CN117415542A

CN117415542A - Battery positioning and processing device

Info

Publication number: CN117415542A
Application number: CN202311399297.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 焦毅; 朱春林; 张旭
Original assignee: Gotion High Tech Co Ltd
Current assignee: Gotion High Tech Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-10-25
Filing date: 2023-10-25
Publication date: 2024-01-19

Abstract

The invention relates to a battery positioning and processing device, which comprises a positioning jig and a pre-pressing mechanism; the positioning jig is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves for placing batteries, the bottom of each positioning groove is provided with an elastic piece, and the positioning jig is provided with a clamping piece for clamping the batteries in each positioning groove; the pre-pressing mechanism is used for applying pressure to the battery in each positioning groove so as to compress the elastic piece, and when the elastic piece is compressed, the clamping piece clamps the battery. According to the invention, after the battery is fed into the positioning groove, the pressing force is applied to the battery through the pre-pressing mechanism so as to compress the elastic member, thereby adjusting the height of the battery, and then the clamping member clamps the battery again, so that the positioning of the battery can be completed, and after the positioning, the position of the battery is not required to be adjusted again, and the processing efficiency is effectively improved.

Description

Battery positioning and processing device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of battery manufacturing, in particular to a battery positioning and processing device.

Background

New car motorization has become a mainstream trend of world car industry development, demand for power batteries continues to increase, and global lithium ion battery market scale will continue to expand. There are material loading station, laser cleaning station, go up nail station, prewelding station, final welding station, post-weld detection station, unloading station in battery seal nail welding equipment, no matter wash, go up nail, welding, detection station all have the precision requirement to battery location, however current no matter be the carousel or straight line seal nail welding equipment all need realize the flow of battery between each station through the tool, when the tool from last station to next station, all need to relocate the battery in the tool, there is the condition of repeated location, lead to problems such as with high costs, efficiency promotes difficulty, fault rate height.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the above, the present invention aims to provide a battery positioning and processing device, which aims at solving the technical problems existing in the prior art.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme.

The invention provides a battery positioning and processing device, which comprises a positioning jig and a pre-pressing mechanism; the positioning jig is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves for placing batteries, the bottom of each positioning groove is provided with an elastic piece, and the positioning jig is provided with a clamping piece for clamping the batteries in each positioning groove; the pre-pressing mechanism is used for applying pressure to the battery in each positioning groove so as to compress the elastic piece, and when the elastic piece is compressed, the clamping piece clamps the battery.

According to the invention, after the battery is fed into the positioning groove, the pressing force is applied to the battery through the pre-pressing mechanism to compress the elastic member, so that the height of the battery is adjusted, the battery is clamped by the clamping member, the positioning of the battery can be completed, and after the positioning, the position of the battery is not required to be readjusted, the positioning precision can be met by only once positioning, the positioning is simple, the position precision consistency is high, the advantages of repeated positioning, simplified mechanism design and low cost are not required, the processing efficiency of the battery is further improved, and the cost of design, debugging and maintenance is reduced.

As a further improvement of the above-mentioned scheme of the invention, the battery positioning and processing device also comprises a conveying mechanism and an adjusting mechanism; wherein:

the conveying mechanism conveys the positioning jig along a preset direction, and a battery feeding station, a prepressing station, a plurality of processing stations and a battery discharging station are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism; the pre-pressing mechanism is arranged at the pre-pressing station;

the adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting piece I, an adjusting piece II and an adjusting piece III, wherein the adjusting piece I, the adjusting piece II and the adjusting piece III are respectively arranged at a battery feeding station, a prepressing station and a battery discharging station; when the positioning jig moves to the feeding station, the first adjusting piece releases the clamping force of the clamping piece to feed the battery of the positioning groove; when the positioning jig moves to the pre-pressing station, the second adjusting piece releases the clamping force of the clamping piece to pre-press the battery by the pre-pressing mechanism, and after the elastic piece is compressed, the clamping piece clamps the battery; when the positioning jig moves to the battery blanking station, the third adjusting piece releases the clamping force of the clamping piece to perform battery blanking.

As a further improvement of the scheme of the invention, the conveying mechanism comprises a turntable and a driving motor for driving the turntable to rotate, and the positioning jig is arranged on the turntable and can rotate along with the rotation of the turntable.

As a further improvement of the above-described aspect of the present invention, the conveying mechanism employs a linear conveying mechanism.

As a further improvement of the scheme, the elastic piece comprises a plurality of first springs, a bottom plate and a plurality of guide rods, wherein the first springs are arranged at the bottom of the positioning groove, the bottom plate is arranged above the first springs, the bottom of the bottom plate is connected with the first springs, and the top surface of the bottom plate is provided with an insulating plate I; the guide rods are respectively arranged in the springs, the top ends of the guide rods are connected with the bottom plate, and the bottom ends of the guide rods are connected with the positioning jig in a sliding fit manner.

As a further improvement of the above-mentioned solution of the invention, the clamping member comprises a number of side clamping plates and a number of end clamping plates; the side clamping plates are respectively arranged in the positioning grooves, one side surface of each side clamping plate is a clamping surface, the clamping surface is provided with an insulating plate II, the other side surface of each side clamping plate is connected with a side rod, the side rods penetrate through the battery jig in a sliding manner, a section of each side rod, which is positioned in each positioning groove, is sleeved with a spring II, and two ends of each spring II are respectively connected with the side clamping plate and the battery jig; the end clamping plates are respectively arranged in the positioning grooves, the end clamping plates are positioned on one side of the side clamping plates and distributed with the side clamping plates in an L shape, one side surface of the end clamping plates, which is close to the side clamping plates, is a clamping surface, an insulating plate III is arranged on the clamping surface, the other side surface of the end clamping plates is connected with an end rod, the end rod penetrates through the battery jig in a sliding manner, a section of the end rod, which is positioned in the positioning grooves, is sleeved with a spring III, and two ends of the spring III are respectively connected with the end clamping plates and the battery jig; in a natural state, the side clamping plates and the end clamping plates can clamp the battery, and the first adjusting piece, the second adjusting piece and the third adjusting piece are used for applying pressure to the side rods and the end rods so as to increase the distance between the side clamping plates and the end clamping plates and the battery, so that the clamping force of the clamping pieces is relieved.

As a further improvement of the scheme, the positioning jig is provided with an open cavity with an open top, a vertically arranged baffle is fixed in the open cavity, the baffle divides the open cavity into two positioning grooves, and the two sides of the baffle are provided with insulating plates IV; the side clamping plates in the two positioning grooves are oppositely arranged in parallel with the partition plate, and the side clamping plates, the end clamping plates and the partition plate are used for placing batteries.

As a further improvement of the scheme of the invention, the clamping piece further comprises two connecting plates and a moving plate, wherein the two connecting plates and the moving plate are arranged outside the positioning jig, the two connecting plates are respectively arranged on two sides of the positioning jig, the two connecting plates are respectively arranged corresponding to the two side clamping plates, the connecting plates are connected with the side rods, connecting shafts which are vertically arranged are arranged on the connecting plates, and idler wheels are rotatably arranged on the connecting shafts; a sliding plate is arranged between the connecting plate and the positioning jig, the sliding plate is obliquely arranged, two ends of the sliding plate are connected with the positioning jig in a sliding fit manner through sliding blocks, one end of the sliding plate is connected with a straight plate, the distance between one end of the sliding plate far away from the straight plate and the connecting plate is smaller than the distance between one end of the sliding plate close to the straight plate and the connecting plate, and the sliding plate is always in rolling fit with the roller; the movable plate is vertically arranged with the partition plate, the movable plate is connected with each end rod, and the movable plate is connected with one end of the two straight plates far away from the sliding plate; the first adjusting piece, the second adjusting piece and the adjusting piece are used for pulling the moving plate to move away from the positioning jig.

As a further improvement of the scheme, one side of the movable plate, which is far away from the positioning jig, is provided with two L-shaped plates which are arranged oppositely up and down, and a clamping groove is formed between the two L-shaped plates;

the first regulating part comprises a first cylinder, a first clamping block is connected to the telescopic end of the first cylinder, and when the first cylinder is in an extending state and the positioning jig rotates to a battery feeding station along with the turntable, the first clamping block can be clamped into the clamping groove.

As a further improvement of the scheme, the second adjusting part comprises a second cylinder, the telescopic end of the second cylinder is connected with a second clamping block, and when the second cylinder is in an extending state and the positioning jig rotates to a pre-pressing station along with the turntable, the second clamping block can be clamped into the clamping groove.

As a further improvement of the scheme, the third adjusting piece comprises a third air cylinder, the telescopic end of the third air cylinder is connected with a third clamping block, and when the third air cylinder is in an extending state and the positioning jig rotates to a battery blanking station along with the turntable, the third clamping block can be clamped into the clamping groove.

As a further improvement of the scheme, the pre-pressing mechanism comprises a mounting plate, a cylinder IV and a pre-pressing plate, wherein the mounting plate is vertically arranged, a guide rail which is vertically arranged is arranged on one side of the mounting plate, which is close to the turntable, the pre-pressing plate is horizontally arranged, one end of the pre-pressing plate is connected with the guide rail in a sliding fit manner, and the pre-pressing plate is arranged at the bottom of the pre-pressing plate; and the fourth air cylinder is arranged on the mounting plate, and the telescopic end of the fourth air cylinder is connected with the pre-pressing plate.

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

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery positioning and processing device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a positioning fixture in a battery positioning and processing device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a top view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of FIG. 4;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a pre-pressing mechanism in a battery positioning and processing device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of FIG. 2 at A;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 2;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery positioning and processing device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Reference numerals: 100. positioning jig; 110. a positioning groove; 120. an elastic member; 121. a first spring; 122. a bottom plate; 130. a clamping member; 131. a side clamping plate; 132. an end clamping plate; 133. an insulating plate II; 134. a side bar; 135. a second spring; 136. an insulating plate III; 137. an end rod; 138. a third spring; 139. a connecting plate; 1310. a sliding plate; 1311. a moving plate; 1312. a connecting shaft; 1313. a roller; 1314. a straight plate; 1315. a slide block; 1316. an L-shaped plate; 140. a partition plate; 141. an insulating plate IV; 150. an insulating plate V; 200. a pre-pressing mechanism; 210. a mounting plate; 220. a fourth cylinder; 230. a pre-pressing plate; 240. a guide rail; 250. pre-pressing blocks; 300. a battery; 400. a rotating mechanism; 410. a turntable; 420. a driving motor; 510. an adjusting piece I; 511. a first cylinder; 512. a clamping block I; 520. an adjusting piece II; 521. a second cylinder; 522. a clamping block II; 530. an adjusting piece III; 531. a third cylinder; 532. and a clamping block III.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1-3, the present embodiment provides a battery positioning device, which includes a positioning fixture 100, a pre-pressing mechanism 200, and may further include a conveying mechanism 400 and an adjusting mechanism.

The transfer mechanism 400 includes a turntable 410 and a driving motor 420 that drives the turntable 410 to rotate. A battery loading station, a pre-pressing station and a battery unloading station are sequentially arranged along the rotation direction of the turntable 410. A battery loading manipulator (not shown) is arranged at the battery loading station, the pre-pressing mechanism 200 is installed at the pre-pressing station, and a battery unloading manipulator (not shown) is arranged at the battery unloading station. A plurality of processing stations are further arranged between the pre-pressing station and the battery blanking station, for example, a laser cleaning station, a nailing station, a pre-welding station, a final welding station and a post-welding detection station are sequentially arranged between the pre-pressing station and the battery blanking station according to the processing procedure, and corresponding laser cleaning equipment, nailing equipment, pre-welding equipment, final welding equipment and post-welding detection equipment can be respectively installed at the laser cleaning station, the nailing station, the pre-welding station, the final welding station and the post-welding detection station.

The positioning fixture 100 is used for positioning and clamping the battery 300. In this embodiment, the positioning jigs 100 are mounted on the turntable 410 and can rotate along with the rotation of the turntable 410, the number of the positioning jigs 100 can be set to be multiple, and the multiple positioning jigs 100 are uniformly distributed on the top surface of the turntable 410 in circumference, so that multiple batteries 300 can be processed simultaneously, and the working efficiency is improved. Referring to fig. 4-6, the positioning jig 100 is provided with an open cavity with an open top, a vertically arranged partition plate 140 is fixed in the open cavity, the partition plate 140 divides the open cavity into two positioning slots 110 for placing the batteries 300, the two batteries 300 to be processed are respectively fed into the two positioning slots 110 by a feeding manipulator at a time, and in order to ensure safety, four insulating plates 141 are mounted on two side surfaces of the partition plate 140. The positioning jig 100 is provided with a clamping member 130 for clamping the batteries 300 in the two positioning grooves 110.

The clamping member 130 includes two side clamping plates 131, two end clamping plates 132, two connecting plates 139, and a moving plate 1311. The two side clamping plates 131 are respectively arranged in the two positioning grooves 110, the two side clamping plates 131 are arranged in parallel with the partition plate 140, one side surface of the side clamping plate 131 facing the partition plate 140 is a clamping surface, the clamping surface is provided with the second insulating plate 133, the other side surface of the side clamping plate 131 is connected with the side rod 134, the side rod 134 slides through the battery 300 jig, the side rod 134 is positioned in the positioning groove 110, a section of the side rod 134 is sleeved with the second spring 135, and two ends of the second spring 135 are respectively connected with the side clamping plate 131 and the battery 300 jig. Two end clamp plates 132 are respectively arranged in two positioning grooves 110, the end clamp plates 132 and the side clamp plates 131 in the same positioning groove 110 are distributed in an L shape, one side surface of the end clamp plate 132, which is close to the side clamp plate 131, is a clamping surface, an insulating plate III 136 is arranged on the clamping surface, the other side surface of the end clamp plate 132 is connected with an end rod 137, the end rod 137 slides through the battery 300 jig, one section of the end rod 137, which is positioned in the positioning groove 110, is sleeved with a spring III 138, and two ends of the spring III 138 are respectively connected with the end clamp plate 132 and the battery 300 jig. An insulating plate five 150 is installed on the inner wall of the positioning groove 110 opposite to the end clamping plate 132. The side clamping plates 131, the end clamping plates 132, and the separator 140 in the positioning groove 110 form a region for placing the battery 300 therebetween. The two connecting plates 139 are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the positioning jig 100, the two connecting plates 139 are parallel to the partition 140, the side rods 134 connected with the two side clamping plates 131 are respectively connected with the two connecting plates 139 at one end outside the positioning jig 100, the connecting plates 139 are provided with connecting shafts 1312 which are vertically arranged, and the connecting shafts 1312 are rotatably provided with rollers 1313. A sliding plate 1310 is arranged between the connecting plate 139 and the positioning jig 100, the sliding plate 1310 is obliquely arranged, two ends of the sliding plate 1310 are connected with the positioning jig 100 in a sliding fit manner through sliding blocks 1315, one end of the sliding plate 1310 is connected with a straight plate 1314, the distance between one end of the sliding plate 1310 far away from the straight plate 1314 and the connecting plate 139 is smaller than the distance between one end of the sliding plate 1310 close to the straight plate 1314 and the connecting plate 139, and the sliding plate 1310 is always in rolling fit with the idler wheels 1313. The moving plate 1311 is located at one end of the positioning jig 100 and is perpendicular to the partition 140, and the end rods 137 connected to the two end clamping plates 132 are located at one end outside the positioning jig 100 and are connected to the moving plate 1311, and the moving plate 1311 is connected to one end of the two straight plates 1314 away from the sliding plate 1310. Two L-shaped plates 1316 which are arranged oppositely up and down are arranged on one side of the movable plate 1311 away from the positioning jig 100, and clamping grooves are formed between the two L-shaped plates 1316. When the moving plate 1311 moves away from the positioning jig 100, the moving plate 1311 directly pulls the two end clamping plates 132 to move the compression springs III 138 through the end rods 137, the moving plate 1311 pulls the two sliding plates 1310 to move through the two straight plates 1314, the sliding plates 1310 incline and are always attached to the rollers 1313, the connecting plates 139 are extruded outwards when moving, the connecting plates 139 pull the side clamping plates 131 through the side rods 134 to move the compression springs II 135, so that the area between the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 is enlarged, after the battery 300 is fed to the positioning groove 110 by the feeding manipulator, the moving plate 1311 is released, and under the action of the springs II 135 and the III 138, the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 can reset to just clamp the battery 300; when the battery 300 needs to be taken out, the moving plate 1311 is also moved away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300, and the discharging manipulator can take out the battery 300.

Due to processing requirements, the height of the battery 300 in the positioning slots 110 may need to be adjusted, and the elastic members 120 are installed at the bottoms of both positioning slots 110 in the present embodiment. After the battery 300 enters the positioning groove 110, the elastic piece 120 is compressed by a certain amount under the action of gravity of the battery 300, when the positioning jig 100 moves to the pre-pressing station, the moving plate 1311 moves away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300, the pre-pressing mechanism 200 applies pressure to the battery 300 in the two positioning grooves 110 to further compress the elastic piece 120, when the height of the battery 300 reaches a preset height, the moving plate 1311 is loosened, under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138, the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 can be reset to just clamp the battery 300, and at the moment, the height of the battery 300 meets the processing requirement.

In this embodiment, the elastic member 120 includes a plurality of first springs 121, a bottom plate 122 and a plurality of guide rods (not shown), the first springs 121 are all installed at the bottom of the positioning slot 110, the bottom plate 122 is disposed above the first springs 121 and connected to the first springs 121, and an insulating plate (not shown) is installed on the top surface of the bottom plate 122. The plurality of guide rods are respectively arranged in the plurality of springs 121, the top ends of the guide rods are connected with the bottom plate 122, and the bottom ends of the guide rods are connected with the positioning jig 100 in a sliding fit manner. After the battery 300 enters the positioning slot 110 and is directly carried by the bottom plate 122, the battery 300 presses the bottom plate 122 to compress the first spring 121.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 7, the pre-pressing mechanism 200 includes a mounting plate 210, a fourth cylinder 220, and a pre-pressing plate 230. The mounting plate 210 is vertically disposed and mounted on the ground or an external device mounting frame, and a vertically disposed guide rail 240 is mounted on a side of the mounting plate 210 adjacent to the turntable 410. The pre-pressing plate 230 is horizontally arranged, one end of the pre-pressing plate is connected with the guide rail 240 in a sliding fit manner, and a pre-pressing block 250 is installed at the bottom of the pre-pressing plate 230. Cylinder four 220 is mounted on mounting plate 210 and its telescoping end is connected to precompactor plate 230. When the positioning jig 100 moves to the pre-pressing station, the fourth cylinder 220 drives the pre-pressing plate 230 to move downwards, and the pre-pressing block 250

In order to facilitate the movement of the pulling and moving plate 1311, the present embodiment is provided with an adjusting mechanism, which includes an adjusting member one 510, an adjusting member two 520 and an adjusting member three 530, wherein the adjusting member one 510, the adjusting member two 520 and the adjusting member three 530 are respectively installed at a battery feeding station, a pre-pressing station and a battery discharging station, and the adjusting member one 510, the adjusting member two 520 and the adjusting member three 530 are all used for pulling the moving plate 1311 to move towards a direction far away from the positioning jig 100.

Referring to fig. 8, the first adjusting member 510 includes a first cylinder 511, and a telescopic end of the first cylinder 511 is connected to a first clamping block 512. The first cylinder 511 is always in an extending state, in the process that the positioning jig 100 moves to the feeding station along with the rotation of the turntable 410, the first clamping block 512 just can be clamped into a clamping groove formed by the two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the movable plate 1311, then the first cylinder 511 contracts to pull the movable plate 1311 to move away from the positioning jig 100, the area between the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 is enlarged, and the feeding manipulator can respectively feed the two batteries 300 into the two positioning grooves 110. After the battery 300 enters the positioning groove 110, the first air cylinder 511 extends to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively to clamp the battery 300 again. The turntable 410 then rotates to rotate the positioning fixture 100, and during the rotation, the first clamping block 512 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped boards 1316.

Referring to fig. 7 again, the second adjusting member 520 includes a second cylinder 521, the second cylinder 521 is mounted on the mounting plate 210, and a second clamping block 522 is connected to a telescopic end of the second cylinder 521. The second cylinder 521 is always in an extended state, and in the process that the positioning jig 100 moves to the pre-pressing station along with the rotation of the turntable 410, the second clamping block 522 can be just clamped into a clamping groove formed by the two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the moving plate 1311, and then the second cylinder 521 contracts to pull the moving plate 1311 to move away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300. The fourth cylinder 220 drives the pre-pressing plate 230 to move downward to press the battery 300 so that the first spring 121 is compressed, thereby adjusting the height of the battery 300. When the height of the battery 300 reaches the preset height, the second cylinder 521 extends to drive the moving plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 are reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively to clamp the battery 300 again. Then, the turntable 410 rotates to drive the positioning fixture 100 to rotate, and during the rotation process, the second clamping block 522 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped plates 1316.

Referring to fig. 9, the third adjuster 530 includes a third cylinder 531, and a third clamping block 532 is connected to a telescopic end of the third cylinder 531. The third air cylinder 531 is always in an extending state, in the process that the positioning jig 100 moves to the pre-pressing station along with the rotation of the turntable 410, the third clamping block 532 just can be clamped into a clamping groove formed by the two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the moving plate 1311, and then the third air cylinder 531 contracts and pulls the moving plate 1311 to move away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300, and the discharging manipulator can take away the battery 300. After the battery 300 is taken out, the third air cylinder 531 extends out to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 are reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively. The turntable 410 then rotates to rotate the positioning fixture 100, and during the rotation process, the fixture block three 532 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped boards 1316.

Next, the operation principle of the present embodiment will be described.

In the initial state, the first cylinder 511, the second cylinder 521 and the third cylinder 531 are in the extending state, and the driving motor 420 starts the driving turntable 410 to intermittently rotate;

the positioning jig 100 moves to a feeding station along with the rotation of the turntable 410, the first clamping block 512 can be just clamped into a clamping groove formed by the two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the movable plate 1311, then the first air cylinder 511 contracts to pull the movable plate 1311 to move away from the positioning jig 100, so that the area between the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 is enlarged, and the feeding manipulator can respectively feed the two batteries 300 into the two positioning grooves 110; after the battery 300 enters the positioning groove 110, the first air cylinder 511 extends to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively to clamp the battery 300 again. Then, the turntable 410 rotates to drive the positioning fixture 100 to rotate, and in the rotating process, the first clamping block 512 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped plates 1316;

the positioning jig 100 moves to a pre-pressing station along with the rotation of the turntable 410, the second clamping block 522 can be just clamped into a clamping groove formed by two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the moving plate 1311, and then the second cylinder 521 contracts to pull the moving plate 1311 to move away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300; the fourth cylinder 220 drives the pre-pressing plate 230 to move downwards to press the battery 300 so as to compress the first spring 121, thereby adjusting the height of the battery 300; when the height of the battery 300 reaches the preset height, the second cylinder 521 extends to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 are reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively to clamp the battery 300 again; then, the turntable 410 rotates to drive the positioning jig 100 to rotate, and in the rotating process, the second clamping block 522 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped plates 1316;

then, the positioning jig 100 sequentially enters a laser cleaning station, a nailing station, a pre-welding station, a final welding station and a post-welding detection station with the positioned battery 300 so as to sequentially perform laser cleaning, nailing, pre-welding, final welding and post-welding detection;

finally, the positioning jig 100 moves to a battery blanking station along with the rotation of the turntable 410, the clamping block III 532 can be just clamped into a clamping groove formed by the two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the moving plate 1311, then the air cylinder III 531 contracts to pull the moving plate 1311 to move away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300, and the blanking manipulator takes away the battery 300; after the battery 300 is taken away, the third air cylinder 531 extends out to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 are reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively; the turntable 410 then rotates to rotate the positioning fixture 100, and during the rotation process, the fixture block three 532 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped boards 1316.

Example 2

The present embodiment provides a battery positioning processing device, which is different from embodiment 1 in that: referring to fig. 10, a conveying mechanism 400 of the present embodiment adopts a linear conveying mechanism (e.g. a belt conveying mechanism) in the prior art, and the conveying mechanism linearly conveys the positioning jig 100 along a predetermined direction, and sequentially sets a battery feeding station, a pre-pressing station, a laser cleaning station, a nailing station, a pre-welding station, a final welding station, a post-welding detection station, and a battery blanking station along the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism 400; the battery loading station is provided with a battery loading manipulator (not shown), the pre-pressing mechanism 200 is installed at the pre-pressing station, the battery unloading station is provided with a battery unloading manipulator (not shown), and corresponding laser cleaning equipment, nailing equipment, pre-welding equipment, final welding equipment and post-welding detection equipment can be installed at the laser cleaning station, the nailing station, the pre-welding station, the final welding station and the post-welding detection station respectively.

Next, the operation principle of the present embodiment will be described.

In the initial state, the first cylinder 511, the second cylinder 521 and the third cylinder 531 are in an extended state, a plurality of positioning jigs 100 are placed on the conveying surface of the linear conveying mechanism 100, and the linear conveying mechanism 100 is started;

when the positioning jig 100 is conveyed to the feeding station, the linear conveying mechanism 100 is suspended, the first clamping block 512 can be just clamped into a clamping groove formed by the two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the moving plate 1311, then the first air cylinder 511 contracts to pull the moving plate 1311 to move away from the positioning jig 100, so that the area between the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 is enlarged, and the feeding manipulator can respectively feed the two batteries 300 into the two positioning grooves 110; after the battery 300 enters the positioning groove 110, the first air cylinder 511 extends to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively to clamp the battery 300 again. Then, the linear conveying mechanism 100 continues to convey the positioning jig 100 forward, and during the moving process, the first clamping block 512 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped plates 1316;

when the positioning jig 100 is conveyed to the pre-pressing station, the linear conveying mechanism 100 is suspended, the clamping block II 522 can be just clamped into a clamping groove formed by the two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the moving plate 1311, and then the cylinder II 521 is contracted to pull the moving plate 1311 to move in the direction away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300; the fourth cylinder 220 drives the pre-pressing plate 230 to move downwards to press the battery 300 so as to compress the first spring 121, thereby adjusting the height of the battery 300; when the height of the battery 300 reaches the preset height, the second cylinder 521 extends to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 are reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively to clamp the battery 300 again; then, the linear conveying mechanism 100 continues to convey the positioning jig 100 to move forwards, and in the moving process, the second clamping block 522 is automatically separated from the two L-shaped plates 1316;

finally, the positioning jig 100 is conveyed to a battery blanking station, the clamping block III 532 can be just clamped into a clamping groove formed by two L-shaped plates 1316 on the outer side of the movable plate 1311, then the movable plate 1311 is pulled by shrinkage of the air cylinder III 531 to move away from the positioning jig 100, so that the side clamping plates 131 and the end clamping plates 132 loosen the battery 300, and the blanking manipulator takes away the battery 300; after the battery 300 is taken away, the third air cylinder 531 extends out to drive the movable plate 1311 to reset, and the side clamping plate 131 and the end clamping plate 132 are reset under the action of the second spring 135 and the third spring 138 respectively; the linear conveyor 100 then continues to move the positioning jig 100 forward, and during this movement, the third clamping block 532 is automatically disengaged from the two L-shaped plates 1316.

It is noted that when an element is referred to as being "mounted to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly secured to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The term "or/and" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The battery positioning and processing device is characterized by comprising a positioning jig (100) and a pre-pressing mechanism (200); the positioning jig (100) is provided with a plurality of positioning grooves (110) for placing the batteries (300), the bottom of each positioning groove (110) is provided with an elastic piece (120), and the positioning jig (100) is provided with a clamping piece (130) for clamping the battery (300) in each positioning groove (110); the pre-pressing mechanism (200) is used for applying pressure to the battery (300) in each positioning groove (110) so as to compress the elastic piece (120), and when the elastic piece (120) is compressed, the clamping piece (130) clamps the battery (300).

2. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 1, wherein the battery (300) positioning and processing device further comprises a conveying mechanism (400) and an adjusting mechanism; wherein:

the conveying mechanism (400) conveys the positioning jig (100) along a preset direction, and a battery feeding station, a prepressing station, a plurality of processing stations and a battery discharging station are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism (400); the pre-pressing mechanism (200) is arranged at a pre-pressing station;

the adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting piece I (510), an adjusting piece II (520) and an adjusting piece III (530), wherein the adjusting piece I (510), the adjusting piece II (520) and the adjusting piece III (530) are respectively arranged at a battery feeding station, a prepressing station and a battery discharging station; when the positioning jig (100) is conveyed to the feeding station, the first adjusting piece (510) releases the clamping force of the clamping piece (130) so as to feed the battery (300) of the positioning groove (110); when the positioning jig (100) is conveyed to the pre-pressing station, the second adjusting piece (520) releases the clamping force of the clamping piece (130) to pre-press the battery (300) by the pre-pressing mechanism (200), and when the elastic piece (120) is compressed, the clamping piece (130) clamps the battery (300); when the positioning jig (100) is conveyed to the battery blanking station, the third adjusting piece (530) releases the clamping force of the clamping piece (130) to perform battery (300) blanking.

3. The battery positioning processing device according to claim 2, wherein the conveying mechanism (400) includes a turntable (410) and a driving motor (420) for driving the turntable (410) to rotate, and the positioning jig (100) is mounted on the turntable (410) and is rotatable with the rotation of the turntable (410).

4. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 2, wherein the conveying mechanism (400) employs a linear conveying mechanism.

5. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member (120) comprises a plurality of first springs (121), a bottom plate (122) and a plurality of guide rods, the plurality of first springs (121) are all installed at the bottom of the positioning groove (110), the bottom plate (122) is arranged above the plurality of first springs (121) and the bottom of the bottom plate is connected with the plurality of first springs (121), and an insulating plate (one) is installed on the top surface of the bottom plate (122); the plurality of guide rods are respectively arranged in the plurality of first springs (121), the top ends of the guide rods are connected with the bottom plate (122), and the bottom ends of the guide rods are connected with the positioning jig (100) in a sliding fit manner.

6. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 2, wherein the clamping member (130) includes a plurality of side clamping plates (131) and a plurality of end clamping plates (132); the side clamping plates (131) are respectively arranged in the positioning grooves (110), one side surface of each side clamping plate (131) is a clamping surface, the clamping surface is provided with an insulating plate II (133), the other side surface of each side clamping plate (131) is connected with a side rod (134), the side rods (134) penetrate through the battery (300) jig in a sliding mode, the side rods (134) are positioned in the positioning grooves (110), one section of each side rod is sleeved with a spring II (135), and two ends of each spring II (135) are respectively connected with the side clamping plates (131) and the battery (300) jig; the end clamping plates (132) are respectively arranged in the positioning grooves (110), the end clamping plates (132) are positioned on one side of the side clamping plates (131) and distributed with the side clamping plates (131) in an L shape, one side surface, close to the side clamping plates (131), of each end clamping plate (132) is a clamping surface, an insulating plate III (136) is arranged on each clamping surface, the other side surface of each end clamping plate (132) is connected with an end rod (137) and the end rod (137) penetrates through the battery (300) jig in a sliding mode, the end rods (137) are positioned in the positioning grooves (110), springs III (138) are sleeved on one section of each end rod, and two ends of each spring III (138) are respectively connected with the end clamping plates (132) and the battery (300) jig; in a natural state, the side clamping plate (131) and the end clamping plate (132) can clamp the battery (300), and the first adjusting piece (510), the second adjusting piece (520) and the third adjusting piece (530) are used for applying pressure to the side rod (134) and the end rod (137) to increase the distance between the side clamping plate (131) and the end clamping plate (132) and the battery (300), so that the clamping force of the clamping piece (130) is relieved.

7. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 6, wherein the positioning jig (100) is provided with an open cavity with an open top, a vertically arranged partition plate (140) is fixed in the open cavity, the partition plate (140) divides the open cavity into two positioning grooves (110), and insulating plates four (141) are arranged on two side surfaces of the partition plate (140); the side clamping plates (131) in the two positioning grooves (110) are arranged in parallel and opposite to the partition plates (140), and the batteries (300) are placed among the side clamping plates (131), the end clamping plates (132) and the partition plates (140).

8. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 7, wherein the clamping member (130) further comprises two connecting plates (139) and a moving plate (1311) which are arranged outside the positioning jig (100), the two connecting plates (139) are respectively arranged at two sides of the positioning jig (100) and the two connecting plates (139) are respectively arranged corresponding to the two side clamping plates (131), the connecting plates (139) are connected with the side rods (134), a connecting shaft (1312) which is vertically arranged is arranged on the connecting plates (139), and a roller (1313) is rotatably arranged on the connecting shaft (1312); a sliding plate (1310) is arranged between the connecting plate (139) and the positioning jig (100), the sliding plate (1310) is obliquely arranged, two ends of the sliding plate (1310) are connected with the positioning jig (100) in a sliding fit manner through sliding blocks (1315), one end of the sliding plate (1310) is connected with a straight plate (1314), the distance between one end, far away from the straight plate (1314), of the sliding plate (1310) and the connecting plate (139) is smaller than the distance between one end, close to the straight plate (1314), of the sliding plate (1310) and the connecting plate (139), and the sliding plate (1310) is always in rolling fit with a roller (1313); the movable plate (1311) is arranged vertically to the partition plate (140), the movable plate (1311) is connected with each end rod (137), and the movable plate (1311) is connected with one end of the straight plate (1314) far away from the sliding plate (1310); the first adjusting piece (510), the second adjusting piece (520) and the third adjusting piece (530) are used for pulling the moving plate (1311) to move away from the positioning jig (100).

9. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 8, wherein two L-shaped plates (1316) which are arranged oppositely up and down are arranged on one side of the movable plate (1311) away from the positioning jig (100), and a clamping groove is formed between the two L-shaped plates (1316);

the first adjusting piece (510) comprises a first air cylinder (511), a first clamping block (512) is connected to the telescopic end of the first air cylinder (511), and when the first air cylinder (511) is in an extending state, the positioning jig (100) rotates to a battery feeding station along with the turntable (410), the first clamping block (512) can be clamped into the clamping groove;

and/or the second adjusting piece (520) comprises a second cylinder (521), the telescopic end of the second cylinder (521) is connected with a second clamping block (522), and when the second cylinder (521) is in an extending state, the positioning jig (100) rotates to a pre-pressing station along with the turntable (410), the second clamping block (522) can be clamped into the clamping groove;

and/or, the third adjusting piece (530) comprises a third air cylinder (531), the telescopic end of the third air cylinder (531) is connected with a third clamping block (532), and when the third air cylinder (531) is in an extending state, the positioning jig (100) rotates to a battery blanking station along with the turntable (410), and the third clamping block (532) can be clamped into the clamping groove.

10. The battery positioning and processing device according to claim 1, wherein the pre-pressing mechanism (200) comprises a mounting plate (210), a fourth cylinder (220) and a pre-pressing plate (230), the mounting plate (210) is vertically arranged, a guide rail (240) which is vertically arranged is arranged on one side of the mounting plate (210) close to the turntable (410), the pre-pressing plate (230) is horizontally arranged, one end of the pre-pressing plate is connected with the guide rail (240) in a sliding fit manner, and a pre-pressing block (250) is arranged at the bottom of the pre-pressing plate (230); and the fourth air cylinder (220) is arranged on the mounting plate (210) and the telescopic end of the fourth air cylinder is connected with the pre-pressing plate (230).