movable chuck 420 to drive the movable chuck 420 to approach or move away from the fixed chuck 430 . The movable clamp 420 cooperates with the fixed clamp 430 to clamp the glued paper.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 , the glue pulling mechanism 500 further includes an air gripper 510 , a first glue pulling cylinder 520 and a second glue pulling cylinder 530 . The second glue pulling cylinder 530 is connected with the air claw 510 to drive the air claw 510 to open or close. The first glue pulling cylinder 520 is installed on the frame 100 , and the first glue pulling cylinder 520 is connected to the second glue pulling cylinder 530 to drive the second glue pulling cylinder 530 and the air claw 510 to approach or move away from the clamping mechanism 400 .

In addition, the rubber pulling mechanism 500 also includes a rubber pulling buffer assembly 540 . The rubber buffer assembly 540 is installed on the frame 100 . The glue-pull buffer assembly 540 is used for buffering the second glue-pull cylinder 530 and the air claw 510, so as to prevent the first glue-pull cylinder 520 from driving the second glue-pull cylinder 530 and the air claw 510 to move too fast and cause contact with the clamping mechanism. 400 phase collisions.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 again, the glue cutting mechanism 600 includes a glue cutting cylinder 610 and a cutter 620 . The glue cutting cylinder 610 drives the cutter 620 to approach or move away from the adhesive paper, and the cutter 620 can cut the adhesive paper.

Specifically, in this embodiment, there are two discharging mechanisms 300, clamping mechanisms 400, glue pulling mechanisms 500, glue cutting mechanisms 600 and glue applying mechanisms 700 respectively. The two clamping mechanisms 400 are respectively disposed on two sides of the clamp 200 . Two glue pulling mechanisms 500 are respectively disposed on two sides of the clamp 200 . Two glue cutting mechanisms 600 are respectively arranged on two sides of the clamp 200 . The two gluing mechanisms 700 are respectively arranged at opposite positions on both sides of the jig 200 to apply gluing to both sides of the same tab at the same time. By setting the discharging mechanism 300, the clamping mechanism 400, the glue pulling mechanism 500, the glue cutting mechanism 600 and the glue applying mechanism 700 into two respectively, on both sides of the clamp 200, the two sides of the same tab of the battery are simultaneously Gluing operation, to a greater extent improve the efficiency of gluing.

It should be pointed out that in other embodiments, the above-mentioned discharging mechanism 300 , clamping mechanism 400 , glue pulling mechanism 500 , glue cutting mechanism 600 and glue applying mechanism 700 may also be only one.

In the above-mentioned automatic gluing machine 10, the feeding mechanism 300, the clamping mechanism 400, the rubber pulling mechanism 500, the glue cutting mechanism 600 and the gluing mechanism 700 cooperate with each other to realize the automatic unwinding of the adhesive tape, the feeding of the adhesive tape, and the automatic dispensing of the adhesive tape. Attaching greatly improves the efficiency of gluing the battery tabs, reducing labor intensity and manufacturing costs. At the same time, it also avoids the phenomenon of missed stickers and adhesive tapes not firmly attached caused by manual glue sticking, effectively ensuring the consistency and reliability of glue sticking, and improving product quality.

The technical features of the above-mentioned embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. To make the description concise, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-mentioned embodiments are not described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, should be considered as within the scope of this specification.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation modes of the present invention, and the descriptions thereof are relatively specific and detailed, but should not be construed as limiting the patent scope of the invention. It should be pointed out that those skilled in the art can make several modifications and improvements without departing from the concept of the present invention, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent for the present invention should be based on the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An automatic gluing machine, which is used to gluing the tabs of the battery, is characterized in that it comprises: A feeding mechanism for releasing the gummed paper; a clamping mechanism capable of clamping the adhesive tape released by the discharging mechanism; The glue pulling mechanism is located on the side of the clamping mechanism away from the discharging mechanism, and the glue pulling mechanism can clamp the adhesive tape from the clamping mechanism and drive the adhesive tape to move; A glue cutting mechanism is located between the clamping mechanism and the glue pulling mechanism, and the glue cutting mechanism can cut off the adhesive paper clamped by the clamping mechanism and the glue pulling mechanism at the same time; and The glue application mechanism includes a glue application head and a glue application head drive assembly. The glue application head drive assembly can drive the glue application head close to the adhesive paper, so that the glue application head absorbs the glue pulling mechanism and the glue application head. The adhesive paper between the gluing mechanism, the gluing head driving assembly can drive the gluing head close to the tab, so that the gluing head attaches the adhesive paper to the tab . 2. The automatic gluing machine according to claim 1, wherein the gluing head driving assembly comprises a moving block, a first gluing cylinder and a second gluing cylinder, the gluing head and the moving Blocks are connected, the first gluing cylinder and the second gluing cylinder are located on the side of the moving block away from the gluing head, and the first gluing cylinder can push the moving block and the gluing head. The gluing head is close to the adhesive paper, and the second gluing cylinder is connected with the moving block to push the moving block and the gluing head close to or away from the tab. 3. The automatic gluing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that, the gluing head drive assembly also includes a second gluing cylinder buffer, and the second gluing cylinder buffer includes a block, a screw, A fixed plate and a nut, the fixed plate is spaced apart from the second adhesive cylinder, the screw is penetrated through the fixed plate, and is threadedly connected with the fixed plate, the axis of the screw is connected with the moving block The direction of movement is parallel, the stopper is threadedly connected to the end of the screw, and the stopper is located on the side of the fixing plate close to the second gluing cylinder, and the nut is threadedly connected to the screw , and abut against the side of the fixing plate away from the second gluing cylinder. 4. The automatic gluing machine according to claim 1, wherein the unwinding mechanism includes a reel and a guide wheel spaced apart from the reel, and the adhesive paper can be wound on the reel On the wheel, there are a plurality of guide wheels, and the plurality of guide wheels are arranged at intervals, and the plurality of guide wheels can guide the adhesive tape. 5. The automatic glue applicator according to claim 4, wherein the discharging mechanism also includes a tensioning assembly, the tensioning assembly includes a tensioning wheel and a tensioning cylinder, and the tensioning wheel is located at Between any two guide wheels, the tension cylinder drives the tension wheel to move, so that the tension wheel presses against the glued paper. 6. The automatic glue applicator according to claim 1, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a clamping driving cylinder, a movable chuck and a fixed chuck, and the clamping driving cylinder is connected with the movable chuck , to drive the movable chuck close to or away from the fixed chuck, and the movable chuck cooperates with the fixed chuck to clamp the adhesive tape. 7. The automatic gluing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that, the glue pulling mechanism also includes air claws, a first glue pulling cylinder and a second glue pulling cylinder, and the second glue pulling cylinder is connected to the second glue pulling cylinder. The air claw is connected to drive the air claw to open or close, and the first rubber pulling cylinder is connected to the second rubber pulling cylinder to drive the second rubber pulling cylinder and the air claw to move closer or farther away the clamping mechanism. 8. The automatic gluing machine according to claim 1, wherein the glue cutting mechanism comprises a glue cutting cylinder and a cutter, and the glue cutting cylinder drives the cutter to approach or move away from the adhesive paper, so The cutter can cut off the gummed paper. 9. The automatic gluing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a frame and a clamp, the clamp, the discharging mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the pulling mechanism, the cutting Both the gluing mechanism and the gluing mechanism are installed on the frame, and the clamp is used to install and clamp the battery. 10. The automatic gluing machine according to claim 9, wherein the discharging mechanism, the clamping mechanism, the gluing mechanism, the gluing cutting mechanism and the gluing mechanism are respectively two The two clamping mechanisms are respectively arranged on both sides of the fixture, the two glue pulling mechanisms are respectively arranged on both sides of the fixture, and the two glue cutting mechanisms are respectively arranged on the sides of the fixture. On both sides, the two gluing mechanisms are respectively arranged at opposite positions on both sides of the fixture, so as to apply gluing to both sides of the tab.