CN110729444A - Automatic production line of lithium battery - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an automatic production line of a lithium battery, relating to the field of lithium batteries and comprising a vacuum baking oven: baking the components of the battery; cooling the vacuum glove box: rapidly cooling each component of the battery; liquid injection glove box: injecting liquid into the battery; caching the glove box: extruding the battery; extruding the vacuum square cabin: sealing the battery; a discharging square cabin: the battery discharging device is used for discharging batteries; the conveying mechanism comprises: for battery transport; nickel sheet measuring mechanism: the thickness of the nickel sheet is measured; a positioning mechanism: for placing a nickel plate over the cell. According to the invention, through the arrangement of the spot welding mechanism and the nickel sheet measuring mechanism, the manual participation steps can be effectively reduced, so that the working efficiency is improved, and through the arrangement of the power glue coating mechanism, the power glue coating mechanism coats the power glue on the battery pack, so that the heat dissipation performance is improved, the heat dissipation efficiency of the battery pack is further improved, and the service life of the battery pack is prolonged.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of lithium battery production, in particular to an automatic production line of a lithium battery.
Background
Lithium batteries are batteries which use lithium metal or lithium alloy as a negative electrode material and use non-aqueous electrolyte solution, the lithium metal batteries were originally proposed and researched by Gilbert N.Lewis in 1912, and the lithium ion batteries were proposed and researched by M.S. Whittingham in the 70 th 20 th century.
However, in the production process of the conventional lithium battery, the battery and the nickel sheet can be connected together only by manual assistance, so that more manual processes are involved, the labor cost is higher, and the working efficiency cannot be further improved; and after the battery is connected with the nickel sheet, the battery pack easily generates heat and is not easy to dissipate in the using process, so that the service life of the battery cannot be further prolonged.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to: in order to solve the problems that manual participation is more, labor cost is higher, and the service life of a battery cannot be further prolonged, an automatic production line of a lithium battery is provided.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: an automated production line for lithium batteries, comprising:
a vacuum baking oven: baking the components of the battery;
cooling the vacuum glove box: rapidly cooling each component of the battery;
a discharging square cabin: the battery discharging device is used for discharging batteries;
the conveying mechanism comprises: for battery transport;
nickel sheet measuring mechanism: the thickness of the nickel sheet is measured;
a positioning mechanism: for placing a nickel plate over the cell;
spot welding mechanism: the battery pack is used for welding the nickel sheets and the batteries together to form the battery pack;
power glue smearing mechanism: the battery pack is used for smearing power glue on the battery pack;
an assembling mechanism: the battery pack is used for assembling the battery pack with the protection board, the electric wire, the grid bracket and the shell.
Preferably, the drying temperature of the vacuum baking oven is 45 ℃, and the drying time is 60-90 minutes.
Preferably, the cooling temperature of the cooling vacuum glove box is 15 ℃, and the cooling time is 30-45 minutes.
Preferably, nickel piece measuring mechanism includes calibrator, rocking arm, pneumatic finger, electric putter and push pedal, pneumatic finger installs the bottom at the rocking arm, the output at electric putter is fixed to the push pedal, thickness measurement appearance passes through single piece electric connection with electric putter.
Preferably, positioning mechanism includes infra-red transmitter, infrared receiver, servo motor and pneumatic sucking disc, infra-red transmitter is two with infrared receiver's quantity, and two infra-red transmitter install the both sides of placing the dish top, two infrared receiver install the bottom at the start-up sucking disc, infra-red receiver passes through singlechip electric connection with servo motor.
Preferably, spot welding mechanism includes electric putter, spot welding head, reset spring, motor, lead screw sliding block and grip block, the spot welding head is fixed in electric putter's bottom, reset spring sets up the outside at electric putter, the output of motor is connected through the pivot rotation with the lead screw, the sliding block sets up the outside at the lead screw, and the position department that the slide bar and lead screw contacted is provided with the internal thread with lead screw assorted.
Preferably, the power glue smearing mechanism comprises an electric push rod, a clamping plate, a power glue pool, a brush, a rotating table and a servo motor, the number of the electric push rods is two, the clamping plate is arranged at the output end of one electric push rod, the servo motor is connected with the rotating table through a rotating shaft in a rotating mode, and the brush is connected with another electric push rod.
Preferably, the assembling mechanism is composed of a plurality of assembling robots.
Preferably, the method comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps: feeding, namely selecting a battery cell, a protective shell, a protective plate, an electric wire, a grid support, a shell and auxiliary materials;
step two: attaching highland barley paper on the outer side of the battery cell, and removing defective products;
step three: fixing the battery cell and performing spot welding;
step four: tin coating, plate welding and assembling are carried out on the battery cell;
step five; carrying out charge and discharge detection and old replacement test;
step six: bagging, boxing and delivering.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the invention, through the arrangement of the spot welding mechanism and the nickel sheet measuring mechanism, the manual participation steps can be effectively reduced, so that the working efficiency is improved, and through the arrangement of the power glue coating mechanism, the power glue coating mechanism coats the power glue on the battery pack, so that the heat dissipation performance is improved, the heat dissipation efficiency of the battery pack is further improved, and the service life of the battery pack is prolonged.
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Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, an automatic production line for lithium batteries includes:
a vacuum baking oven: baking the components of the battery;
cooling the vacuum glove box: rapidly cooling each component of the battery;
a discharging square cabin: the battery discharging device is used for discharging batteries;
the conveying mechanism comprises: for battery transport;
nickel sheet measuring mechanism: the thickness of the nickel sheet is measured;
a positioning mechanism: for placing a nickel plate over the cell;
spot welding mechanism: the battery pack is used for welding the nickel sheets and the batteries together to form the battery pack;
power glue smearing mechanism: the battery pack is used for smearing power glue on the battery pack;
an assembling mechanism: the battery pack is used for assembling the battery pack with the protection board, the electric wire, the grid bracket and the shell.
Example 1
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: the drying temperature of the vacuum oven is 45 ℃, and the drying time is 60-90 minutes; the inside of the vacuum baking oven is in a relatively vacuum state, so that the boiling point in the vacuum baking oven is low, moisture in each component of the battery can be quickly evaporated under the environment of 45 ℃, and the battery can not be damaged under the temperature condition, so that the safety performance and the service life of the battery are improved.
Example 2
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: the cooling temperature of the cooling vacuum glove box is 15 ℃, and the cooling time is 30-45 minutes; the battery is conveniently and rapidly cooled, so that the temperature of the battery is reduced to normal temperature, and subsequent operation is conveniently carried out.
Example 3
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: the nickel sheet measuring mechanism comprises a thickness gauge, a rocker arm, a pneumatic finger, an electric push rod and a push plate, the pneumatic finger is arranged at the bottom end of the rocker arm, the push plate is fixed at the output end of the electric push rod, and the thickness gauge is electrically connected with the electric push rod through a single sheet; the rocking arm of being convenient for drives pneumatic finger and presss from both sides tight the removal to the nickel piece, and thickness measurement appearance measures the thickness of nickel piece simultaneously, is less than when predetermineeing minimum thickness at nickel piece thickness, and thickness measurement appearance signals of telecommunication to single machine piece, single machine piece control electric putter operation, and electric putter drives the push pedal and rejects the nickel piece that thickness is not up to standard to guarantee the qualification rate of nickel piece, thereby promote product quality, avoid the product quality problem because of the nickel piece is too thin and lead to.
Example 4
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: the positioning mechanism comprises two infrared transmitters, two infrared receivers, a servo motor and a pneumatic sucker, the two infrared transmitters and the two infrared receivers are arranged on two sides of the top end of the placing disc, the two infrared receivers are arranged at the bottom end of the starting sucker, and the infrared receivers are electrically connected with the servo motor through a single chip microcomputer; the signal that infrared transmitter sent of being convenient for is received by infrared receiver to fix a position the nickel piece, after infrared receiver received the infrared ray that infrared transmitter sent, two infrared receiver carried the signal of telecommunication to the single-chip microcomputer, and the singlechip receives two signal of telecommunication after control servo motor stall, thereby fixes a position nickel piece and group battery.
Example 5
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: the spot welding mechanism comprises an electric push rod, a spot welding head, a reset spring, a motor, a lead screw sliding block and a clamping plate, the spot welding head is fixed at the bottom end of the electric push rod, the reset spring is arranged on the outer side of the electric push rod, the output end of the motor is rotatably connected with the lead screw through a rotating shaft, the sliding block is arranged on the outer side of the lead screw, and an internal thread matched with the lead screw is arranged at the position where the sliding rod is in contact with the lead screw; the electric push rod of being convenient for drives the spot welding head and carries out spot welding to the nickel piece, and reset spring's existence can drive the spot welding head fast and reset, and at the in-process of spot welding, the motor drives the lead screw through the pivot and rotates, and the lead screw is rotating the in-process, and the sliding block removes in the outside of lead screw, and the sliding block drives the electric push rod and carries out spot welding to the different positions of nickel piece in the removal process to reach quick welded purpose, need not artifical manual welding.
Example 6
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: the power glue smearing mechanism comprises two electric push rods, clamping plates, a power glue pool, a brush, a rotating table and servo motors, wherein the clamping plates are arranged at the output end of one electric push rod; an electric putter drives the grip block of being convenient for and fixes the group battery, has another electric putter again to drive the brush and move toward the power glues the pond, treats to occupy the power on the brush and glues the pond after, and electric putter drives again and replies to initial position, and servo motor drives the group battery through the revolving stage and rotates this moment, and brush and group battery contact can glue the brush with the power on the group battery to further improve the life of group battery.
Example 7
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: the assembly mechanism consists of a plurality of assembly robots; the battery pack is convenient to assemble quickly.
Example 8
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention: comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps: feeding, namely selecting a battery cell, a protective shell, a protective plate, an electric wire, a grid support, a shell and auxiliary materials;
step two: attaching highland barley paper on the outer side of the battery cell, and removing defective products;
step three: fixing the battery cell and performing spot welding;
step four: tin coating, plate welding and assembling are carried out on the battery cell;
step five; carrying out charge and discharge detection and old replacement test;
step six: bagging, boxing and delivering.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
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1. The utility model provides an automation line of lithium cell which characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:
a vacuum baking oven: baking the components of the battery;
cooling the vacuum glove box: rapidly cooling each component of the battery;
a discharging square cabin: the battery discharging device is used for discharging batteries;
the conveying mechanism comprises: for battery transport;
nickel sheet measuring mechanism: the thickness of the nickel sheet is measured;
a positioning mechanism: for placing a nickel plate over the cell;
spot welding mechanism: the battery pack is used for welding the nickel sheets and the batteries together to form the battery pack;
power glue smearing mechanism: the battery pack is used for smearing power glue on the battery pack;
an assembling mechanism: the battery pack is used for assembling the battery pack with the protection board, the electric wire, the grid bracket and the shell.
2. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: the drying temperature of the vacuum baking oven is 45 ℃, and the drying time is 60-90 minutes.
3. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cooling temperature of the cooling vacuum glove box is 15 ℃, and the cooling time is 30-45 minutes.
4. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: the nickel piece measuring mechanism includes calibrator, rocking arm, pneumatic finger, electric putter and push pedal, the bottom at the rocking arm is installed to pneumatic finger, the output at electric putter is fixed to the push pedal, the thickness calibrator passes through single piece electric connection with electric putter.
5. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: positioning mechanism includes infra-red transmitter, infrared receiver, servo motor, places dish and pneumatic sucking disc, infra-red transmitter is two with infrared receiver's quantity, and two infra-red transmitter install the both sides of placing the dish top, two infrared receiver install the bottom at the start-up sucking disc, infra-red receiver passes through singlechip electric connection with servo motor.
6. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: the spot welding mechanism comprises an electric push rod, a spot welding head, a reset spring, a motor, a lead screw sliding block and a clamping plate, wherein the spot welding head is fixed at the bottom end of the electric push rod, the reset spring is arranged on the outer side of the electric push rod, the output end of the motor is rotatably connected with the lead screw through a rotating shaft, the sliding block is arranged on the outer side of the lead screw, and the position where the sliding rod is in contact with the lead screw is provided with an internal thread matched with the lead screw.
7. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: the power glue smearing mechanism comprises an electric push rod, a clamping plate, a power glue pool, a brush, a rotary table and a servo motor, wherein the number of the electric push rod is two, the clamping plate is arranged at the output end of one electric push rod, the servo motor is connected with the rotary table through a rotating shaft in a rotating mode, and the brush is connected with another electric push rod.
8. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: the assembly mechanism is composed of a plurality of assembly robots.
9. The automatic production line of lithium batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the following steps: feeding, namely selecting a battery cell, a protective shell, a protective plate, an electric wire, a grid support, a shell and auxiliary materials;
step two: attaching highland barley paper on the outer side of the battery cell, and removing defective products;
step three: fixing the battery cell and performing spot welding;
step four: tin coating, plate welding and assembling are carried out on the battery cell;
step five; carrying out charge and discharge detection and old replacement test;
step six: bagging, boxing and delivering.
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