CN116588676A - Material conveying device and solar cell production equipment - Google Patents

Material conveying device and solar cell production equipment Download PDF

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CN116588676A
CN116588676A CN202310513684.4A CN202310513684A CN116588676A CN 116588676 A CN116588676 A CN 116588676A CN 202310513684 A CN202310513684 A CN 202310513684A CN 116588676 A CN116588676 A CN 116588676A
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韦宝金
房开乐
李新丰
王善敢
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Abstract

The application discloses a material conveying device and solar cell production equipment, and belongs to the field of photovoltaic product manufacturing. A material transfer device, comprising: the device comprises a feeding mechanism, a material taking turnover mechanism, a shifting mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a discharging mechanism; the feeding mechanism is positioned at the feeding station and used for receiving the full-load carrier plate carrying the material pieces; the material taking turnover mechanism is positioned above the feeding mechanism and is used for picking up the material piece on the full-load plate and driving the material piece to turn over; the material taking turnover mechanism is arranged on the shifting mechanism, and the shifting mechanism can drive the material taking turnover mechanism to move to the material taking station; the discharging mechanism is positioned at the discharging station and used for discharging the full-load carrier plate bearing the overturned material piece; the blanking mechanism is used for blanking the material pieces, and moves between the material taking station and the material discharging station so as to convey the material pieces from the material taking turnover mechanism to the material discharging mechanism. The application can relieve the problems of larger occupied space and lower efficiency of the current device, save space and improve transmission efficiency.

Description

Material conveying device and solar cell production equipment
Technical Field
The application belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic product manufacturing, and particularly relates to a material conveying device and solar cell production equipment.
Background
In recent years, with the rapid development of the photovoltaic industry, the requirements on the production efficiency of silicon wafers are higher, and under the guidance of the industry of cost reduction and efficiency improvement, a device mechanism with faster material conveying or carrying and lower cost is needed to be provided.
In the production and manufacture of solar cells, the transportation of the silicon wafer is an important link in the production and manufacture of the solar cells, the silicon wafer needs to be processed during the production of the silicon wafer, the silicon wafer needs to be transported during the processing or needs to be turned over during the transportation, and how to effectively and rapidly transport and turn over the silicon wafer becomes a key for improving the efficiency of producing the silicon wafer. However, in the related art, some of the methods adopt manual transportation, and the methods have the defects of low efficiency, high silicon wafer damage rate and the like. Or, still some adopt the mode of longmen transport, current longmen transport mechanism mostly adopts two sets of lift to send the carrier plate around, two sets of longmen transport in top to and conveyer belt conveying and tilting mechanism's structural style, it has the bottleneck in space and structure, and the space that needs to occupy when the overall arrangement is great, has reduced transport speed, and efficiency is lower.
Disclosure of Invention
The present application aims to solve at least one of the technical problems in the related art described above to some extent.
Therefore, the application aims to provide the material conveying device and the solar cell production equipment, which can relieve the problems of larger occupied space and lower efficiency of the current material conveying device, save space and improve transmission efficiency.
In order to solve the technical problems, the application is realized as follows:
the embodiment of the application provides a material conveying device, which comprises: the device comprises a feeding mechanism, a material taking turnover mechanism, a shifting mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a discharging mechanism;
the feeding mechanism is positioned at the feeding station and is used for receiving the full-load carrier plate carrying the material pieces;
the material taking and overturning mechanism is positioned above the feeding mechanism and is used for picking up the material pieces on the full-load carrier plate and driving the material pieces to overturn;
the material taking turnover mechanism is arranged on the shifting mechanism, and the shifting mechanism can drive the material taking turnover mechanism to move to a material taking station;
the discharging mechanism is positioned at the discharging station and is used for discharging the full-load carrier plate bearing the overturned material piece;
the blanking mechanism is used for blanking the material piece, and moves between the material taking station and the material discharging station so as to convey the material piece from the material taking turnover mechanism to the material discharging mechanism.
In addition, the material conveying device can also have the following additional technical characteristics:
in some embodiments, the feeding mechanism comprises a first lifting component, wherein the first lifting component comprises a first base, a first lifting seat and a first driving group; the first lifting seat is slidably connected to the first base, the first driving group is arranged on the first base and is in transmission connection with the first lifting seat, the first lifting seat is used for receiving an empty load carrier plate from which the material piece is taken away, and the first driving group drives the empty load carrier plate to descend through the first lifting seat.
In some embodiments, the feeding mechanism further comprises a first transmission component, and the first transmission component is arranged on the first lifting seat; the first conveying member includes a conveying belt or a conveying roller.
In some embodiments, the take-off tilting mechanism comprises a second base, a tilting block, a second drive group, and a pick-up; the turnover seat is arranged on the second base in a turnover manner, the second driving group is in transmission connection with the turnover seat, the pickup piece is arranged on the turnover seat, the second driving group drives the turnover seat to turn over relative to the second base, the pickup piece is driven to synchronously turn over by the turnover seat, and the pickup piece comprises a first sucker or a clamp.
In some of these embodiments, the displacement mechanism comprises a slide rail and a third drive group; the sliding rail extends from the feeding station to the material taking station, the second base is slidably connected to the sliding rail, the third driving group is in transmission connection with the second base, and the third driving group drives the second base to move along the sliding rail.
In some embodiments, the material taking and overturning mechanism further comprises a distance changing structure, the distance changing structure is arranged on the second base, the distance changing structure comprises a distance changing power piece and a telescopic piece, the distance changing power piece is in transmission connection with the telescopic piece, and the telescopic piece is connected with the full-load plate or the material piece.
In some embodiments, the blanking mechanism comprises a translation component, a lifting piece and a second sucker; the translation part comprises a translation part which can move between the material taking station and the material discharging station, and the lifting piece is connected with the translation part; the second sucker is connected with the lifting piece.
In some embodiments, the outfeed mechanism comprises a second lifting member comprising a third base, a second lifting seat, and a fourth drive group; the second lifting seat is slidably connected to the third base, the fourth driving set is arranged on the third base and is in transmission connection with the second lifting seat, the second lifting seat is used for receiving the full-load carrier plate or the no-load carrier plate, and the fourth driving set drives the no-load carrier plate to lift through the second lifting seat.
In some embodiments, the discharging mechanism further comprises a second transmission component, and the second transmission component is arranged on the second lifting seat; the second conveying member includes a conveying belt or a conveying roller.
In some embodiments, the material conveying device further comprises an intermediate turnover assembly, the intermediate turnover assembly is arranged at the material taking station, the intermediate turnover assembly comprises an XYY module and a distance changing module, the distance changing module is arranged in the XYY module, and the distance changing module is connected with an intermediate connecting piece or the material piece so as to adjust the distance between the material pieces.
In some embodiments, the material transfer device further comprises at least one of an image pickup element, a sensor, or a mechanical positioner.
In some embodiments, the feeding station, the taking station and the discharging station are all provided with the image pickup element and/or the sensor, the image pickup element comprises a CCD detection camera, and the sensor comprises a laser sensor.
In some embodiments, the feeding device further comprises a frame, and the feeding mechanism, the shifting mechanism, the discharging mechanism and the discharging mechanism are respectively arranged on the frame.
The embodiment of the application also provides solar cell production equipment, which comprises the material conveying device.
Compared with the prior art, the application has at least the following beneficial effects:
in the embodiment of the application, the provided material conveying device comprises a feeding mechanism, a material taking and overturning mechanism, a shifting mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a discharging mechanism; the full-load carrier plate with the material part in the previous working procedure can be accepted through the feeding mechanism, the material part on the full-load carrier plate can be taken through the material taking turnover mechanism, and the material taking turnover mechanism is arranged on the shifting mechanism, and the shifting mechanism can drive the material taking turnover mechanism to transfer from the feeding station to the material taking station, so that the material part can be turned over while being transferred from the feeding station to the material taking station; then, the overturned material piece can be taken from the material taking station through the blanking mechanism, and is transferred to the material discharging station, and the overturned material piece can be transmitted to the next working procedure from the material discharging mechanism. Therefore, through the cooperation setting of above-mentioned each mechanism, be favorable to the utilization of equipment space, can save occupation space, can also improve transmission efficiency to a certain extent, reduce cost, be convenient for maintain moreover, the extensibility is stronger, can alleviate occupation space among the related art great, the cost is improved, the efficiency scheduling problem has been reduced.
The solar cell production equipment comprises the material conveying device, so that the solar cell production equipment at least has all the characteristics and advantages of the material conveying device and is not repeated herein. Additional aspects and advantages of the application will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the application.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a material conveying device according to some embodiments of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a material conveying device according to some embodiments of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of full carrier feeding and empty carrier feeding in a material transfer device according to some embodiments of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a full carrier discharge and an empty carrier discharge in a material transfer device according to some embodiments of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding mechanism in a feeding device according to some embodiments of the present application;
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a material conveying device according to other embodiments of the present application;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a material conveying apparatus according to other embodiments of the present application;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of full carrier feeding and empty carrier feeding in a material transfer device according to other embodiments of the present application;
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a full carrier discharging and an empty carrier discharging in a material conveying device according to another embodiment of the present application.
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100-a feeding mechanism; 110-a first lifting member; 111-a first base; 112-a first lifting seat; 113-a first drive-group; 120-a first transmission component;
200-a material taking turnover mechanism; 210-a second base; 220-turning the seat;
300-a displacement mechanism; 310-slide rails;
400-blanking mechanism; 410-a translation component; 420-lifting piece; 430-a second suction cup;
500-a discharging mechanism; 510-a second lifting member; 520-a second transmission component;
600-rack; 610-full carrier plate; 620-no-load carrier plate;
710—a loading station; 720-a material taking station; 730-a discharge station;
800-an intermediate turnaround assembly; 810-XYY module;
910-an image pickup element; 920-sensor.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are some, but not all embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.
The following describes embodiments of the present application in detail through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1 to 9, in some embodiments of the present application, a material conveying device is provided, which can be applied to a solar cell production apparatus, for example, in a solar cell manufacturing process, the material conveying device can be involved in processing a silicon wafer (or a cell), for example, processing and handling both sides of the silicon wafer. In the manufacturing process of the solar cell, a single-sided coating process is adopted in a coating production line, when the coated surface and the uncoated surface of the silicon wafer are converted, the silicon wafer (the silicon wafer with the coated surface facing upwards) is required to be taken out through a carrying and overturning mechanism, the silicon wafer is overturned so that the uncoated surface of the silicon wafer faces upwards, then the silicon wafer is loaded on a carrier plate to carry out the transmission of the silicon wafer, and the subsequent coating process is carried out, so that the double-sided processing of the silicon wafer is realized; the overturning and carrying of the silicon chip can be realized through the material conveying device. It should be noted that the material conveying device can be applied to solar cell production equipment, and besides, the material conveying device can also be applied to other equipment with similar requirements, namely, conveyed material pieces are not limited to silicon wafers, and the specific use scene and working condition of the material conveying device are not particularly limited in the embodiment of the application.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 9, the material conveying device includes: the feeding mechanism 100, the material taking turnover mechanism 200, the shifting mechanism 300, the discharging mechanism 400 and the discharging mechanism 500; the transfer device may be provided with a loading station 710, a reclaiming station 720 (or blanking station), and a discharging station 730 (or blanking station). Wherein the loading mechanism 100 is located at the loading station 710, and the loading mechanism 100 may be configured to receive a full carrier 610 carrying the material; alternatively, the material may be a silicon wafer, however, in other embodiments, the material may be other materials, which is not limited in this embodiment, and the material is mainly used as a silicon wafer for illustration, and it should be understood that other similar materials have the same working principle.
The material taking and overturning mechanism 200 is located above the material loading mechanism 100, and the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 can be used for picking up a material piece, such as a silicon wafer, on the fully loaded carrier 610 and driving the material piece to overturn; the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 is arranged on the shifting mechanism 300, and the shifting mechanism 300 can drive the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 to move to the material taking station 720. Illustratively, when the full carrier 610 carrying the material is transported to the position, the loading mechanism 100 lifts the full carrier 610 carrying the material to the loading station 710, and then the material taking and turning mechanism 200 may pick up (e.g. suck) the material on the full carrier 610, and after the material is sucked from the carrier, the carrier (no-load carrier) descends to the position, and the shifting mechanism 300 may drive the material taking and turning mechanism 200 to move from the loading station 710 to the material taking station 720, and at the same time, the material taking and turning mechanism 200 may turn the material, e.g. turn the silicon wafer 180 degrees, that is, may turn the silicon wafer while the material taking and turning mechanism 200 is shifted.
The discharging mechanism 500 is located at the discharging station 730, and is used for discharging the fully loaded carrier 610 carrying the turned material; the blanking mechanism 400 is used for blanking the material, and the blanking mechanism 400 moves between the material taking station 720 and the material discharging station 730 to convey the material from the material taking turnover mechanism 200 to the material discharging mechanism 500. Illustratively, after the silicon wafer is flipped by the reclaiming flipping mechanism 200 and transported to the reclaiming station 720 in combination with the displacing mechanism 300, the blanking mechanism 400 may be displaced to the reclaiming station 720, the silicon wafer in the reclaiming station 720 may be picked up (e.g., sucked) by the blanking mechanism 400, the displacing mechanism 300 may be retracted to the loading station 710, and the reclaiming flipping mechanism 200 may be flipped in place; the blanking mechanism 400 conveys the picked silicon wafer to the discharging station 730, at this time, the discharging station 730 is provided with an empty carrier plate 620, the turned silicon wafer picked up by the blanking mechanism 400 is placed on the empty carrier plate 620 to become a full carrier plate 610 with the turned silicon wafer, the blanking mechanism 400 is lifted to the original position, and the discharging mechanism 500 can be utilized to discharge the full carrier plate 610 carrying the turned material.
In some embodiments, the material conveying device further comprises a frame 600, the feeding mechanism 100, the shifting mechanism 300, the discharging mechanism 500 and the discharging mechanism 400 are respectively arranged on the frame 600, and the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 is arranged on the shifting mechanism 300; the frame 600 may function to carry, protect, or provide mounting locations for various mechanisms, etc. Illustratively, the left end of the frame 600 may be provided with a feeding station 710, the right end of the frame 600 may be provided with a discharging station 730, and the middle part (or the middle part is left or the middle part is right) of the frame 600 may be provided with a material taking station 720; the feeding mechanism 100 may be disposed at the feeding station 710, the discharging mechanism 500 may be disposed at the discharging station 730, the shifting mechanism 300 and the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 may move between the feeding station 710 and the material taking station 720, and the discharging mechanism 400 may move between the material taking station 720 and the discharging station 730.
Alternatively, the rack 600 may be arranged in a two-layered manner, such as an upper-lower two-layered arrangement. Illustratively, a feeding station 710 is disposed at an upper left side of the frame 600, and a first empty board is disposed at a lower left side of the frame 600; the discharging station 730 is disposed at the upper right side of the frame 600, and the second empty board is disposed at the lower right side of the frame 600. Lifting of the empty load carrier 620 can be achieved by the loading mechanism 100, and the empty load carrier 620 after the silicon wafer is sucked can be lowered from the loading station 710 to the first empty load plate position, or the empty load carrier 620 can be lifted from the first empty load plate position to the loading station 710. Similarly, the unloading mechanism 500 may be used to lift the empty carrier 620, such as by lifting the empty carrier 620 from the second empty carrier position to the unloading station 730, or by lowering the unloaded empty carrier 620 from the unloading station 730 to the second empty carrier position. In addition, another set of shifting mechanism 300 may be provided, that is, a set of shifting mechanism 300 is respectively provided at the upper part and the lower part of the frame 600, the shifting mechanism 300 at the upper part of the frame 600 is used to realize the movement of the silicon wafer or the full carrier 610 or the material taking and turning mechanism 200, and the shifting mechanism 300 at the lower part of the frame 600 is used to realize the right-to-left conveying of the empty carrier 620.
Therefore, the material in the material conveying device is conveyed in a backflow or baffling mode by the layout mode; for example, the silicon wafer on the full carrier 610 at the upper part of the frame 600 can be fed from the left end of the frame 600 and discharged from the right end of the frame 600, and meanwhile, the silicon wafer can be turned over in the process of conveying from left to right; the transport of the idle carrier 620 from right to left can be implemented in the lower part of the frame 600, and the lifting movement of the idle carrier 620 can also be implemented in the left and right sides of the frame 600.
It should be noted that, in the drawings of the present embodiment, the rack 600 is only a schematic drawing, and in practical applications, the rack may be provided with components such as a protection board, a door panel, a wiring board, a supporting component, a power distribution component, a safety protection component, and an operation control component, and the specific structures of these components may be selectively set according to practical situations, which will not be described in detail herein.
Thus, based on the above arrangement, the provided material transfer device can complete the processes required by carrying and lifting the carrier plate, picking and taking the material from the fully loaded carrier plate 610, such as sucking the silicon wafer, turning the silicon wafer 180 degrees, sucking the silicon wafer, placing the silicon wafer on the empty carrier plate 620, carrying the carrier plate, and the like. The material conveying device comprises a feeding mechanism 100, a material taking turnover mechanism 200, a shifting mechanism 300, a discharging mechanism 400, a discharging mechanism 500 and other mechanisms, and can be applied to the field of photovoltaic solar energy or can be applied to carrying modes of different occasions in the machine automation industry in an extending mode. For example, when the device is applied to the photovoltaic solar energy field, the feeding mechanism 100 can realize the carrying of the feeding carrier plate and the lifting of the carrier plate, the discharging mechanism 500 can realize the carrying and lifting of the discharging carrier plate, the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 can realize the sucking and overturning of the silicon wafer, the shifting mechanism 300 can drive the silicon wafer to move, and the discharging mechanism 400 can realize the taking and placing of the silicon wafer. The conveying device can improve conveying speed, save space and reduce cost.
Therefore, the material conveying device provided by the invention can make the layout of each mechanism more reasonable through the cooperation setting of each mechanism, is favorable for the utilization of equipment space, can save occupied space, can also improve transmission efficiency to a certain extent, namely, improves conveying speed, reduces cost, and the later maintenance and maintenance of each part are more convenient, so that the material conveying device is convenient to maintain, has stronger extensibility, can relieve the problems of larger occupied space, improved cost, reduced efficiency and the like in the related technology.
As shown in fig. 1-6, in some embodiments, the material transfer apparatus further includes at least one of an imaging element 910, a sensor 920, or a mechanical positioner. Illustratively, a plurality of image pickup elements 910 and a plurality of sensors 920 are disposed in the material transfer device.
In this embodiment, the material conveying device may further be provided with a plurality of detecting and positioning components such as a camera and a sensor 920, for example, a laser sensor and a positioning mechanism, so that the positioning range and the precision are higher, the silicon wafer conveying position is accurate, and the conveying accuracy is improved.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, in some embodiments, the loading mechanism 100 includes a first lifting member 110, and the first lifting member 110 includes a first base 111, a first lifting seat 112, and a first driving group 113; the first lifting seat 112 is slidably connected to the first base 111, the first driving set 113 is disposed on the first base 111 and is in transmission connection with the first lifting seat 112, the first lifting seat 112 is configured to receive an empty carrier 620 from which the material is removed, and the first driving set 113 drives the carrier to descend through the first lifting seat 112.
In the feeding mechanism 100, the first lifting seat 112 is slidably connected with the first base 111, and the first driving set 113 drives the first lifting seat 112 to slide up and down on one side of the first base 111, so as to drive a carrier plate, such as an empty carrier plate 620 or a full carrier plate 610 carrying a material, on the first lifting seat 112 to perform lifting motion.
Alternatively, the first driving unit 113 may include a driving mechanism such as a motor, an air cylinder, or a hydraulic cylinder, for example, an output end of the motor may be in driving connection with the first lifting seat 112, and the first lifting seat 112 is driven to move by using the motor. It should be noted that, the first driving set 113 may be a conventional structure that can be used to provide power, and the specific structure and working principle of the first driving set 113, such as a motor, may refer to the prior art, which is not limited in this embodiment, and will not be described in detail herein.
In some embodiments, the feeding mechanism 100 further includes a first transmission component 120, where the first transmission component 120 is disposed on the first lifting seat 112; the first transfer member 120 may include a transfer belt or a transfer roller. By the arrangement of the first lifting seat 112, lifting movement, that is, up-down movement, of the carrier plate, such as the empty carrier plate 620 or the full carrier plate 610 carrying the material member, can be realized, by the arrangement of the first transmission component 120, movement, in the left-right direction, of the carrier plate, such as the empty carrier plate 620 or the full carrier plate 610 carrying the material member, and transmission, or adjustment of the position, in the left-right direction, of the carrier plate can be realized, so that carrying and lifting actions of the feeding carrier plate can be realized.
The first transmission component 120 may adopt a transmission mode of a transmission belt, a transmission roller, etc., and the specific structure and working principle of the transmission belt, the transmission roller, etc. may refer to the related art, which is not limited in this embodiment and will not be described herein.
Optionally, the feeding station 710 is provided with an imaging element 910 and/or a sensor 920; the image pickup device 910 may be disposed at the loading station 710 or disposed at the loading mechanism 100. The image pickup device 910 may be a CCD detection camera, and the sensor 920 may be a laser sensor. For example, a laser sensor may be provided in the loading mechanism 100 for detecting whether the transported full carrier plate 610 reaches a specified or preset position.
According to the present embodiment, the feeding mechanism 100 may be used for receiving a workpiece in a previous process; for example, when the full carrier plate 610 filled with silicon wafer in the previous process is transported to the material conveying device, the loading mechanism 100 can be used to receive the full carrier plate 610 filled with silicon wafer, and the full carrier plate 610 can be transported to the position, for example, the sensor 920 can be used to detect whether the full carrier plate 610 is transported to the specified or preset position, and after the full carrier plate 610 is transported to the proper position, the loading mechanism 100 is used to lift the full carrier plate 610 filled with silicon wafer to the material loading station 710, and then the material taking and turning can be performed by the material taking and turning mechanism 200. After the material taking and turning mechanism 200 removes the silicon wafer on the full carrier 610, the first driving set 113 may be utilized to drive the first lifting seat 112 to descend, so as to drive the empty carrier 620 on the first lifting seat 112 from which the silicon wafer is removed to descend, and the empty carrier 620 may be discharged from the left end of the frame 600.
Optionally, the first empty carrier position may also be provided with a sensor 920 or a camera, for example, in the process of using the first driving set 113 to drive the first lifting seat 112 and the empty carrier 620 on the first lifting seat 112 to descend, the sensor 920 may be used to detect whether the empty carrier 620 descends to a suitable position.
It should be understood that the material conveying device in this embodiment may include a control cabinet, where the driving group, the sensor 920, the image capturing element 910, and the like in each mechanism are all connected with the control cabinet through signals. It should be noted that, the control cabinet, the sensor 920, the image capturing element 910, etc. may have structures known in the prior art, and the connection or control process and principle of the control cabinet and the sensor 920, the image capturing element 910, etc. may refer to the prior art, which is not limited in this embodiment, and is not described in detail herein.
In some embodiments, the take out invert mechanism 200 includes a second base 210, an invert receptacle 220, a second drive group, and a pick up; the turnover seat 220 is rotatably disposed on the second base 210, the second driving set is in transmission connection with the turnover seat 220, the picking member is disposed on the turnover seat 220, the second driving set drives the turnover seat 220 to turn over relative to the second base 210, and drives the picking member to synchronously turn over through the turnover seat 220, wherein the picking member comprises a first sucker or a clamp.
In the material taking and overturning mechanism 200, the overturning seat 220 is arranged on the second base 210 in an overturning manner, and the overturning seat 220 is driven to overturn relative to the second base 210 by the second driving set, so that a picking piece and a material piece such as a silicon wafer arranged on the overturning seat 220 are driven to overturn. The picking piece can be a first sucker, and further the silicon wafer is sucked through the sucker, or the picking piece can also be a clamp, and further the silicon wafer is picked through the clamp. In this embodiment, the pick-up member preferably adopts a manner of sucking the silicon wafer by a suction cup.
Alternatively, the second driving set may include a driving mechanism such as a motor, an air cylinder, or a hydraulic cylinder, for example, an output end of the motor may be in driving connection with the turnover seat 220, and the turnover seat 220 is driven to move by using the motor. It should be noted that the second driving set may be a conventional structure that can be used for providing power, and specific structures and working principles of the second driving set, such as a motor, may refer to the prior art, which is not limited in this embodiment, and will not be described in detail herein.
Optionally, the silicon wafers can be arranged in a mode of multiple rows and multiple columns on the full-load carrier plate, and the silicon wafers on the carrier plate can be turned column by column during turning.
It should be noted that the mechanism for turning over the silicon wafer may have various manners, for example, a manner of sucking the silicon wafer by using a suction cup or clamping the silicon wafer by using a clamp, and other structural manners known in the art for turning over the silicon wafer may be adopted. The overturning seat 220 in the material taking overturning mechanism 200 can be a bearing seat, the bearing seats are symmetrically arranged on the second base 210, rotating shafts are connected in the bearing seats, one side of each rotating shaft is in transmission connection with a second driving group such as a motor, pick-up pieces such as clamps are arranged on the rotating shafts, the clamps can comprise mounting seats connected with the rotating shafts, supporting plates can be arranged on the mounting seats through supporting columns and the like, and components such as air cylinders and the like can be symmetrically arranged on the mounting seats; therefore, through the arrangement of the structure, the turnover of the silicon wafer can be realized.
Optionally, the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 further includes a distance-changing structure (not shown) disposed on the second base 210, where the distance-changing structure includes a distance-changing power member and a telescopic member, the distance-changing power member is in transmission connection with the telescopic member, and the telescopic member is connected with the full-load plate 610 or indirectly connected with a material such as a silicon wafer by means of a butt joint member. By the arrangement of the pitch-varying structure, the pitch of the silicon wafers on the full carrier 610 can be adjusted or controlled prior to flipping. The variable pitch structure of the embodiment can be applied to variable pitch adjustment of a device, so that the stable pitch is ensured in the pitch adjustment process or the overturning process, and the specific implementation manner of the variable pitch structure can be various, including but not limited to the above structural forms, which are not described in detail herein.
Illustratively, the variable-pitch power part may include a motor, and an output shaft of the motor may be connected to a transmission assembly through a bearing or the like and transmit power to the transmission assembly, where the transmission assembly may include a transmission structure such as a screw nut and a screw; the transmission assembly is connected with the telescopic piece, the telescopic piece can stretch out and draw back under the drive of the motor, and the motor realizes the displacement adjustment of the silicon chip through the transmission assembly and the telescopic piece.
In some embodiments, the displacement mechanism 300 includes a slide rail 310 and a third drive group; the sliding rail 310 extends from the feeding station 710 to the material taking station 720, the second base 210 is slidably connected to the sliding rail 310, the third driving set is in transmission connection with the second base 210, and the third driving set drives the second base 210 to move along the sliding rail 310.
In the above-mentioned shifting mechanism 300, the sliding rail 310 may be disposed on the frame 600, the sliding rail 310 may be disposed between the feeding station 710 and the taking station 720, the second base 210 in the taking turnover mechanism 200 is slidably connected with the sliding rail 310, and the third driving set drives the second base 210 to slide on the sliding rail 310, so that the taking turnover mechanism 200 may slide on the sliding rail 310, that is, the taking turnover mechanism 200 may be moved from the feeding station 710 to the taking station 720, or the taking turnover mechanism 200 may be returned from the taking station 720 to the feeding station 710.
Optionally, the shifting mechanism 300 may also adopt a shifting manipulator, where the shifting manipulator is connected to the second base 210, so as to drive the material taking turnover mechanism 200 to move.
Alternatively, the third driving group may include a driving mechanism such as a motor, a cylinder, or the like. It should be noted that, the third driving set may be a conventional structure that can be used for providing power, and specific structures and working principles of the third driving set, such as a motor, may refer to the prior art, which is not limited in this embodiment, and will not be described in detail herein.
In some embodiments, the blanking mechanism 400 includes a translation member 410, a lifter 420, and a second suction cup 430; the translation part 410 comprises a translation part which can move between the material taking station 720 and the material discharging station 730, and the lifting piece 420 is connected with the translation part; the second suction cup 430 is connected to the elevating member 420.
The above-mentioned blanking mechanism 400 may also be referred to as a picking and placing mechanism, where the blanking mechanism 400 may move between the picking station 720 and the discharging station 730, for example, the blanking mechanism 400 may be used to pick up the turned silicon wafer from the picking station 720, and then the blanking mechanism 400 moves from the picking station 720 to the discharging station 730, and places the picked turned silicon wafer on the empty carrier 620 of the discharging station 730.
The discharging mechanism 400 includes a translation member 410, the translation member 410 has a translation portion that can move between a material taking station 720 and a material discharging station 730, the translation portion is connected to the lifting member 420, and the second suction cup 430 is connected to the lifting member 420. If, after the translation part drives the lifting member 420 to move to the material taking station 720, the lifting member 420 moves downwards, the second suction disc 430 on the lifting member 420 is used for sucking the turned silicon wafer, and then the lifting member 420 drives the second suction disc 430 and the sucked silicon wafer to move upwards; and then the translation part is utilized to drive the lifting piece 420, the second sucker 430 and the like to move from the material taking station 720 to the material discharging station 730, and the second sucker 430 is used for placing the sucked silicon wafer on the empty carrier plate 620 of the material discharging station 730.
In some embodiments, outfeed mechanism 500 comprises a second lifting member 510, second lifting member 510 comprising a third base, a second lifting seat, and a fourth drive group; the second lifting seat is slidably connected to the third base, the fourth driving set is disposed on the third base and is in transmission connection with the second lifting seat, the second lifting seat is used for receiving the full-load carrier 610 or the no-load carrier 620, and the fourth driving set drives the no-load carrier 620 to lift through the second lifting seat.
In some embodiments, the discharging mechanism 500 further includes a second conveying member 520, where the second conveying member 520 is disposed on the second lifting seat; the second transfer member 520 includes a transfer belt or a transfer roller. The second transmission component 520 may adopt a transmission mode of a transmission belt, a transmission roller, etc., and the specific structure and working principle of the transmission belt, the transmission roller, etc. can refer to the related art, which is not limited in this embodiment and will not be described herein.
The discharging mechanism 500 and the feeding mechanism 100 may have the same or similar structure. For example, in the discharging mechanism 500, the second lifting seat is slidably connected to the third base, and the fourth driving set drives the second lifting seat to slide up and down on one side of the third base, so as to drive the carrier plate, such as the empty carrier plate 620, located on the second lifting seat to perform lifting movement.
Optionally, the fourth driving set may include a driving mechanism such as a motor, an air cylinder, or a hydraulic cylinder, for example, an output end of the motor may be in driving connection with the second lifting seat, and the second lifting seat is driven by the motor to move. It should be noted that, the fourth driving set may be a conventional structure that can be used for providing power, and specific structures and working principles of the fourth driving set, such as a motor, may refer to the prior art, which is not limited in this embodiment, and will not be described in detail herein.
Through the setting of the second lifting seat, lifting movement of the carrier plate such as the empty carrier plate 620, that is, movement in the up-down direction, and through the setting of the second transmission component 520, movement of the carrier plate such as the full carrier plate 610 or the empty carrier plate 620 carrying the turned silicon wafer in the left-right direction, and transmission of the carrier plate in the left-right direction, or adjustment of the position of the carrier plate in the left-right direction, can be realized, so that carrying and lifting movement of the discharged carrier plate can be realized.
Optionally, the outfeed station 730 is provided with an imaging element 910 and/or a sensor 920; the imaging element 910 may be disposed at the outfeed station 730 or at the outfeed mechanism 500. The image pickup device 910 may be a CCD detection camera, and the sensor 920 may be a laser sensor. For example, a laser sensor may be provided at the outfeed mechanism 500 for detecting whether a carrier such as the empty carrier 620 has reached a specified or preset position.
Optionally, the displacement mechanism 300 may include a first displacement mechanism and a second displacement mechanism, where the material taking turnover mechanism 200 is disposed on the first displacement mechanism, and the movement of the material taking turnover mechanism 200 from the material loading station 710 to the material taking station 720 is implemented by using the first displacement mechanism; the second displacement mechanism may be disposed between the first idler plate and the second idler plate. If the empty carrier 620 is fed from the second empty carrier at the right end of the frame 600, the empty carrier 620 can be transferred from the second empty carrier to the first empty carrier by using the second displacement mechanism, and the empty carrier 620 is discharged from the first empty carrier at the left end of the frame 600. Optionally, the first empty load board and the second empty load board may be provided with an image pickup device 910 and/or a sensor 920 for detecting whether the empty load board 620 reaches a specified or preset position.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, in some embodiments of the present application, when the full carrier 610 filled with silicon wafers in the previous process is transported to the transfer device, the full carrier 610 may be received by the loading mechanism 100, and the full carrier 610 may be transported to a proper position, for example, whether the full carrier 610 is transported to a specified or preset position may be detected by the sensor 920, and after the full carrier 610 is transported to a proper position, the first lifting seat 112 and the full carrier 610 filled with silicon wafers are lifted to the loading station 710 by the first driving set 113 in the loading mechanism 100, and then the material taking and turning mechanism 200 is moved to the loading station 710, and the material taking and turning mechanism 200 is located above the loading mechanism 100, and the material taking and turning of the silicon wafers are performed by the second driving set, the turning seat 220, the pick-up member, and the like in the material taking and turning mechanism 200. After the material taking and turning mechanism 200 removes the silicon wafer on the full carrier 610, the first driving set 113 may be utilized to drive the first lifting seat 112 to descend, so as to drive the empty carrier 620 on the first lifting seat 112 from which the silicon wafer is removed to descend to the first empty board position, and the empty carrier 620 may be discharged from the left end of the rack 600. The shifting mechanism 300 can drive the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 to move from the material loading station 710 to the material taking station 720, meanwhile, the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 can overturn the silicon wafer by 180 degrees, and the third driving group drives the second base 210 to slide on the sliding rail 310, so that the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 can slide on the sliding rail 310, namely, the material taking and overturning mechanism 200 can move from the material loading station 710 to the material taking station 720. Then, the blanking mechanism 400 moves to the material taking station 720, the lifting piece 420 is driven by the translation part in the blanking mechanism 400 to move to the material taking station 720, the lifting piece 420 moves downwards, the second sucker 430 on the lifting piece 420 is used for sucking the turned silicon wafer, the lifting piece 420 is used for driving the second sucker 430 and the sucked silicon wafer to move upwards, the shifting mechanism 300 returns to the material loading station 710, and meanwhile the material taking turnover mechanism 200 returns to the original position; then, the translation part is used to drive the lifting member 420 and the second sucker 430 to move from the material taking station 720 to the material discharging station 730, the material discharging mechanism 500 is used to feed the empty carrier plate 620 in place on the material discharging station 730, for example, the sensor 920 can be used to detect whether the empty carrier plate 620 is conveyed to a specified or preset position, and when the empty carrier plate 620 is conveyed to a proper position, that is, after the empty carrier plate 620 is positioned, the second sucker 430 places the sucked silicon wafer on the empty carrier plate 620. Then, the second chuck 430 is lifted to the original position, and the fully loaded carrier plate 610 loaded with the turned silicon wafer is removed by the discharging mechanism 500 and transferred to the next subsequent station.
Further, in other embodiments, to further increase the accuracy of the transfer or positioning, the transfer device is further provided with an intermediate transfer assembly 800, which intermediate transfer assembly 800 may be provided at the take-out station 720. That is, depending on the actual requirements, in some cases, no intermediate turnaround assembly may be provided, or in other cases, intermediate turnaround assembly 800 may be provided at the take out station 720.
As shown in fig. 7 to 9, optionally, a material taking station 720 is disposed in the middle of the frame 600, and the material taking station 720 is provided with an intermediate turnover assembly 800; the intermediate transfer assembly 800 may include an XYY module 810 and a pitch module (not shown) disposed on the XYY module 810, the pitch module being connected to the intermediate connector or the workpiece to adjust the spacing between the workpieces.
Optionally, the take out station 720 is provided with an imaging element 910 and a sensor 920, the imaging element 910 comprising a CCD detection camera and the sensor 920 comprising a laser sensor. The sensor 920 can detect whether the material member reaches a proper position, and when the position of the material member deviates, the material member can be combined with the image pickup element 910 to accurately position the material member.
During the process of moving the material, such as a silicon wafer, from the loading station 710 to the taking station 720, the space between the material and the silicon wafer may be changed, such as the space may be reduced, and the material may be repositioned, such as the space may be enlarged, on the middle taking station 720 by providing the middle turnover assembly 800 on the taking station 720, so as to meet the required position requirement.
The XYY module 810 may be a translation mechanism capable of moving in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, and the specific structure thereof may refer to the prior art, so long as the translation movement in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction can be achieved.
The above-mentioned pitch-changing module is disposed in the XYY module 810, and the pitch-changing module is connected with the intermediate connector or the material piece to adjust the distance between the material pieces. The pitch module can have a variety of implementations, e.g., the pitch module can have the same or similar configuration as the pitch structure in the take-off and inverting mechanism 200. Illustratively, the pitch-changing module may be powered by a motor, an output shaft of which may be coupled to and transmit power to a transmission assembly, which may include a drive structure such as a lead screw nut and a lead screw, through a bearing or the like; the transmission assembly is connected with the telescopic piece, the telescopic piece can stretch out and draw back under the drive of the motor, and the motor realizes the displacement adjustment of the material piece through the transmission assembly and the telescopic piece.
Therefore, based on the above setting, the material conveying device is favorable for the utilization of equipment space, is reasonable in layout, saves occupied space, can improve transmission efficiency to a certain extent, reduces cost, is convenient to maintain, is strong in extensibility, and can relieve the problems of large occupied space, cost improvement, efficiency reduction and the like in the prior art.
In some embodiments, there is also provided a solar cell production apparatus including the foregoing material transfer device.
Optionally, the solar cell production device further comprises a coating device, wherein the coating device can be used for coating the double sides of the silicon wafer, and the coating device can be arranged at the feeding end and the discharging end of the material conveying device.
The solar cell production equipment of the embodiment comprises the material conveying device, which is capable of saving occupied space, improving the transmission efficiency of the silicon wafer, reducing cost, and relieving the problems of larger occupied space, improving cost, reducing efficiency and the like in the related technology.
It should be noted that the solar cell production equipment may also include other device structures such as a coating device, and the connection and the structure of the other device structures such as the coating device are not limited in the embodiments of the present application, and reference may be made to the prior art.
The application is not described in detail in a manner known to those skilled in the art.
The embodiments of the present application have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present application and the scope of the claims, which are to be protected by the present application.

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1. A material transfer device, comprising: the device comprises a feeding mechanism, a material taking turnover mechanism, a shifting mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a discharging mechanism;
the feeding mechanism is positioned at the feeding station and is used for receiving the full-load carrier plate carrying the material pieces;
the material taking and overturning mechanism is positioned above the feeding mechanism and is used for picking up the material pieces on the full-load carrier plate and driving the material pieces to overturn;
the material taking turnover mechanism is arranged on the shifting mechanism, and the shifting mechanism can drive the material taking turnover mechanism to move to a material taking station;
the discharging mechanism is positioned at the discharging station and is used for discharging the full-load carrier plate bearing the overturned material piece;
The blanking mechanism is used for blanking the material piece, and moves between the material taking station and the material discharging station so as to convey the material piece from the material taking turnover mechanism to the material discharging mechanism.
2. The material transfer device of claim 1, wherein the loading mechanism comprises a first lifting member comprising a first base, a first lifting seat, and a first drive set;
the first lifting seat is slidably connected to the first base, the first driving group is arranged on the first base and is in transmission connection with the first lifting seat, the first lifting seat is used for receiving an empty load carrier plate from which the material piece is taken away, and the first driving group drives the empty load carrier plate to descend through the first lifting seat.
3. The material conveying device according to claim 2, wherein the material loading mechanism further comprises a first transmission component, and the first transmission component is arranged on the first lifting seat;
the first conveying member includes a conveying belt or a conveying roller.
4. The material transfer apparatus of claim 1, wherein the material extraction turning mechanism comprises a second base, a turning block, a second drive group, and a pick-up member;
The turnover seat is arranged on the second base in a turnover manner, the second driving group is in transmission connection with the turnover seat, the pickup piece is arranged on the turnover seat, the second driving group drives the turnover seat to turn over relative to the second base, the pickup piece is driven to synchronously turn over by the turnover seat, and the pickup piece comprises a first sucker or a clamp.
5. The material transfer apparatus of claim 4, wherein the displacement mechanism comprises a slide rail and a third drive group;
the sliding rail extends from the feeding station to the material taking station, the second base is slidably connected to the sliding rail, the third driving group is in transmission connection with the second base, and the third driving group drives the second base to move along the sliding rail.
6. The material conveying device according to claim 4, wherein the material taking turnover mechanism further comprises a distance changing structure, the distance changing structure is arranged on the second base, the distance changing structure comprises a distance changing power piece and a telescopic piece, the distance changing power piece is in transmission connection with the telescopic piece, and the telescopic piece is connected with the full-load carrier plate or the material piece.
7. The material conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the blanking mechanism comprises a translation component, a lifting piece and a second sucker;
The translation part comprises a translation part which can move between the material taking station and the material discharging station, and the lifting piece is connected with the translation part;
the second sucker is connected with the lifting piece.
8. The material transfer device of claim 1, wherein the discharge mechanism comprises a second lifting member comprising a third base, a second lifting seat, and a fourth drive group;
the second lifting seat is slidably connected to the third base, the fourth driving set is arranged on the third base and is in transmission connection with the second lifting seat, the second lifting seat is used for receiving the full-load carrier plate or the no-load carrier plate, and the fourth driving set drives the no-load carrier plate to lift through the second lifting seat.
9. The material conveying device according to claim 8, wherein the discharging mechanism further comprises a second conveying component, and the second conveying component is arranged on the second lifting seat;
the second conveying member includes a conveying belt or a conveying roller.
10. The material transfer device of any one of claims 1-9, further comprising an intermediate transfer assembly disposed at the material taking station, the intermediate transfer assembly comprising an XYY module and a pitch module, the pitch module disposed at the XYY module, the pitch module being connected to an intermediate connector or material to adjust a spacing between the material pieces.
11. The material transfer device of any one of claims 1-9, further comprising at least one of an imaging element, a sensor, or a mechanical positioner.
12. The material conveying device according to claim 11, wherein the feeding station, the taking station and the discharging station are provided with the image pickup element and/or the sensor, the image pickup element comprises a CCD detection camera, and the sensor comprises a laser sensor.
13. The material conveying device according to any one of claims 1-9, further comprising a frame, wherein the feeding mechanism, the displacement mechanism, the discharging mechanism and the discharging mechanism are respectively provided on the frame.
14. A solar cell production apparatus comprising the material transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 13.
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