CN212209528U

CN212209528U - Battery string preparation device and series welding equipment

Info

Publication number: CN212209528U
Application number: CN202021198621.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-06-24
Filing date: 2020-06-24
Publication date: 2020-12-22
Anticipated expiration: 2030-06-24

Abstract

The application discloses a battery string preparation device which comprises a battery piece feeding device, a welding strip feeding device and a lamination device; the battery piece feeding device supplies battery pieces and the welding strip feeding device supplies welding strips, and the battery pieces and the welding strips are laid together to form a series welding unit; the lamination device can receive the series welding units and laminate the series welding units, so that the battery string can be conveniently prepared. The application also discloses series welding equipment, including above-mentioned battery cluster preparation facilities, still include welding set, locate lamination device low reaches, can weld the series welding unit who constructs, and then realize the design of battery cluster conveniently.

Description

Battery string preparation device and series welding equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of photovoltaic equipment, in particular to a battery string preparation device and string welding equipment.

Background

When a battery string is prepared by a traditional method, referring to fig. 1, a battery piece 1' is usually laid, then a welding strip 2' is laid on the battery piece 1', and the second end of the welding strip 2' falls behind the battery piece 1 '; then, laying a battery piece 1' again, covering the second end of the laid welding strip 2' with the battery piece 1', laying a welding strip 2' on the battery piece 1', and similarly, dropping the second end of the welding strip 2' behind the battery piece 1 '; then, the second end of the welding strip 2 ″ is paved with a battery piece 1' ", and the welding strip 2 '" … … is paved on the battery piece 1' ", so that a battery piece and a welding strip are paved successively to finally form a battery string.

The preparation method of the battery string is low in efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a battery cluster preparation facilities and series welding equipment to solve the problem of battery cluster preparation inefficiency among the prior art.

In order to solve the technical problem, the application adopts a technical scheme that: provided is a battery string preparation apparatus, including: the battery piece feeding device is used for supplying battery pieces; the welding strip feeding device is used for supplying welding strips; the laminating device is arranged at the downstream of the battery piece feeding device and the welding strip feeding device and can receive the battery pieces supplied by the battery piece feeding device and the welding strips supplied by the welding strip feeding device; the lamination device includes: the lamination table is used for bearing a series welding unit formed by the battery plate and the welding strip; the lamination driving mechanism can carry out lamination on the series welding unit; wherein, the series welding unit is formed by laying a battery piece and a welding strip; in any series welding unit, the first end of the welding strip is positioned on the battery piece, and the second end of the welding strip protrudes out of the battery piece; a plurality of series-welded unit laminations capable of forming a battery string; in the battery string, any two adjacent series welding units are arranged, wherein the battery sheet of one series welding unit is overlapped on the second end of the welding strip of the other series welding unit.

Further, the battery piece feeding device includes: the battery piece conveying mechanism is used for conveying battery pieces; the battery piece conveying mechanism is used for extracting the battery pieces on the battery piece conveying mechanism and conveying the battery pieces into the laminating device; battery piece transport mechanism includes: the battery piece extracting piece is used for extracting battery pieces; the battery piece carrying driving piece is connected with the battery piece extracting piece and can drive the battery piece extracting piece to extract and transfer the battery pieces; the work end of the detection piece is right opposite to the battery piece conveying mechanism, and the state of the battery piece on the battery piece conveying mechanism can be detected, so that the battery piece is driven by the battery piece carrying driving piece to accurately take and transfer the battery piece.

Furthermore, the battery piece carrying mechanism comprises a plurality of battery piece extracting pieces, and the battery piece extracting pieces are arranged at the movable end of the battery piece carrying driving piece at intervals along a straight line; the detection piece adopts a CCD camera which can photograph the battery piece on the battery piece conveying mechanism so as to obtain the position state of the battery piece; the battery piece carrying driving piece adopts a robot, and the robot can control the plurality of battery piece extracting pieces to extract or release the battery pieces one by one; according to the position state of the battery piece, the robot can adjust the direction of the battery piece extracting piece, so that the position states of the battery pieces extracted by the plurality of battery piece extracting pieces are uniform.

Further, weld and take loading attachment includes: the solder strip unwinding mechanism is used for releasing a solder strip material strip; the welding strip cutting mechanism is arranged at the downstream of the welding strip unwinding mechanism and can cut the welding strip material strip; the welding strip traction mechanism can draw out a welding strip material strip from the welding strip unwinding mechanism and pull the welding strip material strip through the welding strip cutting mechanism so as to be convenient for the welding strip cutting mechanism to cut the welding strip material strip.

Furthermore, weld and take loading attachment still includes and welds area bending mechanism locates and welds area unwinding mechanism low reaches, can bend and weld the area material area or weld the area for the extending direction that welds the first end of taking and weld the area second end no longer collineation.

Further, the laminating device comprises a plurality of laminating tables which are arranged along a straight line and can respectively receive one series welding unit; the lamination drive mechanism includes: the lamination lifting mechanism is connected with the lamination table and can drive the lamination table to move along the vertical direction; any lamination table can move along the vertical direction under the driving of the lamination lifting mechanism; or one of the lamination tables is relatively and fixedly arranged along the vertical direction; the lamination translation mechanism is connected with the lamination table and can drive the lamination table to move along the linear direction; any lamination table can move along the linear direction under the driving of the lamination translation mechanism; or one of the lamination tables is relatively fixedly arranged along the linear direction; the linear direction is the arrangement direction of the plurality of lamination stages.

Further, the battery string preparation device is characterized by further comprising a net pressing circulation device, wherein the net pressing circulation device can supply net pressing to the lamination device; the net pressing circulating device comprises: the net pressing and feeding mechanism is arranged on one side of the lamination device and can convey the net pressing into the lamination device; the net pressing conveying mechanism can convey the net pressing to the net pressing feeding mechanism; after the battery piece and the welding strip are laid together, the welding strip can be pressed on the battery piece through the pressing net.

Furthermore, the net pressing circulating device also comprises a net pressing distance changing mechanism which is arranged on one side of the net pressing conveying mechanism, can receive the net pressing conveyed by the net pressing conveying mechanism and can transmit the net pressing to the net pressing feeding mechanism; the net pressing pitch-changing mechanism comprises: the net pressing bearing tables can respectively bear one net pressing; the variable-pitch driving assembly can drive the plurality of net pressing bearing tables to move relatively so as to adjust the distance between two adjacent net pressing bearing tables.

The application also provides series welding equipment, which comprises the battery string preparation device and a welding device, wherein the welding device is arranged at the lower reaches of the lamination device, and can weld the series welding unit so as to shape the battery piece and weld the strip.

Further, the welding device includes: a welding box capable of welding the series welding unit; and the welding conveying mechanism can receive the overlapped series welding units in the lamination device and input the series welding units into the welding box.

The application provides a battery string preparation device which comprises a battery piece feeding device, a welding strip feeding device and a lamination device; the battery piece feeding device supplies battery pieces and the welding strip feeding device supplies welding strips, and the battery pieces and the welding strips are laid together to form a series welding unit; the lamination device can receive the series welding units and laminate the series welding units, so that the battery string can be conveniently prepared.

The application also provides series welding equipment, which comprises the battery string preparation device and a welding device, wherein the welding device is arranged at the lower reaches of the lamination device, and can weld the constructed series welding unit, so that the battery string can be conveniently shaped.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive efforts, wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a battery string in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of two tandem welding units provided herein;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another two tandem welding units provided herein;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another two tandem welding units provided herein;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a battery string constructed by stacking the series-welded cells of fig. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic top view of the battery string of fig. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of yet another two series welding units stacked together;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a battery string constructed by stacking the series-welded cells of fig. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a tandem welding unit including a mesh press;

FIG. 10 is a schematic top view of the series welding unit of FIG. 9;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a battery string preparation apparatus provided herein;

FIG. 12 is a schematic side view of the battery sheet handling mechanism of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a solder strip feeding apparatus provided in the present application;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural view of a solder strip cutting mechanism, a solder strip pulling mechanism and a solder strip guiding mechanism according to the present application;

FIG. 15 is a schematic side view of the ribbon cutting mechanism of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a schematic top view of the first and second cutting dies of FIG. 15 in one state;

FIG. 17 is a schematic top view of the first and second cutting dies of FIG. 15 in an alternative configuration;

FIG. 18 is a schematic view of the construction of the lamination device of FIG. 11;

FIG. 19 is a side view of the laminating device of FIG. 18 with the lamination transport mechanism and base omitted;

FIG. 20 is a side view of the lamination station of FIG. 18 in another orientation;

FIG. 21 is a schematic view of the structure of the base of FIG. 18;

FIG. 22 is a schematic structural view of a series welding apparatus provided herein;

FIG. 23 is a schematic view of a lamination assembly, a web press cycle assembly, and a welding assembly as provided herein;

FIG. 24 is a schematic side view of the embossing plummer of FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is a schematic view of a variable pitch drive assembly and a mesh pressing carrier table according to the present application;

FIG. 26 is a schematic view of another alternative arrangement of a pitch drive assembly and a mesh pressing carrier provided herein;

FIG. 27 is a schematic view of another alternative arrangement of a pitch drive assembly and a mesh pressing carrier provided herein;

FIG. 28 is a schematic drawing showing the FIG. 27 platen being pulled apart.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, for the sake of easy understanding of the drawings, XYZ axes are shown in the drawings, where X direction is a linear direction in the illustrated embodiment, Y direction is a direction perpendicular to the linear direction in a horizontal plane, and Z direction is a vertical direction.

It should also be explained that, in order to better illustrate the contents of the figures, some of the figures are turned 90 ° to the left for reading; however, when directions such as "left", "right", "up", "down", etc. are described in the drawings, the directions of the numerals in the drawings are used as the standard; that is, when the reference numerals are set to the left in the drawing, the orientation is based on the case where the drawing is turned 90 ° to the right.

Firstly, the series welding unit 10 needs to be explained, and the series welding unit 10 is formed by laying the battery plate 1 and the welding strip 2; in any series welding unit 10, the first end 2a of the welding strip 2 is positioned on the battery piece 1, and the second end 2b protrudes from the battery piece 1.

For a series welding unit 10, it usually includes only one battery plate 1, but according to the specification and process requirements of the battery plate 1, a plurality of welding strips 2 (for example, six, nine, etc.) may be laid on one battery plate 1; the welding strips 2 are arranged corresponding to the grid lines on the surface of the battery piece 1, and can play a role in guiding current while connecting two adjacent battery pieces 1.

Referring specifically to fig. 2, 3, 4 and 7, five types of series welding units 10 are shown. It should be noted that the series welding unit 10 provided in the present application does not limit the specific connection manner between the battery piece 1 and the welding strip 2. For example, the battery piece 1 has a front surface and a back surface, and the first end 2a of the solder strip may be laid on the front surface of the battery piece 1 or on the back surface of the battery piece 1; when a plurality of welding strips 2 are laid on a battery piece 1, part of the welding strips 2 can be laid on the front surface of the battery piece 1, and part of the welding strips 2 can be laid on the back surface of the battery piece 1.

According to different processes, in other embodiments, one series welding unit 10 may include only one battery piece 1 and one welding strip 2; alternatively, one series welding unit 10 may include a plurality of battery plates 2 (the plurality of battery plates 2 may be connected by welding strips 2, or may be connected in direct contact with each other); alternatively, the orientation of the solder ribbons 2 in a series welding unit 10 may be different from … ….

Further, a plurality of series welding units 10 are stacked, so that the battery plate 1 of one series welding unit 10 is stacked on the second end 2b of the welding strip of another series welding unit 10.

In short, the lamination is stacked even if a plurality of the series welding units 10 are stacked. A sufficient number of series welding units 10 are stacked to form a battery string 20; the insufficient number of series welding units 10 are stacked to form a laminated assembly; the lamination assembly continues to be laminated, and when the number of the series welding units 10 is large enough, the battery string 20 is finally constructed.

In general, in the lamination assembly or the battery string 20, in any three consecutive series welding units 10, the battery plate 1 of the middle series welding unit 10 is connected with the second end 2b of the welding strip of one series welding unit 10; meanwhile, the second end 2b of the welding strip of the middle series welding unit 10 is connected with the battery plate 1 of the other series welding unit 10.

In special cases, for example, in any laminated assembly or battery string 20, the first series-welding unit 10 is connected with the battery piece 1 without the second end 2b of the welding strip of the other series-welding units 10; also for example, the second end 2b of the solder ribbon of the last series-welding unit 10 in any laminate assembly or battery string 20 is not connected with the battery plates 1 of other series-welding units 10.

Referring to fig. 5 and 8, the battery string 20 shown in fig. 5 is laminated by the string welding units 10 shown in fig. 4; the first end 2a of the welding strip of any series welding unit 10 is positioned on the upper surface of the battery piece 1, and the second end 2b of the welding strip protrudes out of the battery piece 1 and can be connected with the lower surface of the battery piece 1 of another series welding unit 10. In addition, in the battery string 20 shown in fig. 5, the first series welding unit 10, that is, the rightmost series welding unit 10 shown in the drawing, needs to be connected with the head end welding strip 2A on the lower surface of the battery piece 1; the last series welding unit 10 of the battery string 20, namely the leftmost series welding unit 10 in the figure, has the welding strip 2 forming the end welding strip 2B; the head end bonding tape 2A and the tail end bonding tape 2B are longer than the general bonding tape 2 connecting the adjacent two series welding units 10 in the battery string 20, and can connect bus bars (not shown) so as to achieve the confluence of the battery string 20.

The battery string 20 shown in fig. 8 is laminated by the series welding unit 10 shown in fig. 7; the first end 2a of the welding strip of any series welding unit 10 is positioned on the lower surface of the battery piece 1, and the second end 2b of the welding strip protrudes out of the battery piece 1 and can be connected with the upper surface of the battery piece 1 of another series welding unit 10. Similarly, in the battery string 20 shown in fig. 8, the first series-welding unit 10, that is, the leftmost series-welding unit 10 in the drawing, needs to be connected with the head-end welding strip 2A on the upper surface of the battery sheet 1; the last series-welding unit 10 of the battery string 20, i.e., the rightmost series-welding unit 10 shown in the figure, has the welding strip 2 constituting the end welding strip 2B.

It is easily understood that when the battery string 20 includes the head end bonding tape 2A, the head end bonding tape 2A may be divided into a part of the first series bonding unit 10, that is, the battery string 10 shown in fig. 5 or 8, the first series bonding unit 10 includes a battery plate 1, a group of head end bonding tapes 2A and a group of common bonding tapes 2, the last series bonding unit 10 includes a battery plate 1 and a group of head end bonding tapes 2A, and the other series bonding units 10 include a battery 1 and a group of common bonding tapes 2. Wherein, no matter the head end welding strip 2A, the tail end welding strip 2B or the common welding strip 2 are all welding strips, and only the length specification is different.

The present application provides a battery string preparation device, refer to fig. 11, it includes: a cell sheet feeding device 100 for supplying a cell sheet 1; a solder strip feeding device 200 for supplying the solder strip 2; the lamination device 300 is provided downstream of the battery sheet feeding device 100 and the solder ribbon feeding device 200, and is capable of receiving the battery sheet 1 supplied from the battery sheet feeding device 100 and the solder ribbon 2 supplied from the solder ribbon feeding device 200.

The laminating device 300 comprises a laminating table 310 for receiving the battery plate 1 and the welding strip 2 to form the series welding unit 10.

Specifically, during loading, the cell sheet output by the cell sheet loading device 100 and the solder strip 2 output by the solder strip loading device 200 are laid together, the first end 2a of the solder strip is positioned on the cell sheet 1, and the second end 2b of the solder strip protrudes from the cell sheet 1, so as to form the series welding unit 10. The lamination station 310 may be used to receive the built string welding unit 10, or the string welding unit 10 may complete the build on the lamination station 310, for example: the battery piece feeding device 100 firstly conveys the battery piece 1 to the lamination table 310, and then the welding strip feeding device 200 further lays the welding strip 2 on the battery piece 1, so that the first end 2a of the welding strip is lapped on the upper surface of the battery piece 1, and the second end 2b of the welding strip protrudes out of the battery piece 1; or, during loading, the solder strip loading device 200 first lays the solder strip 2 on the lamination table 310, and then the battery piece loading device 100 covers the battery piece 1 above the first end 2a of the solder strip, so that the lower surface of the battery piece 1 contacts the first end 2a of the solder strip, and the second end 2b of the solder strip protrudes out of the battery piece 1.

Three modes of use of the lamination device 300 are described below:

example 1.

The lamination station 310 is used only to build or receive the string welding unit 10.

The lamination device 300 further includes a lamination driving mechanism capable of carrying the tandem welding unit 10 on the lamination table 310 and laminating the tandem welding unit 10.

In this embodiment, the lamination drive mechanism includes a lamination handling assembly (not shown) and a lamination transfer platform (not shown). At this time, the lamination carrying assembly can carry the series welding unit 10 from the lamination table 310 and transfer the series welding unit 10 to the lamination transfer platform; the lamination transfer platform is used for the tandem welding unit 10 to carry out lamination.

After the second series welding unit 10 is conveyed by the lamination conveying assembly, the series welding unit 10 conveyed later can be overlapped on the series welding unit 10 which is already put in place, so that the battery plate 1 of the later series welding unit 10 is overlapped on the second end 2b of the welding strip of the earlier series welding unit 10; the predetermined number of series welding units 10 complete the lamination to form the battery string 20 on the lamination transfer platform.

Wherein, lamination transport subassembly can adopt handling members such as robot, overhead traveling crane.

Example 2.

The lamination station 310 is used not only to build or receive the tandem welding unit 10, but also as a lamination station.

At this time, the lamination device 300 includes a plurality of lamination stages 310, and the plurality of lamination stages 310 are arranged along a line and are respectively capable of receiving one of the tandem welding units 10. The lamination device 300 further includes a lamination drive mechanism; the lamination drive mechanism includes: a lamination lifting mechanism 320 connected to the lamination table 310 and capable of driving the lamination table 310 to move in a vertical direction; and the lamination translation mechanism 330 is connected with the lamination table 310 and can drive the lamination table 310 to move in a linear direction.

In the present embodiment, the linear direction is the arrangement direction of the plurality of lamination stages 310.

Referring to fig. 11, 18, and 19, the lamination device 300 can simultaneously receive a plurality of the tandem welding units 10 by providing a plurality of lamination stations 310. Enabling the battery plate 1 of one series welding unit 10 to face the second end 2b of the welding strip of the other series welding unit 10 on any two adjacent laminating tables 310; in this way, two adjacent lamination tables 310 can be located at different heights by the lamination lifting mechanism 320; the lamination translation mechanism 330 is further convenient to drive the lamination tables 310 to approach each other along the linear direction, so that the adjacent series welding units 10 are prevented from being impacted with each other; when the battery piece 1 of one series welding unit 10 is overlapped with the horizontal projection part of the second end 2b of the welding strip of the other series welding unit 10, the lamination lifting mechanism 320 can drive the lamination tables 310 to mutually approach in the vertical direction, so that the battery piece 1 contacts the second end 2b of the welding strip, and lamination is realized.

For example, when the battery string 20 shown in fig. 5 is constructed, the lamination device 300 includes four lamination stations 310 for illustration; referring to fig. 18 and 19, four lamination stages 310 are arranged at intervals in the left-right direction, and respectively receive one of the series welding units 10; on any lamination table 310, the battery piece 1 is on the right, the first end 2a of the welding strip is connected with the upper surface of the battery piece 1, and the second end 2b of the welding strip protrudes out of the left side of the battery piece 1; in this way, the battery plate 1 on one lamination station 310 faces the second end 2b of the solder strip on the other lamination station 310 on any two adjacent lamination stations 310. When the series welding unit 10 is in position, the lamination lifting mechanism 320 drives the lamination tables 310 to move upwards along the vertical direction, so that the four lamination tables 310 are gradually decreased in height from left to right; in this way, the battery plate 1 on one lamination station 310 is higher than the solder ribbon second end 2b on the other lamination station 310 on any two adjacent lamination stations 310. The lamination translation mechanism 330 drives the lamination stations 310 to move rightward, so that the four lamination stations 310 approach to any two adjacent lamination stations 310, and the battery plate 1 on one lamination station 310 is overlapped with the horizontal projection part of the second end 2b of the solder strip on the other lamination station 310. The lamination lift mechanism 320 drives the lamination table 310 to move downward in the vertical direction so that the battery sheet 1 contacts the second end 2b of the solder ribbon. Thus, the four series welding units 10 are laminated together to constitute a laminated assembly. A plurality of lamination assemblies are constructed by the lamination device 300, and the battery plates 1 in one lamination assembly, which are not contacted with the second ends 2b of the welding strips, are laminated … … on the second ends 2b of the welding strips, which are not contacted with the battery plates 1, in another lamination assembly, so that a sufficient number of series welding units 10 are laminated to finally form the battery string 20.

The lamination lifting mechanism 320 can adopt driving members such as air cylinders, electric cylinders or linear modules arranged in the vertical direction; the lamination translation mechanism 330 may employ a pneumatic cylinder, an electric cylinder, or a linear module or the like driving member arranged in the first direction.

Further, any lamination table 310 can move in the vertical direction under the driving of the lamination lifting mechanism 320; alternatively, one of the lamination stages 310 is fixedly disposed with respect to the other in the vertical direction.

Further, any lamination table 310 can move in a linear direction under the driving of the lamination translation mechanism 330; alternatively, one of the lamination stages 310 is fixedly disposed in a linear direction;

in summary, since the movement amplitude of each lamination table 310 may be different, when any lamination table 310 can move in the vertical direction and/or the linear direction, the lamination device 300 may include a plurality of lamination lifting mechanisms 320 and/or a plurality of lamination translation mechanisms 330.

Alternatively, one lamination stage 310 among the plurality of lamination stages 310 serves as a reference member and does not move in the vertical direction and/or the linear direction. The stacking requirement can also be satisfied when a stacking table 310 does not move vertically and/or linearly.

Example 3.

At this time, the lamination device 300 includes a plurality of lamination stages 310, and the plurality of lamination stages 310 are arranged along a line and are respectively capable of receiving one of the tandem welding units 10. The lamination device 300 further includes a lamination drive mechanism; the lamination driving mechanism serves to drive the plurality of lamination tables 310 to move in a linear direction. In the present embodiment, the linear direction is the arrangement direction of the plurality of lamination stages 310. Because the positions of the grid lines on the surface of the battery piece 1 are sunken inwards to form the grooves, and the welding strips 2 can be clamped in the grooves, in the embodiment, the laminating tables 310 are mutually close to each other in the linear direction, so that the second ends 2b of the welding strips of two adjacent laminating tables 310 and one of the series welding units 10 gradually extend into the grid lines of the battery piece 1 of the other series welding unit, and lamination is realized.

In summary, the series welding unit 10 can be constructed by supplying the battery sheet 1 by the battery sheet feeding device 100 and supplying the welding strip 2 by the welding strip feeding device 200; further, the lamination of the series welding unit 10 can be realized by the lamination stage 310 and the lamination driving mechanism to constitute the battery string 20.

As for the battery sheet feeding apparatus 100, it is used to provide the battery sheet 1 to constitute the string welding unit 10.

Two modes of use of the battery sheet feeding device 100 are described below:

example 4.

The battery sheet feeding apparatus 100 may handle the battery sheets 1 one by one into the stacking apparatus 300.

The battery piece feeding device 100 comprises a battery piece conveying mechanism 110 and a battery piece carrying mechanism 120; the cell conveying mechanism 110 may adopt conveying mechanisms such as a conveyor belt, a driving roller, a carrying platform, a crown block and the like; the cell transfer mechanism 110 can transfer the cell 1 to the cell conveying mechanism 120. The battery piece conveying mechanism 120 comprises a battery piece extracting part 121 and a battery piece conveying driving part 122; the cell extracting piece 121 can adopt extracting components such as a sucker and a clamping jaw, and can extract the cell 1; the driving member 122 for carrying the battery piece can adopt a linear module, a robot, etc., and is connected with the battery piece extractor 121 and can drive the battery piece extractor 121 to extract, transfer and lower the battery piece 1.

Example 5.

The lamination device 300 includes a plurality of lamination stages 310, the lamination stages 310 being arranged along a line and capable of receiving one of the series welding units 10, respectively; the battery sheet feeding apparatus 100 can simultaneously convey a plurality of battery sheets 1 to the respective lamination stages 310.

At this time, the battery sheet carrying mechanism 120 with reference to fig. 11 and 12 may include a plurality of battery sheet extractors 121, the plurality of battery sheet extractors 121 being disposed at intervals along a line at the movable end of the battery sheet carrying driving member 122; the cell extraction pieces 121 can correspond one-to-one to the lamination stations 310. The battery piece carrying driving member 122 can drive the battery piece picking member 121 to pick up a plurality of battery pieces 1, and then the battery piece carrying driving member 122 can drive the battery piece picking member 121 to face the lamination table 310, so that the battery piece picking member 121 releases the battery pieces 1 on the lamination table 310.

Further, the battery piece feeding device 100 further comprises a detecting member 123, and a working end of the detecting member 123 faces the battery piece conveying mechanism 110, so as to detect a state of the battery piece 1 on the battery piece conveying mechanism 110, so that the battery piece carrying driving member 122 drives the battery piece extracting member 121 to accurately extract and transfer the battery piece 1. The detecting member 123 can obtain the position of the battery piece 1 and transmit the information to the control system, and the control system controls the battery piece conveying driving member 122 to drive the battery piece extracting member 121 to take the battery piece 1.

The battery pieces 1 conveyed by the battery piece conveying mechanism 110 are not uniform in position. However, in the battery string 20, the plurality of battery pieces 1 constituting the battery string 20 are completely unified in position state; in brief, the grid lines of each cell 1 correspond to each other one by one, and the extending directions of the corresponding grid lines are collinear; specifically, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a top view of the battery string 20 shown in fig. 5, in which each battery piece is horizontally disposed (i.e., each side of the battery piece 1 is parallel or perpendicular to the left-right direction), and the grid lines (i.e., the positions of the connection solder strips 2) are in one-to-one correspondence and extend along the left-right direction. Therefore, when the battery piece 1 is loaded, the position state of the battery piece 1 needs to be corrected, so that the loaded battery pieces 1 are uniform in position state and convenient to stack.

Two ways of correcting the position state of the battery piece 1 are described below:

example 6.

The battery sheet carrying driving unit 122 may be a robot, and the detecting unit 123 may be a CCD (Charge-coupled Device) camera. The CCD camera can photograph the position state of the battery cell 1 conveyed by the battery cell conveying mechanism 110, and transmit the information to the control system, and the control system calculates the amount of correction, and then controls the robot to adjust the direction of the battery cell extractor 121 before the battery cell extractor 121 receives the battery cell 1, so that the battery cell 1 extracted by the battery cell extractor 121 is in a desired state. Thus, the battery pieces 1 finally put down on the lamination stage 310 can have a uniform state.

It should be noted that the positional state information of the battery piece 1 includes positional information of the battery piece 1, i.e., where the battery piece 1 is located on the battery piece conveying mechanism 110, and state information of the battery piece 1, i.e., a deviation of the battery piece 1 from the "horizontally upright" state.

Example 7.

The battery sheet conveying mechanism 120 includes a plurality of battery sheet extractors 121, a robot may be used as the battery sheet conveying driving unit 122, and a CCD (Charge-coupled Device) camera may be used as the detecting unit 123.

In one embodiment, the CCD camera captures the position status information of the first cell 1, and based on the information, the robot controls a cell extractor 121 to approach the cell conveying mechanism 110 and extract the cell 1; the CCD camera shoots to obtain the position state information of the second battery piece 1, according to the information, the robot controls the battery piece extracting piece 121 to rotate in the horizontal plane until the state of the extracted first battery piece 1 is consistent with that of the second battery piece 1, and then the robot controls the other battery piece extracting piece 121 to be close to the battery piece conveying mechanism 110 to extract the second battery piece 1; the CCD camera shoots to obtain the position state information of the third battery piece 1, according to the information, the robot controls the battery piece extraction piece 121 to rotate in the horizontal plane until the states of the first battery piece 1 and the second battery piece 1 which are extracted are consistent with the state of the third battery piece 1, then the robot controls the other battery piece extraction piece 121 to be close to the battery piece conveying mechanism 110 and extracts the third battery piece 1 … …, and the plurality of battery piece extraction pieces 121 adjust the position states one by one and then take the battery pieces; finally, the states of the battery pieces 1 extracted by the plurality of battery piece extractors 121 are unified.

In another embodiment, the cell conveying mechanism 110 first conveys a plurality of cells 1 to the working stations corresponding to the cell conveying mechanism 120; subsequently, position state information of all the battery pieces 1 is acquired through a CCD camera; then, the robot controls the cell extracting piece 121 to approach the cell conveying mechanism 110 and to receive a plurality of cells 1; the robot controls the battery piece extracting piece 121 to move above the lamination table 310; in the process of putting down the battery piece 1, the robot controls the battery piece extracting piece 121 to horizontally rotate according to the initial state of the first battery piece 1 until the first battery piece 1 is adjusted to be in a state required by lamination; releasing the first cell 1 onto the lamination station 310; then, according to the initial state of the second battery piece 1, the robot controls the battery piece extraction piece 121 to horizontally rotate until the second battery piece 1 is adjusted to the state required by lamination; then, releasing the second battery piece 1 … …, so as to adjust and release the battery pieces 1 one by one; finally, the position state of the battery plate 1 on each lamination table 310 is uniform and meets the lamination requirement.

For avoiding robot drive battery piece to extract piece 121 get the piece one by one or with put the piece one by one, a plurality of battery pieces extract piece 121 synchronous lift, mutual interference, battery piece handling mechanism 120 still includes the battery piece and transfers driving piece 124, and the battery piece is transferred driving piece 124 and battery piece and is extracted a 121 one-to-one, can independently drive the battery piece that corresponds and extract a 121 lift. By arranging the battery piece lowering driving member 124, only one preset battery piece extracting member 121 may be allowed to descend to extract the battery piece 1 from the battery piece conveying mechanism 110, or only one preset battery piece extracting member 121 may be allowed to descend to release the battery piece 1 to the corresponding lamination table 310; thereby preventing other cell extractors 121 from contacting the cell transfer mechanism 110 or the stacking device 300.

In the case of a solder strip feeding device 200, it is used to provide a solder strip 2.

Two ways of using the solder ribbon feeding device 200 are described below:

example 8.

The welding strip feeding device 200 conveys the finished welding strip 2 to be in contact with the battery plate 1 to construct the series welding unit 10. In this embodiment, the finished solder strip 2 is a length of solder strip material that meets the process requirements and can be used directly to build the series welding unit 10.

The solder strip feeding device 200 includes a solder strip extracting member (not shown) and a solder strip extracting driving member (not shown); the welding strip extracting piece can adopt extracting components such as a sucker, a clamp and the like, and the welding strip extracting driving piece can adopt driving components such as a linear module, a robot and the like; after the strip extraction member extracts the finished strip 2, the strip extraction driving member drives the strip extraction member to move towards the building station (e.g., lamination station 310) of the series welding unit 10.

Example 9.

To facilitate continuous operation of the apparatus, the solder strip feeding device 200 may prepare the finished solder strip 2 and then transport the finished solder strip 2 to the build station of the series welding unit 10.

In one embodiment, the solder strip feeding apparatus 200 includes: the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210 is used for releasing the solder strip material strip; the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 is arranged at the downstream of the welding strip unwinding mechanism 210 and can cut a welding strip material strip; the solder strip pulling mechanism 230 can pull out the solder strip material strip from the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210 and pull the solder strip material strip through the solder strip cutting mechanism 220 so that the solder strip cutting mechanism 220 can cut the solder strip material strip.

Referring to fig. 13, the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210 includes an unwinding shaft 211 and an unwinding driving member for driving the unwinding shaft 211 to rotate; the coil stock cover that the solder strip material area (hereinafter referred to as material area) constitutes is established on unreeling the axle 211, unreels the drive piece drive and unreels the axle 211 and rotate, can release the material area.

Wherein, the unreeling shaft 211 can adopt an air expansion shaft; the unreeling driving piece can adopt a servo motor. The welding strip cutting mechanism 220 may employ a cutter, and the cutter may be driven by a cutter driving member (driving member such as a cylinder or an electric cylinder) to move toward the material strip and further cut the material strip. The solder strip pulling mechanism 230 includes a pulling member (adopting a clamping jaw or a sucking disc or other pulling members), can pull the free end of the material strip, and can move and pull out the material strip downstream under the driving of a pulling driving member (adopting an electric cylinder or a linear module or other driving members).

It should be added that, when a plurality of solder strips 2 need to be laid on one battery piece 1, the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210 may include a plurality of unwinding shafts 211, which are respectively used for releasing one solder strip 2, so as to meet the use requirement.

Further, when the lamination mechanism 300 includes a plurality of lamination stations 300 and simultaneously laminates a plurality of series welding units 10, the solder ribbon feeding device 200 needs to supply a plurality of sets of solder ribbons 2 (the solder ribbons 2 laid on one battery piece 1 are referred to as a "set of solder ribbons").

Two ways of simultaneously preparing multiple sets of solder strips 2 by the solder strip feeding apparatus 200 are described below:

example 10.

The battery string preparation apparatus was provided with a plurality of sets of solder ribbon feeding apparatuses 200 described in example 9, which were respectively used to prepare a set of solder ribbons 2. Alternatively, the battery string preparation apparatus is provided with only one set of the solder ribbon feeding apparatus 200 described in example 9, and a plurality of sets of the solder ribbons 2 are prepared one by the solder ribbon feeding apparatus 200.

Example 11.

The battery string preparation device is only provided with one group of welding strip feeding devices 200 described in embodiment 9, and the group of welding strip feeding devices 200 comprise a group of welding strip unwinding mechanisms 210, a group of welding strip traction mechanisms 230 and a plurality of groups of welding strip cutting mechanisms 220; the multiple groups of solder strip cutting mechanisms 220 are arranged at intervals along a straight line downstream of the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210.

Referring to fig. 13, the material tape fed out by the solder tape unwinding mechanism 210 is pulled by the solder tape pulling mechanism 230 and sequentially passes through the solder tape cutting mechanisms 220. It is easy to think of the distance between two adjacent sets of solder strip cutting mechanisms 220, i.e. the length of the finished solder strip 2. After the material strip with the preset length is pulled out, the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 can cut the pulled-out long material strip into multiple sections, so as to obtain multiple groups of finished welding strips 2.

It is easy to expect that when the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 cuts the material strip by using the cutter, the edge end of the cutter will inevitably contact the material strip; that is, the position of the solder tape cutting mechanism 220 is close to the tape running position of the material tape; this may affect the solder ribbon take-off mechanism 230 to take off the strip of material in a linear direction. In this embodiment, the linear direction is the arrangement direction of the plurality of sets of solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220.

For this purpose, the welding strip feeding device 200 further comprises a welding strip lifting mechanism 260, which is connected with the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 and can drive the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 to move along the vertical direction; any one of the solder strip cutting mechanisms 220 can move in the vertical direction under the driving of the solder strip lifting mechanism 260; alternatively, a group of welding strip cutting mechanisms 220 through which the welding strip material strip passes first are relatively and fixedly arranged along the vertical direction.

By providing the welding strip lifting mechanism 260, before the welding strip traction mechanism 230 pulls the material strip, the welding strip lifting mechanism 260 can drive the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 to descend or ascend so as to be away from the traction path of the welding strip traction mechanism 230, thereby preventing the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 from interfering with the action of the welding strip traction mechanism 230. After the welding strip pulling mechanism 230 pulls the welding strip material strip to pass through the welding strip cutting mechanism 220, the welding strip lifting mechanism 260 drives the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 to approach the welding strip material strip, so that the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 works conveniently.

The solder strip lifting mechanism 260 may be driven by an electric cylinder, a linear module, or the like.

It should be explained that, since the plurality of sets of solder strip cutting mechanisms 220 are arranged along a straight line and at intervals, it is easy to think that the "set of solder strip cutting mechanisms 220 through which the solder strip passes first", i.e. the first solder strip cutting mechanism 220 downstream of the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210. For example, referring to fig. 11, the material tape released by the solder tape unwinding mechanism 210 first passes through the leftmost solder tape cutting mechanism 220; after the material tape is cut once, the free end of the material tape is positioned at the leftmost welding tape cutting mechanism 220; the solder strip cutting mechanism 220 may not perform the lifting avoiding action because the free end of the cut material strip is located at the solder strip cutting mechanism 22; the solder strip pulling mechanism 230 is able to extract the free end of the strip at the solder strip cutting mechanism 220 for the next round of solder strip preparation.

It should be further explained that the solder strip feeding device 200 may include a plurality of sets of solder strip lifting mechanisms 260, and the solder strip lifting mechanisms 260 correspond to the solder strip cutting mechanisms 220 to be lifted one by one; at this time, each of the solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220 can be independently lifted and lowered. Alternatively, the solder strip feeding device 200 may only include a set of solder strip lifting mechanisms 260, and the set of solder strip lifting mechanisms 260 is connected to all the solder strip cutting mechanisms 220 to be lifted and lowered simultaneously; at this time, the respective solder-ribbon cutting mechanisms 220 can be lifted and lowered synchronously. Still alternatively, the solder ribbon feeding device 200 may include a plurality of sets of solder ribbon lifting mechanisms 260, but in the plurality of sets of solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220, a part of each set of solder ribbon lifting mechanisms 260 is independently connected, and a part of each set of solder ribbon lifting mechanisms 260 … … is connected.

Further, after preparing a plurality of sets of finished solder strips 2, the solder strips 2 need to be transported to a series welding unit 10 where the battery pieces 1 are laid.

Two conveying modes of the welding strips 2 are described in detail below, for the sake of understanding, in the following embodiments, the welding strips 2 are conveyed to the lamination table 310 in embodiment 2, and the battery pieces 1 are laid together:

example 12.

The solder strip feeding device 200 further includes a solder strip carrying mechanism (not shown), and the solder strip carrying mechanism can carry the finished solder strip 2 to the lamination device 300 after the finished solder strip 2 is prepared.

The solder strip carrying mechanism may include a solder strip extracting member (not shown) and a solder strip extracting driving member (not shown), and the structure described in embodiment 8 may be specifically referred to, and is not described herein again.

Example 13.

The drawing direction of the solder strip drawing mechanism 230 is consistent with the arrangement direction of the plurality of lamination tables 310, so that the solder strip drawing mechanism 230 can extract the finished solder strip 2 and draw the finished solder strip 2 onto the lamination tables 310 after the finished solder strip 2 is prepared.

It is easy to think that, in order to simplify the movement path of the solder strip pulling mechanism 230, the solder strip pulling mechanism 230 does not turn during the pulling of the solder strip or solder strip 2. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the drawing direction of the solder ribbon drawing mechanism 230 is the arrangement direction of the plurality of solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220 and the arrangement direction of the plurality of lamination stations 310, and the lamination stations 310 are disposed downstream of the solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220. At this time, the solder strip pulling mechanism 230 pulls out the material strip of a preset length along a straight line, and the material strip sequentially passes through the plurality of solder strip cutting mechanisms 220; cutting the material belt by the welding belt cutting mechanism 220 to obtain a plurality of welding belt material sections; the ribbon pulling mechanism 230 picks up the lengths and continues their linear movement to pull the lengths into the lamination station 310.

In this embodiment, the linear direction is the drawing direction of the solder ribbon drawing mechanism 230, the arrangement direction of the plurality of lamination stages 310, or the arrangement direction of the plurality of solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220.

To speed up the efficiency of handling the finished strip 2, referring to fig. 14, the strip pulling mechanism 230 includes: the pre-traction assembly 231 is used for pulling out the welding strip material belt from the welding strip unwinding mechanism 210; the tape traction assembly 232 is capable of pulling out the cut solder tape 2 from the solder tape cutting mechanism 220 after the solder tape cutting mechanism 220 cuts the tape. The material belt discharged from the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210 is pulled through the solder strip cutting mechanism 220 by the pre-drawing assembly 231; after the material belt with the preset length is pulled out, the pre-traction assembly 231 can return to the welding belt unwinding mechanism 210 to prepare for next traction; the welding tape 2 cut by the welding tape cutting mechanism 220 is pulled downstream by the tape pulling unit 232.

As can be easily understood, through the independent actions of the pre-drawing assembly 231 and the tape drawing assembly 232, after the finished solder strip 2 is prepared, the tape drawing assembly 2320 carries the finished solder strip 2, and the pre-drawing assembly 231 can start the next round of tape drawing, so as to speed up the preparation efficiency of the solder strip 2.

Wherein the pre-tow assembly 231 and/or the belt tow assembly 232 comprises: the traction piece (adopting a clamping jaw or a sucking disc and other extraction components) is used for extracting the free end of the material belt or the welding belt 2; the traction driving piece (adopting driving components such as an electric cylinder or a linear module) is connected with the traction piece and can drive the traction piece to move along the linear direction.

In addition, when a plurality of welding strips 2 are laid on one battery piece 1, any one of the pre-drawing assemblies 231 or the strip drawing assemblies 232 may include a plurality of drawing members so as to draw all the welding strips 2 or the material strips at one time.

When a plurality of solder strips 2 are laid on one battery piece 1, the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210 may include a plurality of unwinding shafts 211 to simultaneously release a plurality of solder strips. For convenience of description, the arrangement direction of the plurality of material belts is defined as a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the extension direction of the material belts in a horizontal plane.

For deciding many material areas, can set up the multiunit along the second direction and weld area cutting mechanism 220 to each welding area is decided to the correspondence. To simplify the structure of the solder ribbon cutting mechanism 220, two solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220 are described in detail below:

example 14.

The cutting knife of the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 is a long knife, and the length of the long knife is not shorter than the length of the plurality of material strips arranged in the second direction; thus, the long knife can cut all the material strips at one time under the driving of the cutter driving piece.

Example 15.

The solder ribbon cutting mechanism 220 includes: the first cutting die 221, a plurality of blades arranged at intervals along the second direction are arranged on the first cutting die 221; a second cutting die 222, wherein a plurality of blades arranged at intervals along the second direction are arranged on the second cutting die 222; a cutting driving component 223 capable of driving the first cutting die 221 and the second cutting die 222 to move relatively along the second direction; wherein, the blades on the first cutting die 221 correspond to the blades on the second cutting die 222 one by one; the welding strip material belt passes through between the two corresponding blades; the first cutting die 221 and the second cutting die 222 move towards each other, and can simultaneously cut a plurality of solder strip material belts.

Referring specifically to fig. 15 to 17, the first cutting die 221 and the second cutting die 222 extend in the second direction, and a gap between two adjacent blades on any one cutting die forms a channel for the material belt to pass through. And in a non-cutting state, a channel through which the material belt can pass is formed between the two corresponding blades on the two cutting dies. The strip of material passes through both passages simultaneously as it passes through the weld cutting mechanism 220. The direction of the knife point of the blade on the first cutting die 221 is opposite to the direction of the knife point of the blade on the second cutting die 222; when the two cutting dies move relatively, the tool tips of the corresponding two blades are continuously close to each other, and the material belt in the channel can be cut off. The blade is driven to cut the material belt along the second direction, so that the blade can be prevented from moving in the vertical direction and interfering with the action of the welding belt traction mechanism 230; the land occupation of the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 can be reduced.

The cutting driving assembly 223 may adopt two sets of driving members (driving members such as an air cylinder or an electric cylinder) to respectively drive the first cutting die 221 or the second cutting die 222 to move along the second direction. Alternatively, one of the first cutting die 221 and the second cutting die 222 is fixedly disposed, and the other is movable in the second direction by the cutting drive assembly 223. Alternatively, the cutting drive assembly 223 may employ a motor and a dual-rotation screw; the double-screw rod comprises two sections of threads with opposite rotation directions, and the first cutting die 221 and the second cutting die 222 are movably connected to one section of thread through a nut respectively; the motor drives the double-screw rod to rotate, and can drive the first cutting die 221 and the second cutting die 222 to move relatively along the screw rod.

Further, in any series welding unit 10, the first end 2a of the welding strip is lapped on the battery piece 1, and the second end 2b of the welding strip protrudes out of the battery piece 1; since the battery piece 1 has a certain thickness, if the solder strip 2 naturally lays flat on the battery piece 1, the protruding portion thereof may be suspended, thereby affecting the lamination of the two series-welded units 10. Therefore, the solder strip feeding device 200 provided by the present application further includes a solder strip bending mechanism 240, which is disposed downstream of the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210 and is capable of bending the solder strip 2, so that the extending directions of the first end 2a and the second end 2b of the solder strip are no longer collinear. The bent solder strip 2 can be referred to fig. 1, 4 or 7, a step is formed between the first end 2a and the second end 2b of the solder strip 2, the higher end is connected with the upper surface of one battery piece 1, and the lower end is connected with the lower surface of the other battery piece 1.

Referring to fig. 13, the solder strip bending mechanism 240 includes: the material belt passes through the space between the first bending block 241 and the second bending block 242; one surface of the first bending block 241 facing the second bending block 242 partially protrudes, and one surface of the second bending block 242 facing the first bending block 241 partially sinks; and a bending driving assembly 243 capable of driving the first bending block 241 and the second bending block 242 to move relatively. When bending is needed, the bending driving assembly 243 drives the first bending block 241 and the second bending block 242 to move towards each other, and the convex portion of the first bending block 241 can be sunk into the concave portion of the second bending block 242, so as to fold the material belt therein.

When the welding strip feeding device 200 simultaneously prepares a plurality of groups of welding strips 2; in one embodiment, a plurality of sets of solder strip bending mechanisms 240 may be provided, and the plurality of sets of solder strip bending mechanisms 240 are arranged at intervals along a straight line; the solder strip pulling mechanism 230 can pull the solder strip to pass through each solder strip bending mechanism 240 in sequence; the strip of material passing through the solder strip bending mechanism 240 can be bent into multiple bends.

It is easy to understand that, to simplify the moving path of the solder ribbon pulling mechanism 230, the solder ribbon pulling mechanism 230 does not turn during pulling the solder ribbon. Therefore, the plurality of sets of solder strip bending mechanisms 240 and the plurality of sets of solder strip cutting mechanisms 220 are arranged along the same straight line; at this time, the linear direction is the drawing direction of the solder ribbon drawing mechanism 230, the arrangement direction of the plurality of sets of solder ribbon bending mechanisms 240, or the arrangement direction of the plurality of sets of solder ribbon cutting mechanisms 220.

Further, the solder strip bending mechanism 240 applies a pressure to the material strip, which can cause the material strip to deform; in order to prevent to weld when taking bending mechanism 240 to bend the material area, tear out and weld the material area that does not initiatively emit among the area unwinding mechanism 210, lead to the material area to warp or the displacement, weld and take loading attachment 200 still to include: the forward pressing component 291 is arranged at the downstream of the welding strip bending mechanism 240 and can press the welding strip material belt passing through the welding strip bending mechanism 240; the back pressing assembly 292 is arranged at the upstream of the welding strip bending mechanism 240 and can press the welding strip material strip entering the welding strip bending mechanism 240; the front pressing assembly 291 and the rear pressing assembly 292 can press the solder strip protruding from the solder strip bending mechanism 240.

The front pressing assembly 291 and/or the rear pressing assembly 292 comprise a first pressing block 2911 and a second pressing block 2912 which are arranged oppositely along the vertical direction, and a pressing block driving member 2913 (a pneumatic cylinder and an electric cylinder can drive a component) capable of driving the first pressing block 2911 and the second pressing block 2912 to move relatively; the material belt passes through the two pressing blocks, and before bending, the pressing block driving piece 2913 drives the first pressing block 2911 and the second pressing block 2912 to move oppositely to press the material belt; when a new round of solder strip 2 is prepared, the pressing block driving element 2913 drives the first pressing block 2911 and the second pressing block 2912 to move back and forth and loosen the strip, so that the strip pulling mechanism 230 pulls the strip to move downstream.

Further, the solder strip bending mechanism 240 further includes a strip moving assembly 293 which is connected to the front pressing assembly 291 and/or the rear pressing assembly 292 and is capable of driving the front pressing assembly 291 and/or the rear pressing assembly 292 to move in a linear direction; after the front pressing component 291 and the rear pressing component 292 compress the material belts at two ends of the welding belt bending mechanism 240, the pressing belt moving component 293 can drive the front pressing component 291 to move downstream, and/or the pressing belt moving component 293 can drive the rear pressing component 292 to move upstream, so that the welding belt material belts compressed by the front pressing component 291 and the rear pressing component 292 can be tightened, and the stable state of the material belts is further ensured.

It should be explained that the belt moving assembly 293 may be provided with only one set of driving assemblies (driving members such as electric cylinder and linear module can be adopted), and is connected with the front pressing assembly 291 or the rear pressing assembly 292; alternatively, the belt moving assembly 293 may be provided with two sets of driving assemblies, which are respectively connected to the front pressing assembly 291 and the rear pressing assembly 292. As can be readily appreciated, tightening of the strip of material can be achieved as long as one of the front and

rear press assemblies

291, 292 is able to move away from the other.

In addition, the welding strip drawing mechanism 230 draws the material strip to pass through the welding strip cutting mechanism 220, and the part of the material strip passing through the welding strip cutting mechanism 220 is cut off to form a finished welding strip 2; in order to avoid the position instability of the protruding material belt, the welding belt feeding device 200 further comprises a welding belt guiding mechanism 250 arranged at the downstream of the welding belt cutting mechanism 220; the solder ribbon guide mechanism 250 includes: the guide plate 251 and the guide plate 251 are provided with guide grooves arranged along the extension direction of the material belt, and the welding belt material belt penetrates through the guide grooves.

As will be readily appreciated, the "tape extending direction" is the direction in which the plurality of solder tape cutting mechanisms 220 are arranged. Referring to fig. 13 and 14, the solder ribbon guide mechanism 250 is disposed adjacent to the solder ribbon cutting mechanism 220, and the guide plate 251 stably supports the solder ribbon, thereby ensuring that the solder ribbon cutting mechanism 220 accurately cuts the solder ribbon. Meanwhile, the material belt falls into the guide groove, and the position and the extending direction of the welding belt can be limited by the guide groove. In addition, the cut solder ribbon 2 is supported in the guide plate 251, which facilitates subsequent pulling. Further, a plurality of guide grooves arranged at intervals are formed in the guide plate 251 so as to independently receive each welding strip and avoid mutual interference of a plurality of welding strips.

The solder ribbon guiding mechanism 250 further includes: a front clamp 252, which is arranged at the front end of the guide plate 251 and can clamp the welding strip material belt at the front end of the guide groove; and a rear clamp 253 provided at the rear end of the guide plate 251 and capable of clamping the solder tape at the rear end of the guide groove.

The cooperation of preceding anchor clamps 252 and back anchor clamps 253 can carry the both ends of interior material area of guide way, further guarantees that material area position is stable, is convenient for cut. After cutting, cutting off the material belt in the guide groove to form a finished product welding belt 2; before the finished solder strip 2 is carried into the lamination apparatus 300, the front clamp 252 may release the front end of the solder strip 2 to facilitate the solder strip 2 to be pulled by a solder strip handling mechanism (e.g., the strip pulling assembly 232 described above). At this time, since the rear end of the solder strip 2 is still clamped by the rear clamp 253, the solder strip 2 cannot be easily displaced; subsequently, the rear jig 253 releases the welding tape 2, and the welding tape 2 can be carried away by the welding tape carrying mechanism.

Wherein, the front clamp 252 and the rear clamp 253 can be complete clamping jaws to clamp the material belt in the guide groove; alternatively, the front clamp 252 and the rear clamp 253 may include only one clamp block, which is capable of moving toward the groove wall of the guide groove under the driving of a clamp driving member (using a driving member such as an air cylinder or an electric cylinder), so as to clamp the material belt on the guide groove.

When the welding strip feeding device 200 comprises a plurality of groups of welding strip cutting mechanisms 220, the welding strip feeding device 200 further comprises a plurality of groups of welding strip guide mechanisms 250, the welding strip guide mechanisms 250 correspond to the welding strip cutting mechanisms 220 one by one, and any welding strip guide mechanism 250 is arranged at the downstream of the corresponding welding strip cutting mechanism 220 so as to stabilize the position of the material strip before cutting and facilitate the conveying of the welding strip conveying mechanism to weld the strip 2 after cutting.

Further, when the welding strip feeding device 200 includes a plurality of groups of welding strip guiding mechanisms 250, in order to prevent the welding strip guiding mechanisms 250 from interfering the welding strip traction mechanism 230 to pull the material strip, the welding strip feeding device 200 further includes a guiding lifting mechanism 270, which is connected with the welding strip guiding mechanisms 250 and can drive the welding strip guiding mechanisms 250 to move along the vertical direction.

Referring to fig. 13, by providing the guide lifting mechanism 270, when the solder strip pulling mechanism 230 pulls the solder strip, the solder strip guide mechanism 250 can be lowered, be away from the movement path of the solder strip, and avoid the solder strip pulling mechanism 230; the tape to be welded drawing mechanism 230 draws the tape through the tape guide mechanism 250, and the guide lifting mechanism 270 may drive the tape guide mechanism 250 to lift up, so that the guide plate 251 approaches the tape into the guide groove.

Wherein, the guiding and lifting mechanism 270 may adopt driving members such as an electric cylinder, a linear module, etc.

Further, when a plurality of solder strips 2 are prepared, the finished solder strips 2 that have just been cut out are adjacent to each other; however, when a plurality of series welding units 10 are constructed, the series welding units 10 are spaced apart from each other for the convenience of subsequent lamination. For this reason, it is necessary to separate the adjacent solder strips 2.

To this end, the solder strip feeding device 200 further includes a guide translation assembly 280 connected to the solder strip guide mechanism 250 and capable of driving the solder strip guide mechanism 250 to move along the extending direction of the solder strip.

It should be explained that the "extending direction of the material tape" is also the arrangement direction of the multiple sets of solder tape cutting mechanisms 220.

As will be readily appreciated, the cut solder strips 2 are clamped in the solder strip guide mechanisms 250, and by means of the guide translation assembly 280, the respective solder strip guide mechanisms 250 can be "pulled apart" so that the solder strips 2 thereon are moved to be spaced apart from each other. At this time, the solder ribbon conveying mechanism (for example, the above tape drawing units 232 arranged at intervals along a straight line) can simultaneously take up all the solder ribbons 2 and convey them onto the corresponding lamination stages 310.

Wherein, the guiding translation assembly 280 can be an electric cylinder or a linear module driven member.

Further, when one solder strip guiding mechanism 250 is connected to both the guiding elevating mechanism 270 and the guiding translation assembly 280, the solder strip guiding mechanism 250 may be disposed at the output end of the guiding elevating mechanism 270, and the main body of the guiding elevating mechanism 270 may be disposed at the output end of the guiding translation assembly 280; alternatively, the solder ribbon guide mechanism 250 may be disposed at the output end of the guide translation assembly 280, and the main body of the guide translation assembly 280 may be disposed at the output end of the guide lift mechanism 270.

Continuing to supplement the lamination device 300, a plurality of series welding units 10 are stacked together to form a battery string 20 or a lamination assembly, and in order to empty the lamination station 310 and facilitate the next lamination, the post-lamination assembly (battery string 20 or lamination assembly) needs to be transferred, and two ways of transferring the post-lamination assembly are described below:

example 16.

Combining example 1 and example 2, or combining example 1 and example 3; for example, when the lamination device 300 includes a plurality of lamination stations 310, a lamination lifting mechanism 320, a lamination translation mechanism 330, a lamination handling assembly, and a lamination transfer platform, the lamination lifting mechanism 320 and the lamination translation mechanism 330 cooperate to complete the lamination of a plurality of series welding units 10 at the lamination stations 310 to form a lamination assembly; then, the lamination carrying assembly takes the stacked lamination assemblies away and carries the lamination assemblies to a lamination transfer platform; after the lamination table 310 is empty, the lamination lifting mechanism 320 is matched with the lamination translation mechanism 330, so that the lamination table 310 returns to the initial position, and a new round of serial welding unit 10 construction and lamination are facilitated; after stacking the second lamination assembly, the lamination handling assembly moves the second lamination assembly to the lamination transfer station and stacks … … the second lamination assembly on the second end 2b of the solder strip empty of the first lamination assembly, and finally, on the lamination transfer station, the battery string 20 is formed.

Example 17.

The lamination device 300 further includes a lamination conveying mechanism 340 disposed on one side of the lamination table 310, and configured to receive the laminated tandem welding unit 10 and convey the tandem welding unit 10 downstream.

The lamination conveying mechanism 340 can adopt a conveyor belt assembly, a conveying platform, a conveyor roller assembly and other components capable of realizing article conveying; in this embodiment, the lamination transport mechanism 340 is equivalent to integrating the lamination handling assembly and the lamination transfer platform. For example, referring to fig. 18, the lamination conveying mechanism 340 employs a conveyor belt assembly, the tandem welding unit 10 completes lamination under cooperation of the lamination table 310, the lamination lifting mechanism 320, and the lamination translation mechanism 330, and then the lamination lifting mechanism 320 drives the lamination table 310 down, the laminated assembly falls to the surface of the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is turned forward, and the laminated assembly is moved out of the lamination table 310.

Further, when a plurality of series welding units 10 are stacked to form a lamination assembly, a new lamination assembly can be directly constructed on the second end 2b of the welding strip empty in the previous lamination assembly by the intermittent action of the lamination conveying mechanism 340.

To avoid the sheet transport mechanism 340 from interfering with the action of the lamination station 310, the lamination station 310 includes two edge support tables 311; the two side supporting tables 311 are respectively arranged at two sides of the width direction of the lamination conveying mechanism 340; along the width direction, the series welding unit 10 partially protrudes from the lamination conveying mechanism 340; the two side support tables 311 can support the protruding side portions of the tandem welding unit 10.

In this embodiment, both side portions of the series welding unit 10 protrude outside the lamination conveying mechanism 340; during lamination, the lamination lifting mechanism 320 drives the two side supporting tables 311 to ascend and be higher than the surface of the lamination conveying mechanism 340 for bearing the series welding unit 10, so that the series welding unit 10 can be supported to realize lamination; after lamination, the lamination elevator 320 drives the two edge support tables 311 down so that the lamination assembly approaches and falls onto the lamination transport mechanism 340.

To better receive the tandem welding unit 10, the lamination station 310 further includes an intermediate support table 312 disposed between the two side support tables 311; the intermediate support 312 can pass through the lamination transport mechanism 340, holding the middle of the tandem welding unit 10.

Referring to fig. 18 to 20, by providing the intermediate support 312, the tandem welding unit 10 can be supported more favorably in accordance with the side support 311. Further, the lamination table 310 may include a plurality of intermediate support tables 312, where the intermediate support tables 312 correspond to the positions of the solder ribbons 2 of the series welding unit 10 one by one to support the solder ribbons 2 of the series welding unit 10, so as to prevent the solder ribbons 2 from shifting due to no support during the lifting or translation process.

Further, the surface of the intermediate support 312 that receives the series welding unit 10 is lower than the surface of the side support 311 that receives the series welding unit 10.

Referring to fig. 20, the side supporting platforms 311 on both sides are higher than the middle supporting platform 312 because the mass of the pressing net 3 is larger, if the battery piece 1 is lifted first, the battery piece 1 may be cracked due to the pressing of the pressing net 3; therefore, by providing the higher side supporting tables 311, when the lamination lifting mechanism 320 drives the lamination table 310 to ascend, the side supporting tables 311 contact the two sides of the pressing net 3 to lift up the pressing net 3, and then the middle supporting table 312 contacts the battery piece 1 to lift up the battery piece 1 and the solder strip 2.

To facilitate the lifting and translation of the intermediate support 312, the lamination transport mechanism 340 may be notched to extend in a linear direction, or may be notched by at least two sets of transport members spaced apart.

In order to prevent the displacement of the welding ribbon 2 in the series welding unit 10, the lamination device 300 further includes a base 350, and a notch 351 extending in a linear direction is formed in the base 350, and the lamination table 310 can move through the notch 351.

The lamination device 300 can be provided with the lamination conveying mechanism 340 and the base 350 at the same time, and at this time, the upper surface of the base 350 and the bearing surface of the lamination conveying mechanism 340 are coplanar and jointly bear the series welding unit 10; specifically, the surface of the base 350 may be provided with a plurality of recessed grooves 353 for seating the transfer member of the lamination transfer mechanism 340. For example, when the lamination transport mechanism 340 employs a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt can be disposed in the recessed groove 353; the invagination groove 353 can play a role in guiding and positioning so as to facilitate the stable circulation of the conveyor belt.

For example, the lamination transport mechanism 340 includes a plurality of spaced-apart conveyor belts, and referring to fig. 18 and 21, to avoid slippage or interference of the conveyor belts, the spacing between adjacent conveyor belts is large, and for this purpose, a base 350 is provided; the notch 351 of the base 350 may be correspondingly set to the width of the intermediate support platform 312; thus, the notch 351 does not interfere with the solder ribbon 2 too much while satisfying the movement of the intermediate support 312. In short, the base 350 can compensate for gaps or gaps in the stacked sheet transfer mechanism 340, thereby preventing the solder ribbon 2 from being detached.

Further, the base 350 is further provided with a solder strip groove 352 extending in a linear direction; the solder ribbon 2 constituting the series welding unit 10 can be dropped in the solder ribbon groove 352. Specifically, reference may be made to the embodiment shown in fig. 21, wherein nine welding strips 2 are laid on one battery piece 1; correspondingly, nine solder strip grooves 352 are formed in the base 350; the nine solder strip slots 352 are spaced, side-by-side; when the series welding unit 10 is positioned on the base 350, the battery piece 1 is lapped on the surface of the base 350, and the welding strip 2 falls in the welding strip groove 352. The position of the solder ribbon 2 can be defined by providing the solder ribbon groove 352, and thus, the solder ribbon 2 can be prevented from being displaced when the lamination stage 310 performs the lamination operation. Specifically, when the lamination table 310 jacks up the series welding unit 10, the second end 2b of the solder strip protruding from the series welding unit 10 will not be suspended, and the tail of the solder strip will still be located in the solder strip slot 352, so as to ensure the accuracy of the position of the solder strip 2.

In addition, the lamination table 310 drives the series welding unit 10 to lift and translate, in order to prevent the series welding unit 10 from displacing on the lamination table 310, the lamination table 310 is provided with an air hole 313, and the air hole 313 is communicated with a negative pressure suction device; the negative pressure suction apparatus can suck the air hole 313 to form a negative pressure inside the air hole 313, thereby sucking the series welding unit 10 on the lamination table 310.

Thus, when the lamination lifting mechanism 320 drives the lamination table 310 to ascend and contact the series welding unit 10, the negative pressure suction device can suck air from the air hole 313, so that the air hole 313 sucks the series welding unit 10.

In the case of the series welding unit 10, only the battery plate 1 and the welding strip 2 are laid, and the relative positions of the battery plate 1 and the welding strip 2 are unstable, so that the battery plate 1 and the welding strip 2 may be relatively displaced during the lamination process or the assembly transferring process after the lamination process, and the accuracy of the lamination process is further affected. For this purpose, the series welding unit 10 further comprises a press mesh 3; referring to fig. 9 and 10, the pressing net 3 is laid on the battery sheet 1, and can press the welding strip 2 on the battery sheet 1. Through pressing the net 3, can compress tightly welding strip 2 on battery piece 1, and then the relative position of injecing welding strip 2 and battery piece 1.

When the string welding unit 10 includes the press net 3, the battery string manufacturing apparatus further includes a press net circulating device 400 for supplying the press net 3. Referring to fig. 22 and 23, the net-pressing circulation device 400 includes: the net pressing and feeding mechanism 410 can convey the net pressing 3 to press the welding strips 2 on the battery pieces 1; and a web pressing and conveying mechanism 420 provided on the side of the web pressing and feeding mechanism 410 and capable of conveying the web pressing 3 to the web pressing and feeding mechanism 410. The net pressing conveying mechanism 420 can continuously convey the net pressing 3 to the net pressing and feeding mechanism 410, so that the net pressing and feeding mechanism 410 can continuously output the net pressing 3.

Wherein, the net pressing and feeding mechanism 410 comprises a net pressing and extracting part 411 and a net pressing and extracting driving component 412, and the net pressing and extracting driving component 412 is connected with the net pressing and extracting part 411 and can drive the net pressing and extracting part 411 to extract, transfer and lower the net pressing 3. The net pressing extraction piece 411 can adopt extraction components such as a sucker and a clamp; the web-pressing extraction driving component 412 can adopt a robot or a linear module combination (including a linear module moving in a vertical direction and a linear module moving in a horizontal direction). The net pressing conveying mechanism 420 may adopt conveying members such as a conveyor belt, a conveying roller, a conveying platform, a conveying crown block and the like.

Further, unlike the battery sheet 1 and the solder ribbon 2, the pressure net 3 is not a consumable and can be reused. Therefore, the net pressing circulation device 400 further includes a net pressing and feeding mechanism 430 provided on the side of the net pressing and conveying mechanism 420, and capable of conveying the used net pressing 3 to the net pressing and conveying mechanism 420.

The structure of the net pressing and blanking mechanism 430 is similar to the net pressing and feeding mechanism 410, and includes a net pressing and extracting member 431 capable of extracting the net pressing 3, and a net pressing and extracting driving assembly 432 capable of driving the net pressing and extracting member 431 to extract, transfer and lower the net pressing 3, which is not described in detail.

To simultaneously lay the mesh pressing 3 to the plurality of series welding units 10, two modes of using the mesh pressing circulation device 400 are described as follows:

example 18.

The net pressing and feeding mechanism 410 and/or the net pressing and discharging mechanism 430 can carry each net pressing 3 one by one to a desired position.

For example, when the mesh pressing and feeding mechanism 410 includes a mesh pressing and extracting member 411, it is possible to carry the mesh pressing 3 on the mesh pressing and conveying mechanism 420 to the corresponding battery piece 1 one by one during the process of constructing the string welding unit 10.

For another example, when the mesh pressing and blanking mechanism 430 includes a mesh pressing and extracting member 431, after the series welding unit 10 is shaped, the mesh pressing 3 on the battery piece 1 can be removed one by one and transferred to the mesh pressing and conveying mechanism 420.

Example 19.

Pressing net feed mechanism 410 and pressing net unloading mechanism 430 all include a plurality of pressure net extraction pieces, can draw a plurality of pressure nets 3 in step and carry and press net 3 to required position, and then accelerate work efficiency.

It should be added that before lamination, a plurality of series welding units 10 are arranged at intervals, and after lamination, the overlapped series welding units 10 are partially overlapped; that is, the distance between two adjacent series welding units 10 before the lamination is larger than the distance between two adjacent series welding units 10 after the lamination. It is easy to think that the distance between the plurality of net pressing extracting parts 411 on the net pressing feeding mechanism 410 is larger than the distance between the plurality of net pressing extracting parts 431 on the net pressing discharging mechanism 430.

In this embodiment, the distance between the net pressing and extracting members 411 in the net pressing and feeding mechanism 410 is greater than the distance between the net pressing and extracting members 431 in the net pressing and discharging mechanism 430. The net pressing circulation device 400 further comprises a net pressing pitch-changing mechanism 440 which is arranged on one side of the net pressing conveying mechanism 420, can receive the net pressing 3 conveyed by the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 and can transmit the net pressing 3 to the net pressing feeding mechanism 410; the net-pressing pitch-changing mechanism 440 includes: the net pressing bearing tables 441 can respectively bear one net pressing 3; the pitch-variable driving assembly 442 can drive the plurality of screen pressing bearing tables 441 to move relatively, so as to adjust the distance between two adjacent screen pressing bearing tables 441.

When the plurality of net pressing bearing tables 441 receive the net pressing 3 at the net pressing conveying mechanism 420, two adjacent net pressing bearing tables 441 are spaced by a first distance; after receiving the net pressing 3, the variable-pitch driving assembly 442 drives the plurality of net pressing bearing tables 441 to move relatively, so that two adjacent net pressing bearing tables 441 are spaced by a second distance, and the net pressing extraction members 411 correspond to the net pressing bearing tables 441 one by one.

The web-pressing conveying mechanism 420 directly transfers the plurality of press webs 3 to the web-pressing pitch-varying mechanism 440. Referring to fig. 23 and 24, the embossing carrier 441 includes: a support plate 4411 for receiving the press net 3; and a net pressing lifting component 4414 which is connected with the supporting plate 4411 and can drive the supporting plate 4411 to move along the vertical direction. Specifically, when the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 conveys the net pressing 3, the supporting plate 4411 is not higher than the surface of the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 for bearing the net pressing 3, so as to avoid the supporting plate 4411 interfering with the transmission of the net pressing 3; after the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 conveys the net pressing 3 to the net pressing 3 and the supporting plate 4411 are in one-to-one correspondence, the net pressing lifting component 4414 drives the supporting plate 4411 to ascend, and the supporting plate 4411 penetrates through the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 and jacks up the net pressing 3, so that the net pressing 3 is separated from the net pressing conveying mechanism 420; the variable-pitch driving assembly 442 drives the supporting plate 4411 to translate, so that the distance change of the net pressing 3 is realized. The net pressing lifting assembly 4414 may be driven by an electric cylinder or a linear module. In addition, the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 can be provided with a notch for the supporting plate 4411 to move; alternatively, the mesh pressing transfer mechanism 420 may include at least two sets of transfer members disposed at intervals to facilitate movement of the carriers 4411 through the intervals.

Further, in this embodiment, in order to prevent the net pressing 3 from falling or shifting during the lifting and translation of the support plate 4411, the carrying platform 441 further includes a net pressing fixing component disposed on one side of the support plate 4411 and capable of fixing the net pressing 3 on the support plate 4411. The net pressing fixing component can be a suction cup or a suction hole arranged on the supporting plate 4411 and can suck the net pressing 3 on the supporting plate 4411; alternatively, the net pressing fixing component may be a clamp provided on the support plate 4411, and capable of clamping the net pressing 3; or, the net pressing fixing component can be a surrounding clamping block which can clamp the net pressing 3 and further limit the position of the net pressing 3; still alternatively, referring to fig. 24, the support plate 4411 has a bump on one side, and the net pressing fixing assembly includes: a clamp piece 4412 movably arranged at the other side of the supporting plate 4411 relative to the convex block; a clamp block driving part 4413 (which may be a driving member such as an air cylinder or an electric cylinder) is connected to the clamp block 4412 and can drive the clamp block 4412 to move toward the bump, thereby clamping the press net 3 between the clamp block 4412 and the bump.

Further, the net pressing and pitch varying mechanism 440 further includes a net pressing buffer stage 443 disposed on the path of the movement of the net pressing bearing stage 441 driven by the pitch varying driving assembly 442; after the distance is changed, the net pressing lifting assembly 4414 drives the supporting plate 4411 to descend, and the net pressing 3 on the supporting plate 4411 can fall on the net pressing buffer platform 443.

Referring to fig. 23, a screen press buffer stage 443 is provided downstream of the screen press transfer mechanism 420; the screen pressing buffer stages 443 comprise two buffer stages arranged at intervals, and when the variable-pitch driving assembly 442 drives the screen pressing bearing stage 441 to translate, the screen pressing bearing stage 441 moves to a position between the two buffer stages; at this time, the two sides of the net pressing 3 protrude out of the net pressing bearing table 441; the net pressing lifting component 4414 drives the supporting plate 4411 to descend, and two sides of the net pressing 3 can fall onto the two buffer tables; therefore, the net pressing 3 is taken by the two buffer tables, and the variable-pitch driving assembly 442 drives the net pressing bearing table 441 to return to wait for taking off a group of net pressing 3 to be subjected to variable pitch, so that the feeding speed of the net pressing 3 is increased.

Further, the pitch-variable driving assembly 442 is used for driving the plurality of web pressing bearing tables 441 to move relatively, and the distance between the web pressing bearing tables 441 are smaller or the distance between the web pressing bearing tables 441 and the distance between the web pressing bearing tables are larger. The plurality of net pressing bearing tables 441 are arranged along a straight line, the arrangement direction of the plurality of net pressing bearing tables 441 is called as a straight line direction, and when the plurality of net pressing bearing tables 441 relatively move and perform pitch change, the net pressing bearing tables move along the straight line direction, so that the net pressing bearing tables are most efficient.

Any one of the net pressing bearing tables 441 can move in a linear direction under the driving of the variable-pitch driving assembly 442; alternatively, the first or last embossing carrier 441 of the plurality of embossing carriers 441 is fixed relative to the first embossing carrier 441 in the linear direction.

It should be added that, among the plurality of mesh pressing bearing tables 441, the first or the last mesh pressing bearing table 441 may be used as a reference bearing table, and at this time, the reference bearing table does not perform a pitch-changing motion, and the pitch change of all the mesh pressing bearing tables 441 can be realized by the approach or the distance of the other mesh pressing bearing tables 441. By providing the reference carrier table, it is possible to ensure that all the mesh pressing carrier tables 441 return to the preset positions after each pitch change.

In one embodiment, the pitch driving assembly 442 includes a plurality of pitch driving members 4421, the pitch driving members 4421 correspond to the web pressing platforms 441 that need to perform pitch movement one by one, and each web pressing platform 441 can move in a linear direction under the driving of the pitch driving members 4421. Referring to fig. 25, when the pitch is required, the pitch driving part 4421 drives the corresponding screen pressing carrier 441 to approach or separate from the adjacent screen pressing carrier 441.

The pitch drive 4421 may be a driving member such as an air cylinder or an electric cylinder.

In another embodiment, the pitch-variable driving assembly 442 includes a pitch-variable driving member 4421 and a plurality of pitch-variable connecting members 4422, and a pitch-variable connecting member 4422 is disposed between two adjacent mesh pressing bearing tables 441; any variable-pitch connecting piece 4422 extends along the linear direction, and the net pressing bearing platform 441 is arranged on the variable-pitch connecting piece 4422 in a sliding mode; the pitch drive 4421 is connected to the first or last embossing carriage 441.

It should be added that in this embodiment, one of the first or last pressing roll bearing tables 441 not connected to the pitch-variable driving element 4421 may be fixedly arranged as a reference bearing table. However, a variable pitch connector 4422 is also provided between the reference stage and an adjacent one of the press platens 441.

Referring to fig. 27 and 28, pitch drive 442 is coupled to the leftmost one of the press platens 441. After receiving the net pressing 3, the variable-pitch driving piece 442 drives the net pressing bearing platform 441 to move leftwards along the variable-pitch connecting piece 4422 and far away from the net pressing bearing platform 441 on the right side; after the two leftmost net pressing bearing tables 441 move to the tail ends of the variable-pitch connecting pieces 4422, the adjacent second net pressing bearing table 441 is pulled out and moves leftwards along the second variable-pitch connecting pieces 4422; the second pressing net bearing platform 441 moves to the end of the second pitch-variable connecting piece 4422, and the third pressing net bearing platform 441 is pulled out … …, so that the pitch-variable driving piece 4421 can pull the pressing net bearing platforms 441 apart one by one, and the interval between two adjacent pressing net bearing platforms 441 is enlarged. When the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 needs to return to receive the net pressing 3, the variable-pitch driving piece 442 drives the leftmost net pressing bearing platform 441 to move rightwards along the variable-pitch connecting piece 4422 until the net pressing bearing platform 441 contacts the adjacent second net pressing bearing platform 441 or moves to the other end of the variable-pitch connecting piece 4422, so that the second net pressing bearing platform 441 is driven to move rightwards … …, and the variable-pitch driving piece 4421 "closes" each net pressing bearing platform 441 one by one, so that the interval between the two adjacent net pressing bearing platforms 441 is reduced.

The pitch-variable connector 4422 may be a connecting mechanism such as a connecting rod or a cam structure.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 26, the pitch driving assembly 442 includes a pitch driving member 4421, and the pitch driving member 4421 can drive all the web pressing carriers 441 to move along another direction perpendicular to the linear direction in the horizontal plane; meanwhile, the pitch driving assembly 442 further includes a plurality of pitch guides 4423, each of which is radially disposed; thus, when the adjustment to the second distance is required, the variable-pitch driving element 4421 drives the mesh pressing bearing tables 441 to move along the variable-pitch guiding element 4423 towards the radial direction, so that the mesh pressing bearing tables 441 are far away from each other; when the adjustment is required to the first distance, the distance-variable driving element 4421 drives the mesh pressing bearing tables 441 to move along the distance-variable guiding element 4423 towards the contraction direction, so that the mesh pressing bearing tables 441 approach each other. The pitch guide 4423 may be a guide member such as a guide bar, a guide rail, or a cam structure.

In order to prevent the redundant net pressing 3 from entering the net pressing pitch varying mechanism 440 and affecting the accurate operation of the net pressing pitch varying mechanism 440, referring to fig. 23, the net pressing circulating device 400 further includes a net pressing blocking mechanism 450 disposed on the conveying path of the net pressing conveying mechanism 420; the screen press blocking mechanism 450 includes: the stop block component 451 and the stop block driving component 452 are connected with the stop block component 451, and the stop block driving component 452 can drive the stop block component 451 to move towards the net pressing conveying mechanism 420, so that the stop block component 451 blocks the net pressing 3 on the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 and prevents the net pressing 3 from being conveyed forwards continuously.

The blocking piece 451 may be a blocking member such as a blocking plate, a block, a blocking rod, etc.; the gear stop driving assembly 452 may adopt a cylinder, an electric cylinder, or the like driving member. The net pressing stopping mechanism 450 is arranged on the upstream of the net pressing variable-pitch mechanism 440; after the net pressing 3 corresponding to the number of the net pressing bearing tables 441 flows into the net pressing pitch-changing mechanism 440, the stopping driving assembly 452 drives the stopping member 451 to extend out and stop on the conveying surface of the net pressing conveying mechanism 420, so that the following net pressing 3 can be prevented from continuously entering the net pressing pitch-changing mechanism 440.

Further, the screen press stopping mechanism 450 further includes a counter 453 provided downstream of the stopper 451 and capable of counting the number of passed screens 3. For example, when the net pressing pitch varying mechanism 440 includes four net pressing bearing tables 441, the net pressing stop mechanism 450 needs to allow four net pressing 3 to pass through each time the pitch is varied, so that each net pressing bearing table 441 independently accesses one net pressing 3; before the distance change, when the counter 453 counts that the fourth net pressing 3 passes through, the information is fed back to the control system, the control system controls the blocking driving assembly 452 to drive the blocking part 451 to move towards the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 and block the following net pressing 3, so that excessive net pressing 3 is prevented from flowing into the net pressing distance changing mechanism 440, and the accurate operation of the device is ensured.

In addition, during the process of transferring the compressed web 3 by the compressed web feeding mechanism 430 and transferring the compressed web 3 by the compressed web transferring mechanism 420, the position state of the compressed web 3 may change, thereby affecting the operation of the compressed web pitch-varying mechanism 440 and the compressed web feeding mechanism 410. To this end, referring to fig. 23, the net pressing circulation device 400 further includes a net pressing and aligning mechanism 460, and the net pressing and aligning mechanism 460 includes: a first regulating member 461 and a second regulating member 462, wherein the first regulating member 461 and the second regulating member 462 are respectively arranged at two sides of the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 in the width direction; the alignment driving element 463 can drive the first alignment element 461 and the second alignment element 462 to move relatively.

The first and second regulating

members

461 and 462 may be push plates, rows of followers, or other members having horizontal push surfaces; the leveling driver 463 may be a driving member such as an air cylinder or an electric cylinder.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 23, the net pressing and aligning mechanisms 460 are disposed on two sides of the corresponding position of the net pressing bearing platform 441, and after a required number of net pressing 3 are in place, the aligning driving element 463 can drive the first aligning element 461 and the second aligning element 462 to move oppositely to "beat" and align the net pressing 3, so that the positions of all net pressing 3 are uniform. Subsequently, the net pressing bearing platform 441 jacks the corresponding net pressing 3 from bottom to top and then performs pitch changing.

It should be added that, in order to avoid the net pressing conveying mechanism 420 from transmitting the net pressing 3 out, a blocking member 470 is further disposed on the net pressing conveying mechanism 420; the blocking member 470 may be any blocking member such as a baffle plate or a stopper; the blocking member 470 may be directly disposed on the conveying surface of the net pressing conveying mechanism 420, and the net pressing 3 is conveyed forward and finally blocked by the blocking member 470, so that the net pressing 3 stays at a predetermined position, and further the net pressing pitch varying mechanism 440 can receive the net pressing 3.

The application also discloses series welding equipment, which comprises the battery series preparation device and a welding device 500; the welding device 500 is disposed downstream of the lamination device 300 and is capable of welding the series welding unit 10 to shape the battery cells 1 and the welding strips 2.

The battery string 20 is formed by laminating a plurality of series-welded units 10, but the connection relationship between the battery plate 1 and the welding strip 2 is unstable and is easily loosened only by the lamination; for this, the welding device 500 is required to weld the battery piece 1 and the welding strip 2.

In one embodiment, the welding device 500 performs the bonding of the battery sheet 1 and the welding strips 2 by thermal welding. Therefore, soldering flux needs to be smeared on the connecting positions of the battery piece 1 and/or the solder strip 2; for example, referring to fig. 13, a flux spraying mechanism 3 is disposed downstream of the solder strip unwinding mechanism 210; the flux spraying mechanism 3 can coat the flux on the solder strip 2. During welding, the soldering flux is hot-melted, the battery sheet 1 and the welding strip 2 can be bonded, and then the battery string 20 is shaped.

Referring to fig. 23, the welding apparatus 500 includes: a welding box 510 capable of welding the series welding unit 10; the welding transfer mechanism 520 is capable of receiving the stacked tandem welding units 10 in the lamination device 300 and transferring the tandem welding units 10 to the welding box 510.

An infrared lamp and a probe are arranged in the welding box 510, and the probe can press the entering series welding unit 10, so that the series welding unit 10 is shaped, and the displacement of the series welding unit 10 is avoided; the infrared lamp generates heat, and the battery piece 1 and the welding strip 2 are bonded.

Wherein, the welding conveying mechanism 520 may adopt a conveyor belt; the input end of the conveyor belt is connected with the lamination device 300 and can receive the series welding unit 10 which is stacked on the lamination device 300; the welding box 510 is disposed on a conveying path of the conveyor belt; the stacked tandem welding units 10 can be conveyed into the welding box 510 by a conveyor belt to finally complete the welding.

It should be added that the description makes reference to "linear direction" several times, and in each embodiment, "linear direction" represents its respective defined direction, but in a specific embodiment, these "linear directions" may be the same. For example, referring to fig. 22, the drawing direction of the tape, the conveying direction of the battery cells 1, the conveying direction of the press net 3, the stacking direction of the series welding unit 10, and the conveying direction of welding are all the left and right directions. Through such equidirectional setting, can simplify the structure, lamination and the welding of stringer 10, optimize spatial layout, and improve work efficiency.

Claims

1. A battery string preparation apparatus, comprising:

a battery sheet feeding device (100) for supplying a battery sheet (1);

a solder strip feeding device (200) for feeding a solder strip (2);

the stacking device (300) is arranged at the downstream of the battery piece feeding device (100) and the welding strip feeding device (200) and can receive the battery pieces (1) supplied by the battery piece feeding device (100) and the welding strips (2) supplied by the welding strip feeding device (200); the lamination device (300) comprises:

the laminating table (310) is used for receiving a series welding unit (10) formed by the battery plate (1) and the welding strip (2);

the lamination driving mechanism can carry out lamination on the series welding unit (10);

wherein the series welding unit (10) is formed by laying a battery piece (1) and a welding strip (2); in any series welding unit (10), a first end (2a) of a welding strip (2) is positioned on a battery piece (1), and a second end (2b) of the welding strip protrudes out of the battery piece (1);

a plurality of series-welded cell (10) laminations capable of forming a battery string (20); in the battery string (20), any two adjacent series welding units (10), wherein the battery sheet (1) of one series welding unit (10) is overlapped on the second end (2b) of the welding strip of the other series welding unit (10).

2. The battery string preparation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the battery sheet feeding apparatus (100) comprises:

the battery piece conveying mechanism (110) is used for conveying the battery pieces (1);

the battery piece conveying mechanism (120) is used for extracting the battery pieces (1) on the battery piece conveying mechanism (110) and feeding the battery pieces (1) into the laminating device (300); the battery piece handling mechanism (120) comprises:

a cell extraction member (121) for extracting the cell (1);

a battery piece carrying driving piece (122) which is connected with the battery piece extracting piece (121) and can drive the battery piece extracting piece (121) to extract and transfer the battery pieces (1);

the detection piece (123), the work end of detection piece (123) is just right battery piece transport mechanism (110), can detect the state of battery piece (1) on battery piece transport mechanism (110), so that battery piece transport driving piece (122) drive battery piece extraction piece (121) accurately draw and transfer battery piece (1).

3. The battery string preparation device according to claim 2, wherein the battery sheet handling mechanism (120) comprises a plurality of battery sheet extractors (121), and the plurality of battery sheet extractors (121) are arranged at intervals along a line at the movable end of the battery sheet handling driving member (122);

the detection piece (123) adopts a CCD camera, and the CCD camera can photograph the battery piece (1) on the battery piece conveying mechanism (110) so as to obtain the position state of the battery piece (1);

the battery piece carrying driving piece (122) adopts a robot, and the robot can control the plurality of battery piece extracting pieces (121) to extract or release the battery pieces (1) one by one;

according to the position state of the battery piece (1), the robot can adjust the direction of the battery piece extraction piece (121), so that the position states of the battery pieces (1) extracted by the battery piece extraction pieces (121) are uniform.

4. The battery string preparation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the solder ribbon feeding apparatus (200) comprises:

the solder strip unwinding mechanism (210) is used for releasing the solder strip material strip;

the welding strip cutting mechanism (220) is arranged at the downstream of the welding strip unwinding mechanism (210) and can cut the welding strip material strip;

weld and take drive mechanism (230), can certainly weld and take unwinding mechanism (210) to pull out and weld and take the material area and will weld and take the material area to pull weld and take cutting mechanism (220) so that it decides to weld and takes the material area to weld to take cutting mechanism (220).

5. The battery string preparation device according to claim 4, wherein the solder strip feeding device (200) further comprises a solder strip bending mechanism (240) disposed downstream of the solder strip unwinding mechanism (210) and capable of bending the solder strip or the solder strip (2) such that the extending directions of the first end (2a) and the second end (2b) of the solder strip are no longer collinear.

6. The battery string preparation device according to claim 1, wherein the lamination device (300) comprises a plurality of lamination stations (310), the plurality of lamination stations (310) being arranged along a line and each being capable of receiving one series welding unit (10);

the lamination drive mechanism includes:

the lamination lifting mechanism (320) is connected with the lamination table (310) and can drive the lamination table (310) to move along the vertical direction;

wherein any lamination table (310) can move in the vertical direction under the driving of the lamination lifting mechanism (320); or one of the lamination tables (310) is relatively fixedly arranged along the vertical direction;

the lamination translation mechanism (330) is connected with the lamination table (310) and can drive the lamination table (310) to move along a linear direction;

wherein any lamination table (310) can move along the linear direction under the driving of the lamination translation mechanism (330); or one of the lamination tables (310) is relatively fixedly arranged along the linear direction;

the linear direction is an arrangement direction of the plurality of lamination stages (310).

7. The battery string preparation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a screen press circulation device (400) capable of supplying a screen press (3) to the lamination device (300); the net pressing circulation device (400) comprises:

the net pressing and feeding mechanism (410) is arranged on one side of the lamination device (300) and can convey the net pressing (3) into the lamination device (300);

a net pressing conveying mechanism (420) which can convey the net pressing (3) to the net pressing feeding mechanism (410);

after the battery piece (1) and the welding strip (2) are laid together, the welding strip (2) can be pressed on the battery piece (1) through the pressing net (3).

8. The battery string preparation device according to claim 7, wherein the net pressing circulation device (400) further comprises a net pressing distance changing mechanism (440) which is arranged on one side of the net pressing conveying mechanism (420) and can receive the net pressing (3) conveyed by the net pressing conveying mechanism (420) and transfer the net pressing (3) to the net pressing and feeding mechanism (410); the web-pressing pitch-changing mechanism (440) comprises:

the net pressing bearing tables (441) can respectively bear one net pressing (3);

the variable-pitch driving assembly (442) can drive the plurality of net pressing bearing tables (441) to move relatively so as to adjust the distance between two adjacent net pressing bearing tables (441).

9. A series welding device, characterized in that it comprises a battery string preparation device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, and a welding device (500) arranged downstream of said lamination device (300) and capable of welding the series welding unit (10) so as to shape the battery pieces (1) and the welding strips (2).

10. The stringer according to claim 9, wherein said welding device (500) comprises:

a welding box (510) capable of welding the series welding unit (10);

and the welding conveying mechanism (520) can receive the stacked series welding units (10) in the lamination device (300) and input the series welding units (10) into the welding box (510).