Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a current collecting disc feeding device which is used for solving the problems that the current collecting disc feeding mode based on clamping jaws is unreliable, feeding operation of a single station can be only carried out at a time, and the high-efficiency welding requirement of a battery cell cannot be met.
The embodiment of the invention provides a current collecting disc feeding device which comprises a multi-station distributing mechanism, a temporary storage positioning mechanism and a turnover mechanism which are sequentially arranged, wherein the multi-station distributing mechanism comprises a plurality of transferring units, the transferring units can be used for moving along a preset walking path so as to transfer the current collecting disc to different welding stations, the transferring units are provided with first negative pressure adsorption components for adsorbing the current collecting disc, and the temporary storage positioning mechanism is used for being arranged at the welding stations so as to be in one-to-one correspondence with the turnover mechanism.
According to the collecting disc feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the transfer unit comprises a linear module, a lifting adjusting mechanism and the first negative pressure adsorption component, wherein the lifting adjusting mechanism is arranged on a sliding table of the linear module, and is connected with the first negative pressure adsorption component.
According to the collecting tray feeding device, the transfer unit is used for moving along the same straight walking path, and/or comprises a first transfer unit and a second transfer unit, and the second transfer unit is arranged on a sliding table of a corresponding straight module of the first transfer unit.
The current collecting disc feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention further comprises a feeding positioning mechanism, wherein a plurality of profiling grooves are formed in the feeding positioning mechanism, and the profiling grooves are used for placing the current collecting disc.
According to the current collecting disc feeding device, the feeding positioning mechanism is provided with the feeding robot, the feeding robot comprises a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm and a second negative pressure adsorption assembly, the second negative pressure adsorption assembly is arranged at the execution end of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm, and/or the feeding positioning mechanism is further provided with a first incoming material detection sensor and a current collecting disc positioning mechanism, the detection end of the first incoming material detection sensor corresponds to the profiling groove, the current collecting disc positioning mechanism is provided with a positioning pressure head corresponding to the profiling groove, and the first incoming material detection sensor is in communication connection with the current collecting disc positioning mechanism.
According to the collecting tray feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the temporary storage positioning mechanism is provided with the objective table and the positioning clamping jaw, the positioning clamping jaw is horizontally arranged on the upper side of the objective table, the clamping end of the positioning clamping jaw is provided with the profiling clamping groove corresponding to the collecting tray, and the clamping end of the positioning clamping jaw corresponds to the objective table.
According to the collecting tray feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the objective table is provided with the first through hole, and the third negative pressure adsorption component is arranged in the first through hole.
According to the collecting disc feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the objective table is provided with the second through hole, the temporary storage positioning mechanism is provided with the second incoming material detection sensor corresponding to the second through hole, and the second incoming material detection sensor is respectively in communication connection with the positioning clamping jaw and the third negative pressure adsorption component.
According to the current collecting disc feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the turnover mechanism comprises a turnover driving unit, a turnover table and a fourth negative pressure adsorption component, wherein the output end of the turnover driving unit is connected with the turnover table, and one end of the turnover table is provided with the fourth negative pressure adsorption component.
According to the current collecting disc feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the overturning platform is provided with the telescopic driving mechanism, the telescopic direction of the telescopic driving mechanism is perpendicular to the axial direction of the overturning driving unit, and the telescopic end of the telescopic driving mechanism is connected with the fourth negative pressure adsorption component.
According to the collecting disc feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the multi-station material distribution mechanism is arranged, the multi-station material distribution mechanism is provided with the plurality of transfer units capable of moving along the preset walking path, the temporary storage positioning mechanisms at different welding stations can be respectively fed by different transfer units through the corresponding first negative pressure adsorption assemblies, and the collecting disc is turned by the turning mechanism corresponding to the temporary storage positioning mechanisms, so that the collecting disc is conveniently conveyed to different welding stations to weld the collecting disc at the end part of the battery cell. From this, not only realized the multistation material loading to the collecting tray, still ensured the reliability of collecting tray material loading based on first negative pressure adsorption component, prevented that the material loading that adopts traditional clamping jaw material loading to exist from being unreliable and to the clamping damage that the collecting tray brought, satisfied the efficient welding demand to the electric core.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding device for a collecting tray according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the feeding robot in fig. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a multi-degree of freedom mechanical arm according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the feeding positioning mechanism shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the multi-station distributing mechanism in FIG. 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first view of the temporary storage positioning mechanism of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second view of the temporary storage positioning mechanism of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a partial enlarged structure at K in FIG. 6, according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of the tilting mechanism of fig. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure, a loading device of a collecting tray, which is 1, comprises a loading robot, 110, a fixed base, 111, a mechanical arm with multiple degrees of freedom, 1110, a first arm, 1111, a second arm, 1112, a first rotary driving mechanism, 1113, a second rotary driving mechanism, 1114, a single-rod cylinder, 112, a second negative pressure adsorption component, 12, a loading positioning mechanism, 120, a first base, 121, a profiling groove, 122, a first incoming material detection sensor, 123, a collecting tray positioning mechanism, 1230, a telescopic rotary cylinder, 1231, a deflection arm, 1232, a positioning pressure head, 13, a multi-station distributing mechanism, 130, a first transferring unit, 1300, a linear module, 1301, a lifting adjusting mechanism, 1302, a first negative pressure adsorption component, 131, a second transferring unit, 14, a temporary storage positioning mechanism, 140, a second base, 141, an objective table, 142, a positioning jaw 1420, a first clamp body, 1421, a second clamp body, 1422, a first driving cylinder, 143, a second driving cylinder, a third driving component, a third negative pressure adsorption component, a second clamp body, a sensing unit, 144, a turnover table, a turnover mechanism, a fourth rotating unit, a turnover mechanism, and a fourth driving mechanism, 153, a turnover mechanism, a turnover seat, a turnover mechanism, and a turnover mechanism.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to fall within the scope of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected via an intervening medium, or in communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding device for a collecting tray in this embodiment.
As shown in fig. 1, the embodiment provides a collecting tray feeding device 1, which comprises a feeding robot 11, a feeding positioning mechanism 12, a multi-station distributing mechanism 13, a temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 and a turnover mechanism 15 which are sequentially arranged, wherein the feeding robot 11 is used for taking materials from a collecting tray feeding vehicle through a negative pressure adsorption component, the sucked collecting tray 2 is placed in a profiling groove 121 on the feeding positioning mechanism 12, the multi-station distributing mechanism 13 comprises a plurality of transferring units, the transferring units can be used for moving along a preset walking path so as to transfer the collecting tray to different welding stations, the transferring units are provided with negative pressure adsorption components for adsorbing the collecting tray, and the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 is used for being arranged at the welding stations so as to be in one-to-one correspondence connection with the transferring units and the turnover mechanism 15. Therefore, after the multi-station distributing mechanism 13 shown in this embodiment distributes the current collecting tray 2 to the temporary storage positioning mechanisms 14 arranged at each welding station, the turnover mechanism 15 corresponding to the temporary storage positioning mechanisms 14 can turn over the current collecting tray 2 so as to convert the current collecting tray 2 from a horizontal placement state to a vertical placement state, and the vertically placed current collecting tray 2 is placed between the end to be welded of the battery cell and the welding tool at the welding station, so that the current collecting tray 2 can be welded conveniently.
It should be noted here that, since each welding station is sequentially disposed along the electrical core feeding line, each transfer unit on the multi-station distributing mechanism 13 shown in this embodiment is specifically configured to move along the same straight walking path, so as to meet the feeding requirement of each welding station. Of course, the travel paths of the transfer units shown in the embodiment include, but are not limited to, the same straight travel path, and the corresponding layout can be specifically performed according to the positions set by the welding stations.
In order to facilitate distinguishing, the negative pressure adsorption assemblies arranged on the transfer unit of the multi-station material distribution mechanism 13 are set to be first negative pressure adsorption assemblies 1302, the negative pressure adsorption assemblies arranged on the feeding robot 11 are set to be second negative pressure adsorption assemblies 112, the negative pressure adsorption assemblies arranged on the temporary material storage positioning mechanism 14 are set to be third negative pressure adsorption assemblies 143, and the negative pressure adsorption assemblies arranged on the turnover mechanism 15 are set to be fourth negative pressure adsorption assemblies 154.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the feeding robot 11 shown in fig. 1 in this embodiment.
As shown in fig. 2, the feeding robot 11 shown in this embodiment includes a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 111 and a second negative pressure adsorption assembly 112, the head end of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 111 is mounted on the fixed base 110, and the execution end of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 111 is mounted with the second negative pressure adsorption assembly 112.
As shown in fig. 3, the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 111 in this embodiment includes a first arm 1110 and a second arm 1111, one end of the first arm 1110 is installed on the fixed base 110 through a first rotary driving mechanism 1112, the other end of the first arm 1110 is hinged with one end of the second arm 1111 through a second rotary driving mechanism 1113, a single rod cylinder 1114 arranged vertically is installed at the other end of the second arm 1111, a telescopic end of the single rod cylinder 1114 is arranged downward, and a second negative pressure adsorption assembly 112 is installed, where the second negative pressure adsorption assembly 112 in this embodiment includes a fixed frame on which a plurality of pneumatic suction nozzles arranged in an array are installed. Because the collecting plates are arranged in an array on the collecting plate feeding vehicle, when the arrangement mode of each pneumatic suction nozzle on the second negative pressure adsorption component 112 and the collecting plates is consistent, the second negative pressure adsorption component 112 can adsorb a plurality of collecting plates at one time, and each collecting plate is placed in a corresponding imitation groove of the feeding positioning mechanism through the movement of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 111.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the feeding positioning mechanism 12 shown in fig. 1 in this embodiment.
As shown in fig. 4, the feeding positioning mechanism 12 shown in this embodiment includes a first base 120, a plurality of profiling grooves 121 are formed on the first base 120, the notch shape of the profiling grooves 121 is adapted to the collecting tray and is used for placing the collecting tray, wherein four profiling grooves 121 are specifically provided in this embodiment, and the four profiling grooves 121 are arranged at equal intervals along a straight line.
In order to ensure the accuracy of the pose of each collecting tray placed in the profiling groove 121 when the feeding robot 11 feeds the profiling groove 121 corresponding to the feeding positioning mechanism 12, the feeding positioning mechanism 12 in this embodiment is further configured with a first feeding detection sensor 122 and a collecting tray positioning mechanism 123.
As shown in fig. 4, the first incoming material detecting sensors 122 in this embodiment are disposed opposite to the profiling grooves 121 one by one, and the first incoming material detecting sensors 122 may be proximity switches or photoelectric switches as known in the art. The bottom of the profiling groove 121 in this embodiment is provided with a hollowed through hole, the first incoming material detecting sensor 122 is mounted on the lower side of the profiling groove 121 corresponding to the first incoming material detecting sensor 122, and the detecting end of the first incoming material detecting sensor 122 corresponds to the profiling groove 121.
Meanwhile, the collecting tray positioning mechanism 123 in this embodiment has a positioning press head 1232 corresponding to the profiling groove 121, specifically, the collecting tray positioning mechanism 123 includes a telescopic rotary cylinder 1230, a swing arm 1231 and a positioning press head 1232, the output end of the telescopic rotary cylinder 1230 is connected to one end of the swing arm 1231, and the other end of the swing arm 1231 is connected to the positioning press head 1232. The swing arm 1231 in this embodiment has a T-shaped structure, so that two positioning pressure heads 1232 can be installed at the other end of the swing arm 1231 at the same time, and the space between the two positioning pressure heads 1232 is equal to the space between the two profiling grooves 121.
In addition, the first incoming material detection sensor 122 in this embodiment is communicatively connected to the collecting tray positioning mechanism 123, when the first incoming material detection sensor 122 detects that a collecting tray is placed in the profiling slot 121, the first incoming material detection sensor 122 may output a trigger signal, and the output end of the telescopic rotating cylinder 1230 immediately performs a deflection action according to the trigger signal, so as to drive the deflection arm 1231 to deflect by 90 °, so that the positioning pressure head 1232 installed at the other end of the deflection arm 1231 is just located on the upper side of the profiling slot 121, and then the output end of the telescopic rotating cylinder 1230 performs a retraction action again, so as to drive the deflection arm 1231 to descend by a preset stroke, so that the positioning pressure head 1232 extends into the profiling slot 121, thereby implementing correction and positioning of the pose of the collecting tray. After the correction is completed, the output end of the telescopic rotary cylinder 1230 performs the extending action and the swinging action in a manner opposite to the above, so that the positioning pressure head 1232 is far away from the profiling groove 121, and the first negative pressure adsorption component on the multi-station material distributing mechanism is convenient to absorb the collecting disc from the profiling groove 121, so as to perform multi-station partition feeding on the collecting disc.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the multi-station distributing mechanism 13 in fig. 1 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in fig. 5, the multi-station material distributing mechanism 13 in this embodiment includes two transferring units that can move along the same straight line walking path, the two transferring units are a first transferring unit 130 and a second transferring unit 131, and the first transferring unit 130 and the second transferring unit 131 have the same structure, where the first transferring unit 130 includes a straight line module 1300, a lifting adjusting mechanism 1301 and a first negative pressure absorbing component 1302, the lifting adjusting mechanism 1301 is mounted on a sliding table of the straight line module 1300, and the lifting adjusting mechanism 1301 is connected with the first negative pressure absorbing component 1302. Thus, when the transfer unit sucks the collecting tray from the feeding positioning mechanism 12, the moving position of the transfer unit can be controlled first, so that the first negative pressure adsorption component 1302 is just located on the upper side of the profiling groove 121, then the first negative pressure adsorption component 1302 is controlled to descend by a preset height through the lifting adjusting mechanism 1301, so that the collecting tray is sucked from the profiling groove 121, finally, when the collecting tray is sucked, the lifting adjusting mechanism 1301 controls the first negative pressure adsorption component 1302 to ascend by the preset height, and then the sliding table of the linear module 1300 moves to a pre-distributing station.
As shown in fig. 5, the lifting adjustment mechanism 1301 in this embodiment includes a first vertical sliding table and a second vertical sliding table, where the second vertical sliding table includes a plurality of second vertical sliding tables, and is installed on the first vertical sliding table side by side along the horizontal direction, the first negative pressure adsorption component 1302 corresponds to the second vertical sliding table one by one, the first negative pressure adsorption component 1302 includes a cantilever and a pneumatic suction nozzle, one end of the cantilever is connected with the second vertical sliding table, and the other end of the cantilever is installed with the pneumatic suction nozzle. Thus, the heights of the second vertical sliding tables can be uniformly adjusted through the first vertical sliding tables, and each second vertical sliding table can finely adjust the height of the corresponding first negative pressure adsorption component 1302.
In one embodiment, two second vertical sliding tables are arranged on the first vertical sliding table side by side, each second vertical sliding table is connected with one end of a cantilever which is horizontally arranged, and two pneumatic suction nozzles which are vertically arranged are arranged at the other end of the cantilever so as to reliably adsorb the collecting tray.
In a further preferred embodiment, the second transfer unit 131 in this embodiment is mounted on a sliding table of the corresponding linear module of the first transfer unit 130. Thus, when the current collecting tray is allocated, the second transferring unit 131 can move along with the sliding table on the first transferring unit 130, and when the first transferring unit 130 moves to the material distributing station, the sliding table of the corresponding linear module of the second transferring unit 131 can be started in time until the second transferring unit 131 also moves to the material distributing station corresponding to the second transferring unit 131. Therefore, not only is the material distribution efficiency high, but also the current collecting disc can be distributed to two different material distribution stations at the same time.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 in fig. 1 at a first view, fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 in fig. 1 at a second view, and fig. 8 is a schematic partial enlarged structural view at K in fig. 6.
As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 in this embodiment includes a second base 140, a stage 141 and a positioning jaw 142 are disposed on the second base 140, the positioning jaw 142 is horizontally mounted on the stage 141, a profiling slot corresponding to the collecting tray is formed at a clamping end of the positioning jaw 142, and a clamping end of the positioning jaw 142 corresponds to the stage 141.
Thus, when the multi-station distributing mechanism 13 in the above embodiment places the collecting tray on the stage 141 of the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 corresponding to the transfer unit, in order to prevent the inaccurate placement pose of the collecting tray from affecting the subsequent material taking operation of the turning mechanism, the embodiment corrects the pose of the collecting tray placed on the stage 141 by the profiling clamping groove on the positioning clamping jaw 142.
As shown in fig. 6, the positioning jaw 142 in this embodiment includes a first clamp body 1420 and a second clamp body 1421, where a clamping end shown in this embodiment is formed between a clamping arm on the first clamp body 1420 and a clamping arm on the second clamp body 1421, and a profiling slot is provided on the clamping arm on the first clamp body 1420, and a notch of the profiling slot faces the clamping arm on the second clamp body 1421. It should be noted here that, in order to achieve the positioning of the current collecting plates on the two stages 141 at the same time, the first clamp body 1420 in this embodiment has two clamp arms, and correspondingly, the second clamp body 1421 in this embodiment also has two clamp arms, so that two clamp ends can be formed on the positioning jaws 142 to simultaneously position the current collecting plates on the two stages 141.
As shown in fig. 8, a first through hole is formed on the stage 141 in this embodiment, a third negative pressure suction component 143 is installed in the first through hole, the third negative pressure suction component 143 may be a pneumatic suction nozzle as known in the art, the pneumatic suction nozzle extends into the first through hole, and the suction end of the pneumatic suction nozzle faces the table top of the stage 141. Thus, the present embodiment can stabilize the current collecting tray on the stage 141 based on the negative pressure suction force provided by the third negative pressure suction member 143 by activating the third negative pressure suction member 143 when the current collecting tray is dispensed on the stage 141.
Based on the improvement of the above embodiment, the stage 141 in this embodiment is further formed with a second through hole, and the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 is provided with a second incoming material detection sensor 144 corresponding to the second through hole, where the second incoming material detection sensor 144 may be a proximity switch or a photoelectric switch as known in the art, and the second incoming material detection sensor 144 is respectively connected to the positioning jaw 142 and the third negative pressure adsorption component 143 in a communication manner. In this way, when the collecting tray is distributed on the stage 141, the second incoming material detecting sensor 144 is triggered immediately, and the third negative pressure absorbing component 143 is controlled to start the negative pressure absorbing function, and the positioning clamping jaw 142 is controlled to act, so as to correct the pose of the collecting tray on the stage 141.
As shown in fig. 7, the positioning clamping jaw 142 in this embodiment is further configured with a first driving cylinder 1422 and a second driving cylinder 1423, where the first driving cylinder 1422 and the second driving cylinder 1423 are disposed opposite to each other in the horizontal direction, the telescopic end of the first driving cylinder 1422 is connected to the first clamping body 1420, and the telescopic end of the second driving cylinder 1423 is connected to the second clamping body 1421, so that the opening and clamping actions of the positioning clamping jaw 142 can be controlled by controlling the telescopic actions of the first driving cylinder 1422 and the second driving cylinder 1423.
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of the tilting mechanism 15 in fig. 1 shown in this embodiment.
As shown in fig. 9, the turnover mechanism 15 in this embodiment includes a third base 150, a turnover driving unit 151 is rotatably installed on the third base 150, the turnover driving unit 151 includes a gear motor and a driving shaft, an output end of the gear motor is connected to one end of the driving shaft through a coupling, a turnover table 152 is installed on the driving shaft, and a fourth negative pressure adsorption assembly 154 is installed at one end of the turnover table 152.
Meanwhile, the overturning platform 152 shown in the embodiment is provided with the telescopic driving mechanism 153, the telescopic direction of the telescopic driving mechanism 153 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the overturning driving unit 151, the telescopic end of the telescopic driving mechanism 153 is connected with the fourth negative pressure adsorption component 154, the fourth negative pressure adsorption component 154 comprises a fixed support and a plurality of pneumatic suction nozzles arranged on the fixed support, wherein four pneumatic suction nozzles can be arranged on the fixed support side by side, and one collecting disc is adsorbed by every two pneumatic suction nozzles.
In the actual working process, when the material is taken, the overturning table 152 is horizontally arranged, the adsorption end of the fourth negative pressure adsorption component 154 and the objective table 141 of the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 are positioned on the same plane, when the material is supplied to the objective table 141 of the temporary storage positioning mechanism 14 and the pose of the supplied material is corrected, the overturning driving unit 151 on the overturning mechanism 15 and the fourth negative pressure adsorption component 154 can be immediately started, the overturning driving unit 151 drives the overturning table 152 to overturn by 90 degrees while the fourth negative pressure adsorption component 154 adsorbs the current collecting tray, so that the current collecting tray is converted into a vertical placing state from the horizontal placing state, and the vertically placed current collecting tray is placed between the end part of the battery core to be welded and the welding tool at the welding station, and the current collecting tray can be conveniently welded.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.