CN205380388U - Electricity core welds spot welding tool of device from moving point - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an electricity core welds spot welding tool of device from moving point, the spot welding tool includes the tool body, first apron and second cover, the bulk of tool body electric core length for thickness is less than or equal to, it has the electric core hole of a plurality of rows to open on it, but place a plurality of electricity core every row of electric core hole adaptation, first apron, second cover is the sheet metal of adaptation tool body, open have with electric core electrode one -to -one, the bonding tool can deepen a plurality of rows of welded and put the welding hole, first apron, corresponding each row's point welding hole of one side of second cover lamination jig body is opened has the metal film trap that can block the sheetmetal, be equipped with the locating component who guarantees some welding holes and electric core electrode one -to -one between tool body and first apron, the second cover for the spot welding tool can be accurate the electric core of the fixed different quantity in location, can take wantonly to the spot welding of spot welding device department, ensure that the laminating closely between electrode and the sheetmetal of electric core, practice thrift the manpower, raise the efficiency, ensure spot welding after product quality good.
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Technical field
This utility model relates to portable power source production and processing technical equipment, is used for placing the spot welding tool treating spot welding battery core in especially a kind of battery core automatic spot-welding device.
Background technology
In the process of manufacture of portable power source, it is necessary to single-unit battery core is combined into set of cells, a wherein critically important step is exactly sheet metal point is welded in the positive and negative electrode of multiple battery core realize the increase-volume in parallel of battery.Generally adopt at present and manually battery core is carried out one by one spot welding processing, sheet metal is put respectively the two poles of the earth being welded in battery core, the processing mode production efficiency of this artificial spot welding is low, cost of labor is high, and multiple battery cell is when spot welding, spot welding position fixed effect is not good, it is easy to cause that spot welding position deviation occurs or rosin joint occurs, affect the normal power supply of set of cells, product quality is affected greatly by operator individuality proficiency level and level, and quality is unstable, it is impossible to adapt to the big Production requirement of automatization.
Utility model content
The technical problems to be solved in the utility model is to provide and a kind of saves manpower, saves cost, can improve the spot welding tool being applicable to battery core automatic spot-welding device of quality after spot welding efficiency and welding product.
For solving above-mentioned technical problem, this utility model by the following technical solutions:
A kind of spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device, described battery core automatic spot-welding device includes two symmetrically arranged spot-welding equipments of soldering tip, for placing the spot welding tool of battery core monomer to be welded, the tool deck of fixing spot welding tool, and tool deck, soldering tip relative dimensional can be driven in pinpoint welding procedure to move, make soldering tip corresponding spot welding tool can put the gearshift that welding hole carries out welding；Also include so that the PLC control system of cooperating between spot-welding equipment, gearshift；Described spot welding tool includes jig body, the first cover plate and the second cover plate, is arranged on jig body both sides the first cover plate can repeatedly fitted/take off and the second cover plate mirror image each other；Jig body is the thickness bulk less than or equal to battery core length, it has some row's battery core holes, often row battery core hole can place several battery cores adaptedly, first cover plate, the second cover plate are the thin plate of adaptive jig body, have the some row's point welding holes that can deeply weld with battery core electrode one_to_one corresponding, soldering tip, first cover plate, the second cover plate mounting tool body the corresponding each row's point welding hole of one side have the metal film trap that can block sheet metal, be provided with between described jig body and the first cover plate, the second cover plate and guarantee a welding hole and battery core electrode positioning component one to one.
Described jig body is the cuboid that insulation high-temperature-resistant material is made, and the first cover plate, the second cover plate are the thin plate that adaptive jig body material is identical.
Described positioning component includes the hole, location, the locating dowel that are equipped with between jig body and the first cover plate, jig body and the second cover plate.
Hole, described location be arranged on jig body fit the first cover plate, the second cover plate face on, described locating dowel is arranged on the first cover plate, the one side of jig body pressed close to by the second cover plate.
Hole, described location, locating dowel are attracted each other by magnetic force.
The internal fixing ferrous material in hole, described location, described locating dowel is that magnetic material is made.
On described spot welding tool, described battery core hole is symmetrically arranged two rows, and 10 battery core monomers to be welded can be placed in each row described battery core hole.
Metal film trap corresponding to each row described battery core hole is uniformly divided into the elongated two parts guaranteeing that sheet metal is firmly entirely positioned in metal film trap.
It is characterized in that: described jig body, the first cover plate, the second cover plate are bakelite material.Compared with prior art, this utility model battery core automatic spot-welding device arranges spot welding tool, jig body is provided with some and runs through jig body, the battery core groove of several battery cores can be placed, the both sides of jig body are provided with dismountable first cover plate, second cover plate, first cover plate, on second cover plate, corresponding battery core electrode one_to_one corresponding has some row's point welding holes that soldering tip can deeply weld, described jig body and the first cover plate, between jig body and the second cover plate, adaptive being provided with guarantees a welding hole and battery core electrode positioning component one to one, make spot welding tool can position the battery core of fixing varying number accurately, can arbitrarily take to the spot welding of spot-welding equipment place, guarantee that between the electrode of battery core and sheet metal, laminating is closely；Save manpower, improve efficiency, it is ensured that some postwelding good product quality, do not affected by operator's individual level.
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Fig. 1 is embodiment battery core automatic spot-welding device schematic perspective view；
Fig. 2 is embodiment gearshift schematic perspective view；
Fig. 3 is the vertical drive system of embodiment, left and right drive system schematic perspective view；
Fig. 4 is drive system schematic perspective view one before and after embodiment gearshift Y-direction；
Fig. 5 is drive system schematic perspective view two before and after embodiment gearshift Y-direction；
Fig. 6 is embodiment tool deck schematic perspective view；
Fig. 7 is embodiment spot welding tool entirety schematic perspective view；
Fig. 8 is embodiment spot welding tool entirety explosive view；
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the first cover plate mounting tool body of embodiment spot welding tool；
The one side that Figure 10 is embodiment spot welding tool the first cover plate mounting tool body installs schematic diagram after sheet metal.
Detailed description of the invention
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of battery core automatic spot-welding device, it is placed on table top 70, including two symmetrically arranged spot-welding equipments of soldering tip 111 10, for placing the tool deck 20 of the spot welding tool 30 of battery core monomer to be welded, fixing spot welding tool 30, and tool deck 20, soldering tip 111 relative dimensional can be driven in pinpoint welding procedure to move (X, Y, Z three-dimensional as Figure 1-3) so that on the corresponding spot welding tool 30 of soldering tip 111, some welding hole 321 carries out the gearshift 40 welded；Soldering tip 111 is fixed on soldering tip fixed block 11, by the coordination of the PLC control system programming realization progress of work each other between spot-welding equipment 10, gearshift 40, the wire that electricity communication connects each other is hidden table top 70 times, and PLC control system connects control panel 80.In the present embodiment, electric welding equipment 10 includes symmetrically arranged two identical electric welding equipments, and the soldering tip 111 on two electric welding equipments 10 is symmetrical arranged.
As shown in Fig. 7～Figure 10, described spot welding tool 30 includes jig body the 31, first cover plate (32) and the second cover plate (33), jig body 31 is the thickness bulk less than or equal to battery core length, it is preferably cuboid, described jig body 31 is provided with some row's battery core holes 311, can be adaptive in each battery core hole 311 place several battery cores treating spot welding；First cover plate 32 and the second cover plate 33 are and the thin plate of jig body 31 adaptation, it is arranged on jig body 31 both sides each other mirror image, can fit repeatedly/take off, on first cover plate the 32, second cover plate 33, corresponding battery core hole 311 has some row's point welding holes 321 that soldering tip 111 can deeply carry out welding, each some welding hole 321 and the battery core electrode one_to_one corresponding treating spot welding；As it is shown in figure 9, first cover plate the 32, second cover plate 33 is fitted, the corresponding each row's point welding hole 321 in the side of spot welding tool 30 has the metal film trap 323 that can block sheet metal 91；Between jig body 31 and first cover plate the 32, second cover plate 33, adaptive being provided with guarantees a welding hole 321 and battery core electrode positioning component one to one.
Jig body 31 is made for insulation high-temperature-resistant material, and first cover plate the 32, second cover plate 33 is identical with jig body 31 material, it is preferred to bakelite plate；Described positioning component is in jig body 31 and the first cover plate 32, the hole, location being equipped with between jig body 31 and the second cover plate 33, locating dowel；Preferably, being attracted each other by magnetic force between hole, described location, locating dowel, hole, described location, locating dowel can any one party be ferrous material, and corresponding the opposing party is magnetic material, it is also possible to hole, location, locating dowel are the magnetic material that can attract each other.In the present embodiment, hole 312, location it is equipped with in the both sides of jig body 31, the fixing ferrous material in inside in hole 312, location, what one side at first cover plate the 32, second cover plate 33 mounting tool body 31 was adaptive is provided with locating dowel 322, and locating dowel 322 is made for magnetic material.
As shown in Figure 9, for the first cover plate 32, the bottom land of metal film trap 323 is spot welded several platforms 324 of hole 321 segmentation, inner surface lower than the first cover plate 32 of its connection, sheet metal 91 is placed on several platforms 324 adaptedly and is puts into described metal film trap 323, and the metal film trap of the second cover plate 33 has the structure identical with the first cover plate 32.First cover plate the 32, second cover plate 33 with equipped with treating under jig body 31 fit-state of spot welding battery core, put into that the described sheet metal 91 of metal film trap is corresponding with the electrode treating spot welding battery core to be contacted.In embodiment, on spot welding tool 30, described battery core hole 311 is symmetrically arranged two rows, 10 battery core monomers to be welded can be placed in each row described battery core hole 311, the metal film trap of each row described battery core hole 311 correspondence is divided into uniform two parts, every part is elongated groove, it is ensured that the sheet metal that length is suitable consolidates and is entirely positioned in metal film trap；Described battery core hole 311 can also be 1,2,3,4 ... waiting some rows, each row can place 1,2,3,4 ... waits several battery cores.
When using described spot welding tool 30, first the second cover plate 33 is lain against on workbench, sheet metal 91 is positioned in metal film trap corresponding on the second cover plate 33, then the hole, location that described locating dowel correspondence is adaptive, jig body 31 is fitted on the second cover plate 33, the battery core treating spot welding is sequentially loaded into the battery core hole 311 of jig body 31, by edge-on to the second cover plate 33 and the jig body 31 that fit together, sheet metal 91 is positioned in described metal film trap 323 corresponding on the first cover plate 32, again by the one side of the first cover plate 32 mounting tool body 31 adaptation, make the hole, location that described locating dowel correspondence is adaptive.Attracting owing to being provided with magnetic between described locating dowel and hole, location, it is ensured that laminating is closely and accurate positioning each other, spot welding tool 30 of can arbitrarily taking is to suitable position or to electric welding equipment spot welding.
nullShown in Fig. 6，On described tool deck 20, adaptive spot welding tool 30 is provided with the tool groove preventing spot welding tool 30 placed thereon from moving，In the present embodiment，Described tool deck 20 is top board 21、Base plate 22 and vertically arranged side plate connect the C shape formed，On top board 21 and base plate 22, correspondence is provided with the tool groove that can block edge-on spot welding tool 30，Preferably，In the present embodiment，The lower surface of top board 21 digs groove 211 on the tool that can block weldering tool 30 upper side，The both sides of base plate 22 are provided with parallel card article 221，Article two, between card article 221, form groove under the tool that can block spot welding tool 30 downside，On tool, under groove 211 and tool, the degree of depth of groove is not more than the distance of a welding hole 321 and adjacent spot welding tool 30 edge，Make all of some welding hole 321 exposed outside.The shape of tool groove and set-up mode can according to the settings rational in infrastructure of spot welding tool 30, as long as guaranteeing that spot welding tool 30 is fixed on tool deck 20, and soldering tip 111 can be smoothed out spot welding.
In the present embodiment, institute's displacement apparatus 40 includes driving tool deck 20 to move in the Y direction so that on soldering tip 111Y direction, the front and back drive system 42 of corresponding point welding hole 321, drive soldering tip 111 move the vertical drive system 41 so that soldering tip 111Z direction corresponding point welding hole 321 in z-direction and drive soldering tip 111 to move the left and right drive system 43 carrying out spot welding in the X direction.
As shown in Figure 4, described front and back drive system 42 includes the base 421 being flatly positioned on platform 70, one end of base 421 arranges the riser 427 being used for fixing motor 428, one end of screw mandrel 425 connects the outfan of motor 428, the threaded tool deck 20 of the other end, tool deck 20 is placed on base 421, is reversed on base 421 with the rotating forward of screw mandrel 425 movable.
Preferably, base 421 has the screw mandrel groove 429 for placing screw mandrel 425, below tool deck 20, be fixed with screw mandrel long nut (not marking in figure), the traverse screw mandrel long nut of screw mandrel 425 adaptation, it is disposed horizontally in screw mandrel groove 429.Further preferably, under between described tool deck 20 and base 421, parallel screw mandrel 425 arranges two guide rails 422, on every side rails 422, mobilizable card has several slide blocks 424, tool deck 20 fixed placement is on slide block 424, seesawing more smooth and easy, described guide rail 422 is symmetrically disposed in the both sides of screw mandrel groove 429.As it is shown in figure 5, described motor 428 is the gear motor that can rotate forward reversion so that the process spacing of screw mandrel 425 is little, accurate positioning, life-span are long.Reversed by the rotating forward of gear motor, it is achieved tool deck 20 in the Y direction movable, to complete the welding in the upper all electric welding holes 321 of same row.
Such as Fig. 2, described vertical drive system 41 and left and right drive system 43 all include two groups that are symmetrically disposed on base 421 both sides, and left and right drive system 43 is fixed in vertical drive system 41.
Each group of vertical drive system 41 includes the gripper shoe 411 being vertically arranged, and in the present embodiment, gripper shoe 411 is fixed on platform 70, and the first straight line cylinder 412 is provided with the first cylinder rod 413 that can stretch in z-direction；Described left and right drive system (43) is fixed on the first cylinder rod (413), can be synchronized with the movement ground with the first cylinder rod (413)；In embodiment, the lower end of gripper shoe 411 connects fixing plate, and fixing plate forms L-shaped with gripper shoe 411, is further ensured that the fastness of gripper shoe 411.Described left and right drive system 43 includes the second straight line cylinder 431 being fixed on the first cylinder rod 413, second straight line cylinder 431 is provided with the second cylinder rod 432 that can move left and right in X-direction, soldering tip fixed block 11 is fixed on contiguous block 433, contiguous block 433 is fixed on the second cylinder rod 432, and flexible with the second cylinder rod 432 can be synchronized with the movement in X-direction.
Described vertical drive system 41, front and back drive system 42 can design according to different situations, such as drive tool deck 20 level, vertically move with corresponding soldering tip 111, or drive soldering tip fixed block 11 level, vertically move with corresponding point welding hole 321, or drive tool deck 20 simultaneously, drive soldering tip fixed block 11 to move so that be mutually corresponding between the two.
Adjusting PLC control system according to actual needs and realize the coordinated operation of whole described battery core automatic spot-welding device, the method that described battery core automatic spot-welding device carries out the battery core spot welding on a spot welding tool is as follows:
Step one will treat that spot welding battery core, sheet metal put into tram in spot welding tool 30；
Step 2 will be equipped with treating that the spot welding tool 30 of spot welding battery core is firm and is positioned on tool deck 20, two electrodes of a battery core of corresponding spot welding tool 30 either end under two soldering tip 111 original states.
About two groups drive system 43 of step 3 drive two soldering tips 111 to move towards in X-direction, two electrodes simultaneously contacting same battery core respectively carry out spot welding, after spot welding terminates, about two groups drive system 43 drive two soldering tips 111 to be moved away to initial position in X-direction.
Before and after step 4, drive system 42 drives tool deck 20 to move to adjacent next battery core correspondence soldering tip 111 to front or rear in the Y direction.
Repeat step 3, step 4, until the battery core spot welding on same row completes.
The vertical drive system of step 5 41 drives left and right drive system 43 to move to the position of a battery core correspondence soldering tip 111 of another adjacent row in the Y direction up or down.
Repetition step 3, step 4, step 5 are fully completed spot welding until the battery core of needed spot welding on whole battery core automatic spot-welding device.
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1. the spot welding tool of a battery core automatic spot-welding device, described battery core automatic spot-welding device includes two the symmetrically arranged spot-welding equipment of soldering tips (111) (10), for placing the spot welding tool (30) of battery core monomer to be welded, the tool deck (20) of fixing spot welding tool (30), and tool deck (20), soldering tip (111) relative dimensional can be driven in pinpoint welding procedure to move, make soldering tip (111) corresponding spot welding tool (30) can put the gearshift (40) that welding hole (321) carries out welding；Also include so that the PLC control system of cooperating between spot-welding equipment (10), gearshift (40)；It is characterized in that: described spot welding tool (30) includes jig body (31), the first cover plate (32) and the second cover plate (33), be arranged on jig body (31) both sides the first cover plate (32) can repeatedly fitted/take off and the second cover plate (33) mirror image each other；Jig body (31) is the thickness bulk less than or equal to battery core length, it has some row's battery core holes (311), often row battery core hole (311) can place several battery cores adaptedly, first cover plate (32), second cover plate (33) is the thin plate of adaptive jig body (31), have and battery core electrode one_to_one corresponding, some rows's point welding hole (321) that soldering tip (111) can deeply weld, first cover plate (32), corresponding each row's point welding hole (321) of the one side of the second cover plate (33) mounting tool body (31) has the metal film trap (323) that can block sheet metal (91), described jig body (31) and the first cover plate (32), it is provided with between second cover plate (33) and guarantees a welding hole (321) and battery core electrode positioning component one to one.
2. the spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the cuboid that described jig body (31) is made for insulation high-temperature-resistant material, the first cover plate (32), the second cover plate (33) are the thin plate that adaptive jig body (31) material is identical.
3. the spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that: described positioning component includes the hole, location, the locating dowel that are equipped with between jig body (31) and the first cover plate (32), jig body (31) and the second cover plate (33).
4. the spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that: hole, described location (312) be arranged on jig body (31) fit the first cover plate (32), the second cover plate (33) face on, described locating dowel is arranged on the first cover plate (32), the one side of jig body (31) pressed close to by the second cover plate (33).
5. the spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that: hole, described location, locating dowel are attracted each other by magnetic force.
6. the spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that: the internal fixing ferrous material in hole, described location, described locating dowel is that magnetic material is made.
7. the spot welding tool of the battery core automatic spot-welding device as described in any one of claim 1～6, it is characterized in that: the upper described battery core hole (311) of described spot welding tool (30) is arranged for symmetrically arranged two, and each row described battery core hole (311) can place 10 battery core monomers to be welded.
8. the spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that: the metal film trap of each row described battery core hole (311) correspondence is uniformly divided into the elongated two parts guaranteeing that sheet metal is firmly entirely positioned in metal film trap.
9. the spot welding tool of battery core automatic spot-welding device as claimed in claim 7, it is characterised in that: described jig body (31), the first cover plate (32), the second cover plate (33) they are bakelite material.
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