Disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide a coating machine, aiming at increasing the temperature of slurry.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a coater comprising:
a coating device; and
a thermal cycling device in communication with the coating device for collecting heat generated by the coating device and transferring the heat to the slurry of the coating device.
Optionally, the coating device comprises:
the thermal circulation device is communicated with the batching mechanism to collect waste heat generated by the batching mechanism in the stirring process through conveying media to the batching mechanism;
the feeding mechanism is communicated with the batching mechanism; and
the coating mechanism is communicated with the feeding mechanism and the thermal circulation device; the feeding mechanism is used for conveying the slurry from the batching mechanism to the coating mechanism; the coating mechanism is used for coating the slurry on a product to be processed; wherein, the thermal cycle device is used for transmitting heat to the coating mechanism so as to heat the slurry.
Optionally, the coating apparatus further comprises:
the caching mechanism is arranged between the batching mechanism and the feeding mechanism and is provided with a caching tank for caching the slurry;
the thermal circulation device is also used for transmitting heat to the caching mechanism so as to heat the slurry.
Optionally, the feeding mechanism comprises a feed delivery pump, a feed inlet of the feed delivery pump is communicated with the cache tank, and a discharge outlet of the feed delivery pump is communicated with the coating mechanism through a feed delivery pipeline.
Optionally, the delivery pump is a screw pump or a gear pump.
Optionally, the coating apparatus further comprises:
the baking mechanism is used for drying the product coated with the slurry; the baking mechanism is communicated with the heat circulating device, and the heat circulating device is also used for collecting waste heat generated by the baking mechanism in the baking process by conveying media to the baking mechanism.
Optionally, the coating mechanism comprises a coating die head and a coating back roll, the coating die head is communicated with the feeding mechanism, and the coating back roll is used for supporting the product to be processed when the coating die head is coated.
Optionally, the baking mechanism comprises an oven and an electric heating element arranged in the oven, and the oven is provided with a baking channel for a product to be processed to pass through.
Optionally, the thermal circulation device includes a heat exchanger and a plurality of medium pipelines, and the batching mechanism, the buffer mechanism, the coating mechanism and the baking mechanism are all communicated with the heat exchanger through the plurality of medium pipelines.
Optionally, the coater further comprises:
the temperature sensor is arranged on the coating mechanism and used for detecting the current temperature of the slurry of the coating mechanism; and
and the temperature sensor and the thermal cycling device are connected with the controller so as to control the thermal cycling device to work according to the current temperature, so that the temperature of the slurry of the coating mechanism is adjusted to a target temperature value.
In the technical scheme of the invention, the coating machine comprises the coating device and the thermal circulation device, and the thermal circulation device is communicated with the coating device and is used for collecting heat generated by the coating device and transferring the heat to the slurry of the coating device, so that the temperature of the slurry is increased, the performance of the slurry is improved, the slurry is favorably conveyed and coated, and the drying time of the slurry is shortened.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.
In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is 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, if appearing throughout the text, "and/or" is meant to include three juxtaposed aspects, taking "A and/or B" as an example, including either the A aspect, or the B aspect, or both A and B satisfied aspects. 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 invention.
In order to increase the temperature of the slurry, the invention provides a coating machine which can be suitable for coating the slurry on a pole piece or other products. It should be particularly noted that the coating machine may also be applied to other devices or apparatuses that generate waste heat and need to heat and preserve heat of the coating material, the product to be coated may be a battery pole piece, and the coating material may be a slurry, or other coating materials that need high temperature to improve fluidity and coating effect, and the specific application scenario is not limited herein.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the coater includes a coating device 10 and a thermal circulation device 20, wherein the thermal circulation device 20 is in communication with the coating device 10 for collecting heat generated by the coating device 10 and transferring the heat to the slurry of the coating device 10.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the coating apparatus 10 may include a coating die 131, a coating backing roll 132, a feeding device, and the like, which are not particularly limited herein.
As shown in fig. 2, the heat circulation device 20 may include a heat exchanger 21 and a plurality of medium pipes 22, the heat exchanger 21 may be communicated with the coating device 10 through the medium pipes 22 to form at least one heat circulation pipeline, so as to collect waste heat generated by the coating device 10 during stirring, baking and the like, and transfer heat to the slurry, so as to heat and preserve the temperature of the slurry, increase the temperature of the slurry, and improve the performance of the slurry.
According to the invention, the thermal circulation device 20 of the coating machine is communicated with the coating device 10 so as to be used for collecting heat generated by the coating device 10 and transferring the heat to the slurry of the coating device 10, waste heat is utilized, energy is saved, the temperature of the slurry is raised, the viscosity of the slurry is reduced, the fluidity of the slurry is increased, the slurry is favorably conveyed and coated, and the solid content of the slurry is increased; the drying time of the slurry is shortened, the drying speed is accelerated, the coating speed is increased, and the baking temperature of an oven can be reduced or the size of the oven can be reduced.
Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment, the coating apparatus 10 may include a batching mechanism 11, a feeding mechanism 12 and a coating mechanism 13, the batching mechanism 11 is used for mixing and stirring the slurry, and the thermal circulation device 20 is communicated with the batching mechanism 11 to collect waste heat generated by the batching mechanism 11 during stirring by conveying a medium to the batching mechanism 11; the feeding mechanism 12 is communicated with the batching mechanism 11; the coating mechanism 13 and the thermal cycle device 20 are both communicated with the coating mechanism 13; a feeding mechanism 12 for conveying the slurry from the batching mechanism 11 to the coating mechanism 13; the coating mechanism 13 is used for coating the slurry on the product 30 to be processed; wherein, the thermal circulation device 20 is used for transmitting heat to the feeding mechanism 12 and the coating mechanism 13 so as to heat the heat preservation slurry. Therefore, waste heat generated by the batching mechanism 11 in the stirring process is effectively utilized, energy is saved, heat is transferred to the feeding mechanism 12 and the coating mechanism 13 through the thermal circulation device 20, the temperature of the slurry can be increased, the slurry is heated and insulated, and the slurry is in a better viscosity, flowability and solid content, so that the flowing and coating quality of the slurry is facilitated, and the drying treatment is facilitated; meanwhile, the thermal circulation device 20 can convey the low-temperature medium to the stirring system of the batching mechanism 11 to cool the batching mechanism, and can replace the cooling circulation system of the existing batching mechanism 11, so that the production and manufacturing costs of the coating machine can be saved while the stirring performance is improved.
The medium may be circulating water, cooling liquid, cooling oil, etc., and is not limited herein.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, batching mechanism 11 can include batching jar and the stirring piece that sets up in the batching jar, and the stirring piece can produce the high temperature of reaching about sixty degrees centigrade at the stirring in-process, and generally the accessible is equipped with cooling cycle system and comes to cool off its mixing system to avoid high temperature to reduce mixing system's performance.
As shown in fig. 2, the feeding mechanism 12 includes a feed pump, a feed inlet of which is communicated with the buffer tank, and a discharge outlet of which is communicated with the coating mechanism 13 through a feed conduit.
In this embodiment, the material delivery pump may be a screw pump or a gear pump, etc. to smoothly deliver the slurry to the coating die 131 of the coating mechanism 13.
Referring to fig. 2, the coating mechanism 13 may include a coating die 131 and a coating back roll 132, the coating die 131 is communicated with the feeding mechanism 12, and the coating back roll 132 is used for supporting the product 30 to be processed and unreeling the product 30 to be processed to the baking mechanism 15.
In order to further heat and preserve the slurry to improve the performance of the slurry, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the coating apparatus 10 may further include a buffer mechanism 14, the buffer mechanism 14 is disposed between the batching mechanism 11 and the feeding mechanism 12, and the buffer mechanism 14 is provided with a buffer tank for buffering the slurry; the thermal circulation device 20 is also used for transmitting heat to the buffer mechanism 14 so as to heat and preserve heat of the slurry.
The buffering process of the buffering mechanism 14 may include stirring, removing iron, defoaming, filtering, and the like.
In this embodiment, the buffer mechanism 14, the batching mechanism 11 and the feeding mechanism 12 can be respectively communicated through a conveying pipeline to convey the slurry.
Referring to fig. 2, the buffer mechanism 14 may include a vacuum buffer tank, and a vacuum pump, a stirring member, a filter, etc. disposed in the vacuum buffer tank, but is not limited thereto.
In order to dry the product coated with the slurry to improve the product quality, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the coating apparatus 10 may further include a baking mechanism 15, where the baking mechanism 15 is configured to dry the product coated with the slurry; the baking mechanism 15 is communicated with a heat circulating device 20, and the heat circulating device 20 is also used for collecting waste heat generated by the baking mechanism 15 in the baking process by conveying a medium to the baking mechanism 15.
It can be understood that the waste heat generated in the baking process of the baking mechanism 15 is collected by the thermal circulation device 20, and the heat is transmitted to the cache mechanism 14, the feeding mechanism 12 and the coating mechanism 13, so that the energy utilization rate is greatly improved, the temperature of the slurry is improved, the viscosity of the slurry is reduced, the fluidity of the slurry is increased, the slurry is favorably conveyed and coated, and the solid content of the slurry is improved; the drying time of the slurry is shortened, the drying speed is accelerated, the coating speed is increased, and the baking temperature of an oven can be reduced or the size of the oven can be reduced.
In this embodiment, the cooking mechanism 15 may include a cooking oven having a cooking passage for the product 30 to be processed to pass through, and an electric heating element disposed in the cooking oven.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the batching mechanism 11, the buffer mechanism 14, and the baking mechanism 15 are all communicated with the heat exchanger 21 of the heat circulation device 20 through a plurality of medium pipelines 22, and form three circulation systems, which are specifically as follows:
a circulating system 1: waste heat generated by the stirring system of the batching mechanism 11 is conveyed to the heat exchanger 21, and low-temperature media are conveyed to the stirring system;
and (3) a circulating system 2: the surplus waste heat of the oven of the baking mechanism 15 is conveyed to the heat exchanger 21, and the low-temperature medium is conveyed to the oven;
and (3) a circulating system: the heat of the heat exchanger 21 is transferred to the buffer mechanism 14, the feeding mechanism 12, the coating mechanism 13, and the like, the slurry is heated and thermally insulated, and then the low-temperature medium is transferred to the heat exchanger 21.
The heat exchanger 21 is used for dispatching cold and hot media to realize cold and hot exchange of the three circulation systems.
In the batching mechanism 11, the waste heat is mainly heat generated by friction during the high-speed mixing and stirring process of the slurry, and the accumulated temperature of the heat can rise to over thirty degrees. In the baking mechanism 15, the waste heat mainly includes heat transfer from the outer wall of the oven, external exhaust air, etc., and a large amount of heat is taken away, which causes unnecessary loss.
It is emphasized that in other embodiments, more or fewer circulation systems may be formed by the media piping layout design to collect heat from the waste heat generating devices and then transfer the heat to the slurry for heat-holding. Here, the number of the heat exchangers 21 and the medium pipes 22 is not limited.
In addition, in order to achieve more precise slurry temperature control, in an embodiment, the coater further includes a controller and a temperature sensor, the temperature sensor is disposed on the coating mechanism 13 and is used for detecting the current temperature of the slurry of the coating mechanism 13; the temperature sensor and the thermal cycling device 20 are both connected with the controller, so as to control the thermal cycling device 20 to work according to the current temperature of the slurry, and adjust the temperature of the slurry of the coating mechanism 13 to a target temperature value.
In this embodiment, when the temperature sensor detects that the current temperature of the slurry at the coating mechanism 13 is lower than the first temperature value, the controller controls the thermal cycling device 20 to increase the output power of the circulating system 3, so as to increase the heat exchange efficiency, and further increase the temperature of the slurry until the temperature reaches the target temperature value. When the temperature sensor detects that the current temperature of the slurry at the coating mechanism 13 is higher than the second temperature value, the controller controls the thermal cycling device 20 to reduce the output power of the circulating system 3 so as to weaken the heat exchange efficiency and further reduce the temperature of the slurry until the temperature reaches the target temperature value. The first temperature value may be less than or equal to the target temperature value, and the second temperature value may be greater than or equal to the target temperature value.
The target temperature value is a better value which is beneficial to slurry flowing, coating, drying and the like, specific values of the target temperature value can be obtained according to experimental tests, and the target temperature values of the coatings of different coating products can be different.
In this embodiment, the temperature sensor may be a thermistor, and the controller may be an electronic device such as a single chip, a DSP, and an FPGA, which are not limited in detail herein.
The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.