CN212891306U - Automatic code sweeping and linking machine for lithium battery - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to the technical field of automation equipment, in particular to an automatic code sweeping chain joint machine for a lithium battery, which comprises a frame, wherein a turntable mechanism is arranged on the frame, and a feeding mechanism and a discharging mechanism are arranged around the turntable mechanism; the turntable mechanism comprises a turntable module and a code scanning link module, and the code scanning link module is positioned at the upper end or the lower end of the turntable module; the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking module and a tray moving module, wherein the tray moving module comprises a discharging bin unit, a tray moving manipulator module arranged on one side of the discharging bin unit and a tray photographing unit arranged at the upper end of the discharging bin unit; the utility model discloses can realize sweeping sign indicating number to the automation of lithium cell and link to adopt a linking mode, logic chaotic problem when avoiding appearing the defective products is provided with simultaneously and prevents slow-witted function, ensures that the vacancy can not appear in every ejection of compact charging tray on the feed bin unit, can directly pack, has improved production efficiency and has guaranteed the operation precision.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to an automation equipment technical field especially relates to an automatic yard chain machine of sweeping of lithium cell.
Background
With the rapid development of electronic technology, the performance of batteries has also received wide attention, and people have higher and higher requirements for cost performance. In recent years, along with the continuous development and the more intense competition of the battery industry, the precision integration degree and the automation assembly degree in the battery production process are higher and higher, the requirement for tracing various parameters in the battery manufacturing process is higher, and each battery can be guaranteed to have unique parameters without confusion.
At present, sweep the equipment of sign indicating number link to the battery in the trade, all be that a whole dish battery links together, in case the defective products appears, will lead to the logic confusion and go out the problem, be unfavorable for quick and accurate discharge the defective products to whether there is the vacancy in the unable affirmation charging tray, can not directly pack the transport, be unfavorable for improving production efficiency and operation precision.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the present low problem poor with the operation precision of production efficiency who sweeps a yard jointing equipment existence, the utility model provides an automatic yard chain-connecting machine that sweeps of lithium cell can realize sweeping a yard to the automation of lithium cell and link to adopt a linking mode, logic chaotic problem when avoiding appearing the defective products is provided with simultaneously and prevents slow-witted function, ensures that the vacancy can not appear in every ejection of compact charging tray on the feed bin unit, can directly pack, has improved production efficiency and has guaranteed the operation precision.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a concrete scheme as follows:
an automatic code sweeping and linking machine for a lithium battery comprises a rack, wherein a turntable mechanism is arranged on the rack, and a feeding mechanism and a discharging mechanism are arranged around the turntable mechanism;
the turntable mechanism comprises a turntable module and a code scanning link module, and the code scanning link module is positioned at the upper end or the lower end of the turntable module;
the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking module and a tray moving module, wherein the tray moving module comprises a discharge bin unit, a tray moving manipulator module arranged on one side of the discharge bin unit and a tray photographing unit arranged on the upper end of the discharge bin unit.
Optionally, the pan feeding mechanism is including locating the pan feeding storehouse unit that goes out feed bin unit one side, one side of going into the feed bin unit is equipped with the material taking manipulator module, and pan feeding storehouse unit is used for realizing the automatic feeding of charging tray, and material taking manipulator module then is used for realizing getting the product on the charging tray on putting the carousel module automatically.
Optionally, the feeding bin unit includes a first feeding bin plate and a second feeding bin plate which are arranged oppositely;
a feeding conveying assembly is arranged between the first feeding bin plate and the second feeding bin plate;
the lower extreme between first pan feeding storehouse board and the second pan feeding storehouse board is equipped with pan feeding lifting unit, and the charging tray enters into between first pan feeding storehouse board and the second pan feeding storehouse board through pan feeding transmission assembly, and automatic feed is realized to the rethread pan feeding lifting unit.
Optionally, the code scanning link module is located at the lower end of the turntable module;
sweep a yard link module and link the mounting bracket including sweeping a yard, sweep a yard link from the top down and link the light source, sweep a yard link camera and sweep a yard link camera in proper order on the yard link mounting bracket, sweep a yard link the light source, sweep a yard link camera and sweep a yard link camera's combined action down and realize shooing the sign indicating number on the battery and link.
Optionally, the blanking mechanism further includes a defective product conveying module and a buffer bin unit;
the defective product conveying module is located on one side of the discharging module, the cache bin unit is located on one side of the discharging bin unit, and the cache bin unit is used for caching the multiple discharging trays so as to avoid the problem of logic disorder.
Optionally, the blanking module comprises a defective product blanking manipulator and a non-defective product blanking manipulator, and the defective product and the non-defective product are separately picked and placed to avoid the problem of logic confusion.
Optionally, the tray moving manipulator module comprises a tray moving mounting frame, a tray moving transverse unit is arranged on the tray moving mounting frame, a tray moving lifting unit is arranged on the tray moving transverse unit, a product sucker is arranged on the tray moving lifting unit, and the product sucker moves to a set position under the combined action of the tray moving transverse unit and the tray moving lifting unit to take and place the tray.
Optionally, the discharging bin unit comprises a first discharging bin plate and a second discharging bin plate which are arranged oppositely;
and a discharging lifting unit is arranged at the bottom between the first discharging bin plate and the second discharging bin plate, and the material tray is positioned between the first discharging bin plate and the second discharging bin plate, descends through the discharging lifting unit and is manually taken out.
Optionally, the tray photographing unit comprises a tray photographing mounting frame, a first light source arranged at the upper end of the first discharging bin plate and a second light source arranged at the upper end of the second discharging bin plate;
the charging tray is equipped with first camera on the mounting bracket of shooing, the lower extreme of first camera is equipped with first camera lens, through the common cooperation of first light source, second light source, first camera and first camera lens, realizes the detection of shooing to ejection of compact charging tray to ensure that the vacancy can not appear in every ejection of compact charging tray.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that: the utility model provides a pair of automatic yard chain-connecting machine of sweeping of lithium cell can realize sweeping the sign indicating number of the automation of lithium cell and linking to adopt a linking mode, logic chaotic problem when avoiding appearing the defective products is provided with simultaneously and prevents slow-witted function, ensures that the vacancy can not appear in every ejection of compact charging tray on the feed bin unit, can directly pack, has improved production efficiency and has guaranteed the operation precision.
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Fig. 1 is an overall structure schematic diagram of the automatic code chain machine that sweeps of lithium cell that the embodiment of the utility model provides.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a turntable mechanism provided in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the blanking module provided in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the discharging bin unit provided in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a tray moving robot module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the tray photographing unit provided in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a bin entering unit provided in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a material taking manipulator module provided in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a defective product conveying module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein, 1 is a frame; 2 is a turntable mechanism; 21 is a turntable module; 22 is a code scanning link module; 221 is a code scanning link mounting rack; 222 is a code scanning link light source; 223 is a code scanning link lens; 224 is a code scanning linked camera; 3 is a feeding mechanism; 31 is a feeding bin unit; 311 is a first feeding bin plate; 312 is a second feeding bin plate; 313 is a feeding transmission component; 314 is a feeding lifting component; 32 is a material taking manipulator module; 4, a blanking mechanism; 41 is a blanking module; 411 is a defective product blanking manipulator; 412 is a good product blanking manipulator; 42 is a tray moving module; 421 is a discharging bin unit; 4211 is a first discharging chamber plate; 4212 is a second discharge bin plate; 4213 is a discharge lifting unit; 422 is a tray moving manipulator module; 4221 is a tray-moving mounting rack; 4222 a traverse unit; 4223 is a tray moving lifting unit; 4224 product sucker; 423 is a tray photographing unit; 4231 a photographic mounting rack for the tray; 4232 a first light source; 4233 a second light source; 4234 is a first camera; 4235 is a first lens; 43 is a defective product conveying module; 44 are cache bin units.
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In order to explain the technical solution of the present invention in detail, the following will combine the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention to perform clear and complete description on the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of them. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive work based on the described embodiments of the present invention, belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
For example, one type of the automatic feeding device comprises a rack, wherein a turntable mechanism is arranged on the rack, and a feeding mechanism and a discharging mechanism are arranged around the turntable mechanism; the turntable mechanism comprises a turntable module and a code scanning link module, and the code scanning link module is positioned at the upper end or the lower end of the turntable module; the blanking mechanism comprises a blanking module and a tray moving module, wherein the tray moving module comprises a discharge bin unit, a tray moving manipulator module arranged on one side of the discharge bin unit and a tray photographing unit arranged at the upper end of the discharge bin unit.
The automatic yard chain machine of sweeping of lithium cell that this embodiment provided can realize sweeping the sign indicating number to the automation of lithium cell and link to adopt a linking mode, logic chaotic problem when avoiding appearing the defective products is provided with simultaneously and prevents slow-witted function, ensures that the vacancy can not appear in every ejection of compact charging tray on the play feed bin unit, can directly pack, has improved production efficiency and has guaranteed the operation precision.
As shown in fig. 1-9, an automatic code scanning linking machine for lithium batteries comprises a frame 1, wherein the frame is used for mounting and fixing other mechanisms so as to facilitate the carrying and use of the machine. Be equipped with carousel mechanism 2 in the frame, be equipped with a plurality of sectional fixtures in the carousel mechanism for install and fix the lithium cell, and drive the lithium cell and rotate corresponding mechanism and carry out the operation. Carousel mechanism includes carousel module 21 and sweeps a yard link module 22, the carousel module is used for driving mounting fixture's rotation, in order to realize the circulation operation, the efficiency of operation is improved, and sweep a yard link module and then be used for sweeping a yard link to the battery, sweep an upper end or the lower extreme that yard link module can locate the carousel module, can realize shooing the sign indicating number on the battery can, in an example, in order to make the mesa of whole board seem comparatively succinct, will sweep a yard link module setting at the lower extreme of carousel module.
A feeding mechanism 3 and a discharging mechanism 4 are arranged around the turntable mechanism 2, the feeding mechanism comprises a tray feeding material carrying batteries and a battery feeding material, the discharging mechanism 4 comprises a discharging module 41 and a tray moving module 42, the discharging module is used for taking, placing and discharging the batteries which are linked by scanning codes on the turntable mechanism, the tray moving module is used for moving the trays, the tray moving module 42 comprises a discharging bin unit 421, a tray moving manipulator module 422 arranged at one side of the discharging bin unit 421 and a tray photographing unit 423 arranged at the upper end of the discharging bin unit, the batteries which are linked by scanning codes are placed in the empty trays on the discharging bin unit by the discharging module 41 after the empty trays are filled with the batteries, the empty trays are discharged, the photographing tray unit is arranged at the position to ensure that no vacancy is generated in each discharging tray, can be directly packed, and the operation precision is ensured while the production efficiency is improved.
In some embodiments, the feeding mechanism 3 includes a feeding bin unit 31 disposed on one side of the discharging bin unit 421, a material taking manipulator module 32 is disposed on one side of the feeding bin unit, the feeding bin unit is used for realizing automatic feeding of a material tray, and the material taking manipulator module is used for realizing automatic taking and placing of products on the material tray onto the rotating tray module.
The charging tray that will bear and remain to sweep the sign indicating number and link feeds through going into the feed bin unit to on getting material manipulator module and getting the battery of waiting to sweep the sign indicating number connection on the charging tray and putting carousel mechanism, sweep a sign indicating number link module and sweep a sign indicating number link to the battery, adopt a battery to carry out the mode of linking, solved traditional whole dish and swept a sign indicating number link mode, common logic chaotic problem when the defective products appear.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the feeding bin unit 31 includes a first feeding bin plate 311 and a second feeding bin plate 312 which are oppositely disposed; a feeding transmission assembly 313 is arranged between the first feeding bin plate and the second feeding bin plate; the lower extreme between first pan feeding storehouse board and the second pan feeding storehouse board is equipped with pan feeding lifting unit, and the charging tray enters into between first pan feeding storehouse board and the second pan feeding storehouse board through pan feeding transmission assembly, and automatic feed is realized to the rethread pan feeding lifting unit.
In some embodiments, the code scanning link module 22 is located at the lower end of the carousel module; sweep a yard link module and including sweeping a yard link mounting bracket 221, sweep a yard link light source 222, sweep a yard link camera 223 and sweep a yard link camera 224 from the top down and be equipped with in proper order on the yard link mounting bracket, sweep a yard link light source, sweep a yard link camera 223 and sweep a yard link camera's combined action and realize shooing the sign indicating number on the battery and link under sweeping a yard link light source, sweep a yard link camera and sweep a yard link camera.
Connect the camera through sweeping the sign indicating number and directly clapped two yards on the battery simultaneously and linked, avoided sweeping the sign indicating number rifle with sweeping the interlinkage dislocation that the sign indicating number probably appears, improved the operation precision.
In some embodiments, the blanking mechanism 4 further includes a defective product conveying module 43 and a buffer bin unit 44; the defective product conveying module is located on one side of the discharging module, the caching bin unit is located on one side of the discharging bin unit, and the caching bin unit is used for caching the excessive charging trays so as to avoid the problem of logic disorder.
In concrete use, be used for bearing treat sweep the automatic feeding back that the sign indicating number chain linked charging tray realized the charging tray through pan feeding storehouse unit, get the automatic feeding back that treats on this charging tray and sweep the sign indicating number chain and connect the battery at the manipulator module of reclaimer, this charging tray can remove out the feed bin unit under the effect of moving the dish module, unloading module will accomplish to sweep the battery that the sign indicating number is linked and get the charging tray of putting out on the feed bin unit, discharge this charging tray after filling the charging tray.
Because sweep a yard link in-process, the defective products can appear to spread the defective products through defective products transmission module, lead to empty charging tray on the pan feeding storehouse unit to go out more, consequently, set up buffer memory storehouse unit and be used for depositing the empty charging tray who goes out more.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the blanking module 41 includes a defective blanking robot 411 and a good blanking robot 412, and the defective products and the good products are picked and placed separately to avoid the logic disorder problem.
The tray moving manipulator module 422 comprises a tray moving mounting frame 4221, a tray moving transverse unit 4222 is arranged on the tray moving mounting frame, a tray moving lifting unit 4223 is arranged on the tray moving transverse unit, a product sucker 4224 is arranged on the tray moving lifting unit, and the product sucker moves to a set position under the combined action of the tray moving transverse unit and the tray moving lifting unit to pick and place the tray.
The product sucker transversely moves under the action of the tray moving and transversely moving unit and moves up and down under the action of the tray moving and lifting unit so as to automatically complete taking and placing of the material tray.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the take-off bin unit 421 includes a first take-off bin plate 4211 and a second take-off bin plate 4212 disposed opposite to each other; and a discharge lifting unit 4213 is arranged at the bottom between the first discharge bin plate and the second discharge bin plate, and the material tray is positioned between the first discharge bin plate and the second discharge bin plate, descends through the discharge lifting unit and is manually taken out.
As shown in fig. 6, the tray photographing unit 423 includes a tray photographing mounting frame 4231, a first light source 4232 arranged at the upper end of the first discharging bin plate, and a second light source 4233 arranged at the upper end of the second discharging bin plate; be equipped with first camera 4234 on the charging tray mounting bracket of shooing, the lower extreme of first camera is equipped with first camera lens 4235, through the common cooperation of first light source, second light source, first camera and first camera lens, realizes the detection of shooing to ejection of compact charging tray to ensure that vacancy can not appear in every ejection of compact charging tray.
The utility model provides a pair of automatic yard chain-connecting machine of sweeping of lithium cell can realize sweeping the sign indicating number of the automation of lithium cell and linking to adopt a linking mode, logic chaotic problem when avoiding appearing the defective products is provided with simultaneously and prevents slow-witted function, ensures that the vacancy can not appear in every ejection of compact charging tray on the feed bin unit, can directly pack, has improved production efficiency and has guaranteed the operation precision.
It is understood that different embodiments among the components in the above embodiments can be combined and implemented, and the embodiments are only for illustrating the implementation of specific structures and are not limited to the implementation of the embodiments.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
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1. An automatic code sweeping and linking machine for lithium batteries is characterized by comprising a rack (1), wherein a turntable mechanism (2) is arranged on the rack (1), and a feeding mechanism (3) and a discharging mechanism (4) are arranged around the turntable mechanism (2);
the turntable mechanism (2) comprises a turntable module (21) and a code scanning link module (22), and the code scanning link module (22) is positioned at the upper end or the lower end of the turntable module (21);
unloading mechanism (4) are including unloading module (41) and move a set module (42), move a set module (42) including go out feed bin unit (421), locate a set manipulator module (422) that moves of feed bin unit (421) one side and locate feed tray photo unit (423) of feed bin unit (421) upper end.
2. The automatic code sweeping and linking machine for the lithium batteries according to claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism (3) comprises a feeding bin unit (31) arranged on one side of the discharging bin unit (421), and a material taking manipulator module (32) is arranged on one side of the feeding bin unit (31).
3. The automatic code sweeping and linking machine for lithium batteries according to claim 2, wherein the bin feeding unit (31) comprises a first bin feeding plate (311) and a second bin feeding plate (312) which are oppositely arranged;
a feeding conveying assembly (313) is arranged between the first feeding bin plate (311) and the second feeding bin plate (312);
and a feeding lifting assembly (314) is arranged at the lower end between the first feeding bin plate (311) and the second feeding bin plate (312).
4. The automatic code scanning and linking machine for lithium batteries according to claim 1, wherein the code scanning and linking module (22) is positioned at the lower end of the turntable module (21);
sweep code link module (22) including sweep code link mounting bracket (221), sweep code link light source (222), sweep code link camera lens (223) and sweep code link camera (224) from the top down be equipped with in proper order on sweep code link mounting bracket (221).
5. The automatic code scanning and linking machine for the lithium batteries according to claim 1, wherein the blanking mechanism (4) further comprises a defective product conveying module (43) and a buffer bin unit (44);
the defective product conveying module (43) is positioned on one side of the blanking module (41), and the buffer bin unit (44) is positioned on one side of the discharging bin unit (421).
6. The automatic code sweeping and linking machine for lithium batteries according to claim 5, wherein the blanking module (41) comprises a defective blanking manipulator (411) and a non-defective blanking manipulator (412).
7. The automatic code scanning chain joint machine for lithium batteries as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tray moving manipulator module (422) comprises a tray moving mounting rack (4221), a tray moving traverse unit (4222) is arranged on the tray moving mounting rack (4221), a tray moving lifting unit (4223) is arranged on the tray moving traverse unit (4222), and a product sucker (4224) is arranged on the tray moving lifting unit (4223).
8. The automatic code scanning chain machine for lithium batteries according to claim 1, wherein the discharging bin unit (421) comprises a first discharging bin plate (4211) and a second discharging bin plate (4212) which are oppositely arranged;
and a discharging lifting unit (4213) is arranged at the bottom between the first discharging chamber plate (4211) and the second discharging chamber plate (4212).
9. The automatic code scanning link machine for lithium batteries according to claim 8, wherein the tray photographing unit (423) comprises a tray photographing mounting rack (4231), a first light source (4232) arranged at the upper end of a first discharging bin plate (4211) and a second light source (4233) arranged at the upper end of a second discharging bin plate (4212);
the tray photographing mounting frame (4231) is provided with a first camera (4234), and the lower end of the first camera (4234) is provided with a first lens (4235).
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