CN211254165U

CN211254165U - Transfer device and production device

Info

Publication number: CN211254165U
Application number: CN201921998585.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 潘新洪; 李古锭; 吴泽喜; 呙德红
Original assignee: Shenzhen Chengjie Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Chengjie Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-18
Filing date: 2019-11-18
Publication date: 2020-08-14
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-18

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model discloses transfer device and apparatus for producing, transfer device includes: the transfer station, the work piece conveyer, work piece sabot machine, charging tray blanking machine and unloading conveyer, it includes the material loading station that sets gradually according to the process of transporting to transport the station, sabot station and unloading station, the work piece conveyer is used for carrying the work piece to material station department, the work piece sabot machine is used for getting the work piece from material loading station department, and pack the work piece into the charging tray of sabot station department, the charging tray blanking machine is used for transporting the charging tray to unloading station department from the sabot station, the unloading conveyer is used for carrying the charging tray of unloading station department, realize the automatic material loading of work piece, sabot and carry to a process, the efficiency of work piece in sabot and conveying process has been improved. Therefore, when the workpiece is the battery cell, the efficiency of the battery cell in the tray loading and conveying process can be greatly improved, manual tray loading and carrying are omitted, and the production cost is reduced.

Description

Transfer device and production device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a carry technical field, especially relate to a transfer device and apparatus for producing.

Background

At present, lithium batteries are increasingly widely used, wherein the lithium batteries comprise battery cores, and the production and conveying efficiency of the battery cores is one of the key factors determining the production efficiency of the lithium batteries.

The back is rolled up to the electric core of traditional lithium cell, needs the manual work to adorn electric core in the tray that is used for the transportation to artifical transport or conveyer carry to next process, and is comparatively loaded down with trivial details, very big influence electric core in the transfer efficiency of transfer process, and then influence the production efficiency of lithium cell.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, a transfer device and apparatus for producing are proposed, aim at solving traditional transfer device, to the sabot of electric core and the lower problem of conveying efficiency.

A transfer device, comprising:

the transfer station comprises a feeding station, a tray loading station and a discharging station which are sequentially arranged according to the transfer procedure;

the workpiece conveyor is used for conveying workpieces to the feeding station;

the workpiece tray loading machine is used for taking the workpiece from the feeding station and loading the workpiece into a tray at the tray loading station;

the material tray blanking machine is used for transferring the material tray from the material tray loading station to the blanking station; and

and the blanking conveyor is used for conveying the material tray at the blanking station.

In one embodiment, the material tray conveying device further comprises a material tray conveyor and a material tray feeding machine, the material tray conveying device further comprises a material tray station located on the upstream of the material tray loading station, the material tray conveyor is used for conveying a material tray to the material tray station, and the material tray feeding machine is used for conveying the material tray at the material tray station to the material tray loading station.

In one embodiment, the tray feeder comprises a tray conveying belt for conveying trays, a tray manipulator for taking the trays from the tray stations onto the tray conveying belt, and a tray pushing mechanism for pushing the trays from the tray conveying belt onto the tray loading station and connecting the trays with the tray conveying belt.

In one embodiment, the tray conveying belt is provided with a limiting frame, the limiting frame is used for limiting the position of the tray in a first linear direction, and the first linear direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tray conveying belt.

In one embodiment, the blanking station comprises an outlet station and a bad station, the blanking conveyor comprises an outlet conveyor and a bad conveyor, the tray blanking machine sorts trays to the outlet station or the bad station, the outlet conveyor is used for conveying the trays at the outlet station, and the bad conveyor is used for conveying the trays at the bad station.

In one embodiment, the tray blanking machine comprises a moving mechanism and a sorting manipulator, the moving mechanism is used for moving the trays at the tray loading station, and the sorting manipulator is used for grabbing the trays on the moving mechanism and sorting the trays to the discharging station or the bad station.

In one embodiment, the sorting manipulator comprises a moving module, a rotating module and a clamping module, wherein the clamping module is used for clamping or loosening the material tray and is connected with the rotating module, the rotating module is used for rotating the clamping module and the material tray and is connected with the moving module, and the moving module is used for moving the rotating module.

In one embodiment, the workpiece tray loader comprises a manipulator mechanism and a driving mechanism, wherein the manipulator mechanism is used for grabbing or loosening workpieces and is connected with the driving mechanism, and the driving mechanism is used for moving the manipulator mechanism and the workpieces.

A production apparatus comprising: foretell transfer device and detection device, detection device locates the transfer device upper reaches, detection device is used for detecting the quality of work piece.

Adopt the embodiment of the utility model provides a, following beneficial effect has:

after the transfer device is adopted, the workpiece conveyor conveys the workpiece to the feeding station, the workpiece tray loading machine takes the workpiece from the feeding station and loads the workpiece into the material tray at the tray loading station, the material tray blanking machine transfers the material tray from the tray loading station to the blanking station, and the blanking conveyor conveys the material tray at the blanking station, so that the automatic feeding, tray loading and conveying of the workpiece to the next process are realized, and the efficiency of the workpiece in the tray loading and conveying process is improved. Therefore, when the workpiece is the battery cell, the efficiency of the battery cell in the tray loading and conveying process can be greatly improved, manual tray loading and carrying are omitted, and the production cost is reduced.

The transfer device is applied to the production device, so that the efficiency of workpieces in the transfer process can be improved, and the overall efficiency of the production device is improved. Consequently, when this apparatus for producing is the production line of lithium cell, the work piece is electric core, then the transfer efficiency of promotion electric core that can be very big, and then promotes the production efficiency of lithium cell.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a transfer device according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is an internal structure view of a perspective of the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an internal structural view of another view of the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a workpiece tray loader in the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a moving mechanism in the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a sorting robot in the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a tray robot in the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the moving mechanism, the tray conveyor belt and the tray pushing mechanism in the transfer device shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the tray separation of the moving mechanism, the tray conveyer belt and the tray pushing mechanism shown in fig. 8.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of a transfer method according to an embodiment.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a transfer device according to an embodiment is mainly used for transferring a workpiece to a loading tray and conveying the workpiece, and includes: the automatic feeding device comprises transfer stations, a workpiece conveyor 100, a workpiece tray loading machine 300, a tray blanking machine 400 and a blanking conveyor 500, wherein the transfer stations comprise a feeding station, a tray loading station and a blanking station which are sequentially arranged according to a transfer process; the workpiece conveyor 100 is used for conveying the workpiece 10 to a feeding station; the workpiece tray loading machine 300 is used for taking the workpiece 10 from the feeding station and loading the workpiece 10 into the tray 20 at the tray loading station; the tray blanking machine 400 is used for transferring the tray 20 from the tray loading station to the blanking station; the blanking conveyor 500 is used for conveying the material tray 20 at the blanking station to the next process, so that the automatic feeding, tray loading and conveying of the workpieces to the next process are realized, and the efficiency of the workpieces in the tray loading and conveying process is improved. Therefore, when the workpiece is the battery cell, the efficiency of the battery cell in the tray loading and conveying process can be greatly improved, manual tray loading and carrying are omitted, and the production cost is reduced. Preferably, the cell is a square lithium battery cell. Of course, in other embodiments, the battery cell may be a battery or other workpiece.

In this embodiment, the transfer device further includes a frame 700, the workpiece conveyor 100, the workpiece tray loader 300, the tray unloader 400, and the blanking conveyor 500 are mounted on the frame 700 to mount the functional components, and the frame 700 is placed on a horizontal working surface.

In this embodiment, transfer device still includes charging tray conveyer 600 and charging tray material loading machine 200, the station of transporting still includes the charging tray station that is located the sabot station upper reaches, charging tray conveyer 600 is used for carrying charging tray 20 to charging tray station department, and be connected with frame 700, charging tray material loading machine 200 is used for transporting charging tray 20 to the sabot station department with charging tray station department, and be connected with frame 700, realize that the continuous automation of charging tray 20 comes the material, and with the automatic material that removes to charging tray station department of charging tray 20, carry out with the transfer process on next step. Preferably, the tray conveyor 600 is a conveyor belt. Of course, in other embodiments, the tray conveyor 600 may have other structures, such as a conveying roller set, for the purpose of loading the tray 20 to the tray station.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the tray feeder 200 includes a tray conveyer 210 for conveying the tray 20, a tray manipulator 220 and a tray pushing mechanism 230, wherein the tray manipulator 220 is used for grabbing the tray 20 from the tray station onto the tray conveyer 210 and is connected to the rack 700, and the tray pushing mechanism 230 is used for pushing the tray 20 from the tray conveyer 210 to the tray loading station and is connected to the tray conveyer 210 to realize the moving and conveying of the tray 20 and move the tray 20 from the tray station to the tray loading station. Of course, in other embodiments, the tray loader 200 may also be other components, such as a multi-degree-of-freedom robot, to grasp the tray 20 to a designated position.

Preferably, the tray robot 220 includes a third moving module 221, a fourth moving module 222, a rotating module 223 and a suction cup module 224, the suction cup module 224 is used for sucking or loosening the tray 20 and is connected with the rotating module 223, the rotating module 223 is used for driving the suction cup module 224 and the tray 20 to horizontally rotate and is connected with the fourth moving module 222, the fourth moving module 222 is used for driving the rotating module 223 to ascend and descend and is connected with the third moving module 221, and the third moving module 221 is used for driving the fourth moving module 222 to horizontally move and is fixed on the rack 700, so as to realize the grabbing and moving of the workpiece of the tray robot 220.

In this embodiment, be equipped with spacing 211 on the charging tray conveyer belt 210, spacing 211 is used for injecing the position of charging tray 20 in first linear direction, and first linear direction is perpendicular with charging tray conveyer belt 210's direction of delivery, spacing 211 forms the convergent structure that has the horn mouth, charging tray 20 can be spacing to the assigned position at charging tray conveyer belt 210's transportation process, can automatic adjustment charging tray 20 place the improper condition, go on with the dish pushing process of cooperation dish pushing mechanism 230 on next step, can directly push away charging tray 20 to sabot station department. Of course, in other embodiments, the limiting frame 211 can be replaced by other mechanisms, such as a limiting roller assembly, to limit the tray 20 to a designated position to cooperate with the tray pushing mechanism 230.

Preferably, the tray pushing mechanism 230 is provided with a sensor for detecting the position of the tray 20 to determine the operation of the tray pushing mechanism.

In this embodiment, the blanking stations include an ejection station and a defective station, and the tray blanking machine 400 sorts the tray 20 to the ejection station or the defective station, sorts the tray 20 with the defective workpieces 10 to the defective station, and sorts the tray 20 with the quality-qualified workpieces 10 to the ejection station.

In this embodiment, the blanking conveyor 500 includes a discharging conveyor 510 and a defective conveyor 520, the discharging conveyor 510 is used for conveying the trays 20 at the discharging station, and the defective conveyor 520 is used for conveying the trays 20 at the defective station, so that the good trays 20 and the defective trays are conveyed respectively.

In this embodiment, the tray blanking machine 400 includes a moving mechanism 410 and a sorting manipulator 420, and the moving mechanism 410 is used for moving the tray 20 at the tray loading station, moving the tray 20 to a position beneficial to the grabbing of the sorting manipulator 420, and matching with the assembly of other structural components, forming a relatively compact transfer device all-in-one machine. The sorting manipulator 420 is used for grabbing the material tray 20 on the moving mechanism 410, and sorting the material tray 20 to a discharging station or a bad station, so as to realize sorting of good workpieces 10 and bad workpieces 10.

Referring to fig. 6, the sorting manipulator 420 includes a moving module 421, a rotating module 422 and a clamping module 423, the clamping module 423 is used for clamping or releasing the tray 20 and is connected to the rotating module 422, the rotating module 422 is used for rotating the clamping module 423 and the tray 20 and is connected to the moving module 421, the moving module 421 is used for moving the rotating module 422, the rotating module 422 is used for realizing the horizontal rotation of the tray 20, and the tray 20 and the workpiece 10 are rotated to an angle meeting a next process so as to cooperate with the next process. Preferably, the moving module 421 includes a transverse module 4211 for driving the tray 20 to move horizontally and a vertical module 4212 for driving the tray 20 to move vertically, so as to realize horizontal and vertical movement of the tray 20, the clamping module 423 is a chuck clamping jaw for clamping the tray 20, and the tray 20 needs to rotate 90 degrees under the driving of the rotating module 422. Of course, in other embodiments, the moving module 421 may have other components, and the tray 20 may be driven by the rotating module 422 to rotate 180 degrees or other angles in order to move the tray 20.

Referring to fig. 5 and 9, the moving mechanism 410 includes a tray 411 for carrying the tray 20 and a lifting module 412 for driving the tray 411 to lift, so as to lift and lower the tray 20, and the lifting module 412 is disposed on the frame 700. Preferably, a clamping groove 4111 is formed in the tray 411, the tray 20 comprises a positioning groove 21 with an upper end used for accommodating the workpiece 10 and a positioning portion 22 with a lower end, and the inner wall of the clamping groove 4111 is in positioning fit with the positioning portion 22 to realize stable fixation of the tray on the tray 411 so as to meet the requirements of installation of the workpiece 10 in the tray 20 and lifting movement of the tray 20.

Referring to fig. 4, the workpiece tray loader 300 includes a manipulator mechanism 310 and a driving mechanism 320, the manipulator mechanism 310 is used for grabbing or releasing the workpiece 10 and is connected to the driving mechanism 320, the driving mechanism 320 is used for moving the manipulator mechanism 310 and the workpiece 10, and the workpiece tray loader 300 is used for loading the workpiece 10 into the tray 20. Preferably, the driving mechanism 320 includes a first moving module 321 and a second moving module 322, the second moving module 322 is used for driving the manipulator mechanism 310 to move up and down and is connected with the first moving module 321, the first moving module 321 is used for driving the second moving module 322 to move horizontally and is connected with the rack 700, the manipulator mechanism 310 includes a clamping assembly 311 for clamping the workpiece 10 and a power assembly 312 for driving the clamping assembly 311 to work, and preferably, the clamping assembly 311 is a clamping jaw mechanism, and the clamping size can be adjusted to adapt to workpieces with different sizes. Of course, in other embodiments, the workpiece palletizer 300 may have other structures, and the purpose thereof is to perform palletizing of the workpieces 10 into the pallet 20.

In this embodiment, the workpiece conveyor 100, the tray loader 200, and the tray conveyor 600 are sequentially disposed at a lower layer of the rack 700, and a tray loading station is located between the workpiece conveyor 100 and the tray loader 200, the loading station is located at an end of the workpiece conveyor 100, the workpiece tray loader 300 is disposed between the loading station and the tray loading station, so as to transport the workpiece from the loading station to the tray loading station, and load the workpiece 10 into the tray 20, the moving mechanism 410 is vertically disposed on the rack 700, and the tray 411 is driven to a lower end position by the lifting module 412, i.e., the tray loading station, the tray 411 is driven to an upper end position by the lifting module 412, which is set as a first station, so as to form upward conveying of the tray 20, so as to facilitate installation of the subsequent sorting manipulator 420, the sorting manipulator 420 is disposed at an upper layer of the rack 700, the sorting manipulator 420 picks up the tray 20 from the first station, sorts the tray to the discharging conveyor 510 and the defective conveyor 520, and the discharging conveyor 510 and the defective conveyor 520 are positioned below the sorting manipulator 420, and the functional components of the upper layer and the lower layer are arranged in relation to form a compact integrated transfer device, so that the transfer efficiency is high, and the occupied space is saved.

Preferably, the discharging conveyor 510 and the tray feeder 200 are arranged up and down to form a double-layer conveyor belt structure, so that the material boxes 20 are circularly conveyed, and the arrangement of functional components is facilitated, so that the space of the device is saved.

In this embodiment, the shape and size of the retaining frame 211 on the tray conveyer 210 and the shape and size of the retaining groove 4111 on the tray 411 can be adjusted to match the workpieces 10 and the trays 20 with different shapes and sizes, so as to realize the transfer of the workpieces 10 and the trays 20 with different types and models, and the transfer device is an automatic transition transfer device.

In this embodiment, a protective cover is provided outside the frame 700, and only the conveying ports for the workpiece conveyor 100, the blanking conveyor 500, and the tray conveyor 600 are left, so that the dust prevention of the internal mechanism is ensured, and the safe operation thereof is ensured.

A production apparatus comprising: according to the transfer device and the detection device, the detection device is arranged at the upstream of the transfer device and is used for detecting the quality of the workpiece, when the workpiece 10 is an electric core, the electric core is detected, if the electric core short circuit is detected, a bad signal of the workpiece 10 is output, namely, a bad workpiece is output, and in a subsequent transfer process, the sorting manipulator 420 is used for sorting the material tray 20 containing the bad workpiece to the bad conveyor 520 for output, and finally, the material tray is recovered.

As shown in fig. 10, a method of transferring includes the steps of:

s110, the workpiece conveyor 100 transfers the workpiece 10 to a feeding station, and an automatic feeding process is achieved.

S120, the workpiece tray filling machine 300 transfers the workpieces to a tray filling station and fills the workpieces into the tray 20, and automatic tray filling is achieved.

S130, the material tray 20 is transferred to a discharging station by the material tray discharging machine 400, and automatic discharging is achieved.

Adopt the utility model discloses the transportation method adopts full automatization sabot and transport when transporting electric core, and work efficiency is high to simple structure can adapt to the product of different models completely, only need according to the product change of different models with it supporting magazine 20 can.

The above disclosure is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A transfer device, comprising:

the workpiece conveyor is used for conveying workpieces to the feeding station;

2. The transfer device of claim 1, further comprising a tray conveyor and a tray feeder, wherein the transfer station further comprises a tray station located upstream of the tray loading station, the tray conveyor is configured to convey a tray to the tray station, and the tray feeder is configured to transfer the tray at the tray station to the tray loading station.

3. The transfer device of claim 2, wherein the tray feeder comprises a tray conveyor belt for conveying trays, a tray manipulator for taking trays from the tray station onto the tray conveyor belt, and a tray pushing mechanism for pushing trays from the tray conveyor belt onto the tray loading station and connecting with the tray conveyor belt.

4. The transfer device of claim 3, wherein the tray conveyor belt is provided with a limiting frame for limiting the position of the tray in a first linear direction, and the first linear direction is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the tray conveyor belt.

5. The transfer device of claim 1, wherein the blanking stations comprise an ejection station and a defective station, the blanking conveyor comprises an ejection conveyor and a defective conveyor, the tray blanking machine sorts trays to the ejection station or the defective station, the ejection conveyor is used for conveying the trays at the ejection station, and the defective conveyor is used for conveying the trays at the defective station.

6. The transfer device according to claim 5, wherein the tray unloader comprises a moving mechanism and a sorting manipulator, the moving mechanism is used for moving the tray at the tray loading station, and the sorting manipulator is used for grabbing the tray on the moving mechanism and sorting the tray to the discharging station or the bad station.

7. Transfer device according to claim 6, wherein the sorting robot comprises a movement module, a rotation module and a clamping module, the clamping module is used for clamping or unclamping the tray and is connected with the rotation module, the rotation module is used for rotating the clamping module and the tray and is connected with the movement module, and the movement module is used for moving the rotation module.

8. The transfer device of claim 1, wherein the workpiece tray loader comprises a robot mechanism for gripping or releasing a workpiece and connected to the drive mechanism, and a drive mechanism for moving the robot mechanism and the workpiece.

9. The transfer device of claim 1, wherein the workpiece is a battery cell.

10. A production apparatus, comprising: the transfer device of any one of claims 1 to 9 and a detection device, the detection device being provided upstream of the transfer device, the detection device being adapted to detect the quality of the workpiece.