CN112952201B

CN112952201B - Hot press and product loading and unloading method

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Publication number: CN112952201B
Application number: CN202110141364.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蔡海生; 王峰; 徐益宏; 范方才
Original assignee: Guangdong Lyric Robot Intelligent Automation Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Lyric Robot Automation Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-28
Filing date: 2021-01-28
Publication date: 2022-08-12
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-28
Also published as: CN112952201A

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of hot presses, in particular to a hot press and a product loading and unloading method. Including feed mechanism and unloading mechanism, set up a plurality of hot pressing mechanism between feed mechanism and the unloading mechanism, transfer platform, transfer mechanism and set up the device that bears on hot pressing mechanism, transfer mechanism is used for shifting the battery between transfer platform and a plurality of hot pressing mechanism, accomplishes hot pressing processing through a plurality of hot pressing mechanisms to the battery on the multistation, and full-automatic production improves production efficiency greatly to hot pressing mechanism is double-deck hot pressing mechanism, improves the productivity greatly. Be provided with the device that bears that is used for supporting the product on hot pressing mechanism, through bearing device lifting product and forming the clearance position that supplies transfer mechanism to stretch into in order to snatch the battery, solve the problem of material loading difficulty to transfer mechanism and hot pressing mechanism take place mechanical interference when avoiding putting into or taking out the battery on hot pressing mechanism, guarantee the degree of accuracy and the roughness that the position was placed to the battery, improve the processingquality of battery.

Description

Hot press and product loading and unloading method

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of hot presses, in particular to a hot press and a product loading and unloading method.

Background

In the production process of the lithium battery, a hot-pressing mode of a hot-pressing device is usually adopted to apply heat and pressure to the surface of the battery so as to exhaust air between each pole piece inside the battery and the diaphragms on two sides, so that the inside of the battery is tightly contacted, and the battery has good performance.

The existing hot pressing device mainly places the battery on the hot pressing plates through the mechanical clamping jaws, and two opposite hot pressing plates are adopted to jointly apply pressure to two opposite surfaces of the battery so as to realize hot pressing. In order to guarantee that the surface of the battery is uniformly stressed, the hot pressing plate is of a flat structure (free of vacant positions), when the mechanical clamping jaw grabs the battery on the hot pressing plate for loading and unloading, the mechanical clamping jaw and the hot pressing plate are mechanically interfered, so that the battery cannot be placed on an accurate position, the quality of the battery is affected, and the problem of difficulty in loading is solved for a hot press with a limited loading space.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a hot press and a product loading and unloading method, and the technical scheme provided by the application solves the problems that the existing hot press device is low in production efficiency and low in capacity, and mechanical interference is easy to occur between a mechanical clamping jaw and a hot press plate.

In order to solve one of the technical problems, the application provides a hot press, which comprises a feeding mechanism and a discharging mechanism, wherein the feeding mechanism and the discharging mechanism are arranged at two ends of a rack; a plurality of hot pressing mechanisms; the feeding mechanism and the discharging mechanism are arranged in parallel and used for hot-pressing products; the transfer platform is respectively arranged on the product conveying paths of the feeding mechanism and the discharging mechanism and used for placing products to be fed or discharged; the transfer mechanism is arranged along the arrangement direction of the plurality of hot pressing mechanisms and is used for transferring the products between the transfer platform and the hot pressing mechanisms; and a bearing device for supporting the product is arranged on the hot pressing mechanism. Go up unloading to a plurality of hot pressing mechanism through transfer mechanism, and then accomplish hot pressing to the battery on the multistation, full automatic production improves production efficiency greatly, and through bearing device lifting product and forming the clearance position of keeping away that supplies transfer mechanism to stretch into in order to snatch the battery, transfer mechanism and hot pressing mechanism take place mechanical interference when avoiding putting into or taking out the battery on hot pressing mechanism, improve the processingquality of battery.

Preferably, the hot pressing mechanism comprises a frame body, a first movable plate and a second movable plate which are sequentially arranged on the frame body in a sliding manner, and a plurality of groups of hot pressing plate assemblies which are arranged on the first movable plate and the second movable plate and are arranged oppositely; the pressing driving assembly is arranged above the frame body and connected with the first movable plate, and the pressing driving assembly drives the first movable plate and the second movable plate to press downwards so that the hot pressing plate assemblies are pressed together. The double-layer hot pressing station is realized through the first movable plate and the second movable plate which are arranged on the upper layer and the lower layer of the frame body, and the productivity is improved.

Preferably, the hot pressing plate assembly comprises an upper pressing plate and a lower pressing plate, the upper pressing plate is arranged on the bottom surfaces of the first movable plate and the second movable plate respectively, the lower pressing plate is arranged on the top surface of the second movable plate, and the bearing device is arranged between the upper pressing plate and the lower pressing plate. The battery is placed on the lower pressing plate, and the upper pressing plate presses the lower pressing plate downwards to further perform hot pressing on the battery.

Preferably, the downward pressing driving assembly comprises a driving part arranged above the frame body, a connecting plate connected with a moving end of the driving part, and a transition plate connected with the connecting plate and the first movable plate; bosses in contact connection with the first movable plate are formed at two ends of the bottom surface of the transition plate. Bosses are formed at two ends of the bottom surface of the transition plate, the middle part of the bottom surface of the transition plate is kept away, namely, the bosses are not in contact with the first movable plate, the bosses at the two ends are in contact connection with the first movable plate, and therefore the driving piece has two force application points on the first movable plate, the uniform stress of the whole first movable plate is ensured, and the hot pressing quality of the battery is ensured.

Preferably, the carrying device comprises a clamping assembly movably arranged above the lower pressing plate and clamping a flexible member for placing a product, and a supporting assembly capable of extending below the flexible member to support the product; the clamping assembly can tension or relax the flexible piece; and lifting driving components for driving the clamping components to lift are further arranged on two sides of the lower pressing plate. Through the loose flexible piece of clamping component for the flexible piece is located the both sides formation of battery product and keeps away the vacancy, and then transfer mechanism stretches into the bottom of battery both sides through keeping away the vacancy, realizes snatching the battery, avoids keeping away the dead slot at the holding down plate design and dodges the clamping jaw, thereby avoids transfer mechanism 5 and holding down plate to take place to interfere, guarantees the roughness of holding down plate, improves the processingquality of battery.

Preferably, clamping assembly is including connecting mount pad, two sets of relative slip settings that drive assembly removed the end are in the lower plate and two sets of pressfitting respectively of mount pad the lower plate is with the centre gripping the punch holder of the long limit both sides of flexible piece, the side of mount pad is provided with the drive respectively two sets of the first drive assembly that the lower plate is close to mutually or keeps away from. The moving ends of the two first driving assemblies are respectively connected with the lower clamping plates through connecting blocks, so that the two groups of lower clamping plates 222 driven by the first driving assemblies are close to or far away from each other at the same time, and the flexible part is in a tensioned or loosened state.

Preferably, the supporting component comprises an installation plate arranged on one side of the long edge of the lower pressing plate in a sliding manner, a supporting block fixed on the installation plate, and a second driving component connected with the installation plate; the second driving component drives the mounting plate to slide so that the supporting block extends into the lower part of the flexible part. The mounting plate is driven to slide along the sliding rail structure through the second driving assembly, so that the supporting block extends into the space between the lower pressing plate and the flexible part and is located under the battery, the flexible part is loosened through the supporting battery of the supporting block by the clamping assembly, and then the vacancy avoiding position for the transfer mechanism to extend into the bottom of the battery is formed on two sides of the flexible part, and the purpose that the transfer mechanism grabs the battery is achieved.

Preferably, the transfer platform comprises a platform frame, a first placing platform horizontally slidably arranged on the platform frame, and a second placing platform vertically slidably arranged on the inner side of the platform frame. The first placing platform and the second placing platform form a double-layer placing platform, and the height difference between the first placing platform and the second placing platform can be adjusted to adapt to the height difference of a double-layer structure in the hot-pressing mechanism, so that the transfer mechanism can transfer the battery on the transfer platform into the double-layer hot-pressing mechanism.

Preferably, the transfer mechanism comprises a track structure arranged on the rack, a plurality of groups of clamping assemblies arranged on the track structure in a sliding manner, and displacement driving assemblies arranged at two ends of the track structure and used for driving the clamping assemblies to move on the track structure; the clamping assembly comprises a clamping jaw in a flat shape. The transfer mechanism transfers the battery on the transfer platform to the double-layer hot-pressing mechanism through the clamping assembly to be subjected to hot-pressing processing, so that the feeding efficiency is improved.

A product loading and unloading method is based on the hot press and comprises the following steps:

a100: the feeding mechanism is used for respectively placing products on a first placing table and a second placing table of the transfer platform; the transfer mechanism simultaneously grabs the products on the transfer platform;

a200: the clamping assembly of the bearing device ascends to the position above the lower pressing plate, the supporting assembly extends into the position below the flexible piece, the clamping assembly relaxes the flexible piece to enable two sides of the flexible piece to form a space avoiding position, and the transfer mechanism places the product on the supporting assembly;

a300: the transfer mechanism leaves the hot pressing mechanism, the clamping assembly tensions the flexible part and supports the product, the supporting assembly leaves the lower portion of the flexible part, and the clamping assembly descends to enable the product on the flexible part to be placed on the lower pressing plate, so that product feeding is completed.

A400: after the lower pressing plate presses the upper pressing plate to finish hot pressing on a product, the clamping assembly tensions the flexible piece to support the product, the clamping assembly ascends, and the supporting assembly extends into the lower part of the flexible piece;

a500: the clamping assembly relaxes the flexible piece and forms clearance positions at two sides below the product, the transfer mechanism extends into the lower portion of the product to clamp the product and transfers the product to the transfer platform, and the blanking mechanism completes blanking of the product on the transfer platform.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this application are: this application is provided with the transfer platform respectively through the below at feed mechanism and unloading mechanism, the transfer platform is placed and is treated the material loading or treat the battery of unloading, the side that lies in transfer platform and hot pressing mechanism on the frame sets up transfer mechanism, transfer mechanism extends along hot pressing mechanism's range direction, transfer mechanism is used for shifting the battery between transfer platform and hot pressing mechanism, go up unloading to a plurality of hot pressing mechanisms through transfer mechanism, and then accomplish hot pressing to the battery on the multistation, full-automatic production improves production efficiency greatly, and hot pressing mechanism is double-deck hot pressing mechanism, can carry out hot pressing to two batteries simultaneously, the productivity is greatly improved. The hot pressing mechanism is provided with a bearing device for supporting a product, the product is lifted through the bearing device, and a clearance position for the transfer mechanism to stretch into to grab the battery is formed, so that the transfer mechanism is prevented from mechanically interfering with the hot pressing mechanism when the battery is placed in or taken out of the hot pressing mechanism, the accuracy and the flatness of the position for placing the battery are ensured, and the processing quality of the battery is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present application or the prior art will be briefly described below. It should be apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive exercise.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a general construction layout of one embodiment of a press according to the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a hot press mechanism according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of a hot press mechanism according to one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a carrying device of a hot press according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a support assembly of one embodiment of the press of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a loading mechanism of a hot press according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a platen in one embodiment of a press of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a transfer mechanism in one embodiment of a press of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a relaxed state of a compliant element in one embodiment of a heat press of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic view of a tension state of a flexible member of one embodiment of the hot press of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a carrier according to an embodiment of the press of the present application;

fig. 12 is a front view of a carrier of one embodiment of a press of the present application.

Reference numerals

1. A hot-pressing mechanism; 11. a frame body; 111. a slide rail and slide block structure; 112. an induction sheet; 113. a position sensor; 12. a first movable plate; 121. a dust removal assembly; 122. an anti-collision limiting block; 13. a second movable plate; 14. a hot-pressing plate assembly; 141. an upper pressure plate; 142. a lower pressing plate; 143. a heat generating tube; 144. an induction sheet; 15. a support cylinder; 16. pressing down the driving component; 161. a drive member; 162. a connecting plate; 163. a transition plate; 2. a carrying device; 21. a flexible member; 22. a clamping assembly; 221. a mounting seat; 222. a lower splint; 223. an upper splint; 2231. positioning a block; 2232. mounting holes; 224. a first drive assembly; 2221. A sliding plate; 225. a sliding rail; 226. connecting blocks; 227. a guide block; 228. a roller; 229. a spring; 23. a support assembly; 231. a support block; 232. mounting a plate; 233. a second drive assembly; 234. a slide rail structure; 235. a fixing plate; 24. a lift drive assembly; 241. a third drive assembly; 242. a guide post; 243. a limiting block; 3. a feeding mechanism; 31. a grabbing manipulator; 32. a vertical driving cylinder; 33. Horizontally driving the cylinder; 4. a transfer platform; 41. a first placing table; 411. a rodless cylinder; 412. a horizontal slide rail; 42. a second placing table; 421. a lifting cylinder; 422. lifting the slide rail; 43. a platform frame; 5. a transfer mechanism; 51. a gripping assembly; 511. a mounting frame; 512. a slide plate; 513. a fourth drive assembly; 514. a clamping jaw; 52. a track structure; 521. a track; 522. a rack; 523. a gear; 53. A displacement drive assembly; 6. a blanking mechanism; 7. and a frame.

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous implementation details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It should be understood, however, that these implementation details should not be used to limit the application. That is, in some embodiments of the present application, such practical details are not necessary. In addition, some conventional structures and components are shown in simplified schematic form in the drawings.

It should be noted that all the directional indications such as up, down, left, right, front and rear … … in the embodiment of the present application are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. between the components in a specific posture as shown in the drawings, and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indication is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in this application are for descriptive purposes only, not specifically referring to the order or sequence, nor are they intended to limit the application, but merely to distinguish components or operations described in the same technical terms, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present application.

For further understanding of the invention, its features and effects, the following examples are given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description:

example 1

In order to solve the above technical problem, this embodiment provides a hot press, as shown in fig. 1, which includes a feeding mechanism 3 and a discharging mechanism 6 disposed at two ends of a frame 7, a plurality of hot pressing mechanisms 1 are disposed side by side between the feeding mechanism 3 and the discharging mechanism 6 on the frame 7, the hot pressing mechanisms 1 perform hot pressing on batteries, transfer platforms 4 are disposed below the feeding mechanism 3 and the discharging mechanism 6, the transfer platforms 4 are used for placing batteries to be fed or discharged, the transfer platforms 4 are disposed at two side ends of the plurality of hot pressing mechanisms 1, a transferring mechanism 5 is disposed on the frame 7 at a side of the transfer platform 4 and the hot pressing mechanisms 1, the transferring mechanism 5 extends along an arrangement direction of the hot pressing mechanisms 1, the transferring mechanism 5 is used for transferring batteries between the transfer platform 4 and the hot pressing mechanisms 1, and the plurality of hot pressing mechanisms 1 are transferred by the transferring mechanism 5, and then accomplish hot-pressing to the battery on the multistation, full automatic production improves production efficiency greatly to hot pressing mechanism 1 is double-deck hot pressing mechanism, can carry out hot-pressing to two batteries simultaneously, improves the productivity greatly. Be provided with the device 2 that bears that is used for supporting the product on hot pressing mechanism 1, through bearing device 2 lifting product and forming the clearance position that supplies transfer mechanism 5 to stretch into in order to snatch the battery, transfer mechanism 5 and hot pressing mechanism 1 take place mechanical interference when avoiding putting into or taking out the battery on hot pressing mechanism 1, guarantee the degree of accuracy and the roughness that the position was placed to the battery, improve the processingquality of battery.

As shown in fig. 2-3, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the hot pressing mechanism of this embodiment, and fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hot pressing mechanism of this embodiment, in order to implement the arrangement of the hot pressing mechanism 1 into the double-layer hot pressing structure, the hot pressing mechanism 1 includes a frame 11, a first movable plate 12 and a second movable plate 13 that are sequentially slidably disposed on the frame 11 along a vertical direction, and a plurality of sets of hot pressing plate assemblies 14 that are disposed on the first movable plate 12 and the second movable plate 13 and are disposed oppositely. Wherein, the rack body 11 is provided with a sensing piece 112 and a position sensor 113 for detecting the in-place condition of the second movable plate 13. The two sides of the frame body 11 are respectively provided with a sliding rail slider structure 111, the first movable plate 12 and the second movable plate 13 are slidably disposed on the frame body 11 through the sliding rail slider structure 111, a downward pressing driving assembly 16 connected with the first movable plate 12 is disposed above the frame body 11, the downward pressing driving assembly 16 drives the first movable plate 12 and the second movable plate 13 to be pressed downward so as to press the hot pressing plate assembly 14 together, and a double-layer hot pressing station is realized through the first movable plate 12 and the second movable plate 13 which are disposed at the upper layer and the lower layer of the frame body 11.

Specifically, the hot pressing plate assembly 14 includes an upper pressing plate 141 respectively disposed on the bottom surfaces of the first movable plate 12 and the second movable plate 13, and a lower pressing plate 142 respectively disposed on the bottom of the frame 11 and the top surface of the second movable plate 13, a bottom plate is disposed on the bottom of the frame 11, the lower pressing plate 142 is respectively disposed on the bottom plate of the frame 11 and the top surface of the second movable plate 13, so that the upper pressing plate 141 and the lower pressing plate 142 are oppositely disposed, and the carrying device 2 is disposed between the upper pressing plate 141 and the lower pressing plate 142. Wherein, the lower pressing plate 142 and the upper pressing plate 141 are both provided with the heating tube 143 and the temperature sensor 144, so as to heat the lower pressing plate 142 and the upper pressing plate 141 and control the temperature in real time, and the upper pressing plate 141 presses the lower pressing plate 142 downwards to perform hot-pressing processing on the battery by placing the battery on the lower pressing plate 142.

In order to ensure the flatness of the battery after being placed on the lower press plate 142, the upper press plate 141 is provided with the dust removal assembly 121, the dust suction port of the dust removal assembly 121 faces the surface of the battery, and the contact surface of the upper press plate 141 and the battery, and the battery and the upper press plate 141 are subjected to dust suction treatment through the dust removal assembly 121, so that no foreign matter is on the contact surface of the upper press plate 141 and the battery, the hot-pressing processing quality of the battery is ensured, and the quality of the battery is improved.

The first movable plate 12 and the second movable plate 13, and the second movable plate 13 and the bottom plate of the frame 11 are provided with corresponding anti-collision limiting blocks 122, so as to prevent excessive pressure on the battery when the upper pressing plate 141 and the lower pressing plate 142 are pressed, and to protect the battery during hot pressing. And the two sides of the bottom of the frame body 11 are provided with the supporting cylinders 15 connected with the second movable plate 13, when the pressing driving assembly 16 drives the first movable plate 12 to press downwards to drive the second movable plate 13 to press the battery, the supporting cylinders 15 can counteract the gravity of the second movable plate 13, so as to prevent the battery under the second movable plate 13 from being stressed too much, ensure the uniform stress of the batteries on the first movable plate 12 and the second movable plate 13, and ensure the hot pressing quality of the battery.

Further, the pressing driving assembly 16 includes a driving member 161 disposed above the frame 11, a connecting plate 162 connected to a moving end of the driving member 161, and a transition plate 163 connecting the connecting plate 162 and the first plate 12, wherein two ends of a bottom surface of the transition plate 163 are formed with bosses contacting and connected to the first plate 12. The first movable plate 12 is driven to press downwards by the pressing driving assembly 16, so as to drive the second movable plate 13 to press the battery, thereby realizing double-layer hot pressing and improving the production efficiency. Wherein, be provided with pressure sensor in connecting plate 162, realize the real time monitoring pressfitting pressure at hot pressing in-process. The driver 161 may be a driving cylinder. In order to ensure that the driving member 161 has a balanced force application point on the first movable plate 12, bosses are formed at two ends of the bottom surface of the transition plate 163, the middle portion of the bottom surface of the transition plate 163 is kept away, i.e., is not in contact with the first movable plate 12, and the bosses at two ends are in contact connection with the first movable plate 12, so that the driving member 161 has two force application points on the first movable plate 12, thereby ensuring that the first movable plate 12 is uniformly stressed and ensuring the hot pressing quality of the battery.

Because the upper pressing plate 141 and the lower pressing plate 142 are both flat structures (without avoiding vacant positions), when the transfer mechanism 5 grabs the battery on the lower pressing plate 142 for loading and unloading, the transfer mechanism 5 can cause mechanical interference between the lower pressing plate 142 and the battery, so that the battery cannot be placed at an accurate position, and the quality of the battery is affected. In order to solve the above problem, the carrying device 2 capable of extending into the upper portion of the lower pressing plate 142 is respectively disposed on the second movable plate 13 and the bottom plate of the frame 11, and the carrying device 2 supports and lifts the product to enable the transferring mechanism 5 to avoid the lower pressing plate 142 during loading and unloading, so as to avoid the transferring mechanism 5 interfering with the lower pressing plate 142.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4-5, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the carrying device of this embodiment, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the supporting assembly of this embodiment, the carrying device 2 includes a flexible member 21 movably disposed above the upper platen 141 and clamped with a product to be placed, and a supporting assembly 23 movably disposed on a side of the upper platen 141 and capable of extending between the upper platen 141 and the flexible member 21, the clamping assembly 22 can tighten or loosen the flexible member 21, and a lifting driving assembly 24 for driving the clamping assembly 22 to lift above the upper platen 141 to lift the battery is further disposed on both sides of the upper platen 141.

Supporting component 23 can stretch into between holding down plate 142 and the compliance piece 21, rethread lift drive assembly 24 drive clamping component 20 and compliance piece 21 descend, and then supporting component 23 supports the product on the compliance piece 21, clamping component 20 lax compliance piece 21, make the both sides that compliance piece 21 is located the battery product form and keep away the vacancy, and then transfer mechanism 5 stretches into the bottom of battery both sides through keeping away the vacancy, the realization snatchs the battery, avoid keeping away the dead slot at holding down plate 142 design and dodging the clamping jaw, thereby avoid transfer mechanism 5 and holding down plate 142 to take place to interfere, guarantee holding down plate 142's roughness, improve the processingquality of battery.

Specifically, the clamping assembly 22 includes a mounting seat 221 connected to the moving end of the driving assembly 40, two sets of lower clamping plates 222 arranged on the mounting seat 221 in a relative sliding manner, and two sets of upper clamping plates 223 respectively press-fitted and fixed on the lower clamping plates 222, the two sides of the long side of the flexible part 21 are placed on the lower clamping plates 222, the long side of the flexible part 21 is pressed by the upper clamping plates 223 and fixedly connected with the lower clamping plates 222 through bolts, and the two sides of the long side of the flexible part 21 are clamped and located above the lower clamping plates 142 through the upper clamping plates 223 and the lower clamping plates 222.

Further, in order to realize that the flexible member 21 is in a tensioned or loosened state, a sliding rail structure is arranged on the mounting base 221, the lower clamping plate 222 is slidably arranged on the sliding rail structure through a slider, two first driving assemblies 224 are arranged on the side surface of the mounting base 221, moving ends of the two first driving assemblies 224 are arranged oppositely, and a connecting block connected with the first driving assemblies 224 is fixed on the side surface of the lower clamping plate 222. The moving ends of the two first driving assemblies 224 are respectively connected with the lower clamping plates 222 through connecting blocks, so that the two groups of lower clamping plates 222 are driven by the first driving assemblies 224 to be close to or far away from each other simultaneously. When the lower clamping plates 222 clamping the two sides of the flexible part 21 are close to each other, the flexible part 21 is in a loose state, the support assembly 23 supports the battery product on the flexible part 21 at the moment, and clearance positions for the mechanical clamping jaws to extend into the bottom of the battery are formed on the two sides of the flexible part 21; the flexible member 21 is then placed under tension to carry the support battery when the lower jaws 222 are moved away from each other.

Wherein, in order to realize fixing a position battery on the flexible piece 21 between two sets of top plates 223 respectively install the relative locating piece 2231 that sets up of a plurality of, when two sets of bottom plates 222 moved in opposite directions, the locating piece 2231 on the top plate 223 moved in opposite directions and the both sides of centre gripping battery, realize fixing a position the battery. A plurality of mounting holes 2232 for mounting the positioning block 2231 are arranged on the upper clamp plate 223 along the extending direction thereof, and the mounting position of the positioning block 2231 can be adjusted by providing a plurality of mounting holes 2232, so as to adapt to batteries of different sizes, and improve compatibility.

In order to support the battery on the flexible member 21 when the flexible member 21 is in a relaxed state, a support assembly 23 is disposed on the mounting base plate 50 and located on one side of the long side of the lower pressing plate 142, the support assembly 23 includes a mounting plate 232 slidably disposed on one side of the long side of the lower pressing plate 142, a support block 231 fixed on the mounting plate 232, and a second driving assembly 233 connected to the mounting plate 232, and the second driving assembly 233 drives the mounting plate 232 to slide so that the support block 231 extends below the flexible member 21.

Specifically, the fixed plate 235 is fixed on the second movable plate 13 and the bottom plate of the frame body 11, a slide rail structure 234 perpendicular to the length direction of the lower press plate 142 is fixed on the fixed plate 235, the mounting plate 232 is slidably disposed on the slide rail structure 234 through a slider, the second driving assembly 233 is fixed on the fixed plate 235, and the moving end of the second driving assembly 233 is connected to the mounting plate 232, the mounting plate 232 is driven by the second driving assembly 233 to slide along the slide rail structure 234, so that the supporting block 231 extends between the lower press plate 142 and the flexible member 21 and is located right below the battery, the battery is supported by the supporting block 231, the flexible member 21 is loosened by the clamping assembly 22, and a space for the transfer mechanism 5 to extend into the bottom of the battery is formed on two sides of the flexible member 21, so as to reach the purpose that the transfer mechanism 5 grabs the battery.

Wherein, the battery is for placing on the holding down plate 142 along holding down plate 142 length direction, and for this reason, supporting shoe 231 extends along holding down plate 142 length direction, realizes that supporting shoe 231 can bear the battery completely to supporting shoe 231 has higher plane degree, in order to guarantee the roughness of placing the battery, improves the quality of battery processing.

In order to realize the integral ascending and descending of the clamping component 22 and the flexible part 21, the lifting driving component 24 for supporting the clamping component 22 is arranged at the two sides of the lower press plate 142, and the lifting driving component 24 comprises a third driving component 241 arranged at the two sides of the short side of the lower press plate 142 and a guide column 242 connected with the bottom of the clamping component 22; the moving end of the third driving member 241 is connected to the bottom of the clamping member 22 to drive the clamping member 22 to move up and down.

The moving end of the third driving assembly 241 is connected with the bottom of the mounting seat 221 of the clamping assembly 22, meanwhile, the guiding posts 242 are arranged at the two sides of the third driving assembly 241, the guiding posts 242 are connected with the bottom of the mounting seat 221, the whole body can be ensured to be lifted and lowered smoothly through the guiding posts 242, the mounting seat 221 is driven to ascend and descend through the third driving assembly 241, and then the purpose of driving the flexible part 21 to ascend and descend is achieved, when the supporting assembly 23 extends to the position right below the flexible part 21, the flexible part 21 is lifted up or descended through the third driving assembly 241, so that the battery is lifted up or placed on the supporting block 231 of the supporting assembly 23, the flexible part 21 is loosened through the clamping assembly 22, clearance positions for the transfer mechanism 5 to extend into the bottom of the battery are formed at the two sides of the flexible part 21, and the clearance grooves designed on the lower pressing plate 142 to avoid the clamping claws, so as to avoid the interference between the transfer mechanism 5 and the lower pressing plate 142, the flatness of the lower press plate 142 is ensured. And a limiting block 243 extending to the upper part of the mounting seat 221 is arranged on the side of the third driving assembly 241, so that the upper limit of the movement of the clamping assembly 22 and the flexible member 21 is limited, and the stability of operation is ensured.

In order to realize grabbing the double-layer battery and putting into the double-layer hot pressing mechanism 1 at the same time for hot pressing, the transfer platform 4 is arranged below the feeding mechanism and the discharging mechanism, as shown in fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the transfer platform in the embodiment, and the transfer platform 4 comprises a platform frame 43, a first placing platform 41 arranged above the platform frame 43 in a horizontal sliding manner, and a second placing platform 42 arranged inside the platform frame 43 in a vertical sliding manner. The platform frame 43 is provided with a horizontal slide rail 412, the first placing table 41 is slidably disposed on the horizontal slide rail 412, and a rodless cylinder 411 for driving the first placing table 41 to slide along the horizontal slide rail 412 is disposed at a side of the platform frame 43. The inner side of the platform frame 43 is provided with an elevating slide rail 422, the second placing table 42 is slidably arranged on the elevating slide rail 422, the bottom of the platform frame 43 is provided with a lifting cylinder 421 for driving the second placing table 42 to slide along the elevating slide rail 422, the first placing table 41 and the second placing table 42 form a double-layer placing platform, and the height difference between the first placing table 41 and the second placing table 42 can be adjusted to adapt to the height difference of the double layers in the double-layer hot pressing mechanism 1. The transfer mechanism 5 simultaneously grips the batteries on the first placing stage 41 and the second placing stage 42, and then simultaneously puts the batteries into the double-layered heat press mechanism 1.

Further, as shown in fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the transfer mechanism of the present embodiment, and the transfer mechanism 5 includes a rail structure 52 disposed on the frame 7, two sets of gripping assemblies 51 slidably disposed on the rail structure 52, and a displacement driving assembly 53 for driving the gripping assemblies 51 to move on the rail structure 52. The two groups of clamping assemblies 51 are respectively used for transferring the batteries on the transfer platform 4 to the double-layer hot pressing mechanism 1 for hot pressing and transferring the batteries subjected to hot pressing from the other transfer platform 4 of the double-layer hot pressing mechanism 1, and then discharging is completed through the discharging mechanism 6.

The clamping assembly 51 comprises an installation frame 511, a sliding plate 512 arranged on the installation frame 511 in a sliding mode, and a plurality of groups of clamping jaws 514 which are fixed on the sliding plate 512 and used for grabbing products, a fourth driving assembly 513 connected with the sliding plate 512 is arranged above the installation frame 511, two groups of clamping jaws 514 arranged on the sliding plate 512 are driven by cylinders to clamp, the two groups of clamping jaws 514 are in an up-and-down position structure, the clamping jaws 514 extend into the bottom of a battery to support and clamp the battery, a sensor 516 used for detecting the in-place situation is arranged on one side of each clamping jaw 514, and the clamping jaws 514 are ensured to clamp the battery in place.

The displacement driving assembly 53 is provided with a horizontal driving element 515, the clamping assembly 51 is arranged on the horizontal driving element 515, and the horizontal driving element 515 drives the clamping assembly 51 to move horizontally so as to drive the clamping jaws 514 to move horizontally, thereby realizing batteries at different positions.

The displacement driving assembly 53 is a driving motor, the driving motor and the clamping assembly 51 are arranged on the sliding bottom plate 531, the sliding bottom plate 531 is arranged on the track structure 52, the track structure 52 comprises a track 521, a rack 522 arranged on the track 521, and a gear 523 fixed at the output end of the driving motor, the motor drives the gear 523 to rotate, the gear 523 is meshed with the rack 522, the clamping assembly 51 on the sliding bottom plate 531 moves, and then the product is transferred between the transfer platform 4 and the hot pressing mechanism 1.

As shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the feeding mechanism of this embodiment, in which the feeding mechanism 3 includes a plurality of groups of grabbing manipulators 31, a horizontal driving cylinder 33 for driving the grabbing manipulators 31 to move horizontally, and a vertical driving cylinder 32 for driving the grabbing manipulators 31 to move vertically, and the blanking mechanism 6 may be the same as the feeding mechanism 3, and is a more existing structure, which is described in a cumulative manner again.

In order to avoid interference between the transfer mechanism 5 and the hot press mechanism in the feeding and discharging processes, based on the hot press, the embodiment provides a product feeding and discharging method, which includes the following steps:

a100: the feeding mechanism 3 places the products on the first placing table 41 and the second placing table 42 of the transfer platform 4, respectively; the transfer mechanism 5 simultaneously grabs the products on the transfer platform 4;

the feeding mechanism 3 places the products on the first placing table 41 and the second placing table 42 respectively, the first placing table 41 and the second placing table 42 constitute a double-layer placing platform, and the height difference between the first placing table 41 and the second placing table 42 can be adjusted to adapt to the height difference of the double layers in the double-layer hot pressing mechanism 1, at this moment, the transferring mechanism 5 moves to the transfer platform 4 below the feeding mechanism 3, and the clamping component 51 of the transferring mechanism 5 simultaneously grabs the products on the transfer platform 4.

A200: the clamping assembly 22 of the carrying device 2 rises above the lower pressing plate 142, the supporting assembly 23 extends below the flexible part 21, the clamping assembly 22 loosens the flexible part 21 to enable the two sides of the flexible part 21 to form a space avoiding position, and the transfer mechanism 5 places the product on the supporting assembly 23;

the lifting driving assembly 24 of the carrying device 2 drives the clamping assembly 22 to ascend to the upper portion of the lower pressing plate 142, so that a space is formed between the flexible member 21 and the lower pressing plate 142, at this time, the supporting block 231 of the supporting assembly 23 extends to the right below the flexible member 21, the clamping assembly 22 clamps the lower clamping plates 222 on two sides of the flexible member 21 to approach each other, and then the flexible member 21 is in a loose state, as shown in fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the loose state of the flexible member in this embodiment, further, clearance positions for the clamping jaws 514 to extend into the bottom of the battery are formed on two sides of the flexible member 21, the product is placed on the supporting assembly 23 by the transferring mechanism 5, and at this time, the supporting block 231 below the flexible member 21 supports the battery product on the flexible member 21.

A300: the transfer mechanism 5 leaves the hot pressing mechanism 1, the clamping assembly 22 tensions the flexible member 21 and supports the product, the supporting assembly 23 leaves the lower part of the flexible member 21, and the clamping assembly 22 descends to enable the product on the flexible member 21 to be placed on the lower pressing plate 142, so that the product feeding is completed.

The transfer mechanism 5 places the battery on the flexible member 21 and is supported by the lower supporting block 231, at this time, the clamping jaws 514 of the transfer mechanism 5 release the battery and leave the hot press mechanism 1, and further, the lower clamping plates 222 of the clamping assemblies 22 move away from each other, as shown in fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a tensioned state of the flexible member in the embodiment, the flexible member 21 is in a tensioned state to bear and support the battery, the supporting block 231 located below the flexible member 21 leaves the lower side of the flexible member 21, the clamping assemblies 22 descend to place the product on the flexible member 21 on the lower pressing plate 142, so as to complete product loading, and the transfer mechanism 5 is prevented from contacting the lower pressing plate 142 through the transitional action of the supporting assemblies 23.

A400: after the lower pressing plate 142 presses the upper pressing plate 141 to perform hot pressing on the product, the clamping assembly 22 tensions the flexible part 21 to support the product, the clamping assembly 22 is driven to ascend to enable the flexible part 21 to lift the battery, and the supporting assembly 23 extends into the lower part of the flexible part 21;

after the upper pressing plate 141 is pressed by the lower pressing plate 142 to complete hot pressing of the product, the clamping assembly 22 pulls the flexible member 21 tightly to support the product, the flexible member 21 lifts the battery by driving the clamping assembly 22 to ascend, and the supporting block 231 of the supporting assembly 23 extends into the position right below the flexible member 21.

A500: the clamping assembly 22 loosens the flexible piece 21 and forms a space avoiding position at two sides below the product, the transfer mechanism 5 extends into the lower part of the product to clamp the product and transfers the product to the transfer platform 4, and the blanking mechanism 6 completes blanking on the product of the transfer platform 4.

The flexible parts 21 are loosened through the clamping assemblies 20, so that the flexible parts 21 are located on two sides of a battery product to form a space avoiding position, the transfer mechanism 5 stretches into the bottom of the battery product to clamp through the space avoiding position, the battery is grabbed, the battery is transferred to the transfer platform 4, and the discharging mechanism 6 completes discharging of the product of the transfer platform 4. Thereby avoiding the transfer mechanism 5 from interfering with the lower pressing plate 142, ensuring the flatness of the lower pressing plate 142 and improving the processing quality of the battery.

Example 2

This embodiment provides a hot press, including setting up feed mechanism 3 and unloading mechanism 6 in frame 7 equally, transfer platform 4, a plurality of sets up hot pressing mechanism 1 side by side, and be used for shifting transfer mechanism 5 with the battery between transfer platform 4 and hot pressing mechanism 1, go up unloading to a plurality of hot pressing mechanism 1 through transfer mechanism 5, and then accomplish hot pressing to the battery on the multistation, full-automatic production improves production efficiency greatly, and hot pressing mechanism 1 is double-deck hot pressing mechanism, can carry out hot pressing to two batteries simultaneously, improve the productivity greatly. Be provided with the device 2 that bears that is used for supporting the product on hot pressing mechanism 1, through bearing device 2 lifting product and forming the clearance position that supplies transfer mechanism 5 to stretch into in order to snatch the battery, transfer mechanism 5 and hot pressing mechanism 1 take place mechanical interference when avoiding putting into or taking out the battery on hot pressing mechanism 1, guarantee the degree of accuracy and the roughness that the position was placed to the battery, improve the processingquality of battery.

The carrying device 2 comprises a clamping assembly 22 movably arranged above the lower pressing plate 142 and clamping a flexible member 21 for placing a product, and a supporting assembly 23 which can move below the flexible member 21 to support the product; the clamping assembly 22 can tighten or loosen the flexible member 21, and a lifting driving assembly 24 for driving the clamping assembly 22 to lift is further provided on both sides of the lower pressing plate 142.

Clamping assembly 22 includes mount pad 221, and two sets of relative slip set up the lower plate 222 in the mount pad 221 bottom and two sets of upper plate 223 that the pressfitting is fixed in lower plate 222 respectively, and the long limit both sides of flexible piece 21 are placed at lower plate 222, through the long limit of upper plate 223 pressfitting flexible piece 21 to through bolt and lower plate 222 fixed connection, and then realize the long limit both sides of centre gripping flexible piece 21 and be located the lower plate 142 top through upper plate 223 and lower plate 222.

As shown in fig. 11-12, fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrying device according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 12 is a front view of a carrier according to an embodiment of the present application. In order to realize the tension or the slack state of the flexible member 21, different from embodiment 1, in this embodiment, two sets of lower clamping plates 222 are disposed below the mounting seat 221, connecting blocks 226 are respectively connected and disposed at the bottoms of the two ends of the two sets of lower clamping plates 222, sliding rails 225 are mounted at the two ends of the sliding plate 2221, the connecting blocks 226 are slidably disposed on the sliding plates 2221 of the sliding rails 225 through sliding blocks, rollers 228 are disposed on the connecting blocks 226, guide blocks 227 are disposed at the bottom of the mounting seat 221 on the sides of the connecting blocks 226 of the lower clamping plates 222, guide edges are formed at the sides of the bottoms of the guide blocks 227, springs 229 connected with the guide blocks 227 are mounted on the connecting blocks 226, the rollers 228 of the connecting blocks 226 are always abutted against the guide edges of the guide blocks 227 through the springs 229, and the rollers 228 can roll along the guide edges of the guide blocks 227.

A first driving unit 224 is installed on the bottom surface of the installation base 221, the first driving unit 224 is connected to the sliding plate 2221, and the sliding plate 2221 is driven by the first driving unit 224 to move up and down with respect to the installation base 221. The first driving component 224 drives the sliding plate 2221 to move upwards, so as to drive the connecting block 226 to move upwards, and during the process that the connecting block 226 moves upwards, the roller 228 rolls along the guide edge of the guide block 227, and the connecting block 226 on the sliding plate 2221 moves upwards through the sliding rail 225 and moves horizontally towards two sides, so that the connecting block 226 drives the lower clamping plate 222 to move upwards and move horizontally towards two sides, so as to separate the lower clamping plate 222, and further, the flexible member 21 is tensioned to support the battery.

To sum up, in this application one or more embodiments, this application is provided with the transfer platform respectively through the below at feed mechanism and unloading mechanism, the battery of waiting the material loading or waiting the unloading is placed to the transfer platform, the side that lies in transfer platform and hot pressing mechanism on the frame sets up transfer mechanism, transfer mechanism extends along hot pressing mechanism's array orientation, transfer mechanism is used for shifting the battery between transfer platform and hot pressing mechanism, go up unloading to a plurality of hot pressing mechanisms through transfer mechanism, and then accomplish hot pressing to the battery on the multistation, full automatic production improves production efficiency greatly, and hot pressing mechanism is double-deck hot pressing mechanism, can carry out hot pressing to two batteries simultaneously, improve the productivity greatly. The hot pressing mechanism is provided with a bearing device for supporting a product, the product is lifted through the bearing device, and a clearance position for the transfer mechanism to stretch into to grab the battery is formed, so that the transfer mechanism is prevented from mechanically interfering with the hot pressing mechanism when the battery is placed in or taken out of the hot pressing mechanism, the accuracy and the flatness of the position for placing the battery are ensured, and the processing quality of the battery is improved.

The above-described embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the above-described embodiments should be included in the protection scope of the technical solution.

Claims

1. A hot press, comprising: comprises a feeding mechanism (3) and a discharging mechanism (6) which are arranged at two ends of a frame (7);

a plurality of hot-pressing mechanisms (1); the feeding mechanism (3) and the discharging mechanism (6) are arranged between the two side by side and are used for hot-pressing products;

the transfer platform (4) is respectively arranged on the product conveying paths of the feeding mechanism (3) and the discharging mechanism (6) and is used for placing products to be fed or discharged;

the transfer mechanism (5) is arranged along the arrangement direction of the plurality of hot pressing mechanisms (1) and is used for transferring the products between the transfer platform (4) and the hot pressing mechanisms (1);

a bearing device (2) for supporting and lifting the product is arranged on the hot pressing mechanism (1);

the carrying device (2) comprises a clamping component (22) clamping a flexible piece (21) for placing products and a supporting component (23) which can move below the flexible piece (21) to support the products, wherein the clamping component (22) can tension or relax the flexible piece (21).

2. The press of claim 1, wherein: the hot pressing mechanism (1) comprises a frame body (11), a first movable plate (12) and a second movable plate (13) which are sequentially arranged on the frame body (11) in a sliding manner, and a plurality of groups of hot pressing plate assemblies (14) which are arranged on the first movable plate (12) and the second movable plate (13) and are oppositely arranged; the hot pressing device is characterized in that a pressing driving assembly (16) connected with the first movable plate (12) is arranged above the frame body (11), and the pressing driving assembly (16) drives the first movable plate (12) and the second movable plate (13) to press down so as to press the hot pressing plate assembly (14) together.

3. The press of claim 2, wherein: the hot-pressing plate assembly (14) comprises an upper pressing plate (141) and a lower pressing plate (142), the upper pressing plate (141) is arranged on the bottom surfaces of the first movable plate (12) and the second movable plate (13) respectively, the lower pressing plate (142) is arranged on the bottom of the frame body (11) and the top surface of the second movable plate (13) respectively, and the bearing device (2) is arranged between the upper pressing plate (141) and the lower pressing plate (142).

4. The press of claim 2, wherein: the downward pressing driving assembly (16) comprises a driving part (161) arranged on the frame body (11), a connecting plate (162) connected with the moving end of the driving part (161), and a transition plate (163) connected with the connecting plate (162) and the first movable plate (12); bosses in contact connection with the first movable plate (12) are formed at two ends of the bottom surface of the transition plate (163).

5. The press of claim 3, wherein: the clamping assembly (22) is movably arranged above the lower pressing plate (142); and lifting driving components (24) for driving the clamping component (22) to lift are further arranged on two sides of the lower pressing plate (142).

6. The press of claim 5, wherein: clamping component (22) are including connecting mount pad (221), two sets of relative slip settings that lift drive assembly (24) removed the end are in lower splint (222) of mount pad (221) and two sets of pressfitting respectively lower splint (222) are in order to centre gripping last splint (223) of flexible piece (21) long limit both sides, the side of mount pad (221) is provided with respectively drives two sets of lower splint (222) are close to or the first drive assembly (224) of keeping away from mutually.

7. The press of claim 5, wherein: the supporting component (23) comprises a mounting plate (232) arranged on one side of the long side of the lower pressing plate (142) in a sliding mode, a supporting block (231) fixed on the mounting plate (232), and a second driving component (233) connected with the mounting plate (232); the second driving component (233) drives the mounting plate (232) to slide so that the supporting block (231) extends into the lower part of the flexible part (21).

8. The press of claim 1, wherein: the transfer platform (4) comprises a platform frame (43), a first placing platform (41) which is horizontally arranged on the platform frame (43) in a sliding mode, and a second placing platform (42) which is vertically arranged on the inner side of the platform frame (43) in a sliding mode.

9. The press of claim 1, wherein: the transfer mechanism (5) comprises a track structure (52) arranged on the rack (7), a plurality of groups of clamping assemblies (51) arranged on the track structure (52) in a sliding manner, and displacement driving assemblies (53) which are arranged at two ends of the track structure (52) and are used for driving the clamping assemblies (51) to move on the track structure (52); the gripping assembly (51) comprises a flat-shaped jaw (514).

10. A product loading and unloading method based on the hot press of any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:

a100: the feeding mechanism (3) places the product on the transfer platform (4); the transfer mechanism (5) simultaneously grabs the products on the transfer platform (4);

a200: the clamping component (22) of the carrying device (2) is lifted, the supporting component (23) extends to the lower part of the flexible part (21), the clamping component (22) relaxes the flexible part (21) to enable the two sides of the flexible part (21) to form a space avoiding position, and the transfer mechanism (5) places the product on the flexible part (21) and is supported by the supporting component (23);

a300: the transfer mechanism (5) is separated from the hot pressing mechanism (1), the clamping assembly (22) tensions the flexible piece (21) and supports the product, the supporting assembly (23) extends out from the lower part of the flexible piece (21), and the clamping assembly (22) descends to enable the product on the flexible piece (21) to be placed on a lower pressing plate (142) of the hot pressing mechanism (1) so as to finish product feeding;

a400: after an upper pressing plate (141) and a lower pressing plate (142) of the hot pressing mechanism (1) are pressed together and hot pressing is completed on a product, the flexible part (21) is tensioned by the clamping assembly (22) to support the product, the clamping assembly (22) is driven to ascend to enable the flexible part (21) to lift the product, and the supporting assembly (23) extends into the lower part of the flexible part (21);

a500: the clamping assembly (22) relaxes the flexible piece (21) and forms clearance avoiding positions on two sides below the product, the transfer mechanism (5) stretches into the lower portion of the product through the clearance avoiding positions so as to clamp the product and transfer the product to the transfer platform (4), and the blanking mechanism (6) completes blanking of the product of the transfer platform (4).