CN211290833U - Novel battery material drying equipment - Google Patents

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CN211290833U
CN211290833U CN201922265419.0U CN201922265419U CN211290833U CN 211290833 U CN211290833 U CN 211290833U CN 201922265419 U CN201922265419 U CN 201922265419U CN 211290833 U CN211290833 U CN 211290833U
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The utility model relates to the technical field of battery drying, in particular to a novel battery material drying device, which comprises a bottom plate, the front and back sides of the upper end surface of the bottom plate are respectively fixed with a fixed plate, the left and right sides of the upper end surface of the bottom plate are respectively provided with a connecting plate, the two connecting plates are respectively and uniformly fixed with a fixed rod, the two side surfaces of the bottom plate and the corresponding positions of the fixed rods are provided with fixed holes matched with the fixed rods, the tail end of the fixed rod penetrates into the fixed hole and is connected with the fixed hole in a sliding way, the bottom of the bottom plate is also fixed with a rotatable transmission screw rod, the positions of the two connecting plates, which correspond to the transmission screw rod, are both provided with threaded columns, two ends of the transmission screw rod penetrate into the corresponding threaded columns and are in threaded connection with the threaded columns, the two fixing plates are provided with a plurality of heating plates, fixed columns are fixed on two sides of each heating plate, and two adjacent heating plates are connected through a moving device. Through this device can effectually carry out the drying to the battery of different specifications.

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Novel battery material drying equipment
[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
The utility model relates to a dry technical field of battery especially relates to a novel battery material drying equipment.
[ background of the invention ]
The lithium battery as a new generation of rechargeable battery product has the characteristics of high voltage, large energy density, long cycle life, no memory effect, no pollution and the like compared with the traditional lead-acid, nickel-cadmium and nickel-hydrogen batteries. Therefore, the method is widely applied to the fields of 3C, power, energy storage and the like in short decades. The control of moisture in the battery manufacturing process is crucial, because moisture has a fatal influence on the battery life, internal resistance, capacity exertion and discharge time. At present, a lithium battery material needs to be dried during production of the lithium battery, and a lithium battery drying furnace mainly has several types of thermal radiation heating, hot air heating and contact heating; radiation heating and hot air heating are basically replaced by contact heating due to the problems of poor heating uniformity, long baking period, high energy consumption and the like. The contact heating is directly in contact with the surface of the battery by the heating plate, so that the temperature uniformity is good, the baking period is short, and the contact heating is favored by battery manufacturers. Wherein, current dry anchor clamps of contact lithium cell all place the lithium cell in a plurality of heating plate gaps of intensive arranging, but the lithium cell of a specification is only applicable to generally to this kind of anchor clamps, and the battery material of different specifications needs different anchor clamps to be used for fixing, extravagant a large amount of manpower and materials.
The utility model discloses it is not enough to solve prior art and research and propose.
[ Utility model ] content
The utility model aims at overcoming above-mentioned prior art's shortcoming, providing a novel battery material drying equipment, can satisfy the fixed demand of battery material of different specifications.
The utility model discloses can realize through following technical scheme:
the utility model discloses a novel battery material drying device, which comprises a bottom plate, wherein fixed plates are fixed on the front side and the rear side of the upper end surface of the bottom plate, connecting plates are arranged on the left side and the right side of the upper end surface of the bottom plate, fixed rods are uniformly fixed on the two connecting plates, fixing holes matched with the fixed rods are arranged on the two side surfaces of the bottom plate and correspond to the fixed rods, the ends of the fixed rods penetrate into the fixing holes and are in sliding connection with the fixing holes, a rotatable transmission screw rod is further fixed at the bottom of the bottom plate, the transmission screw rod is driven to rotate by a driving motor, threaded columns are arranged on the two connecting plates and correspond to the transmission screw rod, the two ends of the transmission screw rod penetrate into the corresponding threaded columns and are in threaded connection with the threaded columns, a plurality of slide rods are further fixed at the middle bottom of the two fixed plates, and heating, the heating plate is characterized in that fixing columns are fixed on two sides of each heating plate, two adjacent heating plates are connected through a moving device, the moving device comprises a connecting rod I, a connecting rod II and a connecting rod III, one end of the connecting rod I is rotationally connected with the corresponding fixing column, a connecting column is fixed at the other end of the connecting rod I, the connecting column penetrates one end of the connecting rod II and is rotationally connected with the connecting rod II, the other end of the connecting rod II is rotationally connected with the corresponding fixing column on the adjacent heating plate, one end of the connecting rod III is rotationally connected with the corresponding connecting column, two connecting rods are arranged at the other end of the connecting rod III, two supporting rods are further arranged in the middle of each fixing plate, the supporting rods penetrate through the connecting holes in two sides of the heating plates and are slidably. When the battery is dried, the driving motor is started, the driving motor drives the transmission screw rod to rotate, because the two ends of the transmission screw rod are in threaded connection with the threaded columns fixed on the two connecting plates, the threads of the threaded columns are opposite, and the two threaded columns are in sliding connection through the fixed rod, when the transmission screw rod rotates, the two connecting plates move relatively, when the battery is placed, the driving motor drives the two connecting plates to be away from each other, the supporting rod is driven to descend by using the supporting rod lifting mechanism, the connecting rod III is driven to descend by the supporting rod, the connecting rod III is driven to descend by the connecting rod III, because the fixed columns on the two sides of the moving device are fixed on the heating plates, the connecting rod III is in sliding connection with the supporting rod, the connecting rod I and the connecting rod II are driven to rotate downwards along the corresponding fixed columns, the support rod is driven to ascend through the support rod elevating mechanism, the support rod pulls the connecting rod III which is in sliding connection with the support rod to ascend, the connecting rod III pushes the connecting column to ascend, the connecting column drives the connecting rod I and the connecting rod II to downwards rotate along the corresponding fixing column to drive the adjacent heating plates to mutually approach, after the adjacent heating plates are contacted with the two sides of the battery, the support rod elevating mechanism stops running, the two connecting plates move relatively by starting the driving motor, after the heating side plates on the connecting plates are contacted with the two sides of the battery, the driving motor stops, the heating plates, the heating bottom plate and the heating side plates are started, the heating bottom plate and the heating side plates are uniformly heated through the heating plates, the surfaces of the battery are uniformly dried, after the drying is finished, the heating plates are closed, the heating bottom plate and the heating side, the supporting rod lifting mechanism is started, the distance between the adjacent heating plates is increased, the battery which is dried is taken down from the heating bottom plate, and the drying requirements of the batteries with different specifications and different sizes can be met by adjusting the positions of the adjacent heating plates and the positions of the two connecting plates.
Preferably, a plurality of rolling devices are fixed at the bottoms of the two connecting plates, each rolling device comprises an installation groove formed in the connecting plate, and a ball capable of rolling in the installation groove is placed in the installation groove. The friction force on the contact surfaces of the connecting plates and the connecting plates can be effectively avoided through the balls, and the connecting plates can be moved more conveniently.
Preferably, bracing piece elevating system contains four lead screws of fixing on two fixed plates, four the lead screw sets up respectively at aforementioned bracing piece both ends, the bracing piece end all is fixed with the thread block, the lead screw pass the thread block that corresponds the position and with thread block threaded connection, four correspond the position on the lead screw and all be equipped with the driving gear, the driving gear of two lead screws on same fixed plate all connects through hold-in range I, correspond the position on two left lead screws of hot plate and be fixed with driven gear, two driven gear passes through II interconnect of hold-in range. Through rotating one of them lead screw, the lead screw passes through the rotation on I drive same fixed plate of hold-in range, drives the lead screw rotation on another fixed plate through II drives in the hold-in range, and the lead screw that II drives in the hold-in range passes through I drive last lead screw and rotates in the hold-in range, connects through I and II connections in hold-in range, can guarantee four lead screw pivoted synchronism, guarantees that two spinal branch vaulting poles can the totally synchronous level rise and descend.
Preferably, a turntable is fixed above one of the screw rods, and a handle is fixed on the turntable. The screw rod can be more conveniently rotated through the handle.
Preferably, the output end of the driving motor is connected with a master gear, a slave gear is arranged on the transmission screw rod and corresponds to the master gear, and the slave gear is connected with the master gear through a synchronous belt III. The driving motor is connected with the transmission screw rod through the synchronous belt III, the moving distance of the two connecting plates can be controlled through the rotating number of turns of the transmission screw rod accurately controlled by the driving motor, and the connecting plates are prevented from extruding the battery to deform, so that the battery is scrapped.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that:
1. the battery can be effectively dried by the device.
2. The drying requirements of batteries with different specifications and different sizes can be met by adjusting the positions of the adjacent heating plates and the positions of the two connecting plates.
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The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention
Fig. 3 is a top view of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a bottom view of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a front view of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken at A-A of FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken at B-B of FIG. 3;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view at C of FIG. 5;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 at D;
in the figure: 1. a base plate; 2. a fixing plate; 3. a connecting plate; 4. heating plates; 5. heating the side plate; 6. a turntable; 7. a handle; 8. a screw rod; 9. a driving gear; 10. a synchronous belt I; 11. a threaded post; 12. a transmission screw rod; 13. a drive motor; 14. a main gear; 15. a slave gear; 16. a synchronous belt III; 17. a thread block; 18. a synchronous belt II; 19. a mobile device; 20. a connecting rod I; 21. a connecting rod II; 22. a connecting rod III; 23. fixing a column; 24. connecting columns; 25. a support bar; 26. a fixing hole; 27. fixing the rod; 28. a rolling device; 29. a slide bar; 30. heating the soleplate;
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The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is made with reference to the accompanying drawings:
as shown in figures 1 to 9, the utility model discloses a novel battery material drying device, which comprises a bottom plate 1, wherein the front and back sides of the upper end surface of the bottom plate 1 are both fixed with a fixing plate 2, the left and right sides of the upper end surface of the bottom plate 1 are both provided with a connecting plate 3, the two connecting plates 3 are both uniformly fixed with a fixing rod 27, the two side surfaces of the bottom plate 1 are provided with fixing holes 26 matched with the fixing rod 27 at the positions corresponding to the fixing rod 27, the tail end of the fixing rod 27 extends into the fixing hole 26 and is connected with the fixing hole 26 in a sliding way, the bottom of the bottom plate 1 is also fixed with a rotatable transmission screw rod 12, the transmission screw rod 12 is driven to rotate by a driving motor 13, the positions corresponding to the transmission screw rod 12 on the two connecting plates 3 are both provided with threaded columns 11, the two ends of the transmission screw rod 12 extend into the corresponding threaded columns 11 and are connected with the threaded columns 11 in a threaded way, the middle bottom, 4 both sides of hot plate all are fixed with fixed column 23, connect through mobile device 19 between two adjacent hot plates 4, mobile device 19 contains connecting rod I20, connecting rod II 21 and connecting rod III 22, connecting rod I20 one end is rotated with fixed column 23 and is connected, be fixed with spliced pole 24 on the connecting rod I20 other end, spliced pole 24 passes connecting rod II 21 one end and rotates with connecting rod II 21 and be connected, the connecting rod II 21 other end rotates with fixed column 23 on adjacent hot plate 4 and is connected, connecting rod III 22 one end rotates with spliced pole 24 and is connected, the connecting rod III 22 other end all is equipped with the connecting hole, still be equipped with two spinal branch vaulting poles 25 in the middle of two fixed plates 2, bracing piece 25 passes the connecting hole of hot plate 4 both sides and with connecting rod III 22 sliding connection, bottom plate 1 top is equipped with bracing piece 25 elevating system, still. When the battery is dried, the driving motor 13 is started, the driving motor 13 drives the transmission screw rod 12 to rotate, because the two ends of the transmission screw rod 12 are in threaded connection with the threaded columns 11 fixed on the two connecting plates 3, the internal threads of the threaded columns 11 are opposite, and the fixed rod 27 is provided with the fixed hole 26 in a sliding connection, when the transmission screw rod 12 rotates, the two connecting plates 3 move relatively, when the battery is placed, the driving motor 13 drives the two connecting plates 3 to be away from each other, the supporting rod 25 is driven by the lifting mechanism of the supporting rod 25 to descend, the connecting rod III 22 is driven by the connecting rod III 22 to descend, because the fixed columns 23 on the two sides of the moving device 19 are fixed on the heating plates 4, the connecting rod III 22 is in sliding connection with the supporting rod 25, when the connecting rod 24 descends, the battery to be dried is uniformly placed in the middle of the adjacent heating plates 4 on the heating bottom plate 30, the supporting rod 25 is driven by the supporting rod 25 lifting mechanism to lift, the supporting rod 25 pulls the connecting rod III 22 which is in sliding connection with the supporting rod 25 to lift, the connecting rod III 22 pushes the connecting column 24 to lift, the connecting column 24 drives the connecting rod I20 and the connecting rod II 21 to rotate downwards along the corresponding fixing column 23, the adjacent heating plates 4 are driven to mutually approach, after the adjacent heating plates 4 are connected with the two sides of the battery, the supporting rod 25 lifting mechanism stops running, the two connecting plates 3 move relatively by starting the driving motor 13, after the heating side plate 5 on the connecting plate 3 is connected with the two sides of the battery, the driving motor 13 stops, the heating plates 4, the heating bottom plate 30 and the heating side plate 5 are started, and the surfaces of the battery are, with the even drying of battery surface, after the drying is accomplished, close hot plate 4, heating bottom plate 30 and heating curb plate 5, restart two connecting plate 3 positions of driving motor 13 adjustment, will heat curb plate 5 and battery separation, start bracing piece 25 elevating system, increase the distance between adjacent hot plate 4, the battery that will dry the completion is taken off from heating bottom plate 30, position and the position of adjusting two connecting plates 3 through adjusting adjacent hot plate 4, can satisfy the dry demand of the not unidimensional battery of different specifications.
Wherein, a plurality of rolling devices 28 are fixed at the bottom of the two connecting plates 3, the rolling devices 28 comprise mounting grooves arranged on the connecting plates 3, and balls capable of rolling in the mounting grooves are arranged in the mounting grooves. Can effectively avoid the frictional force on connecting plate 3 and the 3 contact surfaces of connecting plate through the ball, more make things convenient for connecting plate 3 to remove.
Wherein, bracing piece 25 elevating system contains four lead screws 8 of fixing on two fixed plates 2, four lead screws 8 set up respectively at bracing piece 25 both ends, bracing piece 25 end all is fixed with thread block 17, lead screw 8 pass the thread block 17 of corresponding position and with thread block 17 threaded connection, corresponding position all is equipped with driving gear 9 on four lead screws 8, driving gear 9 of two lead screws 8 all connects through hold-in range I10 on same fixed plate 2, corresponding position is fixed with driven gear on two left lead screws 8 of hot plate 4, two driven gear pass through hold-in range II 18 interconnect. Through rotating one of them lead screw 8, lead screw 8 passes through the rotation on I10 drive same fixed plate 2 of hold-in range, it rotates to drive lead screw 8 on another fixed plate 2 through hold-in range II 18, lead screw 8 that hold-in range II 18 drove drives last lead screw 8 through hold-in range I10 and rotates, connect through hold-in range I10 and hold-in range II 18, can guarantee four lead screw 8 pivoted synchronism, guarantee that two spinal branch vaulting poles 25 can the totally synchronous level rise and descend. A turntable 6 is fixed above one screw rod 8, and a handle 7 is fixed on the turntable 6. The screw rod 8 can be more conveniently rotated through the handle 7.
Wherein, the output end of the driving motor 13 is connected with a master gear 14, a slave gear 15 is arranged on the transmission screw rod 12 corresponding to the master gear 14, and the slave gear 15 is connected with the master gear 14 through a synchronous belt III 16. The driving motor 13 is connected with the transmission screw rod 12 through the synchronous belt III 16, the distance of the two connecting plates 3 can be controlled by the rotating number of turns of the transmission screw rod 12 accurately controlled by the driving motor 13, and the connecting plates 3 are prevented from extruding the battery to deform, so that the battery is scrapped.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, many changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the technical principles of the present invention, and these changes, modifications, substitutions and variations should also be considered as the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a novel battery material drying equipment, contains the bottom plate, its characterized in that: the front and back sides of the upper end surface of the bottom plate are respectively fixed with a fixed plate, the left and right sides of the upper end surface of the bottom plate are respectively provided with a connecting plate, the two connecting plates are respectively and uniformly fixed with a fixed rod, the positions of the two side surfaces of the bottom plate corresponding to the fixed rods are provided with a fixed hole matched with the fixed rods, the tail ends of the fixed rods penetrate into the fixed holes and are in sliding connection with the fixed holes, the bottom of the bottom plate is also fixed with a rotatable transmission screw rod, the transmission screw rod is driven to rotate by a driving motor, the positions of the two connecting plates corresponding to the transmission screw rod are respectively provided with a threaded column, the two ends of the transmission screw rod penetrate into the corresponding threaded columns and are in threaded connection with the threaded columns, the middle bottom of the two fixed plates is also fixed with a plurality of slide rods, connect through the mobile device between two adjacent hot plates, the mobile device contains connecting rod I, connecting rod II and connecting rod III, I one end of connecting rod rotates with aforementioned fixed column to be connected, be fixed with the spliced pole on I other end of connecting rod, the spliced pole passes II one ends of connecting rod and rotates with connecting rod II to be connected, II other ends of connecting rod rotate with adjacent hot plate on the fixed column to be connected, III one end of connecting rod rotates with aforementioned spliced pole to be connected, the III other ends of connecting rod all are equipped with the connecting hole, two the bracing piece still is equipped with in the middle of the fixed plate, the bracing piece pass the connecting hole of hot plate both sides and with III sliding connection of connecting rod, the bottom plate top is equipped with bracing piece elevating system, still be fixed with.
2. The novel battery material drying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: and a plurality of rolling devices are fixed at the bottoms of the two connecting plates, each rolling device comprises a mounting groove arranged on the connecting plate, and balls capable of rolling in the mounting grooves are placed in the mounting grooves.
3. The novel battery material drying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: the utility model discloses a heating plate, including bracing piece elevating system, lead screw, drive gear, synchronous belt I, driven gear, two on the left two lead screws of hot plate correspond the position and be fixed with driven gear, two driven gear passes through II interconnect in synchronous belt.
4. The novel battery material drying apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that: and a turntable is fixed above one of the screw rods, and a handle is fixed on the turntable.
5. The novel battery material drying apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that: the output end of the driving motor is connected with a master gear, a slave gear is arranged on the transmission screw rod and corresponds to the master gear, and the slave gear is connected with the master gear through a synchronous belt III.
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