CN115557186A

CN115557186A - Processing assembly, feeding module, battery module production line and production process thereof

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Publication number: CN115557186A
Application number: CN202211230612.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冷文强; 张远皓; 李凤飞; 杨永峰; 刘亚山; 汪贻飞; 姚维兵
Original assignee: Guangzhou Mino Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangzhou Mino Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-30
Filing date: 2022-09-30
Publication date: 2023-01-03

Abstract

The invention provides a processing assembly which comprises a large package feeding section and a battery cell processing section, wherein the large package feeding section is used for feeding and preprocessing a battery cell; the battery cell processing section is used for performing variable-pitch stacking on the qualified battery cells processed by the large package feeding section, so that the processing treatment of the later process is facilitated; a first conveying unit is arranged between the large packaging section and the battery cell processing section and used for conveying qualified workpieces processed by the large packaging feeding section to the battery cell processing section; carry out leading processing to electric core through big packing material loading section, guarantee that electric core is qualified to be carried, carry out the displacement through electric core processing section to electric core and pile up, electric core processing section plays the effect of holding down, satisfies the modularization of production line, automatic setting, very big assurance production stability and high efficiency.

Description

Processing assembly, feeding module, battery module production line and production process thereof

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of battery production, and particularly relates to a processing assembly, a feeding module, a battery module production line and a production process thereof.

Background

In the production manufacturing process of the square hard shell battery module of new forms of energy, need to pair qualified electric core and subassemblies such as curb plate, end plate, apron, connection piece and go up the line with detecting, then pile up electric core according to certain series-parallel connection order, provide basis for processes such as subsequent curb plate welding, heating stewing, bus welding, packing. Before electric core piles up, often still need carry on subassembly such as electric core and end plate, apron and carry out processes such as material loading, cleanness, point are glued, and at present along with new energy automobile's rapid development, the size specification of power battery's electric core and module is also more and more abundant changeable, and the high-efficient automatic module assembly solution that collects multiple technology, multichannel process as an organic whole is still rare, especially takes into account the high-efficient integrative automatic solution under the strict requirement for quality prerequisite.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a processing assembly, a feeding module, a battery module production line and a production process thereof, which aim to solve the problems in the prior art.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a processing assembly, comprising:

the large package feeding section is used for feeding and preprocessing the battery cell; and

the battery cell processing section is used for performing variable-pitch stacking on the qualified battery cells processed by the large package feeding section, so that the processing treatment of the rear procedure is facilitated;

and a first conveying unit is arranged between the large package feeding section and the battery cell processing section and is used for conveying the qualified workpieces processed by the large package feeding section to the battery cell processing section.

In one embodiment, the large package loading section comprises:

the large package feeding unit comprises a large package incoming material placing position and a large package feeding robot, the large package incoming material placing position is used for feeding and/or removing package materials, and the large package feeding robot is used for grabbing and moving workpieces on the large package incoming material placing position;

the battery cell bottom cleaning unit is used for cleaning the bottom of the battery cell; and

the code scanning detection unit is used for scanning and detecting the codes of the battery cell;

the large package feeding placing position, the large package feeding robot, the battery cell bottom cleaning unit and the code scanning detection unit are sequentially arranged from front to back according to the working procedure processing direction; the large package feeding placement position and the battery cell bottom cleaning unit are arranged in the working range of the large package feeding robot.

In one embodiment, the code scanning detection unit includes:

the battery core code scanning unit is used for scanning and identifying the code of the battery core and processing data of a code scanning result; and

the OCV detection unit is used for detecting the battery cell;

the battery cell code scanning unit is arranged in front of the OCV detection unit according to the procedure processing direction, and the battery cell is conveyed to the OCV detection unit for inspection after being scanned by the battery cell code scanning unit.

In one embodiment, the big package feeding section further comprises:

the NG material supplementing unit is used for replacing an NG battery cell; and

the cleaning unit is used for comprehensively cleaning the battery cell;

the cleaning unit is used for cleaning the battery cell after passing through the NG material supplementing unit and/or the battery cell after being replaced by the NG material supplementing unit.

In one embodiment, the cleaning unit comprises a cleaning large surface unit and a cleaning small surface unit;

the small surface cleaning unit is used for sequentially cleaning the upper half part and the lower half part of the battery cell;

the large-surface cleaning unit is used for cleaning the large surface of the battery cell;

wherein a space is arranged between the small cleaning surface unit and the large cleaning surface unit.

In one embodiment, the cell handling section comprises a cell pitch change stacking unit;

the battery cell variable-pitch stacking unit is arranged between the small cleaning surface unit and the large cleaning surface unit;

the battery cell variable-pitch stacking unit is used for rapidly conveying the battery cell cleaned by the small surface cleaning unit to the large surface cleaning unit;

the first conveying unit is arranged behind the battery cell bottom cleaning unit and sequentially penetrates through the battery cell code scanning unit, the OCV detection unit, the NG material supplementing unit, the small surface cleaning unit and the battery cell variable pitch stacking unit along the working procedure machining direction;

and the first conveying unit is used for sequentially conveying the battery cell passing through the battery cell bottom cleaning unit to each procedure for corresponding processing.

One embodiment of the present invention further provides a feeding module, including:

a processing assembly as claimed in any one of the above;

the sheet material feeding section is used for processing the qualified battery cell processed by the processing assembly, and the processing assembly and the sheet material feeding section are sequentially arranged along the production process; and

the front end of the second conveying section penetrates below the large surface cleaning unit, and the second conveying section is used for sequentially conveying the battery cores processed by the large surface cleaning unit to each procedure along the rear direction for processing;

the battery cell is used for conveying qualified workpieces processed by the processing assembly to the sheet stock feeding section through the second conveying section.

In one embodiment, the sheet stock infeed section comprises:

the large-surface gluing unit is used for gluing the battery cell;

the charging unit is used for rubberizing the battery cell; and

the switching unit is used for carrying out rubberizing compaction or gluing on the battery cell;

the large-surface gluing unit, the feeding unit and the switching unit are sequentially arranged along the processing procedure direction.

In one embodiment, the feeding unit includes:

the paper tearing unit is used for carrying materials and tearing paper of the materials;

the visual shooting unit is used for shooting the material to detect whether the material is torn or not; and

the mechanical arm conveying unit is used for conveying materials;

the mechanical arm carrying unit carries the materials after the paper tearing is executed to the visual photographing unit for photographing and detecting, and after the visual photographing unit is qualified in photographing and detecting, the mechanical arm carrying unit carries the materials to the next procedure again, and the battery cell is pasted with glue.

In one embodiment, the switching unit includes:

the rolling module enables the rubberizing of the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad after the rubberizing to be firmer; and

the paper tearing module tears off release paper on the top of the battery cell adhesive tape;

the rolling module is arranged in front of the paper tearing module along the processing procedure direction, the paper tearing module is used for processing the battery cell processed by the rolling module, the rolling module is arranged on one side or two sides of the second conveying section, and the second conveying section penetrates through the paper tearing module.

In one embodiment, the switching unit includes:

the rolling module is used for firmly gluing the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad after gluing; and

In one embodiment, the switching unit includes:

the plasma cleaning assembly is used for cleaning the upper surface of the heat insulation pad and/or the buffer pad; and

the glue spreading head assembly is used for carrying out three-axis glue spreading on the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad after plasma cleaning;

the plasma cleaning assembly is arranged in front of the gluing head assembly along the processing procedure direction, the gluing head assembly is used for processing the battery cell processed by the plasma cleaning assembly, the plasma cleaning assembly is arranged on one side or two sides of the second conveying section, and the second conveying section penetrates through the gluing head assembly.

In one embodiment, the feeding module further includes a first small part feeding section, the first small part feeding section is disposed behind the sheet material feeding section along the processing procedure direction, a CCD detection unit is further disposed between the sheet material feeding section and the first small part feeding section, the CCD detection unit is configured to detect gluing information of the battery cells, and the first small part feeding section and the CCD detection unit are disposed on one side or both sides of the second conveying section.

In one embodiment, the first small part loading section includes:

the rear end plate feeding unit is used for mounting a rear end plate on the battery cell;

the insulation cover feeding unit is used for carrying out insulation cover installation on the battery cell; and

the front end plate feeding unit is used for mounting a front end plate on the battery cell;

the rear end plate feeding unit, the insulating cover feeding unit and the front end plate feeding unit are sequentially arranged along the machining process direction, and the rear end plate feeding unit, the insulating cover feeding unit and the front end plate feeding unit are arranged on one side or two sides of the second conveying section.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a battery cell installation production line is further provided, including:

the two feeding modules are symmetrically arranged; and

two electric core pile up the unit, two electric cores pile up the unit respectively along the manufacturing procedure direction set up in behind two material loading modules, two electric cores pile up the unit symmetry and set up, and the line of symmetry with the line of symmetry of two material loading modules is same straight line, electric core pile up the unit and is used for piling up the combination and form the battery module to electric core.

In one embodiment, the cell installation production line further includes a second small piece feeding section, the second small piece feeding section is disposed behind the feeding module in the machine direction, and the second small piece feeding section is disposed on one side of the two cell stacking units; the second small part feeding section is used for carrying out side plate processing, and the processed side plates are used for being mounted on two corresponding sides of the battery core and/or the battery module.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a production process is further provided, where the production process of the battery cell installation production line described in any one of the above embodiments is used, and includes the following steps:

A. the battery cell is subjected to loading and preprocessing treatment through a large package loading section; in the preprocessing process, the battery cells are sequentially conveyed in each procedure of a large package feeding section through a first conveying unit;

B. the qualified battery cores after the preprocessing treatment are placed on a second conveying section and are sequentially conveyed to each working procedure of a sheet material feeding section and a first small piece feeding section for feeding processing,

C. after material loading processing is accomplished, pile up the unit through electric core and carry out electric core and pile up, form the battery module, simultaneously, handle the curb plate through the second smallclothes material loading section, the curb plate is used for installing electric core and/or the corresponding both sides of battery module.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of step a are:

a1, after the battery cell is transported to a large package loading position, a robot clamps the battery cell, meanwhile, the large package loading position removes package materials from the battery cell, and the robot carries the battery cell to a bottom cleaning unit for bottom cleaning;

a2, the battery cell is conveyed on a first conveying unit, the battery cell is conveyed to a station of a code scanning detection unit, and the code scanning detection unit scans and detects the battery cell;

a3, conveying the detected battery cell to an NG (natural gas) supplement unit, replacing the NG battery cell by the NG supplement unit, moving out the NG battery cell, and supplementing the qualified battery cell;

a4, conveying the battery cell to the next procedure through the first conveying unit, and cleaning the battery cell by the cleaning unit.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of step B are:

b1, after the pretreatment of the step A, placing the battery cell on a second conveying section for conveying to a subsequent processing procedure, wherein the second conveying section moves in a stepping mode, and after the battery cell completes the previous procedure, the battery cell is conveyed to the next procedure in a stepping mode through the second conveying section for processing;

b2, conveying the battery cells to a feeding unit through a second conveying section, and gluing the battery cells through the feeding unit;

b3, the battery cell enters the next procedure after the rubberizing is finished; the method comprises the following steps that a battery cell is conveyed to a switching unit, and when the battery cell carries out rubberizing on a rubberizing part, the switching unit rolls and tears the rubberizing part after the battery cell is rubberized; when the battery core rubberizing part is rubberized, the switching unit is used for rubberizing the rubberizing part of the battery core; the battery cell enters the next procedure;

b4, detecting the battery cell rubberizing part by a CCD detection unit, wherein the battery cell is qualified in detection, and conveying the battery cell to a next procedure;

b5, the rear end plate feeding unit carries out end plate feeding,

b6, carrying out insulation cover feeding by an insulation cover feeding unit;

and B7, feeding by a front end plate feeding unit.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of the cell stacking unit in the step C include:

c1, cell stacking unit grabbing end plate to upper part

C2, cell stacking unit grabbing cell to upper part

C3, circulating the steps C1 and C2 for multiple times;

c4, the battery cell stacking unit grabs the upper end plate to the upper part, the battery cell module is stacked,

c5, the cell stacking unit performs primary pressure maintaining on the stacked module;

c6, centering and pressure maintaining are carried out on the module, the module rotates 180 degrees, and the module centering mechanism is opened.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of the second small workpiece feeding section in the step C are as follows:

d1, manually loading a side plate onto a tray of the side plate stacking and releasing chain conveying module, and conveying the side plate stacking and releasing chain conveying module;

d2, the side plate on-line grabbing module grabs the side plate moving in place and places the side plate on the side plate stepping conveying module for conveying;

d3, sequentially processing the side plates in each processing procedure in the conveying process of the side plate stepping conveying module;

d4, the three-axis tongs module puts in place and gets the curb plate that the processing was accomplished, and the three-axis tongs module is carried the curb plate on placing curb plate unloading slip table module along the rear.

The processing assembly, the feeding module, the battery module production line and the production process thereof have the following beneficial effects:

1. through set gradually first conveying unit, second conveying section and third conveying unit and corresponding tray of carrying along manufacturing procedure, realized that electric core piles up the production line automation that forms the battery module, realized modularization to holistic automated production process, improved production efficiency and production quality.

2. In one embodiment, through the electric core displacement stacking unit arranged at the rear section of the processing assembly, the electric core is enabled to be stacked before being seamlessly connected with the processing assembly and conveyed to the next process, the next process is waited for use, the phenomenon that the subsequent process cannot normally work due to no material is avoided, the stable and efficient execution of the production line is ensured, meanwhile, the material processed by the front process is convenient to stack, and when the front process is accelerated or slowed down or a fault needs to be maintained, the rear process can continuously execute the operation. And, because electric core displacement piles up the unit and sets up between little washing face unit and big washing face unit, and the starting point setting of second conveying section is in big washing face unit below, and it has further strengthened and has piled up transport function.

3. In one embodiment, the battery core installation production line processes the battery core in a single-piece flow symmetry mode, so that a battery core module is formed, the battery core is guaranteed to be sequentially and orderly conveyed to each process to be processed in a one-to-one mode, the quality of the battery core module is greatly guaranteed, and the battery core installation production line processes the battery core in a multi-line symmetry mode, so that efficient production is realized.

4. In one embodiment, the battery cell stacking unit is arranged at the rear end of the production line, the battery cell after processing is stacked, so that the battery cell module is formed, the battery cell stacking unit is rotated, the flexibility and the high mobility of the battery cell stacking unit are greatly guaranteed, the battery cell stacking unit can be combined with the next production procedure as required, and the whole production integration of the battery cell module is realized.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic layout diagram of a production line according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a simplified layout diagram of the cell production line of fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the large package loading section of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a large package incoming material placing station in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the large package loading robot in FIG. 3;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell bottom cleaning unit in fig. 3;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the code scanning unit shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the cell pitch changing unit in fig. 1;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of the cleaning unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the facet cleaning unit of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the cleaning large surface unit of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a second transfer unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the large-side gluing unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of the feeding unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of the switching unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural view of the rear end plate feeding unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of the insulation cap feeding unit in FIG. 1;

fig. 18 is a schematic structural view of the cell stacking unit in fig. 1;

fig. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of a cell stacking station in fig. 1;

fig. 20 is a schematic structural view of the second small workpiece feeding section in fig. 1.

Reference numerals:

100. the battery cell cleaning and stacking system comprises a processing assembly, a 110, a large package feeding section, a 111, a large package feeding unit, a 111-1, a large package feeding placement position, a 111-2, a large package feeding robot, a 112, a battery cell bottom cleaning unit, a 113, a code scanning detection unit, a 114, an NG feeding unit, a 115, a cleaning unit, a 115-1 small surface cleaning unit, a 115-2 large surface cleaning unit, a 120, a battery cell processing section, a 121, a battery cell variable-pitch stacking unit, a 130 and a first transmission unit; 200. the device comprises a feeding module 210, a sheet feeding section 211, a feeding unit 211-1, a paper tearing unit 211-2, a visual photographing unit 211-3, a mechanical arm conveying unit 211-4, equipment racks B and 212, a switching unit 212-1, a rolling module 212-2, a paper tearing module 213, a large-area gluing unit 214 and a CCD detection unit; 220. a second conveying unit, 221, a jacking mechanism, 222, an opening mechanism, 223, a bottom rack, 224, a rolling strip, 225, a backflow speed-multiplying chain, 226, a unhooking mechanism, 227, a tray sensing assembly, 228, a tray positioning mechanism, 230, a first small part feeding section, 231, a rear end plate feeding unit, 232, an insulating cover feeding unit, 233, a front end plate feeding unit, 240, a third conveying unit, 300, a battery module production line, 310, a battery cell stacking unit, 311, a robot assembly, 312, a battery cell gripper, 313, a battery cell stacking table, 313-1, a battery cell turntable, 313-2, a battery cell stacking clamp, 313-3, an electrical appliance assembly, 320, a second small part feeding section, 321, a third tray, 322, a side plate stacking chain conveying module, a three-axis side plate gripper module, 224, a side plate stepping conveying module, 325, a side plate cleaning three-axis side plate module, 326, a side plate gluing robot, 327, a one axis module, a side plate module, a blanking module, a side plate module, 329, and a side plate module.

Detailed Description

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

It should be noted that, if the present invention relates to directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, 8230; \8230;), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture, and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are correspondingly changed.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, if the meaning of "and/or" and/or "appears throughout, the meaning includes three parallel schemes, for example," A and/or B "includes scheme A, or scheme B, or a scheme satisfying both schemes A and B. In addition, technical solutions between the embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be based on the realization of the technical solutions by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory to each other or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-11, one embodiment of the present invention provides a processing assembly 100, comprising:

a large package feeding section 110, where the large package feeding section 110 is used for performing cell feeding and preprocessing; and

the battery cell processing section 120 is used for performing variable-pitch stacking on the qualified battery cells processed by the large package loading section 110, so that the processing treatment of a rear procedure is facilitated;

the large package loading refers to the non-naked electric core of the incoming material, but the electric core is arranged into a box through package materials and bottom dragging packages so as to meet the safety requirement in the installation process of the electric core, the industry is generally called as large package, the package materials comprise elastic materials such as foam cotton and rubber, and the bottom support comprises a pallet, a tray, a clamping groove box and the like. And (3) large packaging: the battery cell incoming material not only has a battery cell, but also comprises a battery cell wrapping material and a bottom mop, and the whole habit is called as big packaging, so the whole habit is commonly called as 'big packaging feeding'.

According to the requirement, a first conveying unit 130 is arranged in the working area of the large package feeding section 110 in a penetrating manner, and is used for conveying the battery cells and sequentially passes through the working area of the large package feeding section 110 along the processing procedure direction, so that the battery cells are sequentially preprocessed by the large package feeding section 110; the cell processing section 120 is disposed behind the first conveying unit 130 along the processing procedure direction, so that the cell processing section 120 places the cells conveyed by the first conveying unit 130 in place.

A first conveying unit 130 is disposed between the large packaging section and the cell processing section 120, and the first conveying unit 130 is configured to convey the qualified workpieces processed by the large packaging loading section 110 to the cell processing section 120.

In this embodiment, the first conveying unit 130 includes a first tray and a first transmission mechanism, the first tray is matched with the battery cell and is used for limiting and fixing the battery cell, a plurality of battery cells can be placed on the first tray, the first tray is used in cooperation with the first transmission mechanism, the first tray is arranged on the first transmission mechanism, and the first tray moves through the first transmission mechanism, when the battery cell conveying device works, the battery cell is placed on the first tray for positioning, and the first tray moves in a sliding manner on the first transmission mechanism, so that the battery cell is conveyed to each process for processing.

Specifically, carry out leading processing (preprocessing processing) to electric core through big packing material loading section 110, preprocessing processing includes that bottom cleaning, surface cleaning and sweep a yard detection etc. are carried out to electric core, guarantees that electric core is qualified to be carried, carries out the displacement through electric core processing section 120 to electric core and piles up, electric core processing section 120 plays the effect of holding down, satisfies the modularization, the automatic setting of production line, very big assurance production stability and high efficiency.

In one embodiment, the large package loading section 110 comprises:

the large-package feeding unit 211111 comprises a large-package incoming material placing position 111-1 and a large-package feeding robot 111-2, wherein the large-package feeding placing position is used for feeding, discharging foam and/or a pallet, and the large-package feeding robot 111-2 is used for grabbing and moving workpieces on the large-package incoming material placing position 111-1;

a battery cell bottom cleaning unit 112, where the battery cell bottom cleaning unit 112 is configured to clean the battery cell bottom; and

the code scanning detection unit 113, where the code scanning detection unit 113 is configured to scan and detect a code of the battery cell;

the large package feeding placing position, the large package feeding robot 111-2, the battery cell bottom cleaning unit 112 and the code scanning detection unit 113 are sequentially arranged from front to back according to the working procedure processing direction; the large package feeding placement position and the battery cell bottom cleaning unit 112 are arranged in the working range of the large package feeding robot 111-2. The first conveying unit 130 is disposed behind the cell bottom cleaning unit 112 along the processing direction, so that the first conveying unit 130 conveys the cell processed by the cell bottom cleaning unit 112.

In this embodiment, three large package incoming material placing positions 111-1 are provided, and the three feeding stations are not in sequence and have the functions of feeding, discharging foam and/or pallet; the three large package incoming material placing positions 111-1 are arranged side by side, the large package feeding robot 111-2 is arranged behind the three large package incoming material placing positions 111-1 along the machining process direction, the cell bottom cleaning unit 112 is arranged behind the three large package incoming material placing positions 111-1 along the machining process direction, the large package feeding robot 111-2 and the cell bottom cleaning unit 115 can be arranged behind the three large package incoming material placing positions 111-1 side by side or successively along the machining process direction, and the large package feeding placing position and the cell bottom cleaning unit 112 are arranged in the working range of the large package feeding robot 111-2. The packing material includes materials such as foam, pallet, etc. that are used for carrying out the extranal packing to electric core.

The large package feeding robot 111-2 is a multi-azimuth moving robot, the multi-azimuth moving robot is provided with a plurality of moving joints, the moving joints can rotate 360 degrees on an X-axis plane, a Y-axis plane and/or a Z-axis plane respectively, the tail end of the large package feeding robot is provided with a gripper, the gripper is used for clamping a battery cell, the large package feeding robot and the gripper are used in combination, the battery cell on the large package feeding position 111-1 is efficiently and accurately clamped, the large package feeding robot moves to the battery cell bottom cleaning unit 112, and after cleaning is completed, the battery cell is placed on a first tray on a first conveying mechanism.

A large package feeding step: the foam battery cell is positioned in place, reaches a large package incoming material placing position 111-1, a large package loading robot 111-2 is at the original point, the large package loading robot 111-2 works, moves to reach the position above the battery cell for distance measurement, and takes a picture; recognizing the position of an electric core through distance measurement photographing, downwards exploring and grabbing the electric core by a large packaging loading robot 111-2 gripper, moving the large packaging loading robot 111-2 to a bottom cleaning position after grabbing the electric core, simultaneously reflowing a first tray of the electric core to enter a station, lifting and positioning the first tray, enabling the first tray to flow into a first conveying mechanism, and grabbing the electric core and placing the electric core on the first tray after cleaning; specifically, the robot gripper moves to a distance measuring position, measures distance, the gripper moves to a gripping position, the clamping jaw clamps a group of cells, a bubble pushing cotton cylinder stretches out, the gripper grips the cells and moves to a cell bottom cleaning unit 112 position to clean the cell bottom, the gripper moves to a first tray on a first conveying unit 130, a pocket bottom cylinder stretches out to position a tray, the gripper moves to a cell releasing position, the gripper is opened to release the cells to the first tray, the gripper rises, the big package loading robot 111-2 returns to the original position, the pocket bottom cylinder retracts, and the first tray is conveyed on a first conveying mechanism.

In one embodiment, the code scanning detection unit 113 includes:

the battery cell code scanning unit is used for scanning the code identification of the battery cell and processing data of a code scanning result; and

the OCV detection unit is used for detecting the battery cell;

the battery core code scanning unit is arranged in front of the OCV detection unit according to the working procedure machining direction, and the battery core is conveyed to the OCV detection unit for inspection after being scanned by the battery core code scanning unit.

In this embodiment, the cell code scanning unit includes an underframe a, a first tray positioning and jacking structure, a moving module, a code scanning camera, a light source fixing support and an adjusting structure, the first tray positioning and jacking structure is installed on the underframe a, the moving module is installed on the underframe a, the code scanning camera is installed on a front position surface of the moving module, the code scanning camera moves in front, back, left, right, up and down directions through the moving module, code scanning identification of cells flexibly achieved through the moving module is achieved through the moving module, the moving module is a multi-axis sliding seat, the multi-axis sliding seat includes an X, Y and/or Z axis sliding seat, the adjusting structure is installed on the underframe a, the light source fixing support is installed on the adjusting structure, the light source fixing support is arranged below the code scanning camera, the cell code scanning unit can scan different types of cells, and if necessary, the code scanning unit with corresponding dimensions can be matched according to the dimensions of the cell types; during operation, when a first tray moves below the light source fixing support through the first transmission mechanism, the first tray positioning and jacking structure jacks the first tray, the camera starts to shoot and scans the code, the camera moves to the next code scanning position, the shooting data is processed in the moving process until the battery cell scans the code, the jacking mechanism 221 descends, and the first tray moves to the next process.

The OCV detection unit is arranged on the cell code scanning unit, the OCV detection unit is arranged on the rear position of the movable module, the OCV detection unit, the code scanning camera, the light source fixing support and the adjusting structure are arranged on two opposite surfaces of the movable module, and the OCV detection unit is arranged behind the code scanning camera along the machining process direction; the OCV detection unit and the OCV detection unit comprise a quick taking and changing handle, a probe module which can be continuously adjusted and compatible, an aviation plug and a servo up-and-down moving module, wherein the servo up-and-down moving module comprises a Z-axis servo speed reduction motor (with self-locking) and a Z-axis sliding seat, the aviation plug is installed between the Z-axis servo speed reduction motor and the Z-axis sliding seat, the Z-axis servo speed reduction motor has self-locking, the servo up-and-down moving module is installed on the moving module, the quick taking and changing handle is installed on the servo up-and-down moving module, the probe module which can be continuously adjusted and compatible is installed on the quick taking and changing handle, when the OCV detection device works, after a first tray passes through a code scanning camera, the first tray is moved to the lower side of the OCV detection unit, a positioning jacking structure below the OCV detection unit jacks the first tray, the probe module which can be continuously adjusted and compatible descends to detect the electric core on the first tray, after detection is completed, the positioning jacking structure descends, and the first tray moves to a next process.

Code flow is swept to the electricity core: when the tray is in place, the proximity switch senses that the tray is in place, the jacking positioning mechanism positions the tray, jacks the first tray in place, the camera starts to shoot and scans the codes, the camera scans the 4 battery cells, moves to another group of battery cells to scan the codes, and moves to another group of battery cells to scan the codes; and when the camera moves to the next code scanning position, (the moving process processes the photographing data), the camera scans 4 cells of the code, the steps 4 and 5 are repeated for 4 times, the jacking mechanism 221 descends, and the first tray moves out.

OCV detection process: the tray targets in place, and the setting senses the tray at the proximity switch of first conveying unit 130 and targets in place, and jacking positioning mechanism fixes a position the tray, targets in place the tray jacking, and the probe module starts the decline and measures, and the pick-up plate of probe module removes the tray position, and the pick-up plate descends, and the probe contact electric core on the pick-up plate detects electric core, and the module rises after the measurement is accomplished, and the pick-up plate withdrawal, and jacking mechanism 221 descends, and the tray shifts out.

In one embodiment, the large package loading section 110 further comprises:

an NG supplementary material unit 114, wherein the NG supplementary material unit 114 is used for replacing an NG battery cell; and

the cleaning unit 115 is used for cleaning the whole or surface of the battery cell by the cleaning unit 115;

the NG supplementary material unit 114 is disposed in front of the cleaning unit 115 in the process machining direction, and the cleaning unit 115 performs surface cleaning on the battery cell passing through the NG supplementary material unit 114, and/or performs surface cleaning on the battery cell replaced by the NG supplementary material unit 114.

In this embodiment, NG make up unit 114 includes that chassis B, triaxial get the material subassembly, NG tray shift out subassembly, first tray backward flow passageway and push away the material dolly automatically, the triaxial is got the material subassembly and is installed on chassis B, NG tray shifts out the subassembly and installs on chassis B automatically, just NG tray shifts out the subassembly setting automatically and is in the triaxial gets the material subassembly below, first tray backward flow passageway sets up in chassis B below, it sets up in chassis B to push away the material dolly, it is provided with the extroversion wheel to push away the material dolly bottom, it is provided with scissors formula elevation structure to push away the material dolly. NG battery cell replacement process: the first tray moves in place through the first transmission mechanism, the first tray transverse moving assembly descends, the first tray moves to the rightmost side, the NG tray automatically moves out of the first tray after replacement of qualified cells is completed, the tray is manually moved to a material pushing trolley, the trolley descends manually, and the pushing tray returns to the main line through the return channel; the tray targets in place, and the tray location snatchs electric core, and through wasing the subassembly, micro-gap switch detects electric core, and the slow removal is washd, and the washing is finished, puts into next station.

In one embodiment, the cleaning unit 115 includes a cleaning large face unit 115-2 and a cleaning small face unit 115-1;

the small surface cleaning unit 115-1 is used for cleaning the upper half part and the lower half part of the battery cell in sequence by the small surface cleaning unit 115-1; or used for cleaning the small face of the battery core;

the large surface cleaning unit 115-2 is used for cleaning the large surface of the battery cell, and the large surface cleaning unit 115-2 is used for cleaning the large surface of the battery cell; or the large surface of the battery cell is cleaned;

wherein, a space is arranged between the small cleaning face unit 115-1 and the large cleaning face unit 115-2.

In this embodiment, the small face cleaning unit 115-1 is installed on the bottom frame B and is arranged behind the three-axis material taking assembly and behind the NG tray automatic moving-out assembly, the small face cleaning unit 115-1 comprises a pressing electric core structure, a jacking structure, a small face cleaning plasma head module, a plasma gun pipeline support and a dust collection support moving sliding rod, the plasma gun pipeline support is provided with two plasma gun pipe supports, the two plasma gun pipe supports are installed on the bottom frame B and are provided with intervals, the small face cleaning plasma head module is installed on the bottom frame B and is arranged between the two plasma gun pipe supports, the jacking structure is arranged below the small face cleaning plasma gun pipe support, the jacking structure comprises a jacking tray structure and a jacking electric core structure, the jacking tray structure is installed on the bottom frame B, and the jacking electric core structure is installed on the jacking tray structure.

The large cleaning face unit 115-2 is arranged behind the small cleaning face unit 115-1 along the machining process direction, a gap is formed between the large cleaning face unit 115-2 and the small cleaning face unit 115-1, the large cleaning face unit 115-2 comprises an equipment rack A, a robot system, a cleaning assembly and a cleaning gripper, the robot system is arranged on the equipment rack A, the cleaning assembly is arranged on the equipment rack A, and the cleaning gripper is arranged on the robot system; the cleaning assembly comprises a fixed support, a reversing mechanism hand wheel, a micro switch, a dust suction device, a protective cover and a cleaning gun, the fixed support is installed on an equipment frame A, the shape changing mechanism hand wheel is installed on the fixed support, the protective cover is installed on the fixed support, the cleaning gun is installed on the fixed support, the dust suction device is installed on the fixed support, the cleaning assembly is arranged on the same side of the dust suction device and the cleaning gun and is of a symmetrical structure, a first preset distance is arranged between the cleaning gun and the dust suction device, which are symmetrically arranged on the cleaning assembly, and the first preset distance is equal to and/or greater than the distance between two cleaning surfaces of the electric core during working; the cleaning gripper comprises a rack, a driving cylinder, a cell detector and a cell clamping jaw, the rack is mounted on a robot system, the driving cylinder is mounted on the rack, the cell detector is mounted on the rack, the rack is provided with an adjusting groove, the cell clamping jaw is mounted at the adjusting groove of the rack, the cell clamping jaw is subjected to size adjustment through the adjusting groove, the cell is clamped at a corresponding distance according to different cell models and sizes, and the cell detector is used for photoelectric detection; the during operation, robot system drive tongs snatchs the electric core that the motion target in place, and electric core detector detects electric core in situ, and the clamping jaw presss from both sides tight electric core, and micro-gap switch detects electric core, carries out the slow removal with electric core big face through wasing the subassembly and washs, places next process position after wasing the completion.

Facet cleaning: jacking the tray in place, jacking the battery cell, pressing the battery cell to fix above, moving the plasma gun while cleaning, lifting the module after cleaning, resetting the battery cell, and descending the tray to flow to the next station; when a tray proximity switch senses that a tray is in place, the tray is jacked and positioned, a cell jacking mechanism 221 jacks a cell and a piezoelectric core mechanism descends (acts simultaneously), a module with a cleaning head descends to a cleaning position 1 to clean the upper half part of the cell, the module with the cleaning head descends to a cleaning position 2 to clean the lower half part of the cell, the module returns to the original position, the cell jacking mechanism 221 retracts and the piezoelectric core mechanism ascends (acts simultaneously), the tray jacking mechanism 221 retracts, and the tray goes out of the station;

large-area cleaning station: during cleaning, the battery cell is driven by the 6-axis robot gripper, and the large surface of the battery cell passes through the plasma rotating spray gun every 2 battery cells to achieve the cleaning effect; concretely, the tray business turn over station and location, the robot removes electric core from original point/noninterference district and grabs the position, the robot snatchs electric core, the robot removes and washs the position, wash electric core, the robot removes the tray position, the electric core is placed to the robot, the original point of robot returning.

Cleaning the component: the tray targets in place, and the tray location snatchs electric core, and through wasing the subassembly, micro-gap switch detects electric core, and the slow removal is washd, and the washing is finished, puts into next station.

Robot assembly 311: the driving gripper grabs the electric core for cleaning, and the part is put after the cleaning is finished.

Cleaning the gripper: the tray is in place, the tray is positioned and grabbed in place, the photoelectric detection cell is in place, the clamping jaw is clamped tightly, and after cleaning and cleaning, the tray is placed into the next station for the next cycle.

In one embodiment, the cell handling section 120 includes a cell pitch change stacking unit 121;

the cell pitch-variable stacking unit 121 is arranged between the small washing surface unit 115-1 and the large washing surface unit 115-2;

the cell pitch-variable stacking unit 121 is used for rapidly conveying the cells cleaned by the small surface cleaning unit 115-1 to the large surface cleaning unit 115-2;

the first conveying unit 130 is disposed behind the cell bottom cleaning unit 112, and sequentially penetrates through the cell code scanning unit, the OCV detection unit, the NG supplement unit 114, the washing facet unit 115-1, and the cell pitch varying stacking unit 121 in the process machining direction;

the first conveying unit 130 is configured to sequentially convey the battery cells passing through the battery cell bottom cleaning unit 112 to the above-mentioned respective processes for corresponding processing.

In this embodiment, the end of the first transmission unit 130 is inserted above the front end of the cell variable pitch stacking unit 121, the cell variable pitch stacking unit 121 is disposed between the small washing surface unit 115-1 and the large washing surface unit 115-2, the cell variable pitch stacking unit 121 is configured to meet a requirement that a beat is increased by a first tray unit speed, the cell variable pitch stacking unit 121 includes a chassis C, a slide rail support, a driving motor, a plug pin and a belt, the slide rail support is mounted on two opposite sides of the chassis C, the plug pin and the belt are mounted on the slide rail support, the driving motor is mounted on the slide rail support, and the driving motor is in transmission connection with the belt; during operation, when first tray moves to electric core displacement stack unit 121 on, four bolts insert 2 group tray sides, and motor drive drives first tray motion, and the back that targets in place moves, the bottom jacking location tray, and the bolt withdrawal returns the primary importance, waits for next tray, reciprocal circulation.

The tray flows in, four bolts are inserted into the side surfaces of the 2 groups of trays, a motor drives the tray to 920mm, the bottom of the tray is jacked up to position the tray, the bolts retract, the tray returns to the upper part position, and the operation is repeated; the stepping conveying mechanism is used for accelerating the in-place speed of the tray according to the beat.

Fig. 12-15, in one embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a loading module 200, including:

the processing assembly 100 as claimed in any one of the above;

a sheet material loading section 210, wherein the sheet material loading section 210 is used for processing the qualified battery cells processed by the processing assembly 100, and the processing assembly 100 and the sheet material loading section 210 are sequentially arranged along the production process; and

the front end of the second conveying section penetrates below the large cleaning surface unit 115-2, and the second conveying section is used for conveying the battery cores processed by the large cleaning surface unit 115-2 to each procedure in sequence along the rear direction for processing;

the sheet material loading section 210 is disposed behind the large surface cleaning unit 115-2 along the processing direction, and the sheet material loading section 210 is disposed at one side or both sides of the second conveying section, through which the battery cells are used to convey the qualified workpieces processed by the processing assembly 100 to the sheet material loading section 210. And/or the second conveying section penetrates through the working area of the sheet material feeding section 210 in sequence.

In this embodiment, the second conveying section includes a second tray and a second conveying mechanism, the second tray is provided with two battery cell placing positions, the two battery cell placing positions can be correspondingly adjusted according to battery cells of different models to meet size requirements of different battery cells, the battery cell placing positions include a horizontal limiting unit and a vertical limiting unit, the second tray is provided with multiple rows of limiting holes in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, the second tray is provided with a limiting seat, and the limiting seat is fixed on different limiting holes through a plug screw and a positioning pin, so that the second tray can position the battery cells of different models and sizes; the second transfer section is disposed in parallel and/or in line with the first transfer unit 130. The second conveying section is configured to sequentially convey the battery cells processed by the large surface cleaning unit 115-2 in the processing procedure direction, so that the sheet stock loading section 210 sequentially processes the battery cells.

The second conveying mechanism comprises a jacking mechanism 221, an opening mechanism 222, a bottom rack 223, a stepping mechanism, a roller strip, a backflow speed-multiplying chain 225, a unhooking mechanism 226, a tray sensing assembly 227 and a tray positioning mechanism 228; the opening mechanism 222 is installed above the jacking mechanism 221, and the jacking mechanism 221 and the opening mechanism 222 are arranged below the equipment rack a of the large surface cleaning unit 115-2, so that the large surface cleaning unit is conveniently arranged behind the first conveying mechanism and/or the battery cell pitch varying unit along the processing procedure direction, and therefore automatic processing is realized; the bottom rack 223 is arranged behind the jacking mechanism 221, the opening mechanism 222 and the large surface cleaning unit 115-2 along the processing procedure, the stepping mechanism is arranged on the bottom rack 223, the rolling strip 224 is arranged on the bottom rack 223, four rolling strips are arranged and are oppositely arranged, the rolling strip is provided with a tray positioning mechanism 228, a tray sensing assembly 227 and an unhooking mechanism 226, the unhooking mechanism 226 is arranged behind the large surface cleaning unit 115-2 along the processing procedure direction, the unhooking mechanism 226 comprises a horizontal unhooking mechanism 226 and a vertical unhooking mechanism 226, and the horizontal unhooking mechanism 226 and the vertical unhooking mechanism 226 are used for adjusting a horizontal limiting unit and a vertical limiting unit on a second tray, so that the electric core can be placed in place and/or released; the opening mechanism 222 is provided with a tray positioning mechanism 228 and a tray sensing assembly 227, the tray positioning mechanism 228 is a plug positioning pin, the sensing assembly comprises a sensor and a read-write head, the sensor is used for sensing the on-position information of the tray, the read-write head is used for reading the cell codes, the stepping mechanism is arranged below the roller strip, the backflow speed multiplying chain 225 is arranged on the bottom rack 223, one end of the backflow speed multiplying chain 225 penetrates through the jacking mechanism 221, the backflow speed multiplying chain 225 is arranged below the roller strip and the stepping mechanism, and the second conveying mechanism is further provided with an electrical component 313-3 for driving and controlling each component of the second conveying mechanism; during operation, an idle second tray moves to the jacking mechanism 221 through the backflow speed-multiplying chain 225, the jacking mechanism 221 detects that the second tray moves in place, the second tray is jacked, the opening mechanism 222 positions the jacked second tray, the jacking mechanism 221 resets, a sensing assembly of the opening mechanism 222 detects tray loading information, a read-write head reads a cell code, the stepping mechanism moves below the second tray, the tray positioning mechanism 228 on the stepping mechanism positions the second tray, the positioning mechanism on the opening mechanism 222 resets, the stepping mechanism drives the tray to move towards a next process, the unhooking mechanism 226 adjusts a cell placement position of the second tray, the large-area cleaning unit 115-2 is placed on the second tray after cell cleaning is completed, the unhooking mechanism 226 resets, the tray positioning mechanism 228 on the stepping mechanism positions the second tray, the tray positioning mechanism 228 on the roller bar resets, the stepping mechanism 228 moves to drive the tray to move towards the next process, and when the stepping mechanism drives the second tray and the cell processing chain 225 to perform processing, the idle second tray processing enters the cell processing process, and the battery cell processing of the battery returns to the next process by the second tray processing chain.

Step-by-step wire tray: and inserting and pulling out the screw and the positioning pin during model changing.

Step conveying: the tray flows back, the tray is lifted to a working position, flows into a top lifting positioning position and is lifted to an upper working position, the opening mechanism 222 is closed, the tray is lifted and lowered, the tray positioning mechanism 228 is positioned, the tray senses on-site detection, the stepping mechanism is positioned, the tray is positioned and retracted, the stepping mechanism pulls the next station, the tray positioning mechanism 228 is positioned, the unhooking mechanism 2261/2 pulls the tray spring mechanism open, the large-surface cleaning grab discharges the battery cells, the sensing battery cells are on-site, the unhooking mechanism 2261/2 is separated from the tray spring mechanism, the large-surface cleaning grab withdraws, the stepping line mechanism pulls the next station, and the operation is repeated.

Jacking the tray: the bottom tray reflows to the jacking position (conveying length 1000mm, conveying speed 250 mm/s), the induction tray is jacked up for the bottom jacking (jacking stroke 450mm, jacking speed 200 mm/s) and then the upper layer conveying mechanism is closed (stroke 100 mm), the tray positioning pin stretches out of the positioning tray, the jacking is descended, the stepping mechanism moves in place, the bolt positioning tray (jacking descending middle position plus detection), the positioning mechanism retracts, the stepping mechanism pulls away, the upper layer conveying mechanism opens, the bottom tray jacking position (conveying length 1000mm, conveying speed 250 mm/s), the induction tray jacks up at the bottom of the position (jacking stroke 450mm, jacking speed 200 mm/s), the upper layer conveying mechanism is closed (stroke 100 mm) after jacking in place, the tray positioning pin stretches out of the positioning tray, the jacking is descended, the stepping mechanism moves in place, the bolt positioning tray (jacking descending middle position plus detection), the positioning mechanism retracts, the stepping mechanism pulls away, and the upper layer conveying mechanism opens.

A stepping mechanism: the detection tray is in place, the tray jacking mechanism 221 descends to a safe position, the wire inlet mechanism moves to the jacking position, the positioning pin of the stepping wire mechanism extends out, the tray is positioned, the stepping mechanism drives the tray to move by a step distance (the moving distance is 1000 mm), the positioning mechanism positions, the positioning pin of the tray of the stepping wire mechanism retracts, and the operation of the station is waited.

The jacking mechanism 221: the tray at the bottom reflows in place, the tray in-place signal is sensed, the air cylinder drives the jacking tray to descend after jacking in place, the next group of empty trays reflow in place, the circulation is repeated,

the opening mechanism 222: the tray is jacked in place, a groove type switch senses signals in the jacking process, the cylinder drives the tray to be closed, the positioning pin of the tray positioning mechanism 228 extends out, jacking is lowered, the tray is sensed to be in place through in-place detection, the cell code is read by a read-write head, the positioning pin of the stepping mechanism in place extends out for positioning, the positioning pin of the tray positioning mechanism 228 retracts, the tray is stepped to the next station, the in-place detection signals of the tray are lost, and the operation is repeated. (the opening mechanism 222 is driven by 4 groups of driving cylinders, and the length direction is controlled by 2 groups of linear guide rails.

A stepping mechanism: the front opening mechanism 222 detects that the tray is in place, the stepping line device moves to the opening mechanism 222, the tray positioning mechanism 228 extends, and the tray is stepped to the next station and reciprocates, wherein the stepping mechanism is characterized in that a blue frame is fixed on a frame of the whole device, a yellow frame position driving frame is driven by a motor gear strip, a 2-side sliding rail controls the driving direction, and the driving distance is 1000mm each time.

The bottom chassis 223: top roller strip: the gyro wheel strip is formed for the concatenation and is installed on the aluminium alloy, is installing on fixed frame as whole. Reflux speed doubler chain 225: the tray is directly arranged on the fixed frame and is used for backflow of the empty tray and repeated cyclic utilization.

Tray positioning mechanism 228: the stepping line mechanism is pulled in place, the induction tray is in place, the code reader reads codes, the positioning pin of the tray positioning mechanism 228 extends out for positioning, other processes are carried out, the positioning pin of the stepping mechanism and the positioning pin of the tray are positioned in an interactive mode after the processes are completed, and the stepping line equipment is pulled to the next station.

Unhooking mechanism 226: the tray targets in place, and the tray spring is pulled back in the retraction of the longitudinal cylinder, and when waiting for the battery cell to be put in, the transverse cylinder stretches out, the longitudinal cylinder stretches out, the tray flows out, the next group of trays flows in, and the reciprocating circulation is realized.

Unhooking mechanism of longitudinal cylinder 226: the tray flows in, the cylinder stretches out in place, the battery cell is placed in a waiting mode, the cylinder retracts, and the operation is repeated. The unhooking mechanism 226 of the longitudinal cylinder is provided with four cylinders, and the four cylinders are in a group in pairs because incoming materials of the stepping line equipment are mutually alternated, and the incoming materials are mutually alternated according to the stepping line so as to be alternately used; horizontal and/or vertical operation is carried out to the tray through unhooking mechanism 226 to the realization is placed electric core on the tray, and electric core passes through the tray location, and carries the tray through second transport mechanism, thereby realizes carrying electric core each process of material loading module 200 and processes.

In one embodiment, the sheet feeding section 210 includes a large-area gluing unit 213, a feeding unit 211, and a switching unit 212, where the large-area gluing unit 213 is configured to glue the battery cell, the feeding unit 211 is configured to paste the battery cell, the switching unit 212 is configured to compress or glue the battery cell, and the large-area gluing unit 213, the feeding unit 211, and the switching unit 212 are sequentially arranged along the processing direction.

In this embodiment, through set gradually big face rubber coating unit 213 behind unhooking mechanism 226, material loading unit 211 and switching unit 212, guaranteed that electric core places all back on the second tray of second conveying unit 220, just can carry out big face rubber coating to electric core in proper order through the conveying of second conveying unit 220, the rubberizing compresses tightly or manufacturing procedure such as rubber coating with the rubberizing, thereby carry out each process processing in order to electric core, automated production has been realized, very big improvement whole production efficiency, make each process compact efficient carry out processing to electric core.

In one embodiment, the feeding unit 211 includes:

the paper tearing unit 211-1 is used for conveying materials and tearing paper from the materials;

the visual photographing unit 211-2 is used for photographing the material to detect whether the material is torn or not; and

the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 is used for conveying materials;

the mechanical arm carrying unit 211-3 carries the materials subjected to paper tearing to the position of the visual photographing unit 211-2 for photographing detection, and after the visual photographing unit 211-2 is qualified in photographing detection, the mechanical arm carrying unit 211-3 carries the materials again to the next procedure to glue the battery cell. The working area of the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 comprises the working area of the paper tearing unit 211-1 and the working area of the visual photographing unit 211-2, so that the paper tearing unit 211-1 and the visual photographing unit 211-1 work normally; the working area of the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 further includes a part of the working area of the second conveying section, so that the battery cell is processed.

In this embodiment, the feeding unit 211 further includes an equipment rack B211-4, the paper tearing unit 211-1, the visual photographing unit 211-2, and the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 are all mounted on the equipment rack B211-4, and the paper tearing unit 211-1 includes a Z-axis material jacking mechanism 221, an X-axis conveying module, and a paper tearing clamping jaw; the Z-axis material jacking mechanism 221 comprises a Z-axis servo driving module, a Z-axis servo motor, an inductor wire drag chain, a material tray guide rod, a rodless cylinder conveying and correlation inductor, and the X-axis conveying module comprises a multi-axis sliding seat, a sucker platform guide rod, a sucker material adsorption and material transfer platform A; the paper tearing clamping jaw comprises a rotary cylinder and a paper tearing sliding seat; the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 comprises a base A, a sucker platform guide rod, a four-axis mechanical arm, a sucker material adsorption unit, a pressing cylinder jacking unit, a material transfer platform B and a material on-site detection sensor; the visual photographing unit 211-2 comprises a support, a lens height adjuster and a visual photographing lens, wherein the lens height adjuster is mounted on the support, the visual photographing lens is mounted on the lens height adjuster, and the visual photographing lens is adjusted in height through the lens height adjuster; the number of the mechanical arm conveying units 211-3 is two, the mechanical arm conveying units 211-3 are symmetrically arranged, the mechanical arm conveying units 211-3 are arranged on one side close to the second conveying section, and the mechanical arm conveying units 211-3 are used for gluing the battery cells on the second conveying section. The material includes glue or pad for install electric core, in order to increase electric core performance, protect electric core, guarantee product quality.

Paper tearing and/or photographing station: manual feeding, jacking of a Z-axis mechanism, descending and adsorption of a Z axis, carrying of an X-axis module, putting into a transfer table, carrying of an XZ module, tearing of paper by a paper tearing clamping jaw, carrying to an original position, carrying by a mechanical arm, visual shooting, carrying by the mechanical arm, putting into the next project, and returning the mechanical arm to the original position. The paper tearing module conveys materials and tears paper; photographing and checking; and the mechanical arm carries and glues.

Tear paper and/or photograph (cushion or insulation mat regular): the material carrying module of the paper tearing unit 211-1 moves to the position above the regular position (the farthest distance is 700, the speed reaches 500 mm/s), the material carrying module descends to the material taking position (the descending distance is 100 mm), the sucking disc sucks the buffer pad or the heat insulation pad, the material carrying module ascends, the material carrying module moves to the paper tearing storage position (the distance is 1200mm, the module speed is 500 mm/s), the module descends to store the piece, the material carrying module ascends, the material carrying module returns to the original point (the moving distance is 500mm, the speed is 500 mm/s), the paper tearing module moves to the position above the transfer table (the X axis moves 200mm, the speed is 300 mm/s), the z axis of the paper tearing module descends to the material taking position (the z axis moves to the distance is 100mm, the speed is 300), and the sucking disc of the paper tearing module takes the piece, the z-axis of the paper tearing module rises (the z-axis moves 100mm and has a speed of 300), the paper tearing module moves to a paper tearing position (the X-axis moves 180mm and has a speed of 300), the paper is torn, the paper tearing module moves above the transfer table 2 (the X-axis moves 600mm and has a speed of 300 mm/s), the z-axis of the paper tearing module descends to a workpiece placing position (the z-axis moves 100mm and has a moving speed of 300), the paper tearing module sucks a workpiece, the z-axis of the paper tearing module rises to a safe position (the z-axis moves 100mm and has a speed of 300), the paper tearing module returns to the original point (the moving distance of 180mm and the speed of 300), the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 moves above the transfer table, the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 takes the workpiece, the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 moves above a photographing position, photographing is carried out (whether the paper is torn or not is judged and four-axis coordinates are given), the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 ascends and moves to the position above the line body, the four-axis gripper z-axis of the mechanical arm conveying unit 211-3 descends to the workpiece attaching position, the four-axis gripper attaching position 1, the four-axis gripper attaching position 2, the four-axis z-axis ascend, and the four-axis returns to the original point.

In one embodiment, the switching unit 212 includes:

the rolling module 212-1 is used for firmly gluing the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad after gluing by the rolling module 212-1; and

the paper tearing module 212-2 is used for tearing off release paper on the top of the battery cell adhesive tape by the paper tearing module 212-2;

the rolling module 212-1 is disposed in front of the paper tearing module 212-2 along a processing procedure direction, the paper tearing module 212-2 is configured to process the battery cell processed by the rolling module 212-1, the rolling module 212-1 is disposed at one side or both sides of the second conveying section, and the second conveying section penetrates through the paper tearing module 212-2.

In this embodiment, the switching unit 212 further includes an apparatus frame C, a three-axis driving assembly a, a three-axis driving assembly B, and a waste paper box, the three-axis driving assembly a is installed on the apparatus mechanism C, the three-axis driving assembly B is installed on the apparatus frame C, the waste paper box is installed on the apparatus frame C, the rolling module 212-1 is installed on the three-axis driving assembly a, the paper tearing module 212-2 is installed on the three-axis driving assembly B, when the apparatus works, the second tray moves in place, the second transport mechanism positions the second tray, the three-axis driving assembly a is started, the rolling module 212-1 descends, rolls the gluing position to enable the gluing position to be more firm, the stepping mechanism positions the second tray, the second transport mechanism cancels the positioning of the second tray, the stepping mechanism starts to drive the second tray to move to the paper tearing module 212-2, tears paper from the gluing position, and loses the waste paper box, the switching unit 212 drives the second transport mechanism to reposition the second tray, and cancels the second transport mechanism to move the second tray, and the second transport mechanism to cancel the second positioning process of the second tray.

The paper tearing module 212-2 is used for tearing off the release paper on the top of the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad and throwing the release paper into a waste paper box;

rolling and tearing paper work flow: the method comprises the following steps of feeding a tray, positioning the tray, after the battery cell on the tray is rolled and rolled by the rolling module 212-1, tearing and separating release paper on the battery cell by the paper tearing module 212-2, specifically, descending the Z-direction rolling wheel of the rolling module 212-1, rolling in the X-direction motion, ascending the Z-direction rolling wheel, moving the Y-direction to the other side, descending the Z-direction rolling wheel, rolling in the X-direction motion, returning the Z-direction upward after finishing ascending the Z-axis, enabling the tray to enter a paper spreading position, clamping paper by the Z-axis descending clamping jaw of the paper tearing module 212-2, moving the paper tearing in the XYZ-axis, moving the paper above a paper box after the paper tearing is finished, discarding the paper, and returning the paper to the original position.

Rolling: the tray is in place, the Z-axis cylinder of the rolling module 212-1 descends to the place, the rolling pressure cylinder is pulled back, the Y-axis moves and rolls, the rolling is finished, the Z-axis cylinder ascends, the X-axis moves in a servo mode and moves to the electric core position on the other side, the Z-axis cylinder descends to the place, the rolling pressure cylinder is pulled back, the Y-axis moves and rolls, and the mechanism returns to the original position after the rolling is finished; the heat insulation pad and the buffer pad after the rubberizing is rolled and glued enable the rubberizing to be firmer; specifically, the tray 1 and the tray 2 are pulled to enter a station through a stepping mechanism, the tray 2 of the tray 1 is positioned through a cylinder of a second conveying section, a rolling working area of the tray 1 and the tray 2 is positioned, Z above the tray 1 and the tray 2 is pressed downwards towards the cylinder (the action can coincide with the positioning time of the tray), a pressing cylinder is pressed tightly, an X-axis drives a pressing head to roll, the cylinder retracts, the cylinder drives the pressing head to move to the tray 3, the tray 4 is pressed downwards towards the Z-axis cylinder, the pressing cylinder extends out, the X-axis drives the pressing head to roll, the cylinder retracts, and the mechanism moves to the original position.

Paper tearing: the tray is in place, the Z axis of the paper tearing module 212-2 descends to move along the X axis, the in-place clamping jaw clamps a paper corner, the tray moves after paper tearing is finished, XYZ moves to tear paper in a matched mode, the diffuse reflection switch detects the paper and moves to the position above the hopper, the clamping jaw loosens the paper feeding box, and the paper tearing clamping jaw moves to return; tear from heat insulating mattress & blotter top, leave type paper and throw into the waste paper box, it is specific, 1 stations on tray, tray jacking location, 3 axle clamping jaws tear the paper position to 1 on tray, the clamping jaw presss from both sides tightly, tears paper, 3 axle tongs remove the dump bin, the clamping jaw is opened, 2 stations on tray, 3 axle tongs tear the paper position to 2 on tray, the clamping jaw presss from both sides tightly, tears paper, 3 axle tongs are opened to the dump bin on tray.

In one embodiment, the switching unit 212 includes:

the glue spreading head assembly is used for carrying out three-axis glue spreading on the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad subjected to the plasma cleaning;

In this embodiment, when the gluing process is switched to gluing, the rolling module 212-1 is replaced by a plasma cleaning assembly, the paper tearing assembly is replaced by a gluing assembly, specifically, the plasma cleaning assembly is installed on a three-axis driving assembly a, the gluing assembly is installed on the three-axis driving assembly B, during operation, a second tray moves in place, a second conveying mechanism positions the second tray, the three-axis driving assembly a is started, the plasma cleaning assembly descends, the plasma cleaning assembly cleans the upper surface of the gluing part, the stepping mechanism positions the second tray, the second conveying mechanism cancels positioning of the second tray, the stepping mechanism starts to drive the second tray to move to the paper tearing position, the second conveying mechanism positions the second tray, the driving assembly B starts to drive the gluing assembly to move, the three-axis cleaning part is glued, the switching unit 212 resets, the second conveying mechanism cancels positioning of the second tray, and the stepping mechanism positions the second tray to drive the second tray to move to a next process.

In one embodiment, the feeding module 200 further includes a first small part feeding section 230, the first small part feeding section 230 is disposed behind the sheet feeding section 210 along the processing direction, a CCD detecting unit 214 is further disposed between the sheet feeding section 210 and the first small part feeding section 230, the CCD detecting unit 214 is configured to detect gluing information of the battery cells, and the first small part feeding section 230 and the CCD detecting unit 214 are disposed on one side or both sides of the second conveying section.

In this embodiment, the CCD detecting unit 214 is installed on the second conveying mechanism, the CCD detecting unit 214 includes an upright column, a camera light source assembly, a light source adjusting block, a rodless cylinder, a camera and/or a CCD, a camera Z-direction adjusting assembly and a protective seat, the upright column is installed on the roller strip or the bottom rack 223, the light source adjusting block is installed on the upright column, the rodless cylinder is installed on the upright column, the camera Z-direction adjusting assembly is installed on the rodless cylinder, the protective seat is symmetrically installed on the camera Z-direction adjusting assembly, and the camera is installed on the protective seat; during operation, the second tray moves into the station, the second conveying mechanism jacks and positions the second tray, the CCD shoots and detects the second tray, the rodless cylinder moves, the CCD moves to the other side, the CCD shoots and detects the second tray, the second conveying mechanism cancels jacking and positioning of the second tray, and the stepping mechanism positions the second tray and drives the second tray to move to the next process.

The CCD detection comprises adhesive line sticking detection and adhesive line detection; wherein the step of adhesive tape line detection: detecting whether the release paper at the top is completely torn off or not, and detecting whether the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad are accurately pasted with glue or not; a glue coating line detection step: whether the placement positions of the heat insulation pad and/or the cushion pad are accurate or not is detected, and whether the glue amount of the glue coating and forming is in place or not is detected. Specifically, the tray of the line A of the second conveying section is in place, the tray is positioned, the CCD is used for detecting, the tray of the line B of the second conveying section is in place, the cylinder transversely moves to the line B, the lifting positioning is carried out, and the CCD is used for detecting.

In one embodiment, the first small part feeding section 230 includes:

the rear end plate feeding unit 231 is used for mounting a rear end plate on the battery cell;

the battery cell insulation cover mounting device comprises an insulation cover loading unit 232, wherein the insulation cover loading unit 232 is used for carrying out insulation cover mounting on a battery cell; and

a front end plate feeding unit 233 is provided,

the rear end plate feeding unit 231, the insulating cover feeding unit 232 and the front end plate feeding unit 233 are sequentially arranged along the machining process direction, and the rear end plate feeding unit 231, the insulating cover feeding unit 232 and the front end plate feeding unit 233 are arranged on one side or two sides of the second conveying section.

In this embodiment, the first small workpiece feeding section 230 further includes a third conveying unit 240, the third conveying unit 240 is arranged in parallel with the second conveying section, and the third conveying unit 240 is used for communicating the rear end plate feeding unit 231, the insulating cover feeding unit 232, and the front end plate feeding unit 233 to realize automatic production; the third transfer unit 240 includes a third transfer mechanism and a third tray 321; the third conveying mechanism is used for flowing the third tray 321 from the rear end plate feeding unit 231 to the front end plate feeding unit 233, refluxing the third tray from a lower layer backflow channel of the third conveying mechanism to the rear end plate feeding unit 231, and recycling the third tray in a reciprocating manner; through a third conveying mechanism, the rear end plate feeding unit 231, the insulation cover feeding unit 232 and the front end plate feeding unit 233 can place products on the third tray 321 and/or process the products on the third tray 321;

the rear end plate feeding unit 231 comprises a rear end plate feeding and discharging warehouse, a first lifter, a first three-axis rotary carrying gripper and a first plasma cleaning mechanism; the elevator is installed on the material loading and unloading warehouse on the rear end plate, the tray positioning mechanism 228A is installed on the material loading and unloading warehouse on the rear end plate, the first three-axis rotary carrying gripper comprises a three-axis material taking module and a rotary gripper, the rotary gripper is installed on the three-axis material taking module, the three-axis material taking module is used for driving the rotary gripper to drive the X plane, the Y plane and the Z plane, during work, manual feeding is performed, the tray positioning mechanism 228 is used for positioning a third tray 321, the three-axis material taking module drives the rotary gripper to grab the rear end plate, the three-axis material taking module drives the rotary gripper to move to a plasma cleaning position, the three-axis material taking module drives the rotary gripper to move to the tray to place a piece, the three-axis material taking module drives the rotary gripper to move to a battery cell material level to clamp the battery cell, and the three-axis material taking module drives the rotary gripper to place the battery cell on the third tray 321.

The insulating cover feeding unit 232 comprises an equipment rack D, a feeding turntable, a material ejecting assembly, a three-axis material taking assembly, a paper tearing assembly, a four-axis adhesive tape pasting assembly, CCD adhesive tape pre-detection, a robot paper tearing detection assembly and a waste paper box; the feeding turntable is mounted on an equipment rack D, the ejecting assembly is mounted on the equipment rack D, the three-shaft taking assembly is mounted on the equipment rack D and arranged above the ejecting assembly and the feeding turntable, the bottom paper tearing assembly is mounted on the equipment rack D, the four-shaft rubberizing assembly is mounted on the equipment rack D and arranged above the bottom paper tearing assembly; the CCD is arranged on the equipment rack D in a detection mode before adhesive tape sticking, the robot paper tearing detection assembly is arranged on the second conveying mechanism, and the second conveying section penetrates through the robot paper tearing detection assembly; the front end of the third transfer unit 240 is inserted into the equipment rack D.

The front end plate feeding unit 233 is provided with the same structure as the rear end plate feeding unit 231, and comprises a front end plate feeding and discharging warehouse, a second lifter, a second three-axis rotary carrying gripper and a second plasma cleaning mechanism; the front end plate feeding unit 233 further comprises a secondary positioning mechanism and a CCD camera for scanning; the secondary positioning mechanism and the front end plate feeding warehouse are arranged oppositely, and the CCD camera is arranged between the secondary positioning mechanism and the front end plate feeding warehouse in a scanning mode.

Referring to fig. 16-20, in one embodiment of the present invention, a battery module production line 300 is further provided, including:

two feeding modules 200 as described above, wherein the two feeding modules 200 are symmetrically arranged; and

two electric cores stack unit 310, two electric cores stack unit 310 set up respectively along the manufacturing procedure direction in behind two material loading modules 200, two electric cores stack unit 310 symmetry sets up, and the line of symmetry with the line of symmetry of two material loading modules 200 is same straight line, electric core stack unit 310 is used for piling up the combination and forming the battery module to electric core.

In the present embodiment, the cell stacking unit 310 includes a robot assembly 311, a cell gripper 312, and a cell stacking table 313; the robot assembly 311 comprises a base and a robot, the robot is rotatably connected with the base, the robot is connected with the cell gripper 312, the robot assembly 311 is arranged between the cell stacking table 313 and the third conveying unit 240, the robot assembly 311 is arranged behind the tail end of the third conveying unit 240 along the machining process direction, the robot is used for carrying materials, and when the third tray 321 moves to the tail end of the third mechanism, the robot moves to drive the cell gripper 312 to clamp the cell and/or the end plate and place the cell gripper 312 on the cell stacking table 313 for stacking; the robot can rotate in multiple axes, including rotation in the X, Y and/or Z axis plane; the efficiency is high and the flexibility is high; the cell gripper 312 is moved in a variable distance mode, when the cell gripper 312 works, when a third tray 321 with an end plate flows in, the gripper is changed in distance and moves to a gripper position, the gripper is in place, the cell and the end plate gripper clamp the cell and the end plate and move to a cell stacking table 313, the gripper is changed in distance when the cell gripper moves, after the cell gripper moves to an upper position, the top of the cell gripper 312 presses the cell downwards, the top of the cell stacking table 313 presses downwards and centers the cell gripper 312, the cell gripper 312 is removed and moved to the upper position, and distance change and reciprocating circulation are performed in the moving process; the battery cell stacking table 313 comprises a battery cell rotary table 313-1, a battery cell stacking clamp 313-2 and an electrical component 313-3, wherein the battery cell stacking clamp 313-2 is used for clamping, stacking, centering and maintaining pressure of a battery cell, during work, the battery cell hand 312 clamps the battery cell to the battery cell stacking clamp 313-2, and the battery cell stacking clamp 313-2 clamps, stacks, centers and maintains pressure of the battery cell to form a battery module; the electric appliance component 313-3 is used for driving each driving piece of the battery cell stacking table 313 and carrying out feedback state; the electric appliance assembly 313-3 is installed on a battery cell stacking clamp 313-2 and/or a battery cell rotary table 313-1, four battery cell stacking clamps 313-2 are installed on the battery cell rotary table 313-1, and the four battery cell stacking clamps 313-2 are symmetrical to each other; the four battery cell stacking fixtures 313-2 are respectively installed at four right angles of the battery cell rotary table 313-1 or are uniformly distributed close to the edge of the battery cell rotary table 313-1, the battery cell stacking fixtures 313-2 are divided into two groups, the two groups are arranged in a back-to-back manner, at least one group of clamping surfaces faces the robot component 311 and/or the third conveying unit 240, the battery cell rotary table 313-1 is used for rotating by 360 degrees, when the battery cell rotary table works, after a battery cell gripper 312 grabs the battery cell onto one group of battery cell stacking fixtures 313-2 for multiple times, the battery cell stacking fixtures 313-2 perform centering and pressure maintaining on the battery cell to form a battery module, the battery cell rotary table 313-1 rotates by 180 degrees, the other group of idle battery cell stacking fixtures 313-2 on the battery cell rotary table face the third conveying unit 240, the battery cell stacking procedure is continuously executed, and the two groups of battery cell stacking fixtures 313-2 are alternately used through rotation of the battery cell rotary table 313-1; pile up the high-efficient stable constitution that has realized electric core module of unit 310 through electric core, and through electric core revolving stage 313-1's rotation, guaranteed the linking application of each process.

Specifically, battery module production line 300 adopts the single piece to flow symmetry formula and carries out processing to electric core to form electric core module, guaranteed that electric core carries each process in proper order and carries out processing in proper order, very big guarantee electric core module quality, and go on through multi-thread symmetry formula, thereby realized high-efficient production.

In one embodiment, the battery module production line 300 further includes a second small piece feeding section 320, the second small piece feeding section 320 is disposed behind the feeding module 200 along the machine direction, and the second small piece feeding section 320 is disposed at one side of the two cell stacking units 310; the second small part feeding section 320 is used for processing side plates, and the processed side plates are used for being mounted on two corresponding sides of the battery core and/or the battery module.

In this embodiment, through the setting that second smallclothes material loading section 320 and electric core stacked unit 310, the flexibility and the high mobility of lid installation production line have been guaranteed, can cooperate the use alone or with next production module to realize whole production automation, guarantee the production integration. The second small workpiece feeding section 320 comprises a fourth tray, a side plate stacking chain conveying module 322, a side plate taking and grabbing module 323, a side plate stepping conveying module 324, a side plate cleaning three-axis module 325, a side plate gluing robot 326, a one-axis module photographing module 327, a feeding three-axis grabbing module 328 and a side plate feeding sliding table module 329; during operation, a side plate is manually placed on a fourth tray, the side plate stacking chain conveying module 322 is used for lifting the fourth tray after the fourth tray is conveyed to a position, the side plate stacking chain lifting mechanism 221 lifts the fourth tray, the side plate picking gripper module 323 grabs the side plate and places the side plate on a stepping conveyor to move up, the side plate is conveyed to a rear process for processing through the stepping conveyor, the side plate moves to the side plate cleaning triaxial module 325 through the stepping conveyor, the side plate cleaning triaxial module 325 cleans the side plate, the side plate is conveyed to a next process after cleaning, the side plate reaches a gluing position, the side plate gluing robot 326 glues the side plate, the gluing is completed, the side plate is conveyed to the next process and reaches a photographing position, the side plate is photographed by a shaft module photographing module 327, the photographing is completed, the side plate is conveyed to the next process, and the side plate is grabbed by a side plate blanking gripper sliding table module 328 to a side plate blanking module 329;

a side plate feeding step: manually loading a side plate to a tray, jacking a tray jacking mechanism 221, loading a gripper on the side plate to take a workpiece, placing the workpiece on the stepping tray by the gripper, jacking a sucker to suck the workpiece and convey the workpiece forwards, cleaning the side plate by a three-axis spray gun, jacking the sucker to suck the workpiece and convey the workpiece forwards, positioning the side plate by a gluing tray mechanism, gluing the side plate by a gluing robot, jacking the sucker to suck the workpiece and convey the workpiece forwards, positioning the side plate by a photographing tray mechanism, photographing a module 327 by a shaft module, jacking the sucker to suck the workpiece and convey the workpiece forwards, clamping and overturning a turnover mechanism, clamping and clamping the side plate by a three-axis gripper in place, adjusting the side distance of the side plate by the three-axis gripper, moving the three-axis gripper to a blanking tray, positioning and clamping the blanking tray, leaving the three-axis gripper, driving the tray to move to a next working position by a motor, welding the gripper in place to take the workpiece, finishing taking the gripper, and returning the blanking tray to the original position.

Side plate stacking and releasing chain conveying module 322: the elevator lifts the tray in place, the manual upper side plate moves to the tray, the tray moves forward, the tray reaches the gripper picking position, the jacking mechanism 221 jacks up, the correlation switch has no signal, the jacking mechanism 221 retreats, the tray reaches the elevator mechanism, the tray descends to two layers, the tray moves reversely, the tray reaches the elevator mechanism, the tray rises to the lifting position, and the circulation continues.

The lateral plate taking gripper module 323 comprises the following steps of: the tray is in place, the robot moves to the front of the side plate, the distance measuring instrument detects the robot, the robot decelerates, the gripper is in place to suck the workpiece, the detection switch detects the gripper, the gripper leaves and moves to the position above the tray, the workpiece is put in place, the sucker on the tray is opened, the gripper sucker is closed, the gripper leaves and returns to the original position, and the circulation is continued.

Side plate stepping conveying module 324: the method comprises the steps of placing a workpiece taking gripper in place, jacking in a stepping conveying mode, opening a sucker, conveying a side plate to a cleaning station by a stepping mechanism, withdrawing the stepping mechanism, returning to the original position, cleaning three shafts, completing cleaning, lifting and conveying the side plate to a gluing station by the stepping mechanism, withdrawing the stepping mechanism, returning to the original position, finishing gluing by a robot, lifting and conveying the side plate to a photographing station by the stepping mechanism, withdrawing the stepping mechanism, returning to the original position, finishing photographing by a shaft module, lifting and conveying the side plate to a turning station by the stepping mechanism, withdrawing the stepping mechanism, returning to the original position, clamping and turning by a turning mechanism, taking the workpiece in place by the three-shaft gripper, opening, turning and returning to the original position by the turning mechanism, and continuously circulating the steps.

Side plate washing triaxial module 325 step: and the side plate is in place, the Z-axis spray gun descends in place, the micro switch detects the position, the spray gun is cleaned along the Y-axis direction, one side is cleaned, the spray gun moves along the X-axis, the spray gun is cleaned along the Y-axis in the opposite direction, the cleaning is finished, the spray gun returns to the original position, and the circulation is continued.

Side plate gluing robot 326 step: the side plates are in place, the six-axis robot moves in place to finish gluing, the six-axis robot moves to the position above the glue receiving barrel, and circulation is continued.

An axis module photographing module 327: when the side plate is in place, the camera moves towards the Y-axis direction to take a picture, the picture taking is completed, the camera returns to the original position, and the circulation is continued.

A blanking three-axis gripper module 328: the curb plate upset targets in place, the tongs descends toward the Z axle and targets in place, the diffuse reflection switch detects and targets in place, the tongs clamping jaw is tight, the tilting mechanism clamping jaw is opened, the tongs rises to safe position toward the Z axle, the curb plate displacement, the tongs removes unloading slip table top toward X and Y axle simultaneously, the tongs removes along the Z axle and puts the piece, unloading slip table location, the tongs clamping jaw is opened, the tongs rises to safe position toward the Z axle, the displacement mechanism recovers, the tongs removes to tilting mechanism top toward X and Y axle simultaneously, continue the circulation.

Side plate blanking sliding table module 329 step: the three-axis gripper is put in place, the groove switch is used for detecting, the blanking tray cylinder extends out for positioning, the three-axis gripper leaves, the motor drives the tray to move to the next station, the side seam welding gripper moves in place, the blanking tray cylinder retracts, the side seam welding gripper takes the workpiece to leave, the motor drives the tray to move back to the original position, and the circulation is continued.

The specific working process comprises the following steps: the carrying robot carries the gripper to move to the front of a side plate of the stacking chain, a sucker on the gripper of the carrying robot sucks the side plate in place, the carrying robot carries the side plate to move to the position above a transfer tray on the sliding table, the carrying robot descends to place a workpiece, the transfer tray sucker on the sliding table is opened, the sucker on the gripper of the carrying robot is closed, and the robot leaves the home position; wait for

The side plate of the stepping sliding table is used for taking a material sucker to lift up and absorb a workpiece, the sucker on the clamp is closed, the sliding table advances by a step distance (275 mm of cylinder action stroke), the side plate of the stepping sliding table is used for taking the material sucker to descend to place the workpiece, the sliding table retreats to the original position to wait for the workpiece to be placed

The side plate is placed in place, the sucker on the cleaning post clamp is opened, the three-shaft cleaning spray gun moves from the original position to the side plate cleaning position, the spray gun cleans the side plate, the three-shaft cleaning spray gun returns to the safe position, the sucker on the cleaning post clamp is closed, and the three-shaft cleaning spray gun waits for the cleaning post clamp to be placed in place

The side plate is placed in place, the air cylinder on the gluing position clamp is clamped, the sucker on the gluing position clamp is opened, the robot moves to the gluing position of the side plate, the robot performs gluing, the robot is placed back to the original position, the air cylinder on the gluing position clamp is opened, the sucker on the gluing position clamp is closed, and waiting is carried out

Placing the side plate in place, opening the sucking disc on the photographing position fixture, starting photographing along the latex position of the side plate by the first shaft module, returning to the original position by the first shaft module, closing the sucking disc on the photographing position fixture, and waiting for the completion of photographing

Triaxial module tongs moves the curb plate by the normal position and snatchs the position, triaxial module tongs clamping jaw presss from both sides tight curb plate, the tilting mechanism clamping jaw is opened, triaxial module tongs moves the safe position, triaxial module tongs drives the curb plate displacement, the triaxial module removes slip table upper part position top, triaxial module tongs is placed the work piece and is gone up the position, curb plate slip table presss from both sides tight curb plate, triaxial module tongs clamping jaw is opened, triaxial module tongs returns the normal position, triaxial module tongs upper part curb plate displacement mechanism closes and presss from both sides tight curb plate

The three-axis module gripper is put in place, the clamping mechanism is clamped, the three-axis module gripper clamping jaw is waited to be opened, the machine is waited for the three-axis module gripper to be lifted to a safe position, the motor drives the tray to step to the next position, the side seam welding line waiting gripper is moved in place, the machine is waited for the side seam welding line waiting gripper clamping mechanism to be clamped, the tray clamping mechanism is opened, and the motor drives the tray to return to the previous position.

In one embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a production process using the production process of the battery module production line 300 as described in any one of the above, including the steps of:

A. the battery cell is subjected to loading and preprocessing treatment through a large package loading section 110; during the preprocessing process, the cells are sequentially conveyed in each process of the large package feeding section 110 through the first conveying unit 130;

B. the qualified electric cores after the preprocessing treatment are placed on a second conveying section and are sequentially conveyed to each working procedure of a sheet material feeding section 210 and a first small piece feeding section 230 for feeding processing,

C. after material loading processing is accomplished, pile up unit 310 through electric core and carry out electric core and pile up, form the battery module, simultaneously, handle the curb plate through second smallclothes material loading section 320, the curb plate is used for installing the corresponding both sides of electric core and/or battery module.

In this embodiment, the first conveying unit 130 conveys the battery cells, so that the battery cells are processed in order in each process in the large package loading section 110, and then the battery cells are conveyed through the second conveying section, so that the sheet material loading section 210 is implemented in order, and then the battery cells and the end plates are conveyed to the battery cell stacking unit 310 through the third conveying unit 240, so that each process of the first small piece loading section 230 is performed in order and automatically, and meanwhile, the side plates are processed through the second small piece loading section 320, so that the subsequent installation process is facilitated, and the overall working efficiency is improved; since the production process uses the battery module production line 300 as described above, the production process also has corresponding advantages and beneficial effects, and the specific implementation steps are also possessed by the production process, which are not described herein again.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of step a are:

a1, after the battery cell is conveyed to a large package material loading position, a robot clamps the battery cell, meanwhile, the large package material loading position removes foam from the battery cell, and the robot carries the battery cell to a bottom cleaning unit for bottom cleaning;

a2, conveying the battery cell on the first conveying unit 130, conveying the battery cell to a station of the code scanning detection unit 113, and scanning and detecting the code of the battery cell by the code scanning detection unit 113;

a3, conveying the detected battery cell to an NG material supplementing unit 114, replacing the NG battery cell by the NG material supplementing unit 114, moving out the NG battery cell, and supplementing the qualified battery cell;

and A4, conveying the battery cell to the next process through the first conveying unit 130, and cleaning the battery cell by the cleaning unit.

In this embodiment, the cells are conveyed to the second conveying section by the first conveying unit 130, and the first conveying unit 130 is provided with a backflow mechanism for reflowing the tray for recycling; and in the transmission process of the battery cell in the first transmission unit 130, each process of the first transmission unit 130 performs feeding and pretreatment on the battery cell, so that each process can perform automatic treatment on each battery cell, an automatic production mode is realized, and the battery cell is detected by the NG material supplementing unit 114, thereby ensuring the quality of the battery cell.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of step B are:

b1, after the pretreatment of the step A, the battery cell is placed on a second conveying section to be conveyed to a subsequent processing procedure, wherein the second conveying section moves in a stepping mode, and after the battery cell finishes the previous procedure, the battery cell is conveyed to the next procedure in a stepping mode through the second conveying section to be processed;

b2, conveying the battery cells to a feeding unit 211 through a second conveying section, and gluing the battery cells through the feeding unit 211;

b3, the battery cell enters the next procedure after the rubberizing is finished; in the procedure of conveying the battery core to the switching unit 212, when the battery core carries out rubberizing on the rubberizing part, the switching unit 212 rolls and tears the rubberizing part after the battery core is rubberized; when the battery core rubberizing part is rubberized, the switching unit 212 is used for rubberizing the rubberizing part of the battery core; the battery cell enters the next procedure;

b4, detecting the battery cell rubberizing part by the CCD detecting unit 214, wherein the battery cell is qualified in detection, and conveying the battery cell to the next procedure;

b5, a rear end plate feeding unit 231 carries out end plate feeding,

b6, an insulating cover feeding unit 232 carries out insulating cover feeding;

and B7, feeding by a front end plate feeding unit 233.

In this embodiment, the cells, the end plates and/or the insulating covers are conveyed by the second conveying section and the third conveying unit 240, so that automatic production is realized, the processes of the second conveying section and the third conveying unit 240 are orderly performed, and each cell is accurately and efficiently processed, and the second conveying section and/or the third conveying unit 240 are provided with a backflow mechanism for recycling the backflow tray.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of the cell stacking unit 310 in step C are as follows:

c1, the battery cell stacking unit 310 grabs the end plate to the upper part;

c2, the battery cell stacking unit 310 grabs the battery cell to an upper part;

c3, circulating the steps C1 and C2 for multiple times;

c4, the battery cell stacking unit 310 grabs the upper end plate to the upper part, and the battery cell module is stacked;

c5, the cell stacking unit 310 performs primary pressure maintaining on the stacked module;

In this embodiment, the tray with the end plate flows in, the cell gripper 312 grips the end plate, move to the centering of stacking single-cell centering mechanism, the top of the end plate is compressed, the gripper moves to a gripping position, the tray with the cell flows in, the cell gripper 312 takes a piece, move to the stacking table, the centering of single-cell centering mechanism, the cell gripper 312 withdraws, cycle is 17 times, the cell gripper 312 grips the upper end plate, move to the stacking table, the cell gripper 312 returns to the original point to wait, the stacking fixture needs to perform one-time pressure maintaining on the stacked module, move to the lowest interaction after the pressure maintaining, the centering pressure maintaining of the module centering mechanism, the bottom turntable rotates 180 degrees, the module centering mechanism is opened, the side seam welding gripper takes a piece, and cycle in sequence.

In one embodiment, the specific processing steps of the second small workpiece feeding section 320 in step C are:

d1, manually loading the side plate to a tray of the side plate stacking and releasing chain conveying module 322, and conveying the side plate stacking and releasing chain conveying module 322;

d2, the side plate on-line grabbing module grabs the side plate moving in place and places the side plate on the side plate stepping conveying module 324 for conveying;

d3, sequentially processing the side plates in each processing procedure in the conveying process of the side plate stepping conveying module 324;

d4, the curb plate that the processing was accomplished is got to triaxial tongs module target in place clamp, and the triaxial tongs module is carried the curb plate on placing curb plate unloading slip table module 329 along the rear.

In this embodiment, process the curb plate through second smallclothes material loading section 320, and second smallclothes material loading section 320 sets up and pile up unit 310 one side at electric core, and the curb plate of being convenient for uses with the cooperation of electric core module, and can also use with next production procedure cooperation as required to realize whole automated production.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent structural changes made by using the contents of the present specification and the drawings, or any other related technical fields, which are directly or indirectly applied to the present invention, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A processing assembly, comprising:

2. The processing assembly of claim 1, wherein the large package loading section comprises:

the large package loading unit comprises a large package incoming material placing position and a large package loading robot, and the large package incoming material placing position is used for loading and/or removing battery core packaging materials;

the big package feeding robot is used for grabbing and moving the workpiece on the big package incoming material placing position;

3. The processing component of claim 2, wherein the code scan detection unit comprises:

the OCV detection unit is used for detecting the battery cell;

4. The processing assembly of claim 3, wherein the large package loading section further comprises:

the cleaning unit is used for comprehensively cleaning the battery cell;

5. The processing assembly of claim 4, wherein the cleaning unit comprises: a large surface cleaning unit and a small surface cleaning unit;

the small surface cleaning unit is used for cleaning the upper half part and the lower half part of the battery cell in sequence;

the large cleaning surface unit is used for cleaning the large surface of the battery cell;

6. The processing assembly of any of claims 1-5, wherein the cell processing section comprises a cell pitch stack unit;

the first conveying unit is arranged behind the battery cell bottom cleaning unit and sequentially penetrates through the battery cell code scanning unit, the OCV detection unit, the NG material supplementing unit, the small surface cleaning unit and the battery cell variable-pitch stacking unit along the process machining direction;

7. The utility model provides a material loading module which characterized in that includes:

the processing assembly of any of claims 1-6;

8. The loading module of claim 7, wherein said sheet material loading section comprises:

the large-surface gluing unit is used for gluing the battery cell;

the battery cell adhesive tape loading device comprises a loading unit, a tape loading unit and a tape loading unit, wherein the loading unit is used for gluing the battery cell; and

9. The loading module of claim 8, wherein the loading unit comprises:

the mechanical arm conveying unit is used for conveying materials;

the mechanical arm carrying unit carries the materials after the paper tearing is executed to the visual photographing unit for photographing and detecting, and after the visual photographing unit photographs and detects the materials to be qualified, the mechanical arm carrying unit carries the materials to the next procedure again, and the battery cell is pasted with glue.

10. The loading module of claim 8, wherein the switching unit comprises:

11. The loading module of claim 8, wherein the switching unit comprises:

12. The loading module according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the loading module further includes a first small loading section, the first small loading section is disposed behind the sheet loading section along the processing direction, a CCD detection unit is further disposed between the sheet loading section and the first small loading section, the CCD detection unit is configured to detect gluing information of the battery cells, and the first small loading section and the CCD detection unit are disposed on one side or both sides of the second conveying section.

13. The loading module according to any one of claims 12, wherein said first small loading section comprises:

14. A cell installation production line, comprising:

two loading modules according to any one of claims 7-13, said two loading modules being arranged symmetrically; and

15. The cell installation production line of claim 14, further comprising a second small piece loading section, the second small piece loading section being disposed behind the loading module in the machine direction, and the second small piece loading section being disposed on one side of the two cell stacking units; the second small part feeding section is used for carrying out side plate processing, and the processed side plates are used for being mounted on two corresponding sides of the battery core and/or the battery module.

16. The production process using the cell installation production line according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized by comprising the steps of:

C. after the material loading processing is completed, the battery cell stacking unit is used for stacking the battery cells to form a battery module, and meanwhile, the side plates are processed through the second small piece material loading section and are used for being installed on two corresponding sides of the battery cells and/or the battery module.

17. The production process according to any one of claims 16, wherein the specific processing steps of step a are:

a1, after the battery cell is conveyed to a large package material loading position, a robot clamps the battery cell, meanwhile, the large package material loading position removes package materials from the battery cell, and the robot carries the battery cell to a bottom cleaning unit for bottom cleaning;

18. The production process according to claim 16, wherein the specific processing steps of step B are:

b2, conveying the battery cell to a feeding unit through a second conveying section, and gluing the battery cell through the feeding unit;

b5, performing end plate feeding by a rear end plate feeding unit;

b6, carrying out insulation cover feeding by an insulation cover feeding unit;

and B7, feeding by a front end plate feeding unit.

19. The production process of any one of claims 16 to 18, wherein the specific processing steps of the cell stacking unit in the step C are as follows:

c1, grabbing an end plate to the upper part by the battery cell stacking unit;

c2, the battery cell stacking unit grabs the battery cell to an upper part;

c3, circulating the steps C1 and C2 for multiple times;

c4, the battery cell stacking unit grabs the upper end plate to the upper part, and the battery cell module is stacked;

20. The production process according to claim 19, wherein the specific processing steps of the second small piece feeding section in the step C are as follows: