Crushing device for recycling waste lithium battery cell pole pieces and metal separation method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of waste lithium batteries, in particular to a crushing device and a metal separation method for recycling battery cell pole pieces of waste lithium batteries.
Background
A lithium battery is a battery using a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, with lithium metal or a lithium alloy as a negative electrode material. Compared with a rechargeable battery, the lithium ion battery is different from the lithium ion polymer battery, and various substances in the lithium battery have high recycling rate, so that the waste lithium battery has high recycling value. The recovery treatment of the waste lithium batteries not only can recycle the waste lithium batteries to save energy, but also can avoid the pollution caused by direct discarding of the waste lithium batteries to the environment. In the prior art, the treatment of the waste lithium battery generally comprises the processes of discharging, pyrolysis, cutting and crushing and the like.
When crushing the waste lithium battery, the existing crushing device cannot separate the electrolyte from solid matters in the lithium battery because the waste lithium battery contains the electrolyte, so that the crushed mixed material is doped with the electrolyte, the recycling process is inconvenient, and the condition of incomplete crushing is easy to occur. Therefore, a crushing device and a metal separation method for recycling the battery cell pole pieces of the waste lithium batteries are provided.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the existing defects, and provides the crushing device and the metal separation method for recycling the waste lithium battery cell pole pieces, which can separate electrolyte from solid matters, thoroughly crush the solid matters in the waste lithium battery cell pole pieces and effectively solve the problems in the background art.
The crushing device for recycling the battery cell pole pieces of the waste lithium batteries comprises an installation box and a feeding assembly;
mounting box: the lower side is fixed with the base, the left end of the upper side of the installation box is fixed with a fixed frame, the inside of the fixed frame is provided with a belt conveyor, the inside of the installation box is provided with a flow guide component, a second crushing component, a separation component and a screening component from top to bottom in sequence, the right side of the inside of the installation box is provided with an extrusion component, the extrusion component is attached to the right side of the screening component, the inside of the installation box is provided with a first crushing component, and the first crushing component is positioned in the flow guide component;
The feeding assembly comprises a collecting box, a collecting groove, a discharging pipe, a fixed barrel, a first motor, a spiral feeding rod and a discharging pipe, wherein the collecting box is fixed at the left end of the upper side of the base, the collecting groove is arranged in the collecting box, the discharging pipe is fixed in the discharging hole formed in the lower end of the front side of the collecting box, the fixed barrel is fixed at the front end of the discharging pipe and communicated with the inner cavity of the fixed barrel, the fixed barrel is fixed on the upper side of the base, the first motor is arranged at the upper end of the fixed barrel, the spiral feeding rod is connected in the fixed barrel in a rotating manner, the output shaft of the first motor is fixed at the upper end of the spiral feeding rod, the discharging pipe is fixed in the discharging hole formed in the upper end of the circumferential surface of the fixed barrel, and the lower end of the discharging pipe is positioned above the belt conveyor;
The input ends of the first motor and the belt conveyor are electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC controller.
Further, the water conservancy diversion subassembly contains U-shaped frame, guide plate, bar groove, baffle, striking strip and limiting plate, the upside of installation incasement portion is fixed with the U-shaped frame, the upside of U-shaped frame inside is fixed with the guide plate, evenly distributed's bar groove has been seted up to the right-hand member of guide plate upside, the right-hand member of U-shaped frame upside is fixed with the baffle, the right side of U-shaped frame inside is fixed with evenly distributed's striking strip, the downside of U-shaped frame is fixed with two corresponding limiting plates, stores waste lithium battery through setting up the water conservancy diversion subassembly.
Further, first broken subassembly contains carousel, broken strip and second motor, the inside rotation of mounting box is connected with the carousel, the carousel is located the inside of U-shaped frame and is located the below of guide plate, be fixed with evenly distributed's broken strip on the periphery of carousel, all broken strips correspond each other with all bar grooves respectively, the second motor is installed to the front side of mounting box, the front end at the carousel is fixed to the output shaft of second motor, the output of outside PLC controller is connected to the input electricity of second motor, carries out preliminary breakage to waste lithium battery through setting up first broken subassembly.
Further, the second crushing assembly comprises a third motor, a crushing roller and a gear, two corresponding rotating holes are formed in the lower end of the surface of the U-shaped frame, two corresponding crushing rollers are arranged in the two rotating holes, the two crushing rollers are all rotationally connected in the installation box, the gear is fixed at the rear end of the crushing roller, the two gears are meshed, the third motor is mounted on the front side of the installation box, an output shaft of the third motor is fixed at the front end of the crushing roller on the left side, and the input end of the third motor is electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC (programmable logic controller), so that the second crushing assembly is arranged to secondarily crush waste lithium batteries.
Further, separation subassembly contains and stores the frame, blocks otter board, installing frame and blowing fan, and the downside of left limiting plate is fixed with stores the frame, it has and blocks the otter board to store the inside left side of frame and articulates, and the downside of limiting plate on right side is fixed with the installing frame, the installing frame corresponds each other with storing the frame, the internally mounted of installing frame has the blowing fan, the output of outside PLC controller is connected to the input electricity of blowing fan, gets rid of the plastic film in the waste lithium cell piece through setting up separation subassembly.
Further, the screening subassembly contains mount, guide bar, spacing dish, spring, second filter screen plate and draw runner, the inside of installing the case is provided with the mount, the mount is located the below of installing the frame, two corresponding guiding holes have been seted up on the right side of mount, the inside sliding connection of guiding hole has the guide bar, the left end of guide bar is fixed with the spacing dish, and two guide bars are all fixed on the inside right side of installing the case, the spring has been cup jointed on the periphery of guide bar, the right side inside the installing the case is fixed to the one end of spring, the other end of spring is fixed on the right side of mount, the left side of mount is fixed with the second filter screen plate, the left side of second filter screen plate is fixed with the draw runner, the draw runner is placed in the upside of collecting the case, sieves the electrolyte in the old and useless lithium cell through setting up the screening subassembly, can sieve broken old and useless lithium cell piece simultaneously.
Further, the extrusion subassembly contains fourth motor, cam and mounting panel, the inside right side of mounting box is fixed with the mounting panel, the fourth motor is installed to the upside of mounting panel, be fixed with the cam on the output shaft of fourth motor, the cam is laminated mutually with the right side of mount, the output of outside PLC controller is connected to the input electricity of fourth motor, drives the mount through setting up extrusion subassembly and controls the removal.
Further, still include storage module, storage module contains bin, first filter screen board, fluid-discharge tube and holding vessel, the opening has been seted up to the lower extreme on installation case right side, open-ended inside sliding connection has the bin, the inside of bin is fixed with first filter screen board, the inside of the bin discharge gate that the right side lower extreme set up is fixed with the fluid-discharge tube, the holding vessel has been seted up to the right-hand member of base upside, the fluid-discharge tube corresponds each other with the holding vessel, carries out classified storage to broken old and useless lithium cell piece and electrolyte through setting up storage module.
Further, a temperature sensor is installed on the right side inside the installation box, electric heating pipes which are evenly distributed are installed inside the installation box, the input end of each electric heating pipe is electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC controller, the temperature sensor is electrically connected with the external PLC controller in a two-way mode, and the inside of the installation box is heated through the electric heating pipes.
The metal separation method for recycling the electrode slices of the waste lithium battery cells comprises the following steps:
S1, firstly, placing discharged waste lithium batteries above a belt conveyor, then starting the belt conveyor to convey the waste lithium batteries above a guide plate, and moving the waste lithium batteries above the guide plate to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate along the guide plate;
S2, when the waste lithium batteries move to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate, starting a second motor to enable the rotary table to rotate, and enabling all the crushing strips to move along all the strip-shaped grooves by the rotary table to be rotated, so that the waste lithium batteries moving to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate can be primarily crushed in the process of moving all the crushing strips;
S3, the waste lithium batteries after primary crushing move downwards between two crushing rollers, at the moment, a third motor is started to enable the two crushing rollers to rotate, the two crushing rollers rotate to carry out secondary crushing on the waste lithium batteries after primary crushing, the waste lithium batteries after secondary crushing move downwards to the upper part of a second filter screen plate, then flow leftwards along the second filter screen plate to the inside of an aggregate tank, and electrolyte in the waste lithium batteries passes through the second filter screen plate and the first filter screen plate to enter the lower side of the inside of a storage box for storage;
S4, enabling the waste lithium battery fragments entering the material collecting groove to enter the fixed barrel along the material discharging pipe, starting the first motor at the moment to enable the spiral feeding rod to rotate, and injecting the waste lithium battery fragments with electrolyte removed to the upper side of the belt conveyor through the material discharging pipe, and then re-injecting the fragments to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate through the belt conveyor;
S5, when the waste lithium battery fragments from which the electrolyte is removed move to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate, starting all electric heating pipes to enable the temperature in the installation box to rise, drying the electrolyte remained in the waste lithium battery fragments, and crushing the dried waste lithium battery fragments by all crushing strips and two crushing rollers again;
S6, moving the crushed waste lithium battery fragments downwards between the mounting frame and the storage frame, starting a blowing fan to blow a plastic film with lighter weight in the waste lithium battery fragments into the storage frame, continuously downwards and re-falling the waste lithium battery fragments with the plastic film removed onto the second filter screen plate, starting a fourth motor to enable the cam to rotate, enabling the protruding part of the cam to move leftwards when contacting with the fixing frame in the rotating process of the cam, enabling the fixing frame to restore to the original position under the action of two springs when the protruding part of the cam is far away from the fixing frame, continuously rotating the cam to enable the fixing frame to perform left-right reciprocating motion, so that the second filter screen plate performs left-right reciprocating motion to screen the waste lithium battery fragments, enabling qualified waste lithium battery fragments after screening to move downwards to the upper side of the first filter screen plate, and enabling unqualified lithium battery fragments to be re-injected into the U-shaped frame through the feeding assembly to be crushed again until all waste lithium battery fragments are qualified, and the waste lithium battery fragments can be crushed;
And S7, after crushing, extracting the storage box, injecting waste lithium battery fragments above the first filter screen plate into a pyrolysis furnace for high-temperature pyrolysis to decompose the organic binder, so as to obtain a completely pyrolyzed positive plate, and further crushing to obtain a positive plate mixed material of spherical aluminum foil particles and positive active powder with uniform granularity.
Compared with the prior art, the crushing device and the metal separation method for recycling the waste lithium battery cell pole pieces have the following advantages:
1. The electrolyte in the crushed waste batteries is screened by arranging the second filter screen plate, and meanwhile, the rotating assembly can be started after crushing to enable the fixing frame to reciprocate left and right, so that the second filter screen plate reciprocates left and right, and crushed waste lithium battery fragments can be screened under the condition;
2. Through setting up the material loading subassembly so that can reentry unqualified old and useless lithium cell piece through the material loading subassembly after sieving broken old and useless lithium cell piece after breaking and carry out the breakage once more with the inside of second broken subassembly, until thoroughly broken it, can make things convenient for subsequent operation under such circumstances.
3. Through setting up the separation subassembly and making after smashing old and useless lithium cell piece, can start the fan of blowing when old and useless lithium cell piece moves down between installing frame and the storage frame, blow the inside of storing the frame with lighter weight's plastic film among the old and useless lithium cell piece after the fan of blowing starts, can get rid of the plastic film in the old and useless lithium cell piece under such circumstances.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the front side structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front cross-sectional view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a flow guiding assembly according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a feeding assembly according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a first crushing assembly according to the present invention;
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a second crushing assembly according to the present invention.
In the figure, a mounting box 1, a storage component 2, a storage box 21, a first filter screen plate 22, a liquid discharge pipe 23, a storage tank 24, a feeding component 3, a material collecting box 31, a material collecting box 32, a material discharging pipe 33, a fixed barrel 34, a first motor 35, a spiral feeding rod 36, a discharging pipe 37, a guide component 4, a frame 41U, a guide plate 42, a strip groove 43, a baffle 44, a strike strip 45, a limit plate 46, a first crushing component 5, a rotary table 51, a crushing strip 52, a second motor 53, a second crushing component 6, a third motor 61, a crushing roller 62, a gear 63, a separation component 7, a storage frame 71, a blocking screen plate 72, a mounting frame 73, a blowing fan 74, a screening component 8, a fixing frame 81, a guide rod 82, a limit plate 83, a spring 84, a second filter screen plate 85, a sliding strip 86, a pressing component 9, a fourth motor 91, a cam 92, a mounting plate 93, a fixed frame 10, a belt conveyor 11, a base 12, a temperature sensor 13 and an electrothermal tube 14 are arranged.
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.
Referring to fig. 1-6, the embodiment provides a technical scheme that a crushing device for recycling waste lithium battery cell pole pieces comprises an installation box 1 and a feeding assembly 3;
The lower side of the installation box 1 is fixedly provided with a base 12, the left end of the upper side of the installation box 1 is fixedly provided with a fixed frame 10, the inside of the fixed frame 10 is provided with a belt conveyor 11, the inside of the installation box 1 is sequentially provided with a flow guide assembly 4, a second crushing assembly 6, a separation assembly 7 and a screening assembly 8 from top to bottom, the right side of the inside of the installation box 1 is provided with a pressing assembly 9, the pressing assembly 9 is attached to the right side of the screening assembly 8, the inside of the installation box 1 is provided with a first crushing assembly 5, the first crushing assembly 5 is positioned in the inside of the flow guide assembly 4, the flow guide assembly 4 comprises a U-shaped frame 41, a flow guide plate 42, a strip-shaped groove 43, a baffle 44, a strike strip 45 and a limiting plate 46, the upper side of the inside of the installation box 1 is fixedly provided with a U-shaped frame 41, the right end of the upper side of the U-shaped frame 41 is fixedly provided with a baffle 44, the right side of the inside of the U-shaped frame 41 is fixedly provided with a strike strip 45 uniformly distributed, the lower side of the U-shaped frame 41 is fixedly provided with two corresponding limiting plates 51, and the first limiting plate 51 comprises a rotary table 51 The inside of the installation box 1 is rotationally connected with a rotary table 51, the rotary table 51 is positioned in the U-shaped frame 41 and below the guide plate 42, the uniformly distributed crushing strips 52 are fixed on the circumferential surface of the rotary table 51, all the crushing strips 52 are respectively corresponding to all the strip-shaped grooves 43, the second motor 53 is installed at the front side of the installation box 1, the output shaft of the second motor 53 is fixed at the front end of the rotary table 51, the input end of the second motor 53 is electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC controller, the second crushing assembly 6 comprises a third motor 61, a crushing roller 62 and gears 63, two corresponding rotating holes are formed in the lower end of the surface of the U-shaped frame 41, two corresponding crushing rollers 62 are arranged in the two rotating holes, the two crushing rollers 62 are rotatably connected in the installation box 1, the gears 63 are fixed at the rear end of the crushing rollers 62, the two gears 63 are meshed, the third motor 61 is installed at the front side of the installation box 1, an output shaft of the third motor 61 is fixed at the front end of the crushing roller 62 at the left side, the input end of the third motor 61 is electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC controller, and the separating assembly 7 comprises a storage frame 71, The screen plate 72, the mounting frame 73 and the blowing fan 74 are blocked, the storage frame 71 is fixed on the lower side of the limiting plate 46 on the left side, the blocking screen plate 72 is hinged on the left side inside the storage frame 71, the mounting frame 73 is fixed on the lower side of the limiting plate 46 on the right side, the mounting frame 73 corresponds to the storage frame 71, the blowing fan 74 is mounted inside the mounting frame 73, the input end of the blowing fan 74 is electrically connected with the output end of the external PLC controller, and the screening assembly 8 comprises a fixing frame 81, a guide rod 82, a limiting plate 83, a spring 84, The second filter screen plate 85 and the slide bar 86 are arranged in the mounting box 1, the fixing frame 81 is arranged below the mounting frame 73, two corresponding guide holes are formed in the right side of the fixing frame 81, the guide rods 82 are slidably connected in the guide holes, the limit plate 83 is fixed at the left end of each guide rod 82, the two guide rods 82 are fixed on the right side in the mounting box 1, the springs 84 are sleeved on the circumferential surfaces of the guide rods 82, one ends of the springs 84 are fixed on the right side in the mounting box 1, the other ends of the springs 84 are fixed on the right side of the fixing frame 81, the second filter screen plate 85 is fixed on the left side of the fixing frame 81, the slide bar 86 is fixed on the left side of the second filter screen plate 85, the slide bar 86 is placed on the upper side of the collecting box 31, and the extrusion assembly 9 comprises a fourth motor 91, The right side of the inside of the installation box 1 is fixedly provided with the installation plate 93, the upper side of the installation plate 93 is provided with the fourth motor 91, the output shaft of the fourth motor 91 is fixedly provided with the cam 92, the cam 92 is attached to the right side of the fixing frame 81, the input end of the fourth motor 91 is electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC controller, the installation box further comprises a storage component 2, the storage component 2 comprises a storage box 21, a first filter screen plate 22, a liquid discharge pipe 23 and a storage tank 24, the lower end of the right side of the installation box 1 is provided with an opening, the inside of the opening is slidably connected with the storage box 21, the inside of the storage box 21 is fixedly provided with the first filter screen plate 22, the inside of a discharge hole arranged at the lower end of the right side of the storage box 21 is fixedly provided with the liquid discharge pipe 23, the right end of the upper side of the base 12 is provided with the storage tank 24, the liquid discharge pipe 23 corresponds to the storage tank 24, and crushed waste lithium battery fragments and electrolyte are classified and stored by the storage component 2;
The extrusion assembly 9 is arranged to drive the fixing frame 81 to move left and right, the screening assembly is arranged to screen electrolyte in the waste lithium batteries, meanwhile, broken waste lithium battery fragments can be screened, plastic films in the waste lithium battery fragments are removed through the separation assembly 7, the waste lithium batteries are broken secondarily through the second breaking assembly 6, the first breaking assembly 5 is arranged to break the waste lithium batteries primarily, and the diversion assembly 4 is arranged to store the waste lithium batteries;
The feeding assembly 3 comprises a material collecting box 31, a material collecting groove 32, a material discharging pipe 33, a fixed barrel 34, a first motor 35, a spiral feeding rod 36 and a material discharging pipe 37, wherein the material collecting box 31 is fixed at the left end of the upper side of the base 12, the material collecting groove 32 is arranged in the material collecting box 31, the material discharging pipe 33 is fixed in the material discharging hole arranged at the lower end of the front side of the material collecting box 31, the fixed barrel 34 is fixed at the front end of the material discharging pipe 33, the material discharging pipe 34 is communicated with the inner cavity of the fixed barrel 34, the fixed barrel 34 is fixed at the upper side of the base 1, the first motor 35 is arranged at the upper end of the fixed barrel 34, the spiral feeding rod 36 is connected in a rotating manner in the fixed barrel 34, the output shaft of the first motor 35 is fixed at the upper end of the spiral feeding rod 36, the material discharging pipe 37 is fixed in the material discharging hole arranged at the upper end of the circumferential surface of the fixed barrel 34, the lower end of the material discharging pipe 37 is positioned above the belt conveyor 11, and broken waste lithium battery fragments are conveyed to the upper side of the belt conveyor 11 again through the material feeding assembly 3;
Wherein the input ends of the first motor 35 and the belt conveyor 11 are electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC controller.
The right side of the inside of the installation box 1 is provided with a temperature sensor 13, the inside of the installation box 1 is provided with electric heating pipes 14 which are uniformly distributed, the input end of each electric heating pipe 14 is electrically connected with the output end of an external PLC controller, the temperature sensor 13 is electrically connected with the external PLC controller in a two-way mode, and the inside of the installation box 1 is heated by arranging the electric heating pipes 14.
The metal separation method for recycling the electrode slices of the waste lithium battery cells comprises the following steps:
S1, firstly, placing discharged waste lithium batteries above a belt conveyor 11, then starting the belt conveyor 11 to convey the waste lithium batteries above a guide plate 42, and moving the waste lithium batteries above the guide plate 42 to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate 42 along the guide plate 42;
S2, when the waste lithium batteries move to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate 42, starting a second motor 53 to enable the rotary table 51 to rotate, and driving all the crushing strips 52 to move along all the strip-shaped grooves 43 by the rotation of the rotary table 51, wherein the waste lithium batteries moving to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate 42 can be primarily crushed in the moving process of all the crushing strips 52;
s3, the waste lithium batteries after primary crushing move downwards to a position between two crushing rollers 61, at the moment, a third motor 63 is started to enable the two crushing rollers 61 to rotate, the two crushing rollers 61 rotate to perform secondary crushing on the waste lithium batteries after primary crushing, the waste lithium batteries after secondary crushing move downwards to the position above a second filter screen plate 85, then flow leftwards along the second filter screen plate 85 to the inside of an aggregate tank 32, and electrolyte in the waste lithium batteries passes through the second filter screen plate 85 and the first filter screen plate 22 to enter the lower side of the inside of a storage box 21 for storage;
S4, enabling the waste lithium battery fragments entering the material collecting groove 32 to enter the fixed barrel 34 along the material discharging pipe 33, starting the first motor 35 at the moment to enable the spiral feeding rod 36 to rotate, and injecting the waste lithium battery fragments with electrolyte removed to the upper side of the belt conveyor 11 through the material discharging pipe 37, and then re-injecting the fragments to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate 42 through the belt conveyor 11;
S5, when the waste lithium battery fragments from which the electrolyte is removed move to the right end of the upper side of the guide plate 42, starting all the electric heating pipes 14 to enable the temperature inside the installation box 1 to rise, drying the electrolyte remained in the waste lithium battery fragments, and crushing the dried waste lithium battery fragments again by all the crushing strips 52 and the two crushing rollers 62 downwards;
S6, the crushed waste lithium battery fragments downwards move between the mounting frame 73 and the storage frame 71, at the moment, the blowing fan 74 is started to blow a plastic film with lighter weight in the waste lithium battery fragments into the storage frame 71, the waste lithium battery fragments with the plastic film removed continuously downwards and fall onto the second filter screen plate 85 again, at the moment, the fourth motor 91 is started to enable the cam 92 to rotate, the extrusion fixing frame 81 is moved leftwards when the protruding part of the cam 92 contacts with the fixing frame 81 in the rotating process, the fixing frame 81 is restored to the original position under the action of the two springs 84 when the protruding part of the cam 92 is far away from the fixing frame 81, the cam 92 is continuously rotated to enable the fixing frame 81 to do left-right reciprocating motion, so that the second filter screen plate 85 performs left-right reciprocating motion on the waste lithium battery fragments, the qualified lithium battery fragments after screening are downwards moved to the upper part of the first filter screen plate 22, and the unqualified lithium battery fragments are re-injected into the inside the U-shaped frame 41 again through the feeding component 3 to be crushed until all the waste lithium battery fragments are qualified, and the waste lithium battery fragments can be crushed;
And S7, after crushing, the storage box 21 is extracted, after extraction, waste lithium battery fragments above the first filter screen plate 22 are injected into a pyrolysis furnace for high-temperature pyrolysis, so that the organic binder is decomposed, a completely pyrolyzed positive plate is obtained, and a positive plate mixed material of spherical aluminum foil particles with uniform granularity and positive active powder is obtained after further crushing.
The foregoing description is only illustrative of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present invention.