CN210200896U - Rubber coating mechanism and rubberizing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a technical field is made to the panel, specifically discloses a rubber coating mechanism and rubberizing equipment. This rubber coating mechanism is including moulding the subassembly and correcting the subassembly, and moulding the subassembly and being configured as can compressing tightly the silica gel pad in the terminal surface of the electric core main part of the electric core of waiting the rubber coating to make its adhesion in the terminal surface of electric core main part, correct the subassembly and be configured as can correct the position of accomplishing the utmost point ear of the electric core of rubber coating. By arranging the rubber pressing assembly, rubber coating operation can be finished on the end face of the battery cell, the working intensity of operators is reduced, manpower resources are saved, and the working efficiency and the automation degree are improved; through setting up correction assembly to correct the position of the utmost point ear of the electric core of accomplishing the rubber coating operation, guarantee the quality of product.

Description

Rubber coating mechanism and rubberizing equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a technical field is made to the panel, especially relates to a rubber coating mechanism and rubberizing equipment.

Background

The battery core surface rubberizing of lithium cell is the important process in the lithium cell production process, and the battery core rubberizing includes top surface rubberizing, two-sided rubberizing and terminal surface rubber coating etc. and top surface rubberizing and two-sided rubberizing are comparatively convenient, all adopt automated operation at present, and the process of terminal surface rubber coating still adopts manual operation mostly, and manual operation's work efficiency is lower, and the operation is complicated, and product quality is difficult to guarantee, and is unfavorable for automated production.

In addition, after the encapsulation of the battery core is completed, the tabs on the battery core are easy to deviate and misplace, so that the quality of the product is affected.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a rubber coating mechanism and rubberizing equipment can be when accomplishing the rubber coating to the terminal surface of electric core, corrects the position of the utmost point ear of electric core, guarantees product quality, and can practice thrift manpower resources, improves degree of automation.

As the conception, the utility model adopts the technical proposal that:

an encapsulation mechanism, comprising:

the glue pressing assembly is configured to be capable of pressing a silica gel pad on the end face of a cell main body of the cell to be encapsulated so as to enable the silica gel pad to be adhered to the end face of the cell main body;

and the correcting component is configured to correct the position of the lug of the encapsulated battery cell.

As an optimal selection scheme of rubber coating mechanism, the moulding subassembly includes first pinch roller horizontal drive spare, first lift driving spare and pinch roller, the pinch roller rotate set up in the output of first pinch roller horizontal drive spare, first lift driving spare can drive first pinch roller horizontal drive spare with the pinch roller lift to compress tightly and smooth the silica gel pad.

As a preferred scheme of the rubber coating mechanism, the rubber coating component further comprises a second pressure wheel horizontal driving element, the second pressure wheel horizontal driving element is connected with the output end of the first lifting driving element, and the second pressure wheel horizontal driving element can drive the first pressure wheel horizontal driving element and the pressure wheel to be close to or far away from the battery core to be coated with rubber.

As a preferred scheme of rubber coating mechanism, still include the frame, rubber pressing subassembly and correction subassembly all set up in on the frame.

As a preferred scheme of the rubber coating mechanism, the rubber coating mechanism further comprises an auxiliary support component arranged on the machine frame, the auxiliary support component comprises a lifting support table and a second lifting driving component, the second lifting driving component can drive the lifting support table to lift, and the lifting support table is used for bearing the tabs.

As a preferred scheme of the encapsulation mechanism, a bearing jig is arranged on the rack and used for bearing the battery cell main body.

As a preferred scheme of the encapsulation mechanism, the auxiliary support assembly further includes an auxiliary pressing member and an auxiliary driving member, the auxiliary pressing member is disposed opposite to the carrying jig, and the auxiliary driving member can drive the auxiliary pressing member to lift so as to press the cell main body onto the carrying jig.

As a preferable scheme of the rubber coating mechanism, the correcting component comprises a correcting wheel and a correcting wheel horizontal driving piece, and the correcting wheel horizontal driving piece can drive the correcting wheel to move along the width direction of the battery core.

As a preferable scheme of the rubber coating mechanism, the correcting assembly further comprises a correcting wheel lifting driving piece, an output end of the correcting wheel horizontal driving piece is connected with the correcting wheel lifting driving piece, and an output end of the correcting wheel lifting driving piece is connected with the correcting wheel so as to drive the correcting wheel to be close to or far away from the battery cell to be coated.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model also provides a rubberizing equipment, include as above any scheme the rubber coating mechanism.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the rubber coating mechanism provided by the utility model can complete rubber coating operation on the end surface of the battery cell by arranging the rubber pressing component, thereby reducing the working intensity of operators, saving human resources and improving the working efficiency and the automation degree; through setting up correction assembly to correct the position of the utmost point ear of the electric core of accomplishing the rubber coating operation, guarantee the quality of product.

The utility model also provides a rubberizing equipment, including above-mentioned rubber coating mechanism, can realize the automatic rubber coating operation of electric core terminal surface, improve work efficiency, and can guarantee product quality.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery cell provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a rubberizing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention at a viewing angle;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a rubberizing apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present invention at another viewing angle;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first conveying assembly in a rubberizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a workbench and a pre-shaping mechanism in a rubberizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5 at A;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a taping mechanism in taping equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention at a viewing angle;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a dispensing mechanism in another viewing angle in the dispensing device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 8 at B;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a position relationship between a dispensing mechanism and a detecting mechanism in the dispensing device provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

100-electric core; 101-a cell body; 102-a tab;

1-a rubber coating mechanism; 11-a glue pressing component; 111-a first puck horizontal drive; 112-a first lifting drive; 113-a second puck horizontal drive; 114-a pressure wheel; 12-a corrective component; 121-a corrective wheel; 122-leveling wheel horizontal drive; 123-lifting driving piece of correction wheel; 13-an auxiliary support assembly; 131-a support table; 132-a second lifting drive; 133-an auxiliary compression member; 134-an auxiliary drive;

2-a frame;

3-a workbench; 31-a turntable; 32-a rotating electrical machine; 33-carrying fixture;

4-a gripping mechanism; 41-a first manipulator; 42-a second manipulator;

5-a pre-shaping mechanism; 51-a hold down assembly; 511-a compacting plate; 512-a compression driver; 52-a pre-shaping component; 521-pre-shaping plate; 522-pre-shaping the driver;

6-a detection mechanism; 61-CCD detection piece; 62-a backlight source;

7-a transport mechanism; 71-a first transport assembly; 711-a transfer station; 712-a conveyor motor; 713-active transmission gear; 714-driven transmission gear; 715-a first conveyor belt; 716-active transport rollers; 72-defective transport assembly;

8-positioning the detection assembly; 81-a first positioning detection assembly; 82-second position detection assembly.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, detachably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", etc. are used in an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery cell provided in the prior art, and as shown in fig. 1, a conventional battery cell 100 includes a battery cell main body 101 and a tab 102, and a silicone pad is attached to an end surface of the battery cell main body 101, which is close to the tab 102. After the encapsulation operation of the battery core 100 is completed, the rubberizing device in the prior art cannot ensure that the tab 102 is parallel to the lower surface of the battery core main body 101, so that the use performance of the battery is affected.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the rubberizing apparatus provided in this embodiment at a viewing angle; fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the tape pasting device provided in this embodiment in another view. As shown in fig. 2 to fig. 3, in order to solve the above problem, the present embodiment provides a rubberizing apparatus, which includes a workbench 3, and an encapsulating mechanism 1, a pre-shaping mechanism 5, and a detecting mechanism 6, which are arranged around the periphery of the workbench 3, wherein the workbench 3 is configured to carry a battery cell 100 to be encapsulated, the battery cell 100 to be encapsulated on the workbench 3 can sequentially pass through the pre-shaping mechanism 5, the encapsulating mechanism 1, and the detecting mechanism 6, the pre-shaping mechanism 5 is configured to adjust the position of a tab 102 on the battery cell 100 to be encapsulated, the encapsulating mechanism 1 is configured to press and adhere a silicone pad to an end face of the battery cell 100 to be encapsulated, and the detecting mechanism 6 is configured to detect whether the encapsulating quality of the battery cell 100 is qualified.

Through setting up workstation 3 and enclosing rubber coating mechanism 1 of locating 3 peripheries of workstation, plastic coating mechanism 5 and detection mechanism 6 in advance, make electric core 100 that sets up on workstation 3 can pass through plastic coating mechanism 5 in advance in proper order, rubber coating mechanism 1 and detection mechanism 6, at first, carry out the pre-adjustment through plastic coating mechanism 5 to the position of placing electric core 100's utmost point ear 102 on workstation 3, then compress tightly the silica gel pad and adhere in the terminal surface of electric core main part 101 through rubber coating mechanism 1, it is qualified whether electric core 100 of accomplishing the rubber coating through detection mechanism 6 detects at last, realize the automatic rubber coating operation of the terminal surface of electric core main part 101, and improve work efficiency, and can guarantee product quality.

Further, this rubberizing equipment still includes frame 2, and rubber coating mechanism 1, workstation 3, plastic mechanism 5 and detection mechanism 6 all set up in frame 2 in advance, and frame 2 has played the effect of whole support to rubber coating mechanism 1, workstation 3, plastic mechanism 5 and detection mechanism 6 in advance.

As shown in fig. 2 to fig. 3, the adhesive tape pasting device further includes a grabbing mechanism 4, and for convenient control and operation, the grabbing mechanism 4 includes a first manipulator 41 and a second manipulator 42, the first manipulator 41 is configured to grab the battery cell 100 to be encapsulated and place the battery cell on the workbench 3, and the second manipulator 42 is configured to grab the silica gel pad and attach the silica gel pad to the end surface of the battery cell main body 101.

The first manipulator 41 and the second manipulator 42 are three-axis manipulators, which are well-established technologies in the prior art, and are not described in detail herein, and of course, other manipulators capable of grasping and transferring the battery cell 100 and the silicone pad may be adopted. The first manipulator 41 and the second manipulator 42 work independently and do not interfere with each other, and the accuracy and the fluency of the grabbing process can be guaranteed.

Specifically, the rubberizing device further comprises a conveying mechanism 7, the conveying mechanism 7 comprises a first conveying assembly 71 and a second conveying assembly (not shown in the figure), the first conveying assembly 71 is used for being connected with a conveying mechanism of a previous battery production process, the second conveying assembly is used for being connected with a conveying mechanism of a next battery production process, the first manipulator 41 is configured to be capable of grabbing the battery core 100 to be encapsulated on the first conveying assembly 71 and transferring the battery core 100 to the workbench 3, and the battery core 100 which is encapsulated can be grabbed on the workbench 3 and transferred to the second conveying assembly, so that the battery production line can continuously produce, and the work efficiency is improved.

Preferably, the conveying mechanism 7 further includes a defective product conveying assembly 72, and when the encapsulated battery cells 100 detected by the detecting mechanism 6 are not qualified, the first manipulator 41 can also transfer the unqualified battery cells 100 to the defective product conveying assembly 72, so that the operation efficiency is not affected, and the quality of the finished product is ensured.

Further, the rubberizing device further includes a silica gel pad loading mechanism (not shown in the figure), and the second manipulator 42 can grab the silica gel pad on the silica gel pad loading mechanism and paste the silica gel pad on the end surface of the electric core main body 101. The silica gel pad feeding mechanism can be a conveyor belt or a conveyor roller, and the structural form of the silica gel pad feeding mechanism capable of completing the silica gel pad feeding operation in the prior art can be adopted, which is not described in detail herein.

In order to further ensure the quality of the product, as shown in fig. 3, the adhesive tape sticking device further includes a positioning detection assembly 8, the positioning detection assembly 8 includes a first positioning detection assembly 81 and a second positioning detection assembly 82, the first positioning detection assembly 81 is used for detecting and adjusting the position of the to-be-encapsulated battery core 100 grabbed by the first manipulator 41, so that the first manipulator 41 accurately places the to-be-encapsulated battery core 100 on the bearing fixture 33, and the second positioning detection assembly 82 is used for detecting and adjusting the position of the silica gel pad grabbed by the second manipulator 42, so that the second manipulator 42 accurately attaches the silica gel pad to the end surface of the battery core main body 101. Through setting up first location determine module 81 cooperation first manipulator 41 and being used for the accuracy of electric core 100 to snatch and fix a position, through setting up the accuracy that second location determine module 82 cooperation second manipulator 42 is used for the silica gel pad and snatching and fix a position to make the accurate adhesion of silica gel pad in the terminal surface of electric core main part 101, reduce the defective percentage, improve finished product quality, guarantee the battery performance.

Specifically, first location detection component 81 includes detection camera and image collector, and detection camera is connected with the image collector communication, and detection camera is used for shooing the position of removing electric core 100 on first manipulator 41 and the first manipulator 41 above it, then transmits the picture information of gathering to image collector to whether the image that the analysis was gathered is unanimous with the standard image, if inconsistent, first manipulator 41 can in time adjust the direction of snatching electric core 100, in order to place it on bearing jig 33 with its accuracy. Accordingly, the second positioning detecting element 82 and the first positioning detecting element 81 have the same structural form and function, and redundant description is omitted here.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first conveying assembly in the tape pasting apparatus provided in this embodiment. Further, as shown in fig. 4, the first conveying assembly 71 includes a conveying table 711, a conveying motor 712, a driving conveying gear 713, a driven conveying gear 714, a first conveying belt 715, a driving conveying roller 716, a driven conveying roller and a second conveying belt, the driving conveying roller 716 and the driven conveying roller are rotatably disposed at two ends of the conveying table 711, the second conveying belt is sleeved on the driving conveying roller 716 and the driven conveying roller, the second conveying belt is used for conveying the battery cells 100, an output end of the conveying motor 712 is connected with the driving conveying gear 713, the driven conveying gear 714 is connected with the driving conveying roller 716, and the first conveying belt 715 is wound on the driving conveying gear 713 and the driven conveying gear 714. When the conveying motor 712 operates, the driving conveying gear 713 can be driven to rotate, so as to drive the driven conveying gear 714 to rotate, and further drive the driving conveying roller 716 and the driven conveying roller to rotate relative to the conveying table 711, so as to realize the conveying of the battery cells 100 placed on the second conveying belt. Accordingly, the second transfer unit and the defective transfer unit 72 have the same structure as the first transfer unit 71, and redundant description thereof will not be provided. Through setting up first conveying subassembly 71 and second conveying subassembly, can guarantee to produce line continuous production, each process is smooth to be moved, through setting up substandard product conveying subassembly 72, can in time shift out the production of this production line with the unqualified electric core 100 of rubber coating, prevents the waste of follow-up resource, can also reduce the defective percentage of the product on the battery production line.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a workbench and a pre-shaping mechanism in the rubberizing apparatus provided in this embodiment. As shown in fig. 5, the workbench 3 includes a rotating disc 31, a rotating electrical machine 32 and a plurality of carrying jigs 33, the plurality of carrying jigs 33 are disposed on the rotating disc 31, the plurality of carrying jigs 33 are used for carrying the electric core 100 to be encapsulated, and an output end of the rotating electrical machine 32 is connected to the rotating disc 31 and configured to drive the rotating disc 31 to rotate. Through set up a plurality of bearing jig 33 on carousel 31, can place a plurality of electric cores 100 simultaneously on workstation 3, different electric cores 100 can be located different operation mechanism below simultaneously, accomplish corresponding operation, avoid a plurality of operation mechanisms to be in long-time standby state, influence production efficiency. In this embodiment, the number of the bearing jigs 33 is four, four bearing jigs 33 are uniformly arranged along the circumference of the turntable 31 at intervals, the included angle between two adjacent bearing jigs 33 is about 90 °, correspondingly, the included angle between the pre-shaping mechanism 5 and the encapsulation mechanism 1 is 90 °, the rotating motor 32 drives the turntable 31 to rotate 90 ° at each time, so that two adjacent battery cores 100 to be encapsulated can be simultaneously located below the pre-shaping mechanism 5 and the encapsulation mechanism 1, and relevant operations are completed. Of course, in other embodiments, the number of the carrying jigs 33 may be adjusted according to actual production needs to improve production efficiency.

Further, the pre-shaping mechanism 5 includes a pressing assembly 51 and a pre-shaping assembly 52, the pressing assembly 51 is configured to press the battery core 100 to be encapsulated onto the carrying fixture 33, and the pre-shaping assembly 52 is configured to adjust the position of the tab 102 of the battery core 100 to be encapsulated. Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the pressing assembly 51 includes a pressing plate 511 and a pressing driving member 512, and the pressing driving member 512 is configured to drive the pressing plate 511 to move up and down, so that the pressing plate 511 presses the cell main body 101 onto the carrying fixture 33; the pre-shaping assembly 52 includes a pre-shaping plate 521 and a pre-shaping driving element 522, wherein the pre-shaping driving element 522 can drive the pre-shaping plate 521 to move up and down, so that the pre-shaping plate 521 abuts against the lower surface of the tab 102 and adjusts the position of the tab.

Specifically, fig. 6 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 5 at a, as shown in fig. 6, the cell main body 101 is disposed on the bearing jig 33, the tab 102 is disposed to extend out of the turntable 31, when the turntable 31 rotates to a position where one of the cells 100 is located below the pressing plate 511, the pressing driving member 512 drives the pressing plate 511 to move downward to press the cell main body 101 on the bearing jig 33, and the pre-shaping driving member 522 drives the pre-shaping plate 521 to move upward to adjust the position of the tab 102, so that the tab 102 is parallel to the lower surface of the cell main body 101, and the position of the tab 102 is adjusted for the first time, so as to ensure the product quality. Preferably, the pre-shaping mechanism 5 may further include an in-place sensor, the in-place sensor is disposed on the bearing jig 33, when the pre-shaping plate 521 moves upward until the tab 102 is parallel to the lower surface of the battery cell main body 101, the pre-shaping plate 521 can shield a signal emitted by the in-place sensor, at this time, the pre-shaping driving member 522 stops driving the pre-shaping plate 521 to move upward, so as to avoid that the tab 102 is bent upward too much, and the adhesion of the silicone pad is affected.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a glue coating mechanism in the gluing device provided in the present embodiment at a viewing angle;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a glue coating mechanism in the gluing device provided in the present embodiment at another viewing angle; fig. 9 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 8 at B.

Further, as shown in fig. 7 to 9, the encapsulation mechanism 1 includes a pressing assembly 11 and a correcting assembly 12, the pressing assembly 11 is configured to press a silicone pad onto the end surface of the cell main body 101 so as to adhere to the end surface of the cell main body 101, and the correcting assembly 12 is configured to correct the position of the tab 102 of the encapsulated cell 100. The pre-shaping mechanism 5 is used for correcting the position of the tab 102 for the first time, and the correcting component 12 is used for correcting the position of the tab 102 for the second time, so that the quality of a finished product is fully ensured.

Specifically, the glue pressing assembly 11 includes a first horizontal pressing wheel driving member 111, a first lifting driving member 112, a second horizontal pressing wheel driving member 113, and a pressing wheel 114, the pressing wheel 114 is rotatably disposed at an output end of the first horizontal pressing wheel driving member 111, an output end of the second horizontal pressing wheel driving member 113 is connected to the first horizontal pressing wheel driving member 111, for driving the first pinch roller horizontal driving member 111 and the pinch roller 114 to approach or depart from the battery cell 100 to be encapsulated in the horizontal direction, so that the pinch roller 114 compresses the silica gel pad on the end surface of the cell main body 101, the output end of the first lifting driving member 112 is connected with the second pinch roller horizontal driving member 113, the first lifting driving member 112 can drive the first pinch roller horizontal driving member 111, the second pinch roller horizontal driving member 113 and the pinch roller 114 to lift, so that the pressing wheel 114 rolls up and down on the end surface of the cell main body 101, thereby smoothing out the silica gel pad on the end surface of the cell main body 101.

Specifically, the first horizontal pressing wheel driving element 111, the first lifting driving element 112, and the second horizontal pressing wheel driving element 113 may be cylinders, or may be a pressing wheel motor and a lead screw nut assembly, which all implement the above functions.

Through setting up second pinch roller horizontal drive piece 113, realize pinch roller 114 to the fast feed of the direction that is close to electric core 100 and to the fast withdrawal of the direction of keeping away from electric core 100 to improve holistic operating efficiency, through setting up first pinch roller horizontal drive piece 111, realize pinch roller 114 to the slow speed of the direction that is close to electric core 100 feed and to the slow speed of the direction of keeping away from electric core 100 withdraw from, in order to protect electric core 100 to avoid it to bear sudden striking and lead to damaging. In addition, the pressing wheel 114 is close to or far away from the battery cell 100 by arranging the first pressing wheel horizontal driving part 111 and the second pressing wheel horizontal driving part 113, so that the control and the operation of an operator are facilitated.

Further, as shown in fig. 8, the encapsulating mechanism 1 further includes an auxiliary supporting assembly 13, the auxiliary supporting assembly 13 includes a lifting support table 131, a second lifting driving element 132, an auxiliary pressing element 133 and an auxiliary driving element 134, the second lifting driving element 132 can drive the lifting support table 131 to lift, the lifting support table 131 is used for bearing the tab 102 of the battery cell 100 to be encapsulated, the auxiliary pressing element 133 is arranged opposite to the bearing jig 33, and the auxiliary driving element 134 can drive the auxiliary pressing element 133 to lift so as to press the battery cell main body 101 onto the bearing jig 33. Through setting up auxiliary stay subassembly 13, realize fixing electric core 100, make things convenient for moulding subassembly 11 to compress tightly the silica gel pad and smooth in the terminal surface of electric core 100.

Specifically, when the rotating motor 32 drives the rotating disc 31 to rotate until the battery cell 100 to be encapsulated is located below the encapsulating mechanism 1, the auxiliary driving element 134 drives the auxiliary pressing element 133 to move downward to press the battery cell main body 101 onto the carrying jig 33, the second lifting driving element 132 drives the lifting support table 131 to move upward to abut against the lower surface of the tab 102, the second horizontal pressing wheel driving element 113 drives the first horizontal pressing wheel driving element 111 and the pressing wheel 114 to feed quickly in the direction close to the battery cell 100, when the pressing wheel 114 is about to abut against the end surface of the battery cell main body 101, the second horizontal pressing wheel driving element 113 stops driving, the first horizontal pressing wheel driving element 111 drives the pressing wheel 114 to feed slowly in the direction close to the battery cell 100, so that the pressing wheel 114 abuts against the end surface of the battery cell main body 101, and then the first lifting driving element 112 drives the second horizontal pressing wheel driving element 113, the first horizontal pressing wheel driving element 111 and the pressing wheel 114 to reciprocate, so as to smooth the silica gel pad on the end surface of the battery cell main body 101, thereby completing the encapsulation process of the battery cell 100.

Further, as shown in fig. 8, the correcting assembly 12 includes a correcting wheel 121, a correcting wheel horizontal driving member 122 and a correcting wheel lifting driving member 123, the correcting wheel horizontal driving member 122 is configured to drive the correcting wheel lifting driving member 123 and the correcting wheel 121 to move in a direction parallel to the width direction of the battery cell 100, and an output end of the correcting wheel lifting driving member 123 is connected to the correcting wheel 121 to drive the correcting wheel 121 to approach or separate from the battery cell 100, so as to flatten the tab 102 of the battery cell 100 on the lifting support table 131.

In this embodiment, the leveling wheel horizontal driving member 122 is a leveling motor and screw nut assembly, and the leveling wheel lifting driving member 123 is an air cylinder. Of course, in other embodiments, other configurations of the correction wheel lifting driving member 123 and the correction wheel horizontal driving member 122 capable of driving the correction wheel 121 to lift and move in the direction parallel to the width direction of the battery cell 100 may be adopted.

Specifically, after the adhesive pressing assembly 11 completes the compression and leveling of the silica gel pad on the end surface of the cell main body 101, the correction wheel lifting driving member 123 drives the correction wheel 121 to move downward to abut against the surface of the tab 102, and then the correction wheel horizontal driving member 122 drives the correction wheel lifting driving member 123 and the correction wheel 121 to move along the width direction parallel to the cell 100, so as to correct the tab 102.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a positional relationship between a dispensing mechanism and a detecting mechanism in the dispensing apparatus provided in this embodiment. Further, as shown in fig. 10, the detection mechanism 6 includes a CCD detection piece 61 and a backlight 62, the CCD detection piece 61 is disposed above the encapsulation mechanism 1, and the backlight 62 is located below the CCD detection piece 61 and can provide light for the CCD detection piece 61. The use of the CCD detecting member 61 for detecting the product is prior art and will not be described in detail herein.

Specifically, after the encapsulation mechanism 1 completes encapsulation operation on the battery cell 100, the detection mechanism 6 detects the encapsulated battery cell 100, if the encapsulated battery cell 100 is qualified, the first manipulator 41 grabs the battery cell 100 and transfers the battery cell 100 to the second conveying assembly to perform operation of the next process on the battery cell, and if the encapsulated battery cell 100 is not qualified, the first manipulator 41 grabs the battery cell 100 and transfers the battery cell to the defective product conveying assembly 72, so that subsequent operation is not affected, and the quality of a finished product is ensured.

In order to make the work flow of the rubberizing apparatus provided in this embodiment clearer, the following briefly describes the specific work flow of the rubberizing apparatus:

(1) the first manipulator 41 grabs the first battery cell on the first conveying assembly 71, the first positioning detection assembly 81 detects the position of the first battery cell grabbed on the first manipulator 41 after passing through the upper part of the first positioning detection assembly 81, and the first manipulator 41 adjusts the position of the grabbed first battery cell according to the detection result of the first positioning detection assembly 81 and then places the first battery cell on the first bearing jig;

(2) the rotating motor 32 drives the rotating disc 31 to rotate until the first battery cell is located below the pressing plate 511, the pressing driving piece 512 drives the pressing plate 511 to move downwards to press the battery cell main body 101 onto the first bearing jig, then the pre-shaping driving piece 522 drives the pre-shaping plate 521 to move upwards to preliminarily adjust the position of the tab 102 on the first battery cell, then the second manipulator 42 grabs a silica gel pad on the silica gel pad loading mechanism and adheres the silica gel pad to the end face of the battery cell main body 101 of the first battery cell, and meanwhile, the first manipulator 41 grabs the second battery cell on the first conveying assembly 71 according to the method in the step (1) and places the second battery cell on the second bearing jig;

(3) the pre-shaping driving element 522 drives the pre-shaping plate 521 to move downwards, the pressing driving element 512 drives the pressing plate 511 to move upwards, the rotating motor 32 drives the rotating disc 31 to rotate until the first cell is located below the encapsulating mechanism 1, the second lifting driving element 132 drives the lifting support table 131 to move upwards to abut against the tab 102 of the first cell, the auxiliary driving element 134 drives the auxiliary pressing element 133 to move downwards, so that the auxiliary pressing element 133 presses the cell main body 101 of the first cell against the first carrying jig, the second pressing wheel horizontal driving element 113 drives the first pressing wheel horizontal driving element 111 and the pressing wheel 114 to feed fast in the direction close to the first cell, when the pressing wheel 114 is moved to be close to the end face of the cell main body 101, the second pressing wheel horizontal driving element 113 stops driving, then the first pressing wheel horizontal driving element 111 drives the pressing wheel 114 to feed slowly in the direction close to the first cell, so that the pressing wheel 114 abuts against the end face of the cell main body 101, the first lifting driving member 112 drives the second pressing wheel horizontal driving member 113, the first pressing wheel horizontal driving member 111 and the pressing wheel 114 to reciprocate up and down to smooth the silica gel pad on the end surface of the cell main body 101, then the first pressing wheel horizontal driving member 111 drives the pressing wheel 114 to slowly withdraw in the direction away from the first cell, after reaching a preset safety distance, the second pressing wheel horizontal driving member 113 drives the first pressing wheel horizontal driving member 111 and the pressing wheel 114 to rapidly withdraw in the direction away from the first cell, the correction wheel lifting driving member 123 drives the correction wheel 121 to move downwards to abut against the tab 102, the correction wheel horizontal driving member 122 drives the correction wheel 121 to reciprocate along the width direction of the first cell to correct the position of the tab 102, meanwhile, the first mechanical arm 41 grabs the third cell on the first transmission assembly 71 according to the mode of step (1) and places the third cell on a third bearing jig, the pre-shaping mechanism 5 adjusts the position of the tab 102 on the second electric core according to the mode of the step (2);

(4) the detection mechanism 6 detects a first electric core which is encapsulated, after the detection is completed, the rotating motor 32 drives the rotating disc 31 to rotate until a second electric core is positioned below the encapsulating mechanism 1, the first manipulator 41 selectively transfers the first electric core to a second conveying assembly or a defective conveying assembly 72 according to a detection result of the detection mechanism 6, then the first manipulator 41 grabs a fourth electric core on the first conveying assembly 71 according to the step (1) mode and places the fourth electric core on a fourth bearing jig, the pre-shaping mechanism 5 adjusts the position of a lug 102 on the third electric core according to the step (2) mode, and the encapsulating mechanism 1 encapsulates the second electric core according to the step (3) mode;

(5) and (4) repeating the steps (1) to (4), realizing automatic encapsulation of the battery cell 100, enabling the production line to produce continuously, and improving the working efficiency.

The above embodiments have been described only the basic principles and features of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments, and is not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (10)

1. An encapsulation mechanism, comprising:

the glue pressing assembly (11) is configured to be capable of pressing a silica gel pad on the end face of a cell main body (101) of the cell (100) to be encapsulated so as to enable the silica gel pad to be adhered to the end face of the cell main body (101);

a corrective assembly (12) configured to be able to correct the position of the tab (102) of the finished encapsulated battery cell (100).

2. The rubber coating mechanism of claim 1, characterized in that the rubber coating assembly (11) comprises a first horizontal pressing wheel driving element (111), a first lifting driving element (112) and a pressing wheel (114), the pressing wheel (114) is rotatably disposed at an output end of the first horizontal pressing wheel driving element (111), and the first lifting driving element (112) can drive the first horizontal pressing wheel driving element (111) and the pressing wheel (114) to lift and lower so as to compress and smooth the silicone pad.

3. The encapsulation mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the encapsulation assembly (11) further comprises a second pinch roller horizontal driving element (113), the second pinch roller horizontal driving element (113) is connected with the output end of the first lifting driving element (112), and the second pinch roller horizontal driving element (113) can drive the first pinch roller horizontal driving element (111) and the pinch roller (114) to approach or move away from the battery cell (100) to be encapsulated.

4. The encapsulation mechanism according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a frame (2), wherein the compression assembly (11) and the straightening assembly (12) are both arranged on the frame (2).

5. The mechanism of claim 4, wherein the mechanism (1) further comprises an auxiliary support assembly (13) disposed on the frame (2), the auxiliary support assembly (13) comprises a lifting support table (131) and a second lifting driving member (132), the second lifting driving member (132) can drive the lifting support table (131) to lift, and the lifting support table (131) is used for carrying the tab (102).

6. The encapsulation mechanism according to claim 5, characterized in that a carrying jig (33) is arranged on the frame (2), and the carrying jig (33) is used for carrying the cell main body (101).

7. The encapsulation mechanism according to claim 6, wherein the auxiliary support assembly (13) further comprises an auxiliary pressing member (133) and an auxiliary driving member (134), the auxiliary pressing member (133) is disposed opposite to the carrying jig (33), and the auxiliary driving member (134) can drive the auxiliary pressing member (133) to move up and down to press the cell main body (101) onto the carrying jig (33).

8. The encapsulation mechanism of claim 5, wherein the correction assembly (12) comprises a correction wheel (121) and a correction wheel horizontal drive (122), and the correction wheel horizontal drive (122) can drive the correction wheel (121) to move along the width direction of the battery cell (100).

9. The encapsulation mechanism according to claim 8, wherein the correction assembly (12) further comprises a correction wheel lift drive (123), an output end of the correction wheel horizontal drive (122) is connected with the correction wheel lift drive (123), and an output end of the correction wheel lift drive (123) is connected with the correction wheel (121) to drive the correction wheel (121) to approach or move away from the battery cell (100) to be encapsulated.

10. A rubberizing device comprising a rubberizing mechanism (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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