CN115483445A

CN115483445A - Method and device for automatically processing battery and computer readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN115483445A
Application number: CN202110663115.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄卫明; 党萌; 赵宁; 韩金龙; 牛增强
Original assignee: United Winners Laser Co Ltd
Current assignee: United Winners Laser Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-15
Filing date: 2021-06-15
Publication date: 2022-12-16

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a device for automatically processing a battery and a computer readable storage medium, belongs to the technical field of automatic control, and aims to solve the technical problems of low integration, large occupied space, complicated battery processing flow and low intelligent degree of automatic battery processing equipment. The invention comprises the following steps: the device comprises a feeding clamping jaw module 1, a disc entering clamping jaw module 2, a laser code carving module 3, a rotary disc module 4, a code scanning module 5, an NG pull belt 6, a disc moving module 7, a tray disc entering module 8, a tray disc discharging module 9, a smoke purifier 10, a feeding clamp 11 and a feeding pull belt 12; the automatic tray feeding and discharging device is high in automation integration level, integrates modules of feeding, code carving, code scanning, tray feeding, discharging, tray storage mechanism, tray feeding mechanism, tray discharging mechanism, smoke discharging and the like, and is small in occupied space and low in cost.

Description

Method and device for automatically processing battery and computer readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of automated battery processing technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium for automatically processing a battery.

Background

At present, the lithium battery manufacturing industry is rapidly developed, various processing procedures are always performed separately, and each work flow is provided with a corresponding electrical control system, so that the automation degree is low, equipment occupies large plant space, and the requirements of low-cost, small-space and high-efficiency battery production cannot be met.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application mainly aims to provide a method, an apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for automatically processing a battery, and aims to solve the technical problems of low integration, large occupied space, complex battery processing flow and low intelligent degree of automatically processing a battery.

To achieve the above object, the present application provides a method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium for automatically processing a battery:

the application provides a method for automatically processing a battery, which comprises the following steps:

receiving an instruction, and sending the instruction to the feeding clamping jaw module 1, the disc entering clamping jaw module 2, the laser code carving module 3, the turntable module 4 and the code scanning module 5;

the battery pack is loaded through a loading clamping jaw module 1, a battery pack is placed into a loading clamp 11 at a loading station from a loading pull belt 12, the battery pack is clamped through the loading clamp 11, and the battery pack at least comprises 1 battery;

the battery pack in the feeding clamp 11 is switched to a code carving station by rotating the turntable module 4, and the sides of the batteries in the battery pack are carved with codes one by the laser code carving module 3;

the battery pack in the loading clamp 11 is switched to a code scanning station by rotating the turntable module 4, and the battery sides in the battery pack are scanned one by the code scanning module 5;

judging whether a preset code scanning duration is reached;

if the preset code scanning duration is reached, judging whether a bad battery exists or not; if the preset code scanning time length is not reached, returning to the step of judging whether the preset code scanning time length is reached or not until the preset code scanning time length is reached;

if a bad battery exists, blanking is carried out on the tray clamping jaw module 2, the bad battery is placed on the belt 192 of the draw belt 6, the motor 191 drives the belt 192 to transfer the bad battery in sequence, and the running battery is guided through the guide rod 193; if the bad batteries exist, taking out 4 batteries in the blanking clamp 57 through the tray inlet clamping jaw module 2, and putting the batteries into a tray on the tray outlet module 9;

judging whether the tray is filled with batteries or not;

if the tray is filled with the batteries, the full tray flows away along the tray discharging module 9 to obtain qualified batteries, and the tray moving module 7 transfers the next empty tray from the tray feeding module 8 to the tray discharging module 9 to prepare the tray clamping jaw module 2 for placing the batteries;

judging whether the total amount of the qualified batteries is less than a preset amount;

if the total amount of the qualified batteries is less than the preset amount, executing a receiving instruction, and sending the instruction to the feeding clamping jaw module 1, the disc entering clamping jaw module 2, the laser code carving module 3, the turntable module 4 and the code scanning module 5; and if the total quantity of the qualified batteries is greater than or equal to the preset quantity, obtaining the target battery.

Optionally, before the step of loading the battery pack by the loading jaw module 1, putting the battery pack from the loading draw tape 12 into the loading clamp 11 at the loading station, and clamping the battery pack by the loading clamp 11, the method further includes:

and performing helium detection on the batteries in each battery pack through a helium detection device.

Optionally, after the step of obtaining the target battery if the total number of qualified batteries is greater than or equal to the predetermined amount, the method further includes:

and putting the target battery into a drying furnace for drying.

The application provides a device for automatically processing a battery, which is used for realizing any one of the above methods for automatically processing the battery, and comprises a feeding clamping jaw module 1, a tray entering clamping jaw module 2, a laser code engraving module 3, a rotary table module 4, a code scanning module 5, an NG pull belt 6, a tray moving module 7, a tray entering module 8, a tray discharging module 9, a smoke purifier 10, a feeding clamp 11 and a feeding pull belt 12;

the feeding clamping jaw module 1 is placed in the feeding clamp 11 after taking materials from the feeding pull belt 12, and the feeding clamping jaw module 1 comprises a first finger cylinder 28, a second finger cylinder 29, a third finger cylinder 35, a fourth finger cylinder 36, a first clamping jaw 33, a second clamping jaw 34, a third clamping jaw 37, a fourth clamping jaw 38, a first belt module 21, a second servo motor 22, a first servo motor 24, a first lead screw module 25, a third drag chain 26, a fourth cylinder 30, a first guide rail sliding block 31, an adapter plate 43, a buffer plate 44, a first hydraulic buffer 32, an installation frame 45 and a second hydraulic buffer 46;

the first finger cylinder 28, the second finger cylinder 29, the third finger cylinder 35 and the fourth finger cylinder 36 respectively correspond to the first clamping jaw 33, the second clamping jaw 34, the third clamping jaw 37 and the fourth clamping jaw 38 in a one-to-one manner, and respectively drive the corresponding first clamping jaw 33, the corresponding second clamping jaw 34, the corresponding third clamping jaw 37 and the corresponding fourth clamping jaw 38 to clamp the corresponding first battery 39, second battery 40, third battery 41 and fourth battery 42;

the first servo motor 24 drives the first lead screw module 25 to rotate, the battery is driven to move upwards to a safety position, and the line air pipe is installed in the third drag chain 26 and runs flexibly;

the second servo motor 22 drives the first belt module 21 to rotate, and the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 are respectively conveyed to the upper part of the feeding clamp 11;

the first finger cylinder 28 and the second finger cylinder 29 are mounted on the adapter plate 43, the adapter plate 43 is mounted on the slider of the first guide rail slider 31, the adapter plate 43 is connected with the buffer plate 44, and the piston rod of the fourth cylinder 30 is connected with the buffer plate 44, so that when the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 move from the upper part of the feeding pull belt 12 to the upper part of the feeding clamp 11, the fourth cylinder 30 can drive the buffer plate 44 to slide, and simultaneously drive the first finger cylinder 28, the second finger cylinder 29, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 to move towards the first battery 39 and the second battery 40, so as to complete distance change, and the distance between every two first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 is equal;

the first hydraulic buffer 32 is fixed on the mounting bracket 45, the second hydraulic buffer 46 is mounted on the buffer plate 44, when the buffer plate 44 slides towards the fourth cylinder 30, the buffer plate 44 can collide against the first hydraulic buffer 32 to play a role in buffering, and when the buffer plate 44 slides away from the fourth cylinder 30, the second hydraulic buffer 46 can collide against the mounting bracket 45 to play a role in buffering;

when the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 move above the loading fixture 11, the first servo motor 24 drives the first lead screw module 25 to rotate, and drives the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 to move downwards into the loading fixture 11;

the first finger cylinder 28, the second finger cylinder 29, the third finger cylinder 35 and the fourth finger cylinder 36 respectively drive the corresponding first clamping jaw 33, the corresponding second clamping jaw 34, the corresponding third clamping jaw 37 and the corresponding fourth clamping jaw 38 to loosen the first battery 39, the corresponding second battery 40, the corresponding third battery 41 and the corresponding fourth battery 42, the first servo motor 24 drives the first screw rod module 25 to rotate, and the first clamping jaw 33, the corresponding second clamping jaw 34, the corresponding third clamping jaw 37 and the corresponding fourth clamping jaw 38 are driven to ascend to a safety position, so that the loading is completed.

Optionally, the feeding clamp 11 includes a fifth cylinder 51, a clamping plate 63, a clamp opening push block 64, a first dust exhaust port 61, a second guide rail slider 71, a clamping spring 72, a first movable clamping block 73, a fixed clamping block 74, a clamp bottom plate 75, a first fixed frame 76, a spring baffle 77, a screw 78 and a pressing plate 79;

the opening and clamping push block 64 is fixed with the first fixing frame 76, the first fixing frame 76 is mounted on the second guide rail sliding block 71, the second guide rail sliding block 71 is mounted on the clamp bottom plate 75, the first fixing frame 76 is fixed with the movable clamping block 73, the pressing plate 79 is fixed on the first fixing frame 76, the spring baffle plate 77 is fixed on the clamp bottom plate 75, the screw 78 passes through the spring baffle plate 77 and then is fixed on the pressing plate 79, and the clamping spring 72 is sleeved on the screw 78;

when the fifth cylinder 51 pushes the clamping plate 63 to move forward, the clamping plate 63 pushes the unclamping push block 64 to compress the clamping spring 72, and the distance between the movable clamping block 73 and the fixed clamping block 74 is increased to accommodate the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42; after the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 are placed, the fifth cylinder 51 pulls the clamping plate 63 to move backwards, the movable clamping block 73 moves towards the fixed clamping block 74 under the elastic force action of the clamping spring 72 to clamp the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42, the third hydraulic buffer 62 plays a role in buffering when opening and clamping, and the feeding clamp 11 is used for accurately positioning the batteries, so that the accurate code-carving focal length is ensured.

Optionally, the turntable module 4 includes a DD motor 53, a code carving clamp 55, a code scanning clamp 56, a blanking clamp 57, and a turntable 58;

the turntable 58 is fixed on the DD motor 53, the DD motor 53 can drive the turntable 58 to rotate, the loading fixture 11, the code carving fixture 55, the code scanning fixture 56 and the unloading fixture 57 are uniformly arranged on 4 stations on the turntable 58 in sequence, the 4 stations can be sequentially switched when the DD motor 53 rotates 90 degrees each time at the 4 stations, and the 4 stations are respectively a loading station, a code carving station, a code scanning station and an unloading station;

after the loading of the loading clamp 11 is completed, the turntable rotates 90 degrees, and codes are engraved at the code engraving clamp 55; after the code is carved, the turntable rotates by 90 degrees, and the code is scanned at the code scanning clamp 56; after the code is scanned, the turntable rotates for 90 degrees; blanking at the blanking clamp 57.

Optionally, the laser code engraving module 3 includes a second lead screw module 81, a vibration lens 82, a second fixing frame 83, a bracket 84, a second smoke outlet 85, and a third servo motor 86;

the second fixing frame 83 and the second lead screw module 81 are fixed together, the vibration lens 82 is installed on the second fixing frame 83, the vibration lens 82 can transmit laser to carve codes on the side surface of the battery, and the third servo motor 86 can drive the lead screw module 81 to rotate, so that the distance between the vibration lens 82 and the code carving clamp 55 is adjusted, and the code carving focal length is adjusted;

the second smoke outlet 85 is arranged on the support 84, the second smoke outlet 85 is connected with the smoke purifier 10 through a pipeline and used for sucking away smoke floating upwards in code carving, and the first dust outlet 61 is connected with the smoke purifier 10 through a pipeline and used for sucking away smoke falling downwards from the dust exhaust hole 66 in code carving.

Optionally, the code scanning module 5 includes a sixth cylinder 91, a third rail slider 92, a third fixing frame 94 and a code scanning gun 93;

the third fixing frame 94 and the third guide rail sliding block 92 are fixed together, the sixth air cylinder 91 is connected with the third fixing frame 94, the code scanning gun 93 is installed on the third fixing frame 94, the code scanning gun 93 is used for scanning the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 in the code scanning clamp 56, the code scanning gun 93 is used for scanning the first battery 39 and the second battery 40, then the sixth air cylinder 91 drives the code scanning gun 93 to move, and the switching position is used for scanning the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42.

Optionally, the blanking device further comprises a seventh air cylinder 52, and the seventh air cylinder 52 is configured to push open the second movable clamping block 731 on the blanking fixture 57, and open the blanking fixture 57, so that the tray entering clamping jaw module 2 takes the battery into the tray from the blanking fixture 57.

Optionally, the tray entering clamping jaw module 2 acts, after the battery is completely yard-scanned at the yard scanning station, the turntable rotates by 90 degrees, the seventh cylinder 52 pushes the second movable clamping block 731 on the blanking fixture 57 open, and the blanking fixture 57 is opened;

the fourth servo motor 106 drives the third screw rod module 107 to rotate, so as to drive the fifth clamping jaw 115, the sixth clamping jaw 116, the seventh clamping jaw 117 and the eighth clamping jaw 118 to move downwards into the blanking fixture 57, and the eighth finger cylinder 111, the ninth finger cylinder 112, the tenth finger cylinder 113 and the eleventh finger cylinder 114 drive the fifth clamping jaw 115, the sixth clamping jaw 116, the seventh clamping jaw 117 and the eighth clamping jaw 118 to clamp the fifth battery 119, the sixth battery 120, the seventh battery 121 and the eighth battery 122;

the fourth servo motor 106 drives the third screw module 107 to rotate, and drives the fifth battery 119, the sixth battery 120, the seventh battery 121, and the eighth battery 122 to move upwards to a safety position.

Optionally, the tray entering clamping jaw module 2 includes a fifth servo motor 102, a first drag chain 103, a second belt module 104, a second drag chain 105, a fourth servo motor 106 and a third screw rod module 107;

the fifth servo motor 102 drives the second belt module 104 to rotate, and conveys the fifth battery 119, the sixth battery 120, the seventh battery 121 and the eighth battery 122 to a position a above a blanking tray;

the fourth servo motor 106 drives the third screw rod module 107 to rotate, so as to drive the fifth battery 119, the sixth battery 120, the seventh battery 121 and the eighth battery 122 to move downwards into the tray, and the eighth finger cylinder 111, the ninth finger cylinder 112, the tenth finger cylinder 113 and the eleventh finger cylinder 114 drive the fifth clamping jaw 115, the sixth clamping jaw 116, the seventh clamping jaw 117 and the eighth clamping jaw 118 to loosen the batteries;

the fourth servo motor 106 drives the third screw rod module 107 to rotate, and drives the empty fifth clamping jaw 115, the empty sixth clamping jaw 116, the empty seventh clamping jaw 117 and the empty eighth clamping jaw 118 to move upwards to a safe position, and the loading is completed, wherein the line air pipes are installed in the first drag chain 103 and the second drag chain 105 to flexibly operate.

Optionally, the tray moving module 7 includes a sixth servo motor 131, a third belt module 132, a fourth drag chain 133, a twelfth air cylinder 134, a thirteenth air cylinder 135, a fourteenth air cylinder 138, a fourth guide rail slider 136, a fifth guide rail slider 139, a ninth clamping jaw 137, a tenth clamping jaw 140, a bracket 141, an adapter bracket 142, a sixth guide rail slider 143, a seventh guide rail slider 144, and a tray 145;

the thirteenth air cylinder 135, the fourteenth air cylinder 138, the fourth rail slider 136, the fifth rail slider 139, the ninth clamping jaw 137 and the tenth clamping jaw 140 are all mounted on the bracket 141;

the bracket 141 is installed on the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider 144, the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider 144 are installed on the adapter bracket 142, and the adapter bracket 142 is installed on the third belt module 132;

when an empty tray is fed in place from the tray feeding module 8, the fourteenth air cylinder 138 of the air cylinder drives the tenth clamping jaw 140, and the thirteenth air cylinder 135 drives the ninth clamping jaw 137 to clamp the tray; the twelfth cylinder 134 lifts up the bracket 141 and simultaneously lifts up the tray 145, and the sixth servo motor 131 drives the third belt module 132 to rotate, so as to transfer the tray 145 from the position B to the position a; the twelfth air cylinder 134 lowers the bracket 141 and simultaneously lowers the tray 145, so that the empty tray is moved from the tray entering module 8 to the tray exiting module 9, and the line air pipe is installed in the fourth drag chain 133 to flexibly operate.

Optionally, the tray moving module 7, the tray entering module 8, and the tray exiting module 9 cooperate to realize the operation of the tray;

in the tray feeding module 8, the seventh motor 161 drives the first belt 162 and the second belt 163 to move the empty tray to the first baffle 164 and the second baffle 165 in the direction C; the tray moving module 7 transfers the tray 145 from position B to position a; in the tray discharging module 9, firstly, the fifteenth air cylinder 175 is in a jacking state, when the tray 145 is placed at the position a by the tray moving module 7, the sixteenth air cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to extend, the eighteenth air cylinder 171 drives the second limiting block 173 to retract, the seventeenth air cylinder 176 drives the eleventh clamping jaw 177 and the twelfth clamping jaw 178 to clamp the tray, the sixteenth air cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to retract, so that the accurate positioning of the tray is completed, and the blanking tray entering clamping jaw module 2 accurately places the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122 into the tray at the position a; when the tray is fully loaded with the batteries by the tray loading clamping jaw module 2, the seventeenth air cylinder 176 drives the eleventh clamping jaw 177 and the twelfth clamping jaw 178 to release the tray 145, the fifteenth air cylinder 175 descends, and the tray 145 loaded with the batteries is placed on the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168; the eighth motor 166 drives the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168 to rotate the tray along the direction D in sequence, so as to complete the discharging of the tray.

Optionally, when a code scanning defective product appears, the tray entering clamping jaw module 2 places a bad battery on the fifth belt 192 of the NG draw tape 6, the ninth motor 191 drives the fifth belt 192 to transfer the bad battery in sequence, and the guide rod 193 is used for guiding the battery during operation.

The present application provides an apparatus capable of implementing any one of the above methods for automatically processing a battery, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving an instruction and sending the instruction to the feeding clamping jaw module 1, the disc entering clamping jaw module 2, the laser code engraving module 3, the rotary disc module 4 and the code scanning module 5;

the clamping module is used for loading a battery pack from a loading drawstring 12 into a loading clamp 11 at a loading station through a loading clamping jaw module 1, and clamping the battery pack through the loading clamp 11, wherein the battery pack at least comprises 1 battery;

the switching module is used for switching the battery pack in the feeding clamp 11 to a code engraving station by rotating the turntable module 4, and engraving codes on the side surfaces of the batteries in the battery pack one by the laser code engraving module 3;

the code scanning module is used for switching the battery pack in the loading clamp 11 to a code scanning station by rotating the turntable module 4, and scanning codes one by one on the side faces of the batteries in the battery pack by the code scanning module 5;

the first judgment module is used for judging whether the preset code scanning duration is reached or not;

the second judgment module is used for judging whether a bad battery exists or not when the preset code scanning duration is reached; if the preset code scanning time length is not reached, executing a step of judging whether the preset code scanning time length is reached or not until the preset code scanning time length is reached;

the conveying module is used for feeding the defective batteries into the disc clamping jaw module 2 if the defective batteries exist, placing the defective batteries on a belt 192 of the pull belt 6, driving the belt 192 to sequentially transfer the defective batteries by a motor 191, and guiding the operating batteries by a guide rod 193; if not, taking out 4 batteries in the blanking clamp 57 through the tray entering clamping jaw module 2, and putting the batteries into a tray on the tray outlet module 9;

the third judging module is used for judging whether the tray is filled with batteries or not;

the transfer module is used for enabling the full tray to flow away along the tray discharging module 9 when the tray is fully filled with the batteries to obtain qualified batteries, and the tray transferring module 7 transfers the next empty tray from the tray feeding module 8 to the tray discharging module 9 to prepare for the tray feeding clamping jaw module 2 to place the batteries;

the fourth judging module is used for judging whether the total amount of the qualified batteries is less than a preset amount;

the receiving or acquiring module executes a receiving instruction when the total amount of qualified batteries is less than a preset amount, and sends the instruction to the material clamping jaw module 1, the disc entering clamping jaw module 2, the laser code carving module 3, the turntable module 4 and the code scanning module 5; and when the total amount of qualified batteries is greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, the target battery is obtained.

Optionally, the helium detection module is used for performing helium detection on the battery in each battery pack through the helium detection device.

Optionally, the drying module is configured to put the target battery into a drying oven for drying.

There is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of any of the above-described methods of automatically processing a battery.

The beneficial effect of this application does:

1. the automatic integration level is high, modules such as loading, code carving, code scanning, tray entering, unloading, tray storage mechanisms, tray entering mechanisms, tray discharging mechanisms, smoke discharging and the like are integrated, the occupied space is small, and the cost is low;

2. the production efficiency is high, 4 batteries can be transferred at the same time, and in actual production, the equipment can produce 30 batteries per minute;

3. the code carving clamp is simple and reliable, the clamp is clamped by the elastic force of the spring, the side surfaces of 4 batteries are pressed on the fixed clamping block, the code carving focal length of each battery of each set of clamp is ensured, and compared with other code carving modes, the code carving focal length accuracy is ensured;

4. the turntable is free of electrical components, the clamp on the turntable is clamped by the elastic force of the spring, the turntable is free of electrical components, an electrical slip ring is not used for a power transmission line, and the structure is simple;

5. the upper and lower tray modules are simple and reliable, are easy to maintain, and are difficult to maintain due to space limitation in actual production compared with a common upper and lower tray entering and exiting mode, a left and right upper and lower tray mode is adopted, so that the maintenance space is large, the maintenance is easy, and the stability of the actual application of an automatic production line can be improved;

6. a plurality of processes are integrated together, so that the space size of hardware equipment is reduced, the automation degree is high, and the production efficiency is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the present application from above;

fig. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the loading jaw module 1 of the present application;

fig. 3 is another enlarged partial view of the loading jaw module 1 according to the present application;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of the turntable module 4 of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a partial enlarged view of the turntable module 4 according to the present application;

FIG. 6 is a partial enlarged view of another orientation of the turntable module 4 of the present application;

fig. 7 is a partially enlarged view of the loading jig 11 of the present application;

fig. 8 is a partially enlarged view of the loading jig 11 according to another aspect of the present application;

fig. 9 is a partially enlarged view of the laser code engraving module 3 of the present application;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion of code scanning module 5 of the present application;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion of the present application disk-entering jaw module 2;

FIG. 12 is a further enlarged partial view of the present application disk-in gripper module 2;

fig. 13 is a partial enlarged view of the tray moving module 7 of the present application;

fig. 14 is an overall schematic view of the tray moving module 7, the tray entering module 8 and the tray exiting module 9 according to the present application;

fig. 15 is a partially enlarged view of the tray discharge module 9 according to the present application;

fig. 16 is a partially enlarged view of the NG belt 6 of the present application.

In the attached drawings, 1 is a feeding clamping jaw module, 2 is a disc entering clamping jaw module, 3 is a laser code carving module, 4 is a rotary disc module, 5 is a code sweeping module, 6 is an NG drawstring, 7 is a disc moving module, 8 is a tray disc entering module, 9 is a tray disc discharging module, 10 is a smoke purifier, 11 is a feeding clamp, 12 is a feeding drawstring, 21 is a first belt module, 22 is a second servo motor, 23 is a column, 24 is a first servo motor, 25 is a first screw rod module, 26 is a third drag chain, 28 is a first finger cylinder, 29 is a second finger cylinder, 30-fourth cylinder, 31-first guide rail slider, 32 is a first hydraulic buffer, 33 is a first clamping jaw, 34 is a second clamping jaw, 35 is a third finger cylinder, 36 is a fourth finger cylinder, 37 is a third clamping jaw, 38 is a fourth clamping jaw, 39 is a first battery, 40 is a second battery, 41 is a third battery, 42 is a fourth battery, 43 is an adapter plate, 44 is a buffer plate, 45 is an installation frame, 46 is a second hydraulic buffer, 51 is a fifth cylinder, 52 is a seventh cylinder, 53 is a DD motor 55 is a code carving clamp, 56 is a code scanning clamp, 57 is a blanking clamp, 58 is a rotary table, 61 is a first dust exhaust port, 62 is a third hydraulic buffer, 63 is a clamping plate, 64 is a clamping push block, 66 is a first dust exhaust port, 71 is a second guide rail slide block, 72 is a clamping spring, 73 is a first movable clamping block, 74 is a fixed clamping block, 75 is a clamp bottom plate, 76 is a first fixing frame, 77 is a spring baffle, 78 is a screw, 79 is a pressing plate, 81 is a second lead screw module, 82 is a vibration lens, 83 is a second fixing frame, 84 is a support, 85 is a second smoke exhaust port, 86 is a third servo motor, 91 is a sixth air cylinder, 92 is a third guide rail slide block, 93 is a code scanning gun, 94 is a third fixing frame, 731 is a second movable clamping block, 102 is a fifth servo motor, 103 is a first drag chain, 104 is a second belt module, 105 is a second drag chain, 106 is a fourth servo motor, 107 is a third lead screw module, drives a fifth clamping jaw 115, a sixth clamping jaw 116, a seventh clamping jaw 117, 118 is an eighth clamping jaw, 111 is an eighth finger cylinder, 112 is a ninth finger cylinder, 113 is a tenth finger cylinder, 114 is an eleventh finger cylinder, 115 is a fifth clamping jaw, 116 is a sixth clamping jaw, 117 is a seventh clamping jaw, 118 is an eighth clamping jaw, 119 is a fifth battery, 120 is a sixth battery, 121 is a seventh battery, 122 is an eighth battery, 131 is a sixth servo motor, 132 is a third belt module, 133 is a fourth drag chain, 134 is a twelfth cylinder 135 is a thirteenth air cylinder, 136 is a fourth guide rail sliding block, 137 is a ninth clamping jaw, 138 is a fourteenth air cylinder, 139 is a fifth guide rail sliding block, 140 is a tenth clamping jaw, 141 is a bracket, 142 is a switching frame, 143 is a sixth guide rail sliding block, 144 is a seventh guide rail sliding block, 145 is a tray, 161 is a seventh motor, 162 is a first belt, 163 is a second belt, 164 is a first baffle, 165 is a second baffle, 166 is an eighth motor, 167 is a third belt, 168 is a fourth belt, 171 is an eighteenth air cylinder, 172 is a sixteenth air cylinder, 173 is a second limiting block, 174 is a first limiting block, 175 is a fifteenth air cylinder, 176 is a seventeenth air cylinder, 177 is an eleventh clamping jaw, 178 is a twelfth clamping jaw, 191 is a ninth motor, 192 is a fifth belt, and 193 is a guide rod.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be used for explaining the present application and should not be construed as limiting the present application. In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "in", "on", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are only for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only 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 one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified. In the description of the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the term "coupled" is to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection or a removable connection, or an integral part; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be connected through the use of two elements or the interaction of two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The application is further described by the embodiments in the following figures:

referring to fig. 1, an apparatus for automatically processing a battery mainly includes a feeding jaw module 1, a tray-in jaw module 2, a laser engraving module 3, a turntable module 4, a code scanning module 5, an ng draw tape 6, a tray moving module 7, a tray-in module 8, a tray-out module 9, a smoke purifier 10, a feeding clamp 11, and a feeding draw tape 12.

The implementation steps are as follows:

in the first step, the loading jaw module 1 is loaded, and 4 batteries are put into the loading clamp 11 from the loading drawstring 12.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, in the feeding jaw module 1, the first finger cylinder 28, the second finger cylinder 29, the third finger cylinder 35 and the fourth finger cylinder 36 drive the first jaw 33, the second jaw 34, the third jaw 37 and the fourth jaw 38 to clamp 39 a first battery, 40 a second battery, 41 a third battery and 42 a fourth battery, the first servo motor 24 drives the first lead screw module to rotate to drive the batteries to move upwards to a safe position, the circuit air pipe is installed in the third drag chain 26 to move flexibly, the second servo motor 22 drives the first belt module 21 to rotate to transport the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42 above the feeding clamp 11, and the upright column 23 is used for installing the belt module 21.

In fig. 3, the first finger cylinder 28 and the second finger cylinder 29 are mounted on the adapter plate 43, the adapter plate 43 is mounted on the slider of the first rail slider 31, the adapter plate 43 is connected with the buffer plate 44, the piston rod of the fourth cylinder 30 is connected with the buffer plate 44, when the batteries 39, 40, 41, and 42 move from the upper side of the feeding pull belt 12 to the upper side of the feeding clamp 11, the fourth cylinder 30 can drive the buffer plate 44 to slide, and simultaneously drive the first finger cylinder 28, the second finger cylinder 29, and the batteries 41 and 42 to move towards the batteries 39 and 40, so as to complete the distance change, and the distances between the batteries 39, 40, 41, and 42 are equal (since the distance a1 between the batteries 39 and 40 on the feeding pull belt 12, the distance a2 between the batteries 41 and 42, and the distance a3 between the batteries 40 and 41 in the actual production line are equal to a1= a2 ≠ a3, so that the distance change is not needed.

In fig. 3, the first hydraulic buffer 32 is fixed on the mounting bracket 45, the hydraulic buffer 46 is mounted on the buffer plate 44, when the buffer plate 44 slides towards the fourth cylinder 30, the buffer plate 44 will collide with the first hydraulic buffer 32 to perform a buffering function, and when the buffer plate 44 slides away from the fourth cylinder 30, the second hydraulic buffer 46 will collide with the mounting bracket 45 to perform a buffering function. When the batteries 39, 40, 41, and 42 move above the loading fixture 11, the first servo motor 24 drives the first lead screw module 25 to rotate, and drives the batteries to move downward into the loading fixture 11. 28 is a first finger cylinder, 29 is a second finger cylinder, 35 is a third finger cylinder, 36 is a fourth finger cylinder for driving the clamping jaws 33, 34, 37 and 38 to release batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42. The first servo motor 24 drives the first screw rod module 25 to rotate, and drives the empty clamping jaws 33, 34, 37 and 38 to ascend to a safety position, and feeding is completed.

In the second step, the loading jig 11 clamps 4 batteries.

Referring to fig. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, the loading fixture 11 mainly includes an opening-clamping pushing block 64, a second guide rail sliding block 71, a clamping spring 72, a first movable clamping block 73, a fixed clamping block 74, a fixture bottom plate 75, a first fixing frame 76, a spring retaining plate 77, a screw 78, and a pressing plate 79. The clamp opening push block 64 is fixed with a first fixing frame 76, the first fixing frame 76 is arranged on a slide block of a second guide rail slide block 71, a guide rail of the second guide rail slide block 71 is arranged on a clamp bottom plate 75, the first fixing frame 76 is fixed with a first movable clamping block 73, a pressing plate 79 is fixed on the fixing frame 76, a spring baffle plate 77 is fixed on the clamp bottom plate 75, a screw 78 penetrates through the spring baffle plate 77 and then is fixed on the pressing plate 79, and a clamping spring 72 is sleeved on the screw 78. When the fifth cylinder 51 pushes the clamping plate 63 to move forward, the clamping plate 63 pushes the unclamping push block 64 to compress the clamping spring 72, and the distance between the first movable clamping block 73 and the fixed clamping block 74 is increased to accommodate the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42. After the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42 are discharged, the fifth air cylinder 51 pulls the clamping plate 63 to move backwards, and the first movable clamping block 73 on the clamp moves towards the fixed clamping block 74 under the action of the elastic force of the clamping spring 72 to clamp the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42. The third hydraulic damper 62 functions as a damper when clamped.

After the clamps are clamped, the side faces of the 4 batteries are pressed on the fixed clamping blocks 74, so that the code carving focal length of each battery of each set of clamps is ensured, and compared with other code carving modes, the code carving focal length accuracy is ensured.

Third, the turntable module 4 rotates.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the turntable 58 is fixed on the DD motor 53, the DD motor 53 can drive the turntable 58 to rotate, 4 sets of the same fixtures are mounted on the turntable 58 and uniformly distributed on 4 stations, and the 4 stations can be sequentially switched when the motor 53 rotates 90 degrees each time. The 4 stations are respectively a loading station, a code carving station, a code scanning station and a blanking station, and the clamps on the 4 stations are named as a loading clamp 11, a code carving clamp 55, a code scanning clamp 56 and a blanking clamp 57 in sequence. After the loading fixture 11 finishes loading, the turntable rotates 90 degrees, and codes are engraved at the code engraving fixture 55. After the code is carved, the turntable rotates 90 degrees, and the code is swept at the code sweeping clamp 56. After the yard is swept, the turntable is rotated by 90 degrees, and blanking is performed at the blanking clamp 57.

Fourthly, the laser code engraving module 3 engraves the 4 battery side surfaces in the code engraving clamp 55 one by one.

Referring to fig. 9, the laser code engraving module 3 mainly includes a screw module 81, a vibrating lens 82, a second fixing frame 83, a bracket 84, a second smoke outlet 85, and a third servo motor 86. The second fixing frame 83 is fixed with the second lead screw module 81, and the vibration lens 82 is mounted on the second fixing frame 83. When the loading clamp 11 clamps the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42, the DD motor 53 drives the turntable 58 to rotate 90 °, and the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42 move to the position of the clamp 55. The vibration lens 82 can transmit laser, codes are engraved on the side surfaces of the 4 batteries one by one, and the third servo motor 86 can drive the second lead screw module 81 to rotate, so that the distance between the vibration lens 82 and the code engraving clamp 55 is adjusted, and the code engraving focal length is adjusted. The second smoke outlet 85 is arranged on the bracket 84, and the second smoke outlet 85 is connected with the smoke purifier 10 by a pipeline and can suck the smoke floating upwards during code carving. The first dust exhaust port 61 of fig. 5, which is also connected to the smoke purifier 10 by a pipe, can suck off the dust falling downward from the dust exhaust hole 66 of fig. 6 at the time of code marking.

The precision of the screw rod module can reach +/-0.01 mm, so that the structure can ensure the precision of code carving focal length adjustment.

During production, the code carving focal length, the code carving time, the code carving position, the size of the code carving size and the code carving content can be set through the human-computer interface.

Fifthly, the code scanning module 5 scans the codes of the 4 batteries in the code scanning clamp 56.

Referring to fig. 10, the code scanning module 5 mainly includes a sixth cylinder 91, a third rail slider 92, a fixing frame 94, a code scanning gun 93, a third fixing frame, and a slider of the third rail slider 92 fixed together, the sixth cylinder 91 is connected to the third fixing frame 94, and the code scanning gun 93 is mounted on the third fixing frame 94. After the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41, 42 are marked at the marking clamp 55, the DD motor 53 drives the turntable 58 to rotate 90 °, and the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41, 42 move to the position of the code scanning clamp 56. The code scanning gun scans the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41, 42 in the fixture 56. The code scanning gun scans the batteries 39 and 40, then the sixth air cylinder 91 drives the code scanning gun 93 to move, the position is switched, then the batteries 41 and 42 are scanned, and the code scanning result is stored by the system.

During production, the code scanning time can be set through a man-machine interface.

Sixthly, the tray entering clamping jaw module 2 takes out 4 batteries in the blanking clamp 57 and puts the batteries into a tray on the tray discharging module 9.

Referring to fig. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, the blanking clamp 57, the seventh cylinder 52 and the fifth cylinder 51 have the same operation principle, and the seventh cylinder 52 can push open the first movable clamping block 73 on the blanking clamp 57 to open the clamp, so that the disc-entering clamping jaw module 2 can take the battery from the blanking clamp 57.

Referring to fig. 11, 12, 14, 4, 6 and 7, the tray clamping module 2 operates. After the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41, 42 are scanned at the code scanning clamp 56, the DD motor 53 drives the turntable 58 to rotate 90 °, and the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41, 42 are transferred to the blanking clamp 57. The air cylinder 52 pushes open the movable clamping block 73 on the clamp 57 to open the blanking clamp 57. The servo motor 106 drives the screw rod module 107 to rotate, the clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 are driven to move downwards into the blanking clamp 57, and the finger cylinders 111, 112, 113 and 114 drive the clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 to clamp the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122. The fourth servo motor 106 drives the third screw module 107 to rotate, and drives the batteries 119, 120, 121, and 122 to move upward to the safety position. The fifth servo motor 102 rotates the second belt module 104 to transport the batteries 119, 120, 121, and 122 from above the blanking clamp 57 to a position a above the blanking tray. The fourth servo motor 106 drives the third screw rod module 107 to rotate, drives the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122 to move downwards into the tray, and the finger cylinders 111, 112, 113 and 114 drive the clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 to loosen the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122. The servo motor 106 drives the third screw rod module 107 to rotate, and drives the empty clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 to move upwards to a safe position, and then the disc entering is completed.

Wherein the line air pipe is installed in a first drag chain 103 and a second drag chain 105 for flexible movement, and the upright 101 is used for installing a second belt module 104.

Seventhly, after the tray on the tray discharging module 9 is full of batteries, the full tray flows away along the tray discharging module 9, and the tray moving module 7 transfers the next empty tray from the tray feeding module 8 to the tray discharging module 9 so as to prepare for the tray clamping jaw module 2 to place the batteries.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the tray moving module 7, the tray entering module 8, and the tray exiting module 9. In the tray moving module 7, a sixth servo motor 131, a third belt module 132, a fourth drag chain 133, a twelfth air cylinder 134, a thirteenth air cylinder 135, a fourteenth air cylinder 138, a fourth guide rail slider 136, a fifth guide rail slider 139, a ninth clamping jaw 137, a tenth clamping jaw 140, a bracket 141, an adapter 142, a sixth guide rail slider 143, a seventh guide rail slider 144, and a tray 145. The air cylinders 135, 138, the guide rail slide block 136, the fifth guide rail slide block 139 and the clamping jaws 137, 140 are all arranged on a bracket 141. The bracket 141 is mounted on the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider, the rails of the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider 144 are mounted on the adapter bracket 142, and the adapter bracket 142 is mounted on the belt module 132.

When the empty tray is fed in place from the tray feeding module 8, the fourteenth cylinder 138 drives the tenth clamping jaw 140, and the thirteenth cylinder 135 drives the ninth clamping jaw 137 to clamp the tray. The twelfth cylinder 134 lifts up the bracket 141 and simultaneously lifts up the tray 145. The sixth servo motor 131 rotates the third belt module 132 to transfer the tray 145 from the position B to the position a. The twelfth cylinder 134 lowers the carriage 141 and simultaneously lowers the tray 145. The fourteenth cylinder 138 drives the tenth clamping jaw 140, and the thirteenth cylinder 135 drives the ninth clamping jaw 137, so that the pallet is loosened. The empty tray is moved from the tray in module 8 to the tray out module 9. The line air pipe is installed in the fourth tow chain 133 to be flexibly moved.

Referring to fig. 13, 14 and 15, the tray moving module 7, the tray entering module 8 and the tray exiting module 9 cooperate to realize the operation of the tray. In the tray feeding module 8, the seventh motor 161 drives the first belt 162 and the second belt 163 to rotate, so as to transfer the empty tray to the positions of the first baffle 164 and the baffle 165 along the direction C.

The tray transfer module 7 transfers the tray 145 from the position B to the position a.

In the tray discharging module 9, firstly, the fifteenth cylinder 175 is in a jacking state, when the tray 145 is placed at the position a by the tray moving module 7, the sixteenth cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to extend out, the eighteenth cylinder 171 drives the second limiting block 173 to return, the seventeenth cylinder 176 drives the clamping jaw 177 and the clamping jaw 178 to clamp the tray tightly, and the sixteenth cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to return. The above action completes the accurate positioning of the tray to ensure that the blanking insert clamping jaw module 2 accurately places the batteries 119, 120, 121, 122 into the tray at position a. When the tray is filled with the batteries by the blanking tray clamping jaw module 2, the seventeenth air cylinder 176 drives the clamping jaw 177 and the clamping jaw 178 to release the tray, the fifteenth air cylinder 175 descends, and the tray filled with the batteries is placed on the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168. The eighth motor 166 drives the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168 to rotate, so as to sequentially rotate the tray along the direction D, thereby completing the blanking of the tray.

And eighthly, scanning the NG and blanking.

Referring to fig. 16, the ng draw tape 6. When a code scanning defective product appears, the blanking tray-entering clamping jaw module 2 can place a battery with a bad code scanning on the fifth belt 192 of the NG pull belt 6, the motor 191 can drive the fifth belt 192 to transfer the bad battery in sequence, and the guide rod 193 is used for guiding the battery during operation.

The implementation steps of the automatic integration equipment are carried out, and the inside of the machine is circulated according to the implementation steps to complete the production of the battery.

Compared with the traditional device, the device has the following advantages:

the automation integration level is high. The loading, code carving, code scanning, disc entering, blanking, tray storage mechanism, tray disc entering mechanism, tray disc exiting mechanism, smoke exhaust and other modules are integrated together, so that the device is small in occupied space and low in cost.

The production efficiency is high. In practice, the apparatus can produce 30 cells per minute, with 4 cells being transferred simultaneously at a time.

The code carving clamp is simple and reliable. The clamp is clamped by the elastic force of the spring, the side faces of the 4 batteries are pressed on the fixed clamping blocks, the code carving focal length of each battery of each set of clamp is guaranteed, and compared with other code carving modes, the code carving focal length accuracy is guaranteed.

No electric component is arranged on the turntable. The clamp on the turntable is clamped by the elastic force of the spring, no electric component is arranged, the turntable does not need an electric slip ring to run off an electric pipeline, and the structure is simple.

The upper and lower disk modules are simple and reliable and are easy to maintain. Compared with the common mode of entering and exiting the tray from the upper layer and the lower layer, the method is difficult to maintain due to space limitation in practical production. The application adopts a left-right upper-lower disc mode, so that the maintenance space is large, the maintenance is easy, and the stability of the actual application of the automatic production line can be improved.

Referring to fig. 1, an apparatus for automatically processing a battery is provided, which includes a feeding clamping jaw module 1, a tray-entering clamping jaw module 2, a laser code-engraving module 3, a turntable module 4, a code-scanning module 5, an ng pull belt 6, a tray-moving module 7, a tray-entering module 8, a tray-exiting module 9, a smoke purifier 10, a feeding clamp 11, and a feeding pull belt 12;

referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, a feeding jaw module 1 is provided. The feeding jaw module 1 takes the material from the feeding drawstring 12. And put into the loading jig 11. The finger cylinders 28, 29, 35, 36 drive the jaws 33, 34, 37, 38 to grip the batteries 39, 40, 41, 42. The servo motor 24 drives the screw rod module 25 to rotate, the battery is driven to move upwards to a safety position, and the circuit air pipe is installed in the drag chain 26 to flexibly operate. The servo motor 22 drives the belt module 21 to rotate, the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42 are conveyed to the upper part of the feeding clamp 11, and the upright 23 is used for installing the belt module 21.

In fig. 3, the air cylinders 28 and 29 are mounted on the adapter plate 43, the adapter plate 43 is mounted on the slide block of the guide rail slide block 31, the adapter plate 43 is connected with the buffer plate 44, the piston rod of the air cylinder 30 is connected with the buffer plate 44, when the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42 move from the upper part of the pull belt 12 to the upper part of the feeding clamp 11, the air cylinder 30 can drive the buffer plate 44 to slide, and simultaneously drive the air cylinders 28 and 29 and the batteries 41 and 42 to move towards the batteries 39 and 40, so as to complete pitch change, and the distances between every two batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42 are equal. In fig. 3, the first hydraulic shock absorber 32 is fixed to the mounting bracket 45, the hydraulic shock absorber 46 is mounted on the buffer plate 44, when the buffer plate 44 slides toward the cylinder 30, the buffer plate 44 collides with the first hydraulic shock absorber 32 to perform a damping function, and when the buffer plate 44 slides away from the cylinder 30, the hydraulic shock absorber 46 collides with the mounting bracket 45 to perform a damping function. When the batteries 39, 40, 41, and 42 move above the loading fixture 11, the servo motor 24 drives the screw module 25 to rotate, and drives the batteries to move downward into the loading fixture 11. The finger air cylinders 28, 29, 35 and 36 drive the clamping jaws 33, 34, 37 and 38 to release the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42. The servo motor 24 drives the screw rod module 25 to rotate, and drives the empty clamping jaws 33, 34, 37 and 38 to ascend to a safety position, and feeding is completed.

Referring to fig. 5, 6, 7, and 8, the loading fixture 11 mainly includes an opening-clamping pushing block 64, a guide rail sliding block 71, a clamping spring 72, a movable clamping block 73, a fixed clamping block 74, a fixture bottom plate 75, a fixing frame 76, a spring stop 77, a screw 78, and a pressing plate 79. The clamp opening push block 64 and the fixed frame 76 are fixed together, the fixed frame 76 is arranged on the guide rail sliding block 71, the guide rail sliding block 71 is arranged on the clamp bottom plate 75, the fixed frame 76 and the movable clamping block 73 are fixed together, the pressing plate 79 is fixed on the fixed frame 76, the spring baffle plate 77 is fixed on the clamp bottom plate 75, the screw 78 penetrates through the spring baffle plate 77 and then is fixed on the pressing plate 79, and the spring 72 is sleeved on the screw 78. When the air cylinder 51 pushes the clamping plate 63 to move forward, the clamping plate 63 pushes the open clamping pushing block 64 to compress the clamping spring 72, and the distance between the movable clamping block 73 and the fixed clamping block 74 is increased to place the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42. After the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42 are placed, the air cylinder 51 pulls the clamping plate 63 to move backwards, the movable clamping block 73 on the clamp moves towards the fixed clamping block 74 under the elastic force action of the clamping spring 72 to clamp the batteries 39, 40, 41 and 42, and the clamp can accurately position the batteries, so that the code carving focal length is accurate. The 62 hydraulic buffer plays a role of buffering when the clamp is opened.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the turntable 58 is fixed on the DD motor 53, the DD motor 53 can drive the turntable 58 to rotate, 4 sets of the same fixtures are mounted on the turntable 58 and uniformly distributed on 4 stations, and the 4 stations can be sequentially switched when the motor 53 rotates 90 degrees each time. The 4 stations are respectively a loading station, a code carving station, a code scanning station and a blanking station, and the clamps on the 4 stations are named as a loading clamp 11, a code carving clamp 55, a code scanning clamp 56 and a blanking clamp 57 in sequence. After the loading fixture 11 finishes loading, the turntable rotates 90 degrees, and codes are engraved at the code engraving fixture 55. After the code is carved, the turntable rotates 90 degrees, and the code is scanned at the code scanning clamp 56. After the yard is swept, the turntable is rotated by 90 degrees, and blanking is performed at the blanking clamp 57.

Referring to fig. 9, the laser code engraving module 3 mainly includes a screw module 81, a vibrating lens 82, a fixing frame 83, a bracket 84, a second smoke outlet 85, and a servo motor 86. The fixing frame 83 is fixed with the screw rod module 81, and the vibration lens 82 is installed on the fixing frame 83. The vibration lens 82 can transmit laser, codes are engraved on the side face of the battery, and the servo motor 86 can drive the lead screw module 81 to rotate, so that the distance between the vibration lens 82 and the code engraving clamp 55 is adjusted, and the code engraving focal length is adjusted. The second smoke outlet 85 is arranged on the bracket 84, and the second smoke outlet 85 is connected with the smoke purifier 10 by a pipeline and can suck the smoke floating upwards during code carving. The first dust exhaust port 61 of fig. 5, which is also connected to the smoke purifier 10 by a pipe, can suck off the dust falling downward from the dust exhaust hole 66 of fig. 6 at the time of code marking.

Referring to fig. 10, the code scanning module 5 mainly includes an air cylinder 91, a guide rail slider 92, a fixing frame 94, and a code scanning gun 93. The fixed mount 94 is fixed with the guide rail slide block 92, the air cylinder 91 is connected with the fixed mount 94, and the code scanning gun 93 is mounted on the fixed mount 94. The code scanning gun scans the 4 batteries 39, 40, 41, 42 in the fixture 56. The yard scanning gun scans the batteries 39 and 40, then the air cylinder 91 drives the yard scanning gun 93 to move, and the position is switched to scan the yards of the batteries 41 and 42.

Referring to fig. 4 and 7, the blanking clamp 57, the air cylinder 52 and the air cylinder 51 have the same operation principle, and the air cylinder 52 can push open the movable clamping block 73 on the clamp 57 to open the clamp, so as to prepare for the tray clamping jaw module 2 to take the battery into the tray from the blanking clamp 57.

Referring to fig. 11, 12, 14, 4 and 6, the in-tray gripper module 2 is actuated. After the battery sweeps the sign indicating number in sweeping sign indicating number station, the carousel rotates 90. The air cylinder 52 pushes the movable clamping block 73 on the clamp 57 open, and the blanking clamp 57 is opened. The servo motor 106 drives the screw rod module 107 to rotate, drives the clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 to move downwards into the blanking clamp 57, and the finger cylinders 111, 112, 113 and 114 drive the clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 to clamp the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122. The servo motor 106 drives the screw module 107 to rotate, and drives the batteries 119, 120, 121, and 122 to move upwards to the safety position. The servo motor 102 drives the belt module 104 to rotate, and the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122 are conveyed to a position A above the blanking tray. The servo motor 106 drives the screw rod module 107 to rotate, the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122 are driven to move downwards into the tray, and the finger cylinders 111, 112, 113 and 114 drive the clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 to release the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122. The servo motor 106 drives the screw rod module 107 to rotate, and drives the empty clamping jaws 115, 116, 117 and 118 to move upwards to a safety position, and then the disc entering is completed. Wherein the line air pipes are installed in the drag chains 103 and 105 for flexible operation, and the upright 101 is used for installing the belt module 104.

Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the tray moving module 7, the tray entering module 8, and the tray exiting module 9. In the tray moving module 7, a sixth servo motor 131, a third belt module 132, a fourth drag chain 133, a twelfth air cylinder 134, thirteenth air cylinders 135 and 138, a fourth guide rail slide block 136, a fifth guide rail slide block 139, ninth clamping jaws 137 and 140, a bracket 141, a switching frame 142, a sixth guide rail slide block 143, a seventh guide rail slide block 144 and a tray 145. The thirteenth cylinders 135, 138, the rail sliders 136, 139, and the ninth jaws 137, 140 are all mounted on the bracket 141. The bracket 141 is mounted on the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider 144, the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider 144 are mounted on the adaptor bracket 142, and the adaptor bracket 142 is mounted on the third belt module 132. When the empty tray is fed in place from the tray feeding module 8, the fourteenth cylinder 138 drives the tenth clamping jaw 140, and the thirteenth cylinder 135 drives the ninth clamping jaw 137 to clamp the tray. The twelfth cylinder 134 lifts the bracket 141 and simultaneously lifts the tray 145. The sixth servo motor 131 rotates the third belt module 132 to transfer the tray 145 from the position B to the position a. The twelfth air cylinder 134 lowers the tray 145 while lowering the carriage 141, and completes the movement of the empty tray from the tray loading module 8 to the tray unloading module 9. The line air pipe is installed in the fourth drag chain 133 to flexibly operate

Referring to fig. 13, 14 and 15, the tray moving module 7, the tray entering module 8 and the tray exiting module 9 cooperate to realize the operation of the tray. In the tray loading module 8, the seventh motor 161 drives the belt 162 and the belt 163 to move the empty tray in the direction C to the first shutter 164 and the shutter 165. The tray moving module 7 transfers the tray 145 from the position B to the position a. In the tray discharging module 9, firstly, the fifteenth cylinder 175 is in a jacking state, when the tray 145 is placed at the position a by the tray moving module 7, the sixteenth cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to extend out, the eighteenth cylinder 171 drives the second limiting block 173 to return, the seventeenth cylinder 176 drives the clamping jaw 177 and the clamping jaw 178 to clamp the tray tightly, and the sixteenth cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to return. The above actions complete the precise positioning of the tray to ensure that the blanking insert clamping jaw module 2 accurately places the batteries 119, 120, 121, 122 into the tray at position a. When the tray is filled with the batteries by the blanking tray-entering clamping jaw module 2, the seventeenth air cylinder 176 drives the clamping jaw 177 and the clamping jaw 178 to loosen the tray, the fifteenth air cylinder 175 descends, and the tray filled with the batteries is placed on the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168. The eighth motor 166 drives the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168 to rotate the tray along the direction D in sequence, thereby completing the discharging of the tray.

Referring to fig. 16, the ng drawtape 6. When the yard defective products that sweep appear, the unloading is gone into a set clamping jaw module 2 and can be put bad battery on the fifth belt 192 of stretching strap 6, and motor 191 can drive fifth belt 192 and shift bad battery in proper order, and guide bar 193 is used for leading when moving the battery.

There is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of any one of the above methods of automatically processing a battery. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

a computer-readable storage medium provided in an embodiment of the present application stores a computer program, and when executed by a processor, the computer program implements the following steps: step S10, receiving an instruction, and sending the instruction to the feeding clamping jaw module 1, the disc entering clamping jaw module 2, the laser code engraving module 3, the rotary disc module 4 and the code scanning module 5;

the battery pack in the feeding clamp 11 is switched to a code carving station by rotating the turntable module 4, and the battery side surfaces in the battery pack are carved with codes one by the laser code carving module 3;

the battery pack in the loading clamp 11 is switched to a code scanning station by rotating the turntable module 4, and the side of the battery in the battery pack is scanned one by the code scanning module 5;

judging whether a preset code scanning duration is reached;

if the preset code scanning duration is reached, judging whether a bad battery exists or not; if not, returning to the step S50 until a preset code scanning time length is reached;

if the preset code scanning duration is not reached, blanking is carried out on the disc clamping jaw module 2, the defective batteries are placed on the belt 192 of the pull belt 6, the motor 191 drives the belt 192 to transfer the defective batteries in sequence, and the running batteries are guided through the guide rod 193; if not, taking out 4 batteries in the blanking clamp 57 through the tray entering clamping jaw module 2, and putting the batteries into a tray on the tray outlet module 9;

judging whether the tray is filled with batteries or not;

if the tray is full of batteries, the full tray flows away along the tray discharging module 9 to obtain qualified batteries, and the tray moving module 7 transfers the next empty tray from the tray feeding module 8 to the tray discharging module 9 to prepare for the tray clamping jaw module 2 to place the batteries;

A computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program is stored, and when executed by a processor, the computer program implements the following steps: and performing helium detection on the batteries in each battery pack through a helium detection device.

A computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program is stored, and when executed by a processor, the computer program implements the steps of: and putting the target battery into a drying furnace for drying.

The computer-readable storage media referred to in this application include Read Only Memory (ROM), random Access Memory (RAM), memory, electrically programmable ROM, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, or any other form of storage media known in the art.

The above disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present application, so that the claims of the present application can be equally modified and still covered by the present application.

Claims

1. A method of automatically processing a battery, comprising:

step S10, receiving an instruction, and sending the instruction to the material clamping jaw module 1, the disc entering clamping jaw module 2, the laser code carving module 3, the rotary disc module 4 and the code scanning module 5;

step S20, loading a battery pack from a loading drawstring 12 into a loading clamp 11 at a loading station through a loading clamping jaw module 1, and clamping the battery pack through the loading clamp 11, wherein the battery pack at least comprises 1 battery;

step S30, the battery pack in the feeding clamp 11 is switched to a code carving station by rotating the turntable module 4, and the side faces of the batteries in the battery pack are carved with codes one by the laser code carving module 3;

step S40, the battery pack in the loading clamp 11 is switched to a code scanning station by rotating the turntable module 4, and codes are scanned one by one on the side surface of the battery in the battery pack by the code scanning module 5;

s50, judging whether a preset code scanning time length is reached or not;

step S60, if yes, judging whether a bad battery exists; if not, returning to the step S50 until the preset code scanning duration is reached;

step S70, if yes, blanking is carried out on the disc clamping jaw module 2, the defective batteries are placed on the belt 192 of the pull belt 6, the motor 191 drives the belt 192 to sequentially transfer the defective batteries, and the running batteries are guided through the guide rod 193; if not, taking out 4 batteries in the blanking clamp 57 through the tray inlet clamping jaw module 2, and putting the batteries into a tray on the tray outlet module 9;

step S80, judging whether the tray is filled with batteries or not;

step S90, if yes, the full trays flow away along the tray discharging module 9 to obtain qualified batteries, and the tray moving module 7 transfers the next empty tray from the tray feeding module 8 to the tray discharging module 9 to prepare the tray feeding clamping jaw module 2 for placing the batteries;

step S100, judging whether the total amount of the qualified batteries is less than a preset amount;

step S110, if yes, returning to the step S10; and if not, obtaining the target battery.

2. The method for automatically processing batteries according to claim 1, wherein in step S20, the battery pack is loaded from a loading pull tape 12 into a loading clamp 11 at a loading station by a loading jaw module 1, and the battery pack is clamped by the loading clamp 11, wherein before at least 1 battery in the battery pack, the method further comprises:

and step S120, performing helium detection on the batteries in each battery pack through a helium detection device.

3. The method of automatically processing batteries according to claim 2,

in step S110, if no, after obtaining the target battery, the method further includes:

and step S130, putting the target battery into a drying furnace for drying.

4. The device for automatically processing the battery is characterized by being used for realizing the method for automatically processing the battery in any one of 1-3, and comprises a feeding clamping jaw module 1, a tray entering clamping jaw module 2, a laser code carving module 3, a rotary disc module 4, a code scanning module 5, an NG pull belt 6, a tray moving module 7, a tray entering module 8, a tray discharging module 9, a smoke purifier 10, a feeding clamp 11 and a feeding pull belt 12;

the feeding clamping jaw module 1 is placed in the feeding clamp 11 after taking materials from the feeding pull belt 12, and the feeding clamping jaw module 1 comprises a first finger cylinder 28, a second finger cylinder 29, a third finger cylinder 35, a fourth finger cylinder 36, a first clamping jaw 33, a second clamping jaw 34, a third clamping jaw 37, a fourth clamping jaw 38, a first belt module 21, a second servo motor 22, a first servo motor 24, a first screw rod module 25, a third drag chain 26, a fourth cylinder 30, a first guide rail slide block 31, a transfer plate 43, a buffer plate 44, a hydraulic buffer 32, an installation frame 45, a first hydraulic buffer 32 and a second hydraulic buffer 46;

the first finger cylinder 28, the second finger cylinder 29, the third finger cylinder 35 and the fourth finger cylinder 36 correspond to the first clamping jaw 33, the second clamping jaw 34, the third clamping jaw 37 and the fourth clamping jaw 38 one by one, and respectively drive the corresponding first clamping jaw 33, the corresponding second clamping jaw 34, the corresponding third clamping jaw 37 and the corresponding fourth clamping jaw 38 to clamp the corresponding first battery 39, the corresponding second battery 40, the corresponding third battery 41 and the corresponding fourth battery 42;

the first servo motor 24 drives the first lead screw module 25 to rotate, so as to drive the battery to move upwards to a safe position, and the circuit air pipe is installed in the third drag chain 26 and runs flexibly;

the first hydraulic buffer 32 is fixed on the mounting frame 45, the second hydraulic buffer 46 is mounted on the buffer plate 44, when the buffer plate 44 slides towards the fourth cylinder 30, the buffer plate 44 can collide against the first hydraulic buffer 32 to play a role in buffering, and when the buffer plate 44 slides away from the fourth cylinder 30, the second hydraulic buffer 46 can collide against the mounting frame 45 to play a role in buffering;

5. The apparatus for automatically processing batteries according to claim 4, wherein the loading jig 11 comprises a fifth cylinder 51, a clamping plate 63, an opening-clamping pushing block 64, a first dust exhaust port 61, a second rail slider 71, a clamping spring 72, a first movable clamping block 73, a fixed clamping block 74, a jig base plate 75, a first fixed frame 76, a spring baffle 77, a screw 78 and a pressing plate 79;

when the fifth cylinder 51 pushes the clamping plate 63 to move forward, the clamping plate 63 pushes the unclamping push block 64 to compress the clamping spring 72, and the distance between the movable clamping block 73 and the fixed clamping block 74 is increased to accommodate the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42; after the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 are placed, the fifth cylinder 51 pulls the clamping plate 63 to move backwards, the movable clamping block 73 moves towards the fixed clamping block 74 under the elastic force action of the clamping spring 72 to clamp the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42, the 62 hydraulic buffer plays a role in buffering when the batteries are opened and clamped, and the feeding clamp 11 is used for accurately positioning the batteries and ensuring that the code-carving focal length is accurate.

6. The apparatus for automatically processing batteries according to claim 3, wherein the turntable module 4 comprises a DD motor 53, a code marking jig 55, a code scanning jig 56, a blanking jig 57, a turntable 58;

the turntable 58 is fixed on the DD motor 53, the DD motor 53 can drive the turntable 58 to rotate, the loading fixture 11, the code carving fixture 55, the code scanning fixture 56 and the unloading fixture 57 are uniformly arranged on 4 stations on the turntable 58 in sequence, the 4 stations can be sequentially switched when the DD motor 53 rotates 90 degrees each time in the 4 stations, and the 4 stations are a loading station, a code carving station, a code scanning station and an unloading station respectively;

after the loading of the loading fixture 11 is finished, the turntable rotates 90 degrees, and codes are engraved at the code engraving fixture 55; after the code is carved, the turntable rotates for 90 degrees, and the code is scanned at the code scanning clamp 56; after the code is scanned, the turntable rotates for 90 degrees; blanking at the blanking clamp 57.

7. The apparatus for automatically processing a battery according to claim 6, wherein the laser code engraving module 3 comprises a second lead screw module 81, a vibrating lens 82, a second fixing frame 83, a bracket 84, a second smoke outlet 85 and a third servo motor 86;

the second smoke exhaust port 85 is installed on the support 84, the second smoke exhaust port 85 is connected with the smoke purifier 10 through a pipeline and used for sucking away smoke floating upwards in code carving, and the first dust exhaust port 61 is connected with the smoke purifier 10 through a pipeline and used for sucking away smoke falling downwards from the dust exhaust hole 66 in code carving.

8. The apparatus for automatically processing batteries according to claim 7, wherein the code scanning module 5 comprises a sixth air cylinder 91, a third rail slider 92, a third fixing frame 94 and a code scanning gun 93;

the third fixing frame 94 and the third guide rail sliding block 92 are fixed together, the sixth air cylinder 91 is connected with the third fixing frame 94, the code scanning gun 93 is installed on the third fixing frame 94, the code scanning gun 93 scans the first battery 39, the second battery 40, the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42 in the code scanning clamp 56, the code scanning gun 93 scans the first battery 39 and the second battery 40, then the sixth air cylinder 91 drives the code scanning gun 93 to move, and the position is switched to scan the third battery 41 and the fourth battery 42.

9. The apparatus for automatically processing battery according to claim 8, further comprising a seventh air cylinder 52, wherein the seventh air cylinder 52 is used for pushing open the second movable clamping block 731 on the blanking clamp 57, and opening the blanking clamp 57, so as to prepare for the tray-entering clamping jaw module 2 to take the battery into the tray from the blanking clamp 57.

10. The apparatus for automatically processing battery according to claim 9, wherein the tray-entering clamping jaw module 2 is actuated, after the battery is completely yard-scanned at the yard-scanning station, the rotating tray rotates 90 °, the seventh cylinder 52 pushes the second movable clamping block 731 on the blanking clamp 57 open, and the blanking clamp 57 is opened;

the fourth servo motor 106 drives the third lead screw module 107 to rotate, and drives the fifth battery 119, the sixth battery 120, the seventh battery 121, and the eighth battery 122 to move upwards to a safety position.

11. The apparatus for automatically processing battery according to claim 10, wherein the tray-entering clamping jaw module 2 comprises a fifth servo motor 102, a first drag chain 103, a second belt module 104, a second drag chain 105, a fourth servo motor 106 and a third lead screw module 107;

12. The apparatus for automatically processing a battery according to claim 11, wherein a sixth servo motor 131, a third belt module 132, a fourth drag chain 133, a twelfth air cylinder 134, a thirteenth air cylinder 135, a fourteenth air cylinder 138, a fourth rail slider 136, a fifth rail slider 139, a ninth clamping jaw 137, a tenth clamping jaw 140, a bracket 141, an adapter bracket 142, a sixth rail slider 143, a seventh rail slider 144, and a tray 145 are included in the tray moving module 7;

the bracket 141 is mounted on the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider 144, the sixth rail slider 143 and the seventh rail slider 144 are mounted on the adapter bracket 142, and the adapter bracket 142 is mounted on the third belt module 132;

when an empty tray is fed in place from the tray feeding module 8, the fourteenth air cylinder 138 of the air cylinder drives the tenth clamping jaw 140, and the thirteenth air cylinder 135 drives the ninth clamping jaw 137 to clamp the tray; the twelfth air cylinder 134 lifts up the bracket 141 and simultaneously lifts up the tray 145, and the sixth servo motor 131 drives the third belt module 132 to rotate, so as to transfer the tray 145 from the position B to the position a; the twelfth air cylinder 134 lowers the bracket 141 and simultaneously lowers the tray 145, so that the empty tray is moved from the tray entering module 8 to the tray exiting module 9, and the line air pipe is installed in the fourth drag chain 133 to flexibly operate.

13. The apparatus for automatically processing battery according to claim 12, wherein the tray moving module 7, the tray entering module 8 and the tray exiting module 9 cooperate to realize the operation of the tray;

in the tray feeding module 8, the seventh motor 161 drives the first belt 162 and the second belt 163 to move the empty tray to the first baffle 164 and the second baffle 165 in the direction C; the tray moving module 7 transfers the tray 145 from position B to position a; in the tray discharging module 9, firstly, the fifteenth air cylinder 175 is in a jacking state, when the tray 145 is placed at the position a by the tray moving module 7, the sixteenth air cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to extend, the eighteenth air cylinder 171 drives the second limiting block 173 to retract, the seventeenth air cylinder 176 drives the eleventh clamping jaw 177 and the twelfth clamping jaw 178 to clamp the tray, the sixteenth air cylinder 172 drives the first limiting block 174 to retract, so that the accurate positioning of the tray is completed, and the blanking tray entering clamping jaw module 2 accurately places the batteries 119, 120, 121 and 122 into the tray at the position a;

when the tray is fully loaded with the batteries by the tray loading clamping jaw module 2, the seventeenth air cylinder 176 drives the eleventh clamping jaw 177 and the twelfth clamping jaw 178 to release the tray 145, the fifteenth air cylinder 175 descends, and the tray 145 loaded with the batteries is placed on the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168; the eighth motor 166 drives the third belt 167 and the fourth belt 168 to rotate the tray along the direction D in sequence, thereby completing the discharging of the tray.

14. The apparatus for automatically processing battery according to any one of claims 4-13, wherein when the defective products are generated, the incoming tray clamping jaw module 2 puts the defective batteries on the fifth belt 192 of the NG draw tape 6, the ninth motor 191 drives the fifth belt 192 to transfer the defective batteries in turn, and the guide rod 193 is used for guiding the operation of the batteries.

15. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of a method for automatically processing a battery according to any one of claims 1 to 3.