CN113346119B - Automatic pre-assembly line for plate frame assembly of flow battery - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic pre-assembly line of a flow battery plate frame assembly. This automatic pre-installation solenoid of redox flow cell panel frame subassembly is including getting drop feed mechanism, point gum machine to construct, apron assembly devices, O type circle assembly devices, tilting mechanism and sheet frame subassembly shift mechanism, gets the material of getting of sheet frame that carries out of getting feed mechanism, and point gum machine constructs and carries out the point gum of sheet frame, and apron assembly devices carries out the assembly of the apron of sheet frame subassembly, and O type circle assembly devices carries out the assembly of O type circle of sheet frame, and tilting mechanism carries out the upset of sheet frame, and sheet frame subassembly shift mechanism carries out the aversion of sheet frame subassembly. According to the automatic pre-assembly line for the liquid flow battery panel frame assembly, the problems that in the prior art, the plate frame assembly needs manual assembly, the labor cost is high, the assembly efficiency is low, and the product consistency is poor can be solved.

Description

Automatic pre-assembly line for flow battery plate and frame components

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of battery assembly, in particular to an automatic pre-assembly line for plate and frame components of flow batteries.

Background technique

The flow battery stack is mainly composed of a plurality of single cells, end plate frames, current collector plates, insulating plates, end plates, etc. The plate and frame components need to be pre-installed before the stack is assembled. The plate and frame components are composed of a plate frame, a cover plate, an O-ring, and a sealant wire.

At present, the pre-assembly of the plate and frame components is done by people. There are the following problems: 1) There are many assemblers required, and the labor cost is high; 2) The manual assembly cannot guarantee the consistency of the product, which affects the quality of the product; 3) Labor The assembly efficiency is low, which affects the production efficiency and is not conducive to the realization of automatic production.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic pre-assembly line for liquid flow battery plate and frame components, which can solve the problems of manual assembly of plate and frame components in the prior art, high labor cost, low assembly efficiency and poor product consistency.

In order to solve the above technical problems, as an aspect of the present invention, an automatic pre-assembly line for liquid flow battery plate and frame components is provided, which includes a pick-and-place mechanism, a glue dispensing mechanism, a cover plate assembly mechanism, an O-ring assembly mechanism, and a flipping mechanism. Mechanism and plate and frame assembly shift mechanism, pick-and-place mechanism for plate and frame picking and unloading, glue dispensing mechanism for plate and frame dispensing, cover plate assembly mechanism for the assembly of the cover plate of the plate and frame assembly, O-ring assembly mechanism The O-ring assembly of the plate and frame is carried out, the inversion mechanism is used to invert the plate and frame, and the plate and frame assembly displacement mechanism is carried out for the displacement of the plate and frame assembly.

The liquid flow frame material rack of the present invention can realize automatic assembly of each section of the plate and frame components, realize the automatic assembly of the plate and frame components, improve production efficiency and product quality, and reduce labor costs.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of an automatic pre-assembly line for a plate-and-frame assembly of a flow battery according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic three-dimensional structure diagram of the lifting mechanism of the automatic pre-assembly line of the flow battery plate and frame assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of the pick-and-place mechanism of the automatic pre-assembly line of the flow battery plate and frame assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of the glue dispensing mechanism of the automatic pre-assembly line of the flow battery plate and frame assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of the cover plate assembly mechanism of the automatic pre-assembly line of the flow battery plate and frame assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

6 shows a schematic structural diagram of an O-ring assembly mechanism of an automatic pre-assembly line for a flow battery plate and frame assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 shows a schematic structural diagram of the turning mechanism of the automatic pre-assembly line of the flow battery plate and frame assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic structural diagram of the second blocking and jacking mechanism of the automatic pre-assembly line of the flow battery plate and frame assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 shows a schematic structural diagram of the first blocking and jacking mechanism of the automatic pre-assembly line of the flow battery plate and frame assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals in the figure: 10, tooling plate; 11, lifting mechanism; 12, picking and discharging mechanism; 13, dispensing mechanism; 14, cover plate assembly mechanism; 15, O-ring assembly mechanism; 16, turning mechanism; 161 , push cylinder; 162, rotary cylinder; 163, finger cylinder; 17, plate and frame assembly shifting mechanism; 18, belt conveying mechanism; 19, conveying mechanism; 20, second blocking jacking mechanism; 201, second blocker; 202, the second backstop; 203, the second jacking cylinder; 204, the second jacking plate; 205, the rotary clamping cylinder; 21, the first blocking jacking mechanism; 211, the first blocker; 212, the first A backstop; 213, a first lift cylinder; 214, a first lift plate.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the invention are described in detail below, but the invention can be practiced in many different ways as defined and covered by the claims.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 9 , the automatic pre-assembly line of liquid flow battery plate and frame components includes a pick-and-place mechanism 12, a glue dispensing mechanism 13, a cover plate assembly mechanism 14, an O-ring assembly mechanism 15, a turning mechanism 16 and a plate The frame assembly shifting mechanism 17, the picking and unloading mechanism 12 are used for picking and unloading the plate and frame, the glue dispensing mechanism 13 is used for the dispensing of the plate frame, the cover plate assembly mechanism 14 is used for the assembly of the cover plate of the plate and frame assembly, and the assembly of the O-ring. The mechanism 15 performs O-ring assembly of the plate and frame, the inversion mechanism 16 performs the inversion of the plate and frame, and the plate and frame assembly displacement mechanism 17 performs the displacement of the plate and frame assembly.

The automatic pre-assembly line for the plate and frame components of the flow battery also includes a conveying mechanism 19 and a tooling plate 10 arranged on the conveying mechanism 19. The tooling plate 10 is used to place the plate and frame, and the plate and frame pass through the plate and frame in turn along the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism 19. The reclaiming mechanism, the dispensing mechanism 13, the cover plate assembly mechanism 14, the O-ring assembly mechanism 15, the turning mechanism 16, the dispensing mechanism 13, the O-ring assembly mechanism 15 and the plate-frame assembly shifting mechanism 17 are assembled.

The part of the assembly mechanism passed through in the assembly process of the plate and frame is provided with a first blocking and jacking mechanism 21. The first blocking and jacking mechanism 21 includes a first blocker 211, a first backstop 212, a first jacking cylinder 213 and a first blocker. A jacking plate 214, the first blocking jacking mechanism 21 is used to lift the plate frame through the first blocker 211 and the first backstop 212 when the plate frame reaches the assembly mechanism where the first blocking jacking mechanism 21 is located For blocking and limiting, the position of the plate frame is adjusted to the position required by the current process through the first lifting cylinder 213 and the first lifting plate 214, and the plate frame is reset after the current process is completed. The assembly of the plate-and-frame assembly of the present application is automatically assembled through a pre-assembly line, so the consistency of the product can be ensured and the quality of the product can be improved.

A second blocking jacking mechanism 20 is provided in the part of the assembly mechanism passed through during the assembly of the plate and frame. The second blocking jacking mechanism 20 includes a second blocker 201, a second backstop 202, a second jacking cylinder 203, Two lifting plates 204 and a rotary clamping cylinder 205, the second blocking and lifting mechanism 20 is used to pass the second blocker 201 and the second check when the plate frame reaches the assembly mechanism where the second blocking and lifting mechanism 20 is located The device 202 blocks and limits the plate frame, adjusts the position of the plate frame to the position required by the current process through the second lifting cylinder 203 and the second lifting plate 204, and resets the plate frame after the current process is completed, The rotary clamping cylinder 205 is used to clamp the plate and frame during the process operation of the plate and frame, so as to prevent the deformation of the plate and frame from affecting the assembly of the corresponding process.

The pick-and-place mechanism 12 includes a linear module and a grasping device, the grasping device is arranged on the linear module, and the linear module can move in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction to adjust the position of the grasping device and grasp the plate and frame. Picking and unloading.

The cover assembly mechanism 14 includes a linear module and a grasping device. The grasping device is arranged on the linear module, and the linear module can move in the horizontal and vertical directions to adjust the position of the grasping device and grasp the cover. Picking and unloading.

The turning mechanism 16 includes a pushing device, a turning device and a clamping device, the turning device is arranged at the end of the pushing device, and the clamping device is arranged at the end of the turning device.

The pushing device includes a pushing cylinder 161 , the turning device includes a rotating cylinder 162 , and the clamping device includes a finger cylinder 163 .

The automatic pre-assembly line for the plate and frame components of the flow battery further includes a lifting mechanism 11 , and the lifting mechanism 11 is used to adjust the height of the tooling plate 1 , so that the tooling plate 1 reaches the height of the conveying mechanism 19 .

The conveying mechanism 19 includes a double-layer conveying line, specifically a double-layer multiple chain conveying line. The double-layer conveying line includes an upper conveying line and a lower conveying line. The two ends of the conveying line are respectively provided with lifting mechanisms 11. The lifting mechanism 11 at the conveying end of the upper conveying line is used to convey the tooling plate 1 to the lower conveying line. The lower conveying line is used for It is used to transport the tooling board 1 to the feeding end of the upper conveying line.

The assembly process of the automatic pre-assembly line of the liquid flow battery plate and frame assembly of the present invention will be described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:

The automatic pre-assembly line of the plate and frame components designed by the present invention is shown in FIG. 1 , including a tooling plate 10 , a lifting mechanism 11 (as shown in FIG. 2 ), a pick-and-place mechanism 12 (as shown in FIG. 3 ), and a glue dispensing mechanism 13 (as shown in Fig. 4), cover plate assembly mechanism 14 (as shown in Fig. 5), O-ring assembly mechanism 15 (as shown in Fig. 6), turning mechanism 16 (as shown in Fig. 7), plate and frame assembly moving It is composed of a positioning mechanism 17, a belt conveying mechanism 18, a conveying mechanism 19, a second blocking and jacking mechanism 20 (as shown in FIG. 8), and a first blocking and jacking mechanism 21 (as shown in FIG. 9). The plate and frame assembly pre-assembly line is divided into 8 sections. Section 1 is for picking and placing materials for the plate and frame, section 2 is for dispensing glue on the front of the plate and frame, section 3 is for the assembly of the cover plate, and section 4 is for the assembly of the O-ring on the front of the plate and frame. Section 5 is for the inversion of the plate and frame, Section 6 is for dispensing on the back of the plate and frame, Section 7 is for O-ring assembly on the back of the plate and frame, and Section 8 is for the displacement of the plate and frame components.

When the tooling plate 10 enters the first position of the working section, the first stopper 211 and the first stopper 212 under the first blocking jacking mechanism 21 at the first working section work, so that the tooling plate 10 stays at the first working section, Then the first lifting cylinder 213 starts to work, pushes the first lifting plate 214 to move upward, so as to lift the tooling plate 10 so that it is separated from the conveying line and held, at this time, the pick-and-place mechanism 12 starts to work. The function of the YZ linear module and the suction cup assembly on the material mechanism 12 moves the plate frame from the plate frame material rack to the tooling plate 10 at one part of the work section, then the first lifting cylinder 213 is reset, and the tooling plate 10 returns to conveying Above the line, the first stopper 211 is reset, and the tooling plate 10 moves forward along the conveying line.

When the tooling plate 10 enters the second position of the working section, the second stopper 201 and the second stopper 202 under the second blocking jacking mechanism 20 at the second working section work, so that the tooling plate 10 stays at the second working section, The second jacking cylinder 203 starts to work, pushes the second jacking plate 204 to move upward, thereby jacking up the tooling plate 10 to make it detached from the conveying line and holding it, and then blocking the rotating clamping cylinder 205 under the jacking mechanism from working, Press the plate and frame tightly. At this time, the dispensing mechanism 13 starts to work, and the front of the plate and frame is dispensed according to the preset position. After the dispensing is completed, the rotary clamping cylinder 205 is reset, the second lifting cylinder 203 is reset, and the tooling is installed. The plate 10 is returned to the conveyor line, the second stopper 201 is reset, and the tooling plate 10 moves forward along the conveyor line.

When the tooling plate 10 enters the third position of the section, the second stopper 201 and the second stopper 202 under the second blocking jacking mechanism 20 at the third position of the section work, so that the tooling plate 10 stays at the third position of the section, The second jacking cylinder 203 starts to work, pushes the second jacking plate 204 to move upward, thereby jacking up the tooling plate 10 to make it detached from the conveying line and holding it, and then blocking the rotating clamping cylinder 205 under the jacking mechanism from working, Press the plate and frame tightly. At this time, the cover plate assembly mechanism 14 starts to work. Through the action of the YZ linear module and the suction cup assembly on the pick-and-place mechanism, the cover plate is moved from the cover plate material rack to the plate frame at the third place in the section. On the designated position, the assembly of the cover plate is completed, then the rotary clamping cylinder 205 is reset, the second lifting cylinder 203 is reset, the tooling plate 10 is returned to the top of the conveying line, the second stopper 201 is reset, and the tooling plate 10 follows the conveying line. pre-exercise.

When the tooling plate 10 enters the fourth position of the section, the second blocker 201 and the second stopper 202 under the second blocking jacking mechanism 20 at the four parts of the section work, so that the tooling plate 10 stays at the fourth section, the second The jacking cylinder 203 starts to work, pushes the second jacking plate 204 to move upward, thereby jacking up the tooling plate 10 to make it detach from the conveying line and hold it, and then block the rotation clamping cylinder 205 under the jacking mechanism from working, and the plate When the frame is pressed, the O-ring assembly mechanism 15 starts to work, and the O-ring is assembled to the designated position on the plate frame. After the O-ring is assembled, the rotary clamping cylinder 205 is reset, and the second lifting cylinder 203 is reset. , the tooling plate 10 returns to the top of the conveying line, the second stopper 201 is reset, and the tooling plate 10 moves forward with the conveying line.

When the tooling plate 10 enters the fifth position of the section, the first stopper 211 and the first stopper 212 under the first blocking jacking mechanism 21 at the fifth section work, so that the tooling plate 10 stays at the fifth section, Then the first jacking cylinder 213 under the blocking jacking mechanism starts to work, and pushes the first jacking plate 214 to move upward, so as to jack up the tooling plate 10 so that it is separated from the conveying line and held, at this time the turning mechanism 16 starts to work , the piston rods of the two push cylinders 161 move close to each other, and push the corresponding finger cylinder 163 to a preset position, where the jaws of the finger cylinder are located on the upper and lower sides of the plate frame, and then the finger cylinder works to clamp the plate frame , the first lifting cylinder 213 is reset, the tooling plate 10 is returned to the top of the conveying line, the plate frame and the tooling plate are separated, and the rotating cylinder 162 works and rotates 180 degrees at this time to realize the inversion of the plate and frame, and then the first lifting cylinder 213 works , push the first lifting plate 214 to move upward, and lift the tooling plate 10 to the designated position, where the plate frame is just above the tooling plate 10, at this time, the finger cylinder 163 is reset, push the cylinder 161 to reset, and the plate frame returns to the tooling Above the plate 10, then the first lifting cylinder 213 is reset, the tooling plate 10 is returned to the top of the conveying line, the first stopper 211 is reset, and the tooling plate 10 moves forward with the conveying line.

When the tooling board 10 enters the sixth position of the section, the glue is dispensed on the back of the plate frame. The working principle is the same as that of the second section, and will not be described here; The O-ring assembly on the back of the frame, its working principle is the same as that of Section 4, and will not be described here; For the displacement of the frame assembly, the plate and frame assembly is moved to the belt conveying mechanism 18 through the plate and frame assembly shifting mechanism 17. The principle of the plate and frame assembly shifting mechanism 17 is similar to that of the first and third sections, and will not be described here. The belt conveying mechanism 18 transports the plate and frame assemblies to the stack assembly line for assembly of the stack. After the tooling plate 10 is separated from the plate and frame assembly, it moves forward with the conveying line. When the tooling plate enters the lifting mechanism 11, the The tooling plate 10 descends to the next layer of the conveying line with the action of the lifting mechanism 11, and the tooling plate 10 is driven to reach the lifting mechanism 11 at the other end of the conveying line through the movement of the lower conveying line. With the action of the lifting mechanism 11, the tooling plate will It rises to the upper conveying line, and then re-enters the first section, so as to realize the automatic feeding of the tooling board 10 .

Automatic pre-assembly of board and frame components can be achieved through the above pre-assembly line.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention may have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. A liquid flow battery plate and frame assembly automatic pre-installation line, characterized in that it comprises a pick-and-unload mechanism, a glue dispensing mechanism, a cover plate assembly mechanism, an O-ring assembly mechanism, a turning mechanism and a plate and frame assembly displacement mechanism, The pick-and-place mechanism performs picking and unloading of the plate and frame, the glue dispensing mechanism performs the dispensing of the plate and frame, the cover plate assembling mechanism performs the assembly of the cover plate of the plate and frame assembly, and the The O-ring assembly mechanism performs the O-ring assembly of the plate frame, the inversion mechanism performs the inversion of the plate and frame, and the plate and frame assembly displacement mechanism performs the displacement of the plate and frame assembly; the liquid flow The battery plate and frame assembly automatic pre-assembly line further includes a conveying line and a tooling plate arranged on the conveying line, the tooling plate is used for placing the plate frame, and the plate frame is in sequence along the conveying direction of the conveying line Through the plate and frame reclaiming mechanism, the dispensing mechanism, the cover assembly mechanism, the O-ring assembly mechanism, the turning mechanism, the dispensing mechanism, the O-ring assembly mechanism and all The plate and frame assembly displacement mechanism is used for assembly. 2 . The automatic pre-assembly line for the plate and frame components of the flow battery according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the assembly mechanism passed through during the assembly process of the plate and frame is provided with a first blocking and lifting mechanism, and the The first blocking and jacking mechanism includes a first blocker, a first backstop, a first jacking cylinder and a first jacking plate, and the first blocking and jacking mechanism is used to reach the first block when the plate frame When the assembling mechanism where the jacking mechanism is located, the plate frame is blocked and limited by the first blocker and the first backstop, and the first jacking cylinder and the first jacking up The plate adjusts the position of the plate frame to the position required by the current process, and resets the plate frame after the current process is completed. 3 . The automatic pre-assembly line for the plate and frame components of the flow battery according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the assembly mechanism that passes through the assembly process of the plate and frame is provided with a second blocking and lifting mechanism, and the The second blocking and jacking mechanism includes a second blocker, a second backstop, a second jacking cylinder, a second jacking plate and a rotary clamping cylinder, and the second blocking and jacking mechanism is used for the plate frame When reaching the assembly mechanism where the second blocking and jacking mechanism is located, the plate frame is blocked and limited by the second blocker and the second backstop, and the plate frame is blocked and limited by the second blocker and the second backstop. The second lifting plate adjusts the position of the plate frame to the position required by the current process, and resets the plate frame after the current process is completed. The plate frame is clamped during the process operation. 4 . The automatic pre-installation line for liquid flow battery plate and frame components according to claim 1 , wherein the pick-and-place mechanism comprises a linear module and a grasping device, and the grasping device is arranged on the linear module. 5 . On the set, the linear module can move in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction to adjust the position of the grabbing device, and carry out grabbing and discharging of the plate and frame. 5 . The automatic pre-assembly line for liquid flow battery plate and frame assemblies according to claim 1 , wherein the cover plate assembly mechanism comprises a linear module and a grab device, and the grab device is arranged on the linear module. 6 . , the linear module can move in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction to adjust the position of the grabbing device and carry out grabbing and discharging of the cover plate. 6 . The automatic pre-assembly line for liquid flow battery plate and frame assemblies according to claim 1 , wherein the turning mechanism comprises a pushing device, a turning device and a clamping device, and the turning device is arranged on the side of the pushing device. 7 . At the end, the clamping device is provided at the end of the turning device. 7. The flow battery plate and frame assembly automatic pre-assembly line according to claim 6, wherein the pushing device comprises a pushing air cylinder, the turning device comprises a rotating air cylinder, and the clamping device comprises a finger air cylinder. 8. The flow battery plate and frame assembly automatic pre-assembly line according to claim 1, wherein the flow battery plate and frame assembly automatic pre-assembly line further comprises a lifting mechanism, and the lifting mechanism is used to The height of the tooling plate is adjusted so that the tooling plate reaches the height of the conveyor line. 9 . The automatic pre-installation line for liquid flow battery plate-and-frame assemblies according to claim 8 , wherein the conveying line is a double-layer conveying line, and the double-layer conveying line comprises an upper conveying line and a lower conveying line, wherein the Both ends of the conveying line are respectively provided with the lifting mechanism, and the lifting mechanism at the conveying end of the upper conveying line is used to convey the tooling plate to the lower conveying line, and the lower conveying line is used to transport the The tooling plate is conveyed to the feed end of the upper conveying line.

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