CN212571018U - Battery string arrangement welding equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery string arrangement and welding equipment. The battery string arrangement and welding equipment comprises: a battery string arrangement device, a light-transmitting plate, a light-transmitting plate conveying device, a battery string assembly string supplying device, and a bus bar supplying device. The light-transmitting board is placed on the light-transmitting board conveying device and conveyed by the light-transmitting board conveying device, and the battery string arranging device arranges the battery strings on the light-transmitting board to form a battery string assembly; the battery string assembly The string lifting device lifts the battery string assembly from the light-transmitting plate, and the bus bar feeding device places the bus bar under the lifted battery string assembly; the welding device welds the stacked battery string assembly and the bus bar; The string device places the welded battery string assemblies on the light-transmitting plate, and the light-transmitting plate conveying device transports the light-transmitting plate to the next station. The technical scheme provided by the utility model integrates the functions of typesetting and welding of battery strings, and has a high degree of automation, which can effectively improve production efficiency.

Description

Battery string arrangement welding equipment

technical field

The utility model relates to the technical field of photovoltaic cell self-production, in particular to a battery string arrangement welding equipment.

Background technique

At present, in the production of stacking and welding battery strings and bus bars to form battery string assemblies, the arrangement of battery strings and the welding with bus bars exist independently, which has a poor degree of automation, occupies a large area, and requires two A set of equipment is used to realize the arrangement and welding of the battery strings, which is low in efficiency and high in cost.

Therefore, it is necessary to design an integrated stitching and welding machine to improve the automation degree and production efficiency of the stitching and welding, and save cost and space.

Utility model content

The purpose of the utility model is to provide a battery string arrangement welding equipment with high automation, high efficiency, cost saving and small occupied space.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides a battery string arrangement welding equipment, the battery string arrangement welding equipment includes: a battery string arrangement device, a light-transmitting plate, a light-transmitting plate conveying device, and a battery string assembly string lifting device , bus bar feeding devices and welding devices, including:

The light-transmitting plate is placed on the light-transmitting plate conveying device and conveyed by the light-transmitting plate conveying device. On the light-transmitting plate, a battery string assembly is formed, and the battery string assembly includes a plurality of battery string groups arranged in parallel, wherein each of the battery string groups includes two battery strings arranged oppositely along the length direction of the battery string;

The battery string assembly lifting device lifts the battery string assembly from the light-transmitting plate, and the bus bar feeding device places the bus bar below the lifted battery string assembly;

The welding device welds the stacked battery string assemblies and the bus bars;

The battery string assembly string lifting device places the welded battery string assembly on the light-transmitting plate, and the light-transmitting plate conveying device conveys the light-transmitting plate to the next station.

Preferably, the battery string arrangement welding equipment further comprises a battery string feeding device, and the battery string feeding device carries at least two battery strings arranged in the same direction;

The battery string arranging device includes: two first battery string grasping devices, an intermediate carrier plate and a second battery string grasping device, each first battery string grasping device includes two suction mechanisms, and the first battery string grasping device includes two suction mechanisms. After one suction mechanism of a battery string gripping device picks up a battery string from the battery string feeding device, the first battery string gripping device rotates 180° and another suction mechanism sucks it from the battery string feeding device For another battery string, the first battery string grabbing device places the two battery strings picked up on the middle carrier plate; the two first battery string grabber devices are placed on the middle carrier plate. The battery strings are arranged relative to each other, and two battery strings arranged oppositely form one battery string group; the second battery string grabbing device picks up at least one battery string group from the intermediate carrier plate and translates it and places it on the transparent light board.

Preferably, the bus bar feeding device further lays a bypass bus bar on the intermediate support plate, or lays a bypass bus bar at a position close to the intermediate support plate;

The second battery string grabbing device is also used for synchronizing and translationally placing the side bus bar and a battery string group to which the side bus bar needs to be welded on the light-transmitting plate.

Preferably, the length direction of the battery strings provided by the battery string feeding device is perpendicular to the length direction of the battery strings to be arranged on the intermediate carrier plate;

The first battery string grabbing device rotates 90° after sucking two battery strings from the battery string feeding device, and arranges the rotated battery strings on the intermediate carrier plate.

Preferably, the battery string arranging device further includes a first detection device and a cutting part, the first detection device acquires position information of the battery strings on the intermediate carrier plate, and the intermediate carrier plate according to the position information The battery string is regularized, and the cutting part cuts the end welding tape of the regularized battery string to be cut.

Preferably, the light-transmitting plate is arranged to move out from the lower side of the intermediate support plate to the direction of the rear station, and every time the light-transmitting plate moves out a preset distance, the second battery string grabbing device moves toward the transparent plate. The light plate places the primary battery string.

Preferably, the battery string assembly lifting device lifts the battery string assembly from the light-transmitting plate to the welding station, and the bus bar feeding device places the bus bar to the welding station below the lifted battery string assembly , the welding device welds the battery string assembly and the bus bar stacked at the welding station;

or,

The battery string assembly lifting device lifts the battery string assembly from the light-transmitting plate, the bus bar feeding device places the bus bars on the light-transmitting plate below the lifted battery string assembly, and the battery The string assembly string lifting device stacks the battery string assembly on the bus bar, and the welding device welds the battery string assembly and the bus bar stacked on the light-transmitting plate.

The technical scheme provided by the utility model integrates the functions of typesetting and welding of battery strings, and has a high degree of automation, which can effectively improve the production efficiency of battery components, and the equipment occupies less space, which is beneficial to saving costs.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery string arrangement welding equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view shown in FIG. 1 .

Description of reference numerals

1-Battery string feeding device; 2-First battery string grabbing device; 3-Intermediate carrier plate; 4-Second battery string grabbing device; 5-Transparent plate conveying device; 6-Battery string assembly string lifting device; 7-Bypass bus bar feeding device.

Detailed ways

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments, however, can be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure and are not necessarily drawn to scale. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, and thus their repeated descriptions will be omitted.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided in order to give a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or other methods, components, devices, steps, etc. may be employed. In other instances, well-known structures, methods, devices, implementations, materials, or operations have not been shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the present disclosure.

For ease of description, spatially relative terms such as "upper," "lower," "left," "right," etc. may be used herein to describe the relationship of one element or feature shown in the figures to another element or feature . It should be understood that, in addition to the orientation shown in the figures, spatial terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "lower" can encompass both upper and lower positions. The device may also be otherwise oriented, such as rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations, and the spatially relative descriptions used herein are to be interpreted accordingly.

The utility model provides a battery string arrangement and welding equipment. The battery string arrangement and welding equipment comprises: a battery string arrangement device, a light-transmitting plate, a light-transmitting plate conveying device 5, a battery string assembly string lifting device 6, and a bus bar. Feeding devices and welding devices, where:

The light-transmitting plate is placed on the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 and conveyed by the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5, and the battery string arranging device arranges the battery strings to be typeset at the front station to the A battery string assembly is formed on the light-transmitting plate, and the battery string assembly includes a plurality of battery string groups arranged in parallel, wherein each of the battery string groups includes two batteries arranged oppositely along the length direction of the battery string string;

The battery string assembly lifting device 6 lifts the battery string assembly from the light-transmitting plate, and the bus bar feeding device places the bus bar below the lifted battery string assembly;

The welding device welds the stacked battery string assemblies and the bus bars;

The battery string assembly lifting device 6 places the welded battery string assembly on the light-transmitting plate, and the light-transmitting plate conveying device conveys the light-transmitting plate to the next station.

Wherein, the light-transmitting plate is used to manufacture the battery assembly together with the battery string in the subsequent process, the light-transmitting plate is required to have a certain light transmittance, and the material usually used is glass.

The battery string arrangement and welding equipment provided by the utility model integrates the functions of typesetting and welding of the battery strings, has a high degree of automation, can effectively improve the production efficiency, and saves cost due to small occupied space.

Hereinafter, the battery string arrangement welding equipment provided by the present invention will be described in detail according to a specific embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 .

In this embodiment, the battery string arrangement welding equipment further includes a battery string feeding device 1, and the battery string feeding device 1 carries at least two battery strings arranged in the same direction;

The battery string arranging device includes: two first battery string grasping devices 2, an intermediate carrier plate 3 and a second battery string grasping device 4, and each first battery string grasping device 2 includes two suction mechanisms , after a suction mechanism of the first battery string grasping device 2 sucks a battery string from the battery string feeding device 1, the first battery string grasping device 2 rotates 180°, another suction mechanism The battery string feeding device 1 picks up another battery string, and the first battery string grabbing device 2 places the two drawn battery strings on the middle carrier plate 3; the two first battery strings grab The battery strings placed on the middle carrier plate 3 by the device 2 are arranged oppositely, and two battery strings arranged opposite to each other form a battery string group; the second battery string grabbing device 4 is picked up from the middle carrier plate 3 At least one battery string is placed on the light-transmitting plate after being translated. Wherein, the "translation" mentioned in this application refers to non-rotational movement, which may include movement in the horizontal direction and movement in the vertical direction.

In this embodiment, the battery string feeding device 1 includes a bracket and a conveyor belt disposed on the bracket for carrying battery strings;

Wherein, the battery string feeding device 1 is set to be able to move along the conveying direction perpendicular to the conveyor belt, as shown in FIG. After receiving the battery string produced by the battery string production equipment), after carrying the battery string, it moves to the bottom of the first battery string grasping device 2, and the first battery string grasping device 2 picks up the battery string. Of course, it is also possible to set the first battery string grabbing device 2 to be able to move to the top of the battery string feeding device 1 to grab the battery strings.

Usually, the battery strings on the battery string feeding device 1 are stacked in the same direction, and in the battery string assembly to be arranged, the two adjacent battery strings in the width direction of the battery strings are reversed. Therefore, the first battery After one suction mechanism of the string grabbing device 2 sucks the battery strings, the other suction mechanism needs to rotate 180 degrees to suck the battery strings again, that is, the battery strings sucked by the two suction mechanisms are reversed. The two battery strings placed on the middle carrier plate 3 by the first battery string grabbing devices 2 are arranged opposite to each other to form two battery string groups.

In this embodiment, the length direction of the battery strings provided by the battery string feeding device 1 is perpendicular to the length direction of the battery strings to be arranged on the intermediate carrier plate 3 . Therefore, the first battery string grabbing device 2 rotates 90° after sucking two battery strings from the battery string feeding device 1 , and arranges the rotated battery strings on the intermediate carrier plate 3 . The arrangement direction of the battery strings on the intermediate carrier plate 3 is the same as the arrangement direction of the battery strings on the light-transmitting plate, so that the second battery string grabbing device 4 picks up at least one battery string group from the intermediate carrier plate 3 without rotating , and directly translate the adsorbed battery string to the light-transmitting plate.

When the battery string assemblies on the light-transmitting plate include an odd number of parallel battery string assemblies, bypass bus bars need to be welded on the battery string assemblies. Therefore, the bus bar feeding device further includes a bypass bus bar feeding device 7, and the bypass bus bar feeding device 7 is used to lay a bypass bus bar on the intermediate carrier plate 3, or the bypass bus bar is supplied with materials. Device 7 provides bypass bus bars close to said intermediate carrier plate 3 .

The second battery string grabbing device 4 is also used to synchronously translate and place the side bus bar and a battery string group that needs to be welded on the light-transmitting plate of the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 .

Specifically, the bypass bus bar feeding device 7 pulls the bus bar and cuts it to form a bypass bus bar, and the bypass bus bar can be placed on the intermediate carrier plate 3 or at a position close to the intermediate carrier plate 3, so that the bypass bus bar is arranged adjacent to a battery string on the intermediate carrier plate 3, so that the second battery string grab 4 can connect the bypass bus bar and the battery string arranged adjacent to it. Grab them together and place them on the light-transmitting plate.

In this embodiment, preferably, the battery string arranging device further includes a first detection device and a cutting part, the first detection device obtains the position information of the battery strings on the intermediate carrier plate 3, and the intermediate The carrier plate 3 aligns the battery strings according to the position information, and the cutting part cuts the end welding tapes to be cut of the regulated battery strings. In this way, the relative positions of the two battery strings in each battery string group and the length of the welding tape at the end of the battery string meet the required requirements, and then are transported to the light-transmitting plate of the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 .

Preferably, the light-transmitting plate is set to move out from the lower side of the intermediate carrier plate 3 to the direction of the rear station. Every time the light-transmitting plate moves out a preset distance, the second battery string grabbing device 4 moves toward the direction of the second battery string. The light-transmitting plate is placed on the primary battery string.

Specifically, the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 can first enter below the battery string feeding device 1, and then gradually move to the next process. The string grabbing device 4 places the battery strings grabbed from the intermediate carrier plate 3 on the light-transmitting plate, and the second battery string grabbing device 4 moves the light-transmitting plate out of a predetermined distance from the bottom of the intermediate carrier plate 3 each time. Releasing and removing the battery string can reduce the moving distance when the second battery string grasping device 4 moves the battery string, thereby improving production efficiency. It can be understood that the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 is not limited to moving from the lower side of the battery string feeding device 1 to the subsequent process, and the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 can also be set under the intermediate carrier plate 3 first, and then further to the next step. Subsequent process moves.

After the battery string assemblies are arranged on the light-transmitting plate, the battery string assembly string lifting device 6 lifts the battery string assemblies from the light-transmitting plate to the welding station, and the bus bar feeding device A bus bar is placed at a welding station below the lifted battery string assembly, and the welding device welds the battery string assembly and the bus bar stacked at the welding station.

Specifically, the busbar feeding device includes a first busbar feeding device for providing a first busbar, a second busbar feeding device for providing a second busbar, and a third busbar feeding device The third bus bar feeding device, wherein the first bus bar and the second bus bar are used to be stacked on opposite ends of the battery string assembly respectively and are perpendicular to the length direction of the battery string, The third bus bar is used to be stacked in the middle of the battery string assembly and is perpendicular to the length direction of the battery string.

After the battery string assembly lifting device 6 lifts the battery string assembly, the first bus bar feeding device, the second bus bar feeding device and the third bus bar feeding device separate the bus bars. The battery string assembly is stacked at the welding station under the battery string assembly; then the battery string assembly string lifting device 6 moves the lifted battery string assembly down, and/or lifts the first bus bar, the second bus bar and the The third bus bar is moved up so that the battery string assemblies and the bus bars are stacked together, and the welding device can weld the stacked battery string assemblies and the bus bars. After the welding is completed, the battery string assembly string lifting device 6 places the welded battery string assembly on the light-transmitting plate of the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 and transports it to the next process.

In another embodiment, it can also be configured that: after the battery string assembly string lifting device 6 lifts the battery string assembly from the light-transmitting plate, the bus bar feeding device supplies the battery string assembly to the lifting position of the battery string assembly. A bus bar is placed on the light-transmitting plate below, the battery string assembly string lifting device 6 stacks the battery string assembly on the bus bar, and the welding device stacks the The battery string assembly and the bus bar are welded.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a battery string arrangement and welding method is also provided. The method adopts the above-mentioned battery string arrangement and welding equipment, and the battery string arrangement and welding method includes:

The light-transmitting plate is placed on the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 for transportation, and the battery strings to be typeset in the front station are arranged on the light-transmitting plate to form a battery string assembly. a plurality of battery strings, wherein each of the battery strings includes two battery strings arranged oppositely along the length of the battery string;

Lift the battery string assembly from the light-transmitting plate, and place the bus bar under the lifted battery string assembly;

welding the stacked battery string assemblies and the bus bars;

The welded battery string assembly is placed on the transparent plate, and the transparent plate conveying device 5 conveys the transparent plate to the next station.

Wherein, placing the light-transmitting plate on the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 for transportation, and arranging the battery strings to be typeset in the front station on the light-transmitting plate, including: the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 The light-transmitting plate is driven to move step by step, the light-transmitting plate moves a preset distance every step, and a battery string is placed on the light-transmitting plate once.

More specifically, arranging the battery strings to be typeset in the front station on the light-transmitting plate includes:

Use the first battery string grabbing device 2 to pick up a string of battery strings to be typeset, and then rotate the first battery string grabbing device 2 to pick up another string of battery strings to be typeset, so that the first battery string grabbing device 2 The two battery strings picked up are reversed;

Rotate the two battery strings with opposite directions synchronously by 90° and place them on the middle carrier plate 3;

Use the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 to transport the light-transmitting plate to the direction of the subsequent station;

The second battery string grabbing device 4 is used to pick up at least one group of batteries arranged on the intermediate support plate 3 every time the light-transmitting plate moves a predetermined distance from the lower part of the intermediate support plate 3 to the direction of the subsequent station are assembled in series and placed on the light-transmitting plate in translation.

Wherein, after the battery strings are placed on the intermediate carrier plate 3, the method may further include: aligning the positions of the battery strings carried on the intermediate carrier plate 3, and trimming the ends of the battery strings carried by the cutting part. The welding tape of the part is cut.

Of course, it is also possible to directly arrange the relative positions of the two battery strings in each battery string group on the intermediate carrier plate 3 accurately, and the length of the welding tape at the end of the battery string meets the requirements, and the second battery string grasping device 4 The battery strings on the intermediate carrier plate 3 are directly transported to the light-transmitting plate.

The above-mentioned placing the light-transmitting plate on the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 for transportation includes: a plurality of the light-transmitting plates are provided, and the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 sequentially conveys the plurality of the light-transmitting plates. Each battery string assembly is arranged and welded, and a light-transmitting plate is transported correspondingly, and the light-transmitting plate conveying device 5 transports the plurality of light-transmitting plates in sequence, which can realize the continuous production of the battery string assembly.

For other aspects of the battery string arrangement and welding method, reference may be made to the specific process of arranging and welding battery string components using the battery string arrangement welding equipment described above.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical concept of the present invention, a variety of simple modifications can be made to the technical solutions of the present invention, including the combination of various specific technical features in any suitable manner. In order to avoid unnecessary repetitions, various possible combinations are not described in the present invention. However, these simple modifications and combinations should also be regarded as the contents disclosed by the present invention, and all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. The utility model provides a battery cluster welding equipment of arranging which characterized in that, battery cluster welding equipment of arranging includes: device, light-passing board conveyor, battery string subassembly are carried and are strutted device, busbar feedway and welding set to the battery string, wherein:

the light-transmitting plate is placed on the light-transmitting plate conveying device and conveyed by the light-transmitting plate conveying device, the battery string arrangement device is used for arranging the battery strings to be typeset on the front station onto the light-transmitting plate to form a battery string assembly, the battery string assembly comprises a plurality of battery string groups which are arranged in parallel, and each battery string group comprises two battery strings which are oppositely arranged along the length direction of the battery string;

the battery string component lifting device lifts the battery string component from the light-transmitting plate, and the bus bar feeding device places bus bars below the lifted battery string component;

the welding device is used for welding the stacked battery string assembly and the bus bar;

the battery string component lifting device places the welded battery string components on the light-transmitting plate, and the light-transmitting plate conveying device conveys the light-transmitting plate to the next station.

2. The battery string arrangement welding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a battery string feeding device that carries at least two battery strings arranged in the same direction;

the cell string arrangement device includes: the battery string feeding device comprises two first battery string grabbing devices, a middle bearing plate and a second battery string grabbing device, wherein each first battery string grabbing device comprises two sucking mechanisms, one sucking mechanism of each first battery string grabbing device sucks one battery string from the battery string feeding device, the other sucking mechanism sucks the other battery string from the battery string feeding device after the first battery string grabbing devices rotate by 180 degrees, and the first battery string grabbing devices place the two sucked battery strings on the middle bearing plate; the two first battery string grabbing devices are arranged on the battery strings on the middle bearing plate in an opposite mode, and the two oppositely arranged battery strings form a battery string group; the second battery string grabbing device picks up at least one battery string group from the middle bearing plate and horizontally moves and places the battery string group on the light transmission plate.

3. The cell string arrangement welding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the bus bar feeding device further lays a bypass bus bar toward the intermediate loading plate or lays a bypass bus bar at a position close to the intermediate loading plate;

the second battery string grabbing device is further used for placing the bypass bus bar and a battery string group needing to be welded with the bypass bus bar on the light-transmitting plate synchronously and in a translational mode.

4. The battery string arrangement welding device according to claim 2, wherein the length direction of the battery strings provided by the battery string feeding device is perpendicular to the length direction of the battery strings to be arranged on the intermediate bearing plate;

and the first battery string gripping device rotates 90 degrees after absorbing the two battery strings from the battery string feeding device, and arranges the rotated battery strings on the middle bearing plate.

5. The battery string arrangement welding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the battery string arrangement device further includes a first detection device and a cutting portion, the first detection device obtains position information of the battery strings on the intermediate bearing plate, the intermediate bearing plate arranges the battery strings according to the position information, and the cutting portion cuts end portions of the arranged battery strings to be cut.

6. The battery string arrangement welding device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the light-transmitting plate is configured to be moved out from below the intermediate bearing plate to a direction of a next station, and the second battery string gripping device places the primary battery string to the light-transmitting plate every time the light-transmitting plate is moved out by a preset distance.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the string lifting device lifts the string assembly from the transparent plate to a welding station, the bus bar feeding device places bus bars to the welding station below the lifted string assembly, and the welding device welds the string assembly and the bus bars stacked on the welding station;

or,

the battery string component lifting device lifts a battery string component from the light-transmitting plate, the bus bar feeding device is used for placing bus bars on the light-transmitting plate below the lifted battery string component, the battery string component lifting device stacks the battery string component on the bus bars, and the welding device is used for welding the battery string component and the bus bars which are stacked on the light-transmitting plate.

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