Automatic mounting device and method for lithium battery module busbar
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of battery module processing, and particularly relates to an automatic mounting device and method for a busbar of a lithium battery module.
Background
Along with the rapid development of new energy technology and the high acceptance of the passenger car market to the new energy field, the market demand of battery PACK manufacture is larger and larger, the battery PACK is assembled by a battery module and a corresponding control system, the battery module is assembled by different numbers of battery cells, the battery cells are connected together through the electrode lug bus at the end part of the battery cell module through the bus bar in the production process of the lithium battery module, so that the battery cells are connected into a whole, and the production efficiency and the quality of the battery module are restricted by the traditional manual and semi-manual bus bar mounting mode, so that the automatic lithium battery module bus bar mounting device and method capable of completely replacing manual work and effectively improving the production efficiency and the quality are necessary.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide an automatic installation device and method for a lithium battery module busbar, which can completely replace manual work and effectively improve the production efficiency and quality.
The invention aims to realize the automatic installation device of the lithium battery module busbar, which comprises:
The bus bar mounting assemblies are oppositely arranged in the opposite directions, each bus bar mounting assembly comprises a lug carding assembly and a bus bar clamping assembly, the bus bar clamping assemblies are arranged below the lug carding assemblies, the lug carding assemblies are used for inserting comb plates on the bus bar clamping assemblies into gaps of lugs at two ends of the cell module, and the bus bar clamping assemblies are used for clamping bus bars and enabling the lugs at two ends of the cell module to be inserted into corresponding bus bars under the driving of the bus bar mounting assemblies;
The displacement assembly is provided with a horizontal moving platform capable of moving in any direction in a horizontal plane, and the busbar installation assembly is in sliding connection with the busbar installation assembly in the vertical direction through a connecting frame plate arranged on the side surface of the horizontal moving platform.
The displacement assembly comprises a platform plate supported by supporting legs, a transverse moving guide rail is arranged on the platform plate, a longitudinal moving guide rail is supported by the transverse moving guide rail and can move along the length direction of the transverse moving guide rail under the drive of a transverse moving driving component, and the horizontal moving platform is arranged on the longitudinal moving guide rail and can move along the length direction of the longitudinal moving guide rail under the drive of the longitudinal moving driving component.
The busbar installation assembly comprises an installation frame plate, the lug carding assembly and the busbar clamping assembly are both arranged on the installation frame plate, and the installation frame plate realizes movement in the vertical direction through the cooperation of a connecting guide plate arranged on the side surface of the installation frame plate and a guide clamping plate arranged on the side surface of the connecting frame plate.
The lug carding assembly comprises a comb plate assembly and a comb plate driving assembly, the comb plate driving assembly is a hydraulic rod fixedly connected with the mounting frame plate through a fixed connecting plate, and a comb plate arranged on the comb plate assembly in a sliding mode can move in the vertical direction under the driving of the comb plate driving assembly.
The comb plate assembly comprises a guide vertical plate fixedly arranged on the side surface of the mounting frame plate, the upper end of the comb plate is connected with a guide transverse plate, a connecting clamping plate connected with the guide vertical plate in a sliding fit manner is arranged on the side surface of the guide transverse plate, and the comb plate driving assembly is connected with the guide transverse plate.
The busbar clamping assembly comprises an upper clamping plate and a side support plate, wherein the upper clamping plate and the side support plate are fixedly arranged on the front side surface of the mounting frame plate, hydraulic driving pull rods are arranged on the left side surface and the right side surface of the mounting frame plate, the lower ends of the hydraulic driving pull rods are connected with lower clamping plates, and the lower clamping plates are matched with the upper clamping plates under the driving of the hydraulic driving pull rods to clamp and fix the busbar.
The left side of busbar clamping assembly is provided with photoelectric sensing device, photoelectric sensing device can follow under the drive of busbar installation component overall movement the electric core module width direction removes in order to detect whether busbar installation is qualified.
The automatic mounting device for the lithium battery module busbar further comprises a transfer robot, wherein the transfer robot is used for transferring the cell module of the busbar to be mounted onto the module tray, and transferring the busbar to the busbar mounting assembly so as to clamp and fix the busbar by the busbar clamping assembly.
The carrying robot is provided with a carrying assembly, and the carrying assembly comprises a busbar clamping arm capable of clamping and fixing a busbar and a battery cell module clamping arm capable of clamping and fixing a battery cell module.
An automatic installation method of a lithium battery module busbar comprises the following steps:
The method comprises the steps that firstly, a cell module is conveyed to a module tray through a conveying robot, the module tray is conveyed to a preset installation position between two busbar installation components through a conveying device, and the busbar is conveyed to the busbar installation components through the conveying robot so as to be clamped and fixed by a busbar clamping component on the busbar installation components;
Step two, moving the space position of the busbar installation assembly through the displacement assembly, enabling the lug carding assembly to be located above the lug at the end part of the cell module, and enabling comb teeth on the comb plate to correspond to gaps of the lug;
Driving the comb plate to move downwards and insert the comb plate into a gap of the electrode lug through the comb plate driving assembly, driving the two busbar mounting assemblies to move in opposite directions for a certain distance through the displacement assembly, and driving the busbar clamping assembly to clamp the fixed busbar to move towards the electrode lug so that the electrode lug is inserted into a guide opening of the busbar;
Driving the comb plate to move upwards through the comb plate driving assembly to be separated from the electrode lugs, and continuously driving the two busbar mounting assemblies to move in opposite directions through the displacement assembly to drive the busbars to move in the direction of the electrode lugs, so that the electrode lugs are completely inserted into the busbars;
fixing the bus bar through a locating pin on the module tray, loosening the clamping and fixing of the bus bar by a bus bar clamping assembly, enabling a bus bar installation assembly to be separated from a cell module on which the bus bar is installed by a certain distance under the driving of a displacement assembly, enabling a photoelectric sensing device to be aligned to one side of the bus bar, and enabling the photoelectric sensing device to move to the other side of the bus bar under the driving of the integral movement of the bus bar installation assembly so as to detect whether the bus bar is installed to be qualified or not;
And step six, lifting the height of the busbar installation assembly through the displacement assembly after detection is completed, and conveying the module tray to the next station through the conveying device.
The automatic mounting device and the method for the lithium battery module busbar have the beneficial effects that the device and the method can completely replace manual work, realize automatic mounting of the battery module busbar and effectively improve the production efficiency and the quality of the battery module.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an automatic bus bar mounting device for a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic partial structure view of an automatic bus bar mounting device for a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing a structure of a mounting frame plate portion of an automatic mounting device for a bus bar of a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic side view of an automatic bus bar mounting device for a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a busbar mounting assembly of an automatic busbar mounting device for a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a tab carding assembly of an automatic bus bar mounting device for a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a busbar clamping assembly of an automatic busbar mounting device for a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a handling robot for an automatic mounting device for a bus bar of a lithium battery module.
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a handling assembly of an automatic bus bar mounting device for a lithium battery module according to the present invention.
In the drawing, 1, a platform plate 2, a traversing guide rail 3, a longitudinal moving guide rail 4, a supporting leg 5, a horizontal moving platform 6, a mounting frame plate 7, a battery cell module 8, a pole ear carding assembly 9, a displacement assembly 10, a busbar mounting assembly 11, a busbar clamping assembly 12, a comb plate assembly 13, a comb plate driving assembly 14, a connecting guide plate 15, a guide clamping plate 16, a connecting frame plate 17, a lower clamping plate 18, an upper clamping plate 19, a side supporting plate 20, a hydraulic driving pull rod 21, a photoelectric sensing device 22, a guide transverse plate 23, a guide vertical plate 24, a connecting clamping plate 25, a comb plate 26, a fixing plate 27, a busbar 28, a carrying robot 29, a carrying assembly 30, a busbar clamping arm 31 and a battery cell module clamping arm.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, an automatic mounting apparatus for a bus bar of a lithium battery module, comprising:
the bus bar mounting assemblies 10 are oppositely arranged in a facing manner, each bus bar mounting assembly 10 comprises a tab carding assembly 8 and a bus bar clamping assembly 11, the bus bar clamping assemblies 11 are arranged below the tab carding assemblies 8, the tab carding assemblies 8 are used for inserting comb plates 25 on the bus bar clamping assemblies into gaps between tabs at two ends of the cell module 7, and the bus bar clamping assemblies 11 are used for clamping bus bars 27 and enabling the tabs at two ends of the cell module 7 to be inserted into the corresponding bus bars 27 under the driving of the bus bar mounting assemblies 10;
the displacement assembly 9, be provided with the horizontal mobile platform 5 that can move in arbitrary direction in the horizontal plane on the displacement assembly 9, busbar installation component 10 is through the connection frame plate 16 that sets up on horizontal mobile platform 5 side is with its sliding connection in vertical direction.
The bus bar mounting assembly 10 is connected with the displacement assembly 9, the bus bar mounting assembly 10 can be rapidly moved according to the requirements in the production process, the position of the bus bar mounting assembly 10 in the space is changed, convenience and rapidness are achieved, before the bus bar 27 is mounted, the two bus bar clamping assemblies 11 respectively clamp one bus bar 27 and move to the electrode lugs at the two ends of the battery core module 7 along with the bus bar mounting assembly 10 under the driving of the displacement assembly 9, so that slots of the bus bar 27 correspond to the positions of the electrode lugs, the electrode lug carding assembly 8 is located above the electrode lugs, comb plates 25 on the electrode lug carding assembly 8 move downwards to be inserted into gaps between the electrode lugs at the two ends of the battery core module 7 to comb the electrode lugs, then the displacement assembly 9 drives the two bus bar mounting assemblies 10 to move in opposite directions, drives the electrode lug carding assembly 8 and the bus bar 27 clamped by the bus bar clamping assembly 11 to move towards the electrode lugs, the electrode lugs are initially inserted into the bus bar 27 under the carding protection of the comb plates 25, and finally the comb plates 25 on the electrode lug carding assembly 8 are moved upwards to be separated from the electrode lugs, and the electrode lugs 27 are continuously moved towards the bus bar clamping assembly 27, and the bus bar clamping assembly is completely mounted through the driving assembly 10.
In order to achieve a better effect, the displacement assembly 9 comprises a platform plate 1 supported by supporting legs 4, a transverse moving guide rail 2 is arranged on the platform plate 1, a longitudinal moving guide rail 3 is supported by the transverse moving guide rail 2 and can move along the length direction of the transverse moving guide rail 2 under the driving of a transverse moving driving component, a horizontal moving platform 5 is arranged on the longitudinal moving guide rail 3 and can move along the length direction of the longitudinal moving guide rail 3 under the driving of the longitudinal moving driving component, and the movement of the horizontal moving platform 5 at any position in a plane can be quickly and efficiently realized through the cooperation of the transverse moving of the longitudinal moving guide rail 3 along the transverse moving guide rail 2 and the longitudinal moving of the horizontal moving platform 5 along the longitudinal moving guide rail 3.
For better effect, the busbar mounting assembly 10 comprises a mounting frame plate 6, the lug carding assembly 8 and the busbar clamping assembly 11 are arranged on the mounting frame plate 6, the mounting frame plate 6 moves in the vertical direction through the cooperation of a connecting guide plate 14 arranged on the side surface of the mounting frame plate and a guide clamping plate 15 arranged on the side surface of a connecting frame plate 16, the mounting frame plate 6 moves in the vertical direction and is matched with the horizontal moving platform 5 in the plane, and the movement of the mounting frame plate 6 at any position in space can be realized, so that the lug carding assembly 8 and the busbar clamping assembly 11 are driven to move at any position in space, and the automatic mounting of the busbar 27 is facilitated.
In order to achieve better effect, the tab carding assembly 8 comprises a comb plate assembly 12 and a comb plate driving assembly 13, the comb plate driving assembly 13 is a hydraulic rod fixedly connected with the mounting frame plate 6 through a fixing plate 26, a comb plate 25 slidably arranged on the comb plate assembly 12 can move in the vertical direction under the driving of the comb plate driving assembly 13, a bus bar 27 is clamped and fixed by a bus bar clamping assembly 11 and aligned with the tab at the end part of the cell module 7, and after the comb plate 25 slidably arranged on the comb plate assembly 12 is driven by the comb plate driving assembly 13 to move downwards to be inserted into the tab gap for carding, so that the tab 27 is assisted to be smoothly and primarily inserted into the tab, and then the comb plate 25 slidably arranged on the comb plate assembly 12 is driven by the comb plate driving assembly 13 to move upwards to be separated from the tab, so that the primarily inserted tab is completely inserted into the bus bar 27.
For better effect, the comb plate assembly 12 comprises a guide vertical plate 23 fixedly arranged on the side surface of the mounting frame plate 6, the upper end of the comb plate 25 is connected with a guide transverse plate 22, a connecting clamping plate 24 connected with the guide vertical plate 23 in a sliding fit manner is arranged on the side surface of the guide transverse plate 22, the comb plate driving assembly 13 is connected with the guide transverse plate 22, and the comb plate 25 can stably lift in the vertical direction under the driving of the comb plate driving assembly 13 through the sliding fit connection of the guide vertical plate 23 and the connecting clamping plate 24, so that the comb plate is fast and efficient.
In order to achieve a better effect, the busbar clamping assembly 11 comprises an upper clamping plate 18 and a side support plate 19 which are fixedly arranged on the front side surface of the mounting frame plate 6, hydraulic driving pull rods 20 are arranged on the left side surface and the right side surface of the mounting frame plate 6, lower clamping plates 17 are connected to the lower ends of the hydraulic driving pull rods 20, the lower clamping plates 17 are matched with the upper clamping plates 18 under the driving of the hydraulic driving pull rods 20 to clamp and fix the busbars 27, the busbars 27 are placed between the upper clamping plates 18 and the lower clamping plates 17 before being mounted, the lower clamping plates 17 are lifted by the hydraulic driving pull rods 20 to clamp and fix the busbars 27, the side support plates 19 are supported on the backs of the busbars, stability is further guaranteed, and after the lugs are completely inserted into the busbars 27 and are fixed by positioning pins on a module tray, the busbars 27 can be lowered by the hydraulic driving pull rods 20 to the lower clamping plates 17, and clamping and fixing of the busbars 27 are released.
In order to achieve a better effect, the left side of the busbar clamping assembly 11 is provided with a photoelectric sensing device 21, the photoelectric sensing device 21 can move along the width direction of the cell module 7 under the drive of the integral movement of the busbar mounting assembly 10 to detect whether the busbar 27 is mounted or not, after the tab is completely inserted into the busbar 27 and the busbar clamping assembly 11 is released from clamping and fixing the busbar 27, the busbar mounting assembly 10 can be driven to move through the displacement assembly 9 to drive the photoelectric sensing device 21 on the left side of the busbar clamping assembly 11 to move from one side to the other side of the busbar 27, so that the detection of the installation of the busbar 27 is completed quickly, and the detection is convenient and quick, and the production efficiency is effectively improved.
In order to achieve better effect, the automatic mounting device for the lithium battery module busbar comprises a transfer robot 28, wherein the transfer robot 28 is used for transferring the cell module 7 of the busbar 27 to be mounted onto a module tray, transferring the busbar 27 to the busbar mounting assembly 10 so as to clamp and fix the busbar 27 by the busbar clamping assembly 11 on the busbar mounting assembly, and transferring the cell module 7 by the transfer robot 28 to enable the cell module 7 to quickly reach a designated mounting position, and transferring the busbar 27 to quickly complete clamping and fixing of the busbar clamping assembly 11, so that the production efficiency can be effectively improved, and continuous automatic mounting of the battery module busbar can be realized.
For better effect, the handling robot 28 is provided with a handling assembly 29, the handling assembly 29 comprises a bus bar clamping arm 30 capable of clamping and fixing the bus bar 27 and a cell module clamping arm 31 capable of clamping and fixing the cell module 7, and the bus bar clamping arm 30 and the cell module clamping arm 31 on the handling assembly 29 can clamp and handle the bus bar 27 and the cell module 7 at the same time, so that the production efficiency is further improved.
An automatic installation method of a lithium battery module busbar comprises the following steps:
Step one, carrying the cell module 7 onto a module tray by a carrying robot 28, conveying the module tray to a preset mounting position between two busbar mounting assemblies 10 by a conveying device, carrying the busbar 27 to the busbar mounting assemblies 10 by the carrying robot 28 so as to clamp and fix the busbar 27 by a busbar clamping assembly 11 on the carrying robot 28;
Step two, moving the space position of the busbar installation assembly 10 through the displacement assembly 9 to enable the lug carding assembly 8 to be positioned above the lug at the end part of the cell module 7, and enabling the comb teeth on the comb plate 25 to correspond to the gaps of the lugs;
Step three, driving the comb plate 25 to move downwards and insert into the gap of the electrode lug through the comb plate driving assembly 13, driving the two busbar mounting assemblies 10 to move in opposite directions for a certain distance through the displacement assembly 9, and driving the busbar clamping assembly 11 to clamp the fixed busbar 27 to move towards the electrode lug so as to enable the electrode lug to be inserted into the guide opening of the busbar 27;
Step four, the comb plate 25 is driven to move upwards through the comb plate driving assembly 13 to be separated from the electrode lugs, the two busbar installation assemblies 10 are driven to move oppositely through the displacement assembly 9 continuously, the busbar 27 is driven to move towards the electrode lugs, and the electrode lugs are completely inserted into the busbar 27;
Fixing the bus bar 27 through a locating pin on the module tray, loosening the clamping and fixing of the bus bar 27 by the bus bar clamping assembly 11, enabling the bus bar installation assembly 10 to be separated from the cell module 7 on which the bus bar 27 is installed by a certain distance under the driving of the displacement assembly 9, enabling the photoelectric sensing device 21 to be aligned with one side of the bus bar 27, and enabling the photoelectric sensing device 21 to move towards the other side of the bus bar 27 under the driving of the integral movement of the bus bar installation assembly 10 so as to detect whether the bus bar 27 is installed to be qualified or not;
And step six, lifting the height of the busbar installation assembly 10 through the displacement assembly 9 after detection is completed, and conveying the module tray to the next station through the conveying device.
The automatic mounting device and the method for the lithium battery module busbar can completely replace manual work, realize automatic mounting of the battery module busbar and effectively improve the production efficiency and quality of the battery module.