CN115520505A

CN115520505A - Tray bearing mechanism and battery drying system

Info

Publication number: CN115520505A
Application number: CN202211316061.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 田汉溶; 刘水生; 毛新平; 辜鹏; 杨毅
Original assignee: Shenzhen Time High-Tech Equipment Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Time High-Tech Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-26
Filing date: 2022-10-26
Publication date: 2022-12-27

Abstract

The application provides a tray bears mechanism and battery drying system who uses this tray to bear mechanism, and battery drying system includes actuating mechanism, oven, tray and bears the mechanism, can place whole tray in the oven and bear the mechanism, and the actuating mechanism drive the tray bears the mechanism and sends into in the oven, the tray bears the mechanism and includes mobilizable carrier and a plurality of tray, and the carrier has a accommodation space, and the tray is used for placing a plurality of batteries, and a plurality of trays can be followed in the horizontal direction locates the accommodation space, and the oven can carry out drying process to the battery on a plurality of trays simultaneously, and a plurality of batteries carry out drying process under same environment simultaneously, effectively improve the uniformity and the quality of battery, simplified dispatch system widely, saved operating time to improve battery production efficiency, promptly to a plurality of battery drying process's efficiency.

Description

Tray bearing mechanism and battery drying system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of lithium ion battery drying, in particular to a tray bearing mechanism and a battery drying system using the tray bearing mechanism.

Background

The lithium ion battery drying equipment comprises a single body type and a tunnel type, the single body type drying equipment generally adopts a multilayer oven structure at present, each layer of oven can only be used for placing a tray for loading batteries in batches, and because the vacuum cavities formed by all layers of ovens operate independently and work asynchronously, the space utilization rate of production area equipment is not high, the consistency of the batteries on each tray is easily caused, and the quality of the lithium ion battery is influenced.

The single-layer drying equipment is a single-layer drying oven, the single-layer drying oven adopts single-layer trays, or the multi-layer trays are stacked for drying, the trays arranged in the drying oven for loading batteries in batches need to be loaded, unloaded or transferred through a manipulator, and the manipulator can only load, unload or transfer one tray at a time.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims at overcoming the weak point among the prior art, provides a tray bears mechanism, aims at improving the work efficiency that the battery on a plurality of trays carries out drying process, improves the uniformity and the quality of battery after drying process.

The application is realized by the following technical scheme:

the application provides a tray bears mechanism, including mobilizable carrier and a plurality of tray, the carrier has an accommodation space, and is a plurality of the tray can be followed the horizontal direction and located in the accommodation space or follow take out in the accommodation space, the tray is used for placing a plurality of batteries.

In an embodiment of the present application, the plurality of trays may be movable along a first direction or a second direction to place the trays in the accommodating space or take the trays out of the accommodating space, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

In an embodiment of the present application, the trays may be disposed in the accommodating space at equal intervals.

In an embodiment of the application, the carrier is provided with a limiting structure, and the tray is arranged in the accommodating space along the first direction and is abutted to the limiting structure.

In an embodiment of the application, follow vertical direction from up observing down, the carrier is equipped with the rack to pass through for external equipment the rack removes the carrier.

In an embodiment of this application, from up observing down along vertical direction, the carrier is equipped with a plurality of locating wheels to it is through a plurality of external equipment the locating wheel orders about the carrier is followed same direction and is removed.

In an embodiment of the application, the carrier is provided with a top plate, a bottom plate parallel to the top plate, a first side plate and a second side plate parallel to the first side plate, one end of the top plate is connected with the first side plate, the other end of the top plate is connected with the second side plate, one end of the bottom plate is connected with the first side plate, the other end of the bottom plate is connected with the second side plate to form the accommodating space, and the rack and the plurality of positioning wheels are arranged on one surface of the bottom plate, which deviates from the top plate.

In an embodiment of the application, a plurality of first auxiliary wheels are arranged on opposite surfaces of the first side plate and the second side plate, the first auxiliary wheels are radially parallel to the first side plate, guide rails are arranged on two sides of the tray, and when the tray moves in the accommodating space along the first direction or the second direction, the two guide rails of the tray are arranged on the first auxiliary wheels and rotate simultaneously.

In an embodiment of the application, a plurality of second auxiliary wheels are respectively disposed on opposite surfaces of the first side plate and the second side plate, the radial direction of the plurality of second auxiliary wheels is perpendicular to the first side plate, when the tray moves in the accommodating space along the first direction or the second direction, two side walls of the tray contact the plurality of first auxiliary wheels, and the plurality of first auxiliary wheels rotate simultaneously.

The application provides a tray bears mechanism, bears mechanism including actuating mechanism, oven, tray, actuating mechanism is used for the drive tray bears mechanism locates in the oven.

Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:

1. the tray bears the weight of the mechanism and can place a plurality of trays, and the tray is used for placing a plurality of batteries, and can place whole tray in the oven and bear the weight of the mechanism, through actuating mechanism drive the tray bears the weight of the mechanism and sends into in the oven, the oven carries out drying process to the battery on a plurality of trays simultaneously for a plurality of batteries on each tray carry out drying process simultaneously under same environment, effectively improve the uniformity and the quality of battery.

2. The oven simultaneously dries the batteries on the trays, greatly simplifies a scheduling system, saves operation time, and improves the production efficiency of the batteries, namely the efficiency of drying the batteries.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a pallet loading mechanism of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a tray carrying mechanism of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a tray carrying mechanism of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a tray carrying mechanism according to the present application (in which a tray is pulled out from the accommodating space);

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a tray carrying mechanism (in which a tray is partially pulled out from the accommodating space) according to the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a tray carrying mechanism (a tray is drawn out from the accommodating space);

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the T-section of FIG. 6 (wherein a tray is partially pulled out of the receiving space);

FIG. 8 is a schematic representation of a vector of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the tray and batteries of the present application (with the batteries placed in the tray);

fig. 10 is a schematic view of the tray and batteries of the present application (batteries not placed in the tray).

Reference numerals are as follows:

1. a battery; 100. a tray carrying mechanism; 110. a carrier; 111. an accommodating space; 112. a limiting structure; 1121. a limiting strip; 1122. a limiting part; 113. a first side plate; 114. a second side plate; 115. a top plate; 116. a base plate; 1161. a rack; 1162. positioning wheels; 120. a tray; 121. a guide rail; 130. a first auxiliary wheel; 140. a second auxiliary wheel; w, a first direction; E. a second direction.

Detailed Description

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly disposed on the other element; when an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It is to be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left"

The references to "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or component must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" 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, "plurality" or "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

It should be understood that the structures, ratios, sizes, and the like shown in the drawings are only used for matching the disclosure of the present disclosure to be understood and read by those skilled in the art, and are not used for limiting the practical limitations of the present disclosure, so they do not have the essential technical meaning, and any modifications of the structures, changes of the ratio relationships, or adjustments of the sizes, should still fall within the scope of the technical disclosure of the present disclosure without affecting the function and the achievable purpose of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 1 to 10, the present application provides a battery drying system for processing a battery 1, and particularly drying the battery 1, the battery drying system includes a driving mechanism (not labeled), an oven (not labeled), and a tray supporting mechanism 100, wherein the driving mechanism drives the tray supporting mechanism 100 to be disposed in the oven.

In an embodiment, the entire tray supporting mechanism 100 may be disposed in the oven, and the driving mechanism is configured to drive the entire tray supporting mechanism 100 to move, so that the entire tray supporting mechanism 100 is fed into the oven, and the driving mechanism drives the tray supporting mechanism 100 to be fed into the oven, so that the oven can simultaneously dry all the batteries 1 in the tray supporting mechanism 100.

Referring to fig. 4, the present application provides a tray carrying mechanism 100, which is applied to a battery drying system, and includes a movable carrier 110 and a plurality of trays 120, wherein the carrier 110 has an accommodating space 111, the plurality of trays 120 can be horizontally disposed in the accommodating space 111 or taken out from the accommodating space 111, and the trays 120 are used for accommodating a plurality of batteries 1.

Referring to fig. 4, in order to put the plurality of trays 120 into the oven at the same time, so that the oven can dry the batteries 1 on the plurality of trays 120 at the same time, in an embodiment, the trays 120 are used for placing the plurality of batteries 1, and the trays 120 can be horizontally disposed in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110, so that the carrier 110 can carry the plurality of trays 120 for movement. The tray 120 can be horizontally taken out from the accommodating space 111 so that the plurality of batteries 1 on the tray 120 can be subjected to the next process, such as blanking, cooling, etc.

It should be noted that, in the prior art, the single drying apparatus generally adopts a multi-layer oven structure, each layer of oven can only place one tray 120 for batch loading of the batteries 1, and since the vacuum chambers formed by the ovens of each layer operate independently and do not work synchronously, the space utilization rate of the production area apparatus is not high, which easily causes the consistency of the batteries 1 on each tray 120 and affects the quality of the lithium ion batteries 1.

And in this application, a plurality of trays 120 can be placed to tray bearing mechanism 100, and whole tray bearing mechanism 100 can be placed to the oven, the oven can carry out drying process to battery 1 on a plurality of trays 120 simultaneously, a plurality of batteries 1 carry out drying process simultaneously under same environment, make the voltage of a plurality of batteries 1, the parameter such as electric current is comparatively homogeneous, effectively improve battery 1's uniformity and quality, the uniformity indicates that the parameter of a plurality of batteries 1 tends towards unanimity, like the voltage of a plurality of batteries 1, the parameter such as electric current is comparatively homogeneous.

It should be noted that, in the prior art, a single-layer tray 120 is used in a partial single-layer oven or multiple layers of trays 120 are stacked for drying, since the trays 120 for loading the batteries 1 in batches in the oven need to be loaded, unloaded or transferred by a manipulator, and the manipulator can only load, unload or transfer one tray 120 at a time, when the number of the trays 120 is large, the transportation and scheduling system of the trays 120 is inevitably complex and the workload is large, and the space of each tray 120 in the cavity needs to be loaded and unloaded by a central scheduling robot, the number of the trays 120 largely determines the complexity of the scheduling system, the more the number of the trays 120 is, the more the system is difficult to schedule, and the longer the time spent on loading, unloading and transferring the trays 120 by the manipulator is, which affects the production efficiency of the batteries 1.

In the present application, the tray bearing mechanism 100 can place a plurality of trays 120, and the oven can place the whole tray bearing mechanism 100, that is, the oven can simultaneously dry the batteries 1 on the plurality of trays 120, so as to greatly simplify the dispatching system and save the operation time, thereby improving the production efficiency of the batteries 1, that is, the efficiency of drying the plurality of batteries 1.

Referring to fig. 4, in order to better dispose the trays 120 in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110, in an embodiment, the trays 120 can be moved along a first direction W or a second direction E to dispose the trays 120 in the accommodating space 111 or remove the trays 120 from the accommodating space 111, wherein the first direction W is opposite to the second direction E. Specifically, the tray 120 may be disposed in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110 along the first direction W, or taken out from the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110 along the second direction E.

Referring to fig. 1 and 6, in order to better improve the uniformity and quality of the battery 1, in an embodiment, a plurality of trays 120 may be disposed in the accommodating space 111 at equal intervals. Specifically, in a plurality of trays 120 can select equidistant to locate accommodation space 111, be favorable to the oven to carry out drying process to battery 1 on each tray 120 for every battery 1 on a plurality of trays 120 all carries out drying process simultaneously under same environment, makes the voltage of a plurality of batteries 1, electric current isoparametric comparatively homogeneous, effectively improves battery 1's uniformity and quality.

Referring to fig. 6, in an embodiment, ten trays 120 can be placed in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110.

In an embodiment, the receiving space 111 of the carrier 110 may receive less than ten trays 120, or more than ten trays 120.

Referring to fig. 6 and fig. 7, in order to better dispose the tray 120 in the accommodating space 111, in an embodiment, the carrier 110 is provided with a limiting structure 112, and the tray 120 is disposed in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W and abuts against the limiting structure 112. Specifically, the tray 120 is disposed in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W and abuts against the limiting structure 112, so as to prevent the tray 120 from falling from the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110 when moving along the first direction W.

Referring to fig. 2, in order to better move the carrier 110, in an embodiment, the carrier 110 is provided with a rack 1161 viewed from bottom to top in a vertical direction, so that an external device can move the carrier 110 through the rack 1161. Specifically, the external device may drive the carrier 110 to move by means of a gear engaged with the rack 1161 of the carrier 110.

Referring to fig. 2, in order to better move the carrier 110 in the same direction, in an embodiment, the carrier 110 is provided with a plurality of positioning wheels 1162 as viewed from the bottom to the top in the vertical direction, so that the external device drives the carrier 110 to move in the same direction through the plurality of positioning wheels 1162. Specifically, the positioning wheel 1162 is configured to be slidably connected to a track of the external device, such that the positioning wheel 1162 can move on the designated track, and the carrier 110 is driven to move in a manner that the gear of the external device is engaged with the rack 1161 of the carrier 110, such that the carrier 110 moves in the same direction.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, in an embodiment, the carrier 110 includes a top plate 115, a bottom plate 116 parallel to the top plate 115, a first side plate 113, and a second side plate 114 parallel to the first side plate 113, one end of the top plate 115 is connected to the first side plate 113, the other end is connected to the second side plate 114, one end of the bottom plate 116 is connected to the first side plate 113, the other end is connected to the second side plate 114, so as to form an accommodating space 111, and the rack 1161 and the positioning wheels 1162 are disposed on a surface of the bottom plate 116 away from the top plate 115. Specifically, the positioning wheels 1162 are divided into two rows and disposed on two sides of the rack 1161, and the two rows of positioning wheels 1162 move on the designated track respectively, and meanwhile, the carrier 110 is driven to move in a manner that a gear of the external device is engaged with the rack 1161 of the carrier 110, so that the carrier 110 moves in the same direction.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, in order to better dispose the tray 120 in the accommodating space 111, in an embodiment, the carrier 110 is provided with two limiting strips 1121, one limiting strip 1121 is disposed on a surface of the first side plate 113 facing the second side plate 114, the other limiting strip 1121 is disposed on a surface of the second side plate 114 facing the first side plate 113, and the two limiting strips 1121 are symmetrically disposed, when the tray 120 is disposed in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W and is disposed with the two limiting strips 1121, it indicates that the tray 120 is completely disposed in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110, and the two limiting strips 1121 prevent the tray 120 from falling from the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110 when the tray 120 moves along the first direction W.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, in order to better dispose the tray 120 in the accommodating space 111, in an embodiment, the two position-limiting strips 1121 are both provided with a plurality of position-limiting portions 1122 resistant to high temperature, and the position-limiting portions 1122 are preferably made of a rubber material resistant to high temperature, when the tray 120 is disposed in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W and contacts with the two position-limiting strips 1121, the position-limiting portions 1122 prevent the tray 120 from falling from the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110 when the tray 120 moves along the first direction W, and the position-limiting portions 1122 also prevent the tray 120 from colliding with the carrier 110.

Referring to fig. 1, in order to better move the tray 120 in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W or the second direction E, in an embodiment, a plurality of first auxiliary wheels 130 are disposed on opposite surfaces of the first side plate 113 and the second side plate 114, a radial direction of the plurality of first auxiliary wheels 130 is parallel to the first side plate 113, that is, the radial direction of the plurality of first auxiliary wheels 130 is parallel to the second side plate 114, guide rails 121 are disposed on two sides of the tray 120, when the tray 120 moves in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W or the second direction E, the two guide rails 121 of the tray 120 are disposed on the plurality of first auxiliary wheels 130, and the plurality of first auxiliary wheels 130 rotate simultaneously. Specifically, when the tray 120 is disposed in the accommodating space 111, the guide rails 121 are disposed on both sides of the tray 120 and disposed on the first auxiliary wheels 130, so that the tray 120 can move in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110 along the first direction W or the second direction E.

Referring to fig. 1, 4, 6 and 7, in order to better arrange the trays 120 in the accommodating space 111 at equal intervals, in an embodiment, opposite surfaces of the first side plate 113 and the second side plate 114 are provided with a plurality of rows of first auxiliary wheels 130 at equal intervals along a vertical direction, so that when the trays 120 are arranged in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110, the trays 120 can be arranged at equal intervals.

Referring to fig. 1, 4, 6 and 7, in order to better move the tray 120 in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W or the second direction E, in an embodiment, a plurality of second auxiliary wheels 140 are disposed on opposite surfaces of the first side plate 113 and the second side plate 114, a radial direction of the plurality of second auxiliary wheels 140 is perpendicular to the first side plate 113, that is, a radial direction of the plurality of second auxiliary wheels 140 is perpendicular to the first side plate 113, when the tray 120 moves in the accommodating space 111 along the first direction W or the second direction E, two side walls of the tray 120 contact the plurality of first auxiliary wheels 130, and the plurality of first auxiliary wheels 130 rotate simultaneously. Specifically, when the tray 120 is disposed in the accommodating space 111, two sides of the tray 120 and the plurality of second auxiliary wheels 140 are disposed on the tray 120, so that the tray 120 moves in the accommodating space 111 of the carrier 110 along the first direction W or the second direction E.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in an embodiment, the first auxiliary wheels 130 and the second auxiliary wheels 140 in the same row are alternately arranged.

Referring to fig. 1 to 10, in a specific implementation process of the present application, a battery drying system is used for processing a battery 1, and particularly, for drying the battery 1, the battery drying system includes a driving mechanism, an oven, and a tray carrying mechanism 100, the driving mechanism can drive the tray carrying mechanism 100 to be disposed in the oven, the tray carrying mechanism 100 includes a movable carrier 110 and a plurality of trays 120, the carrier 110 has an accommodating space 111, the plurality of trays 120 can be disposed in the accommodating space 111 along a first direction W or can be taken out from the accommodating space 111 along a second direction E, the trays 120 are used for accommodating a plurality of batteries 1, the accommodating space 111 of the tray carrying mechanism 100 can accommodate a plurality of trays 120, and the oven can accommodate the entire tray carrying mechanism 100, that is, the oven can simultaneously dry the batteries 1 on the plurality of trays 120, and the plurality of batteries 1 are simultaneously dried in the same environment, so that parameters such as voltage, current, and the like of the plurality of batteries 1 are relatively uniform, thereby effectively improving consistency and quality of the batteries 1, and greatly simplifying a scheduling system, thereby saving operation time, and improving production efficiency of the battery 1, that is, and efficiency of the batteries 1.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. The tray bearing mechanism is applied to a battery drying system and is characterized by comprising a movable carrier and a plurality of trays, wherein the carrier is provided with an accommodating space, the trays can be arranged in the accommodating space or taken out of the accommodating space along the horizontal direction, and the trays are used for placing a plurality of batteries.

2. The tray carrying mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of trays are movable in a first direction or a second direction to place or remove the trays in or from the accommodating space, the first direction being opposite to the second direction.

3. The tray carrying mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of trays are disposed in the accommodating space at equal intervals.

4. The tray carrying mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the carrier is provided with a limiting structure, and the tray is disposed in the accommodating space along the first direction and abuts against the limiting structure.

5. Tray carrying mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the carrier is provided with a toothed rack, seen in vertical direction from below upwards, for facilitating an external device to move the carrier via the toothed rack.

6. Tray carrying mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the carrier is provided with a plurality of positioning wheels, seen in vertical direction from bottom to top, so that an external device drives the carrier in the same direction via the plurality of positioning wheels.

7. The tray carrying mechanism according to claim 6, wherein the carrier has a top plate, a bottom plate parallel to the top plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate parallel to the first side plate, wherein one end of the top plate is connected to the first side plate, the other end of the top plate is connected to the second side plate, one end of the bottom plate is connected to the first side plate, and the other end of the bottom plate is connected to the second side plate, so as to form the accommodating space;

the rack and the plurality of positioning wheels are arranged on one surface of the bottom plate, which deviates from the top plate.

8. The tray carrying mechanism according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of first auxiliary wheels are disposed on opposite surfaces of the first side plate and the second side plate, the radial direction of the plurality of first auxiliary wheels is parallel to the first side plate, guide rails are disposed on two sides of the tray, and when the tray moves in the accommodating space in the first direction or the second direction, two of the guide rails of the tray are disposed on the plurality of first auxiliary wheels, and the plurality of first auxiliary wheels rotate simultaneously.

9. The tray carrying mechanism according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of second auxiliary wheels are disposed on opposite surfaces of the first side plate and the second side plate, a radial direction of the plurality of second auxiliary wheels is perpendicular to the first side plate, when the tray moves in the accommodating space in the first direction or the second direction, two side walls of the tray contact with the plurality of first auxiliary wheels, and the plurality of first auxiliary wheels rotate simultaneously.

10. A battery drying system, comprising a driving mechanism, an oven, and the tray carrying mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the driving mechanism is configured to drive the tray carrying mechanism to be disposed in the oven.