CN213520069U

CN213520069U - Battery module assembling equipment

Info

Publication number: CN213520069U
Application number: CN202022838937.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王轩; 李晓杰; 郑赫; 黄晓龙; 陈锡春
Original assignee: Svolt Energy Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Svolt Energy Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-30
Filing date: 2020-11-30
Publication date: 2021-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-30

Abstract

The utility model provides a battery module equipment, hold device and grabbing device including equipment transfer chain, the first accessory that is used for transporting the battery module. An assembly station is arranged on a conveying path of the assembly conveying line, so that the battery module stays at the assembly station in the conveying process; the first accessory containing device is arranged adjacent to the assembling conveying line and contains a first accessory; the grabbing device grabs the first accessory from the first grabbing position and controllably moves between the assembling station and the first accessory containing device to convey the grabbed first accessory to the assembling station. The utility model discloses a battery module equipment can improve the efficiency of battery module assembly to do benefit to work load and the intensity of labour who reduces manual operation in the assembly.

Description

Battery module assembling equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a power battery assembles technical field, in particular to battery module equipment.

Background

With the increasingly prominent drawbacks of the traditional energy sources, the new energy sources are more and more emphasized, and the fuel vehicle is replaced by the power battery to gradually form a great development trend.

The current power battery manufacturing has multiple working procedures and complex process, so that the cost of the lithium battery is extremely high, the selling price of the electric automobile is overhigh, and the development of the electric automobile industry is hindered. On the current assembly line of battery modules such as lithium batteries and the like, partial manual operation equipment still exists, the manual operation quality stability is poor, and the quality reliability is lower particularly under the condition of continuous long-time work; meanwhile, the continuous improvement of labor cost also restricts the cost reduction of power battery assembly. Therefore, in the links such as the assembly process of the bus bar, the cover plate, the mounting part and other accessories of the battery module, it is urgently needed to improve the mechanization degree in the assembly process by optimizing the configuration of the production system so as to improve the assembly efficiency, reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the stability and reliability of the quality.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model aims at providing a battery module equipment to do benefit to the assembly efficiency who improves battery module.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is realized like this:

a battery module assembling apparatus, comprising:

assembling a conveying line and conveying the battery module; an assembly station is arranged on a conveying path of the assembly conveying line so as to form stop of the battery module at the assembly station in the conveying process;

a first accessory containing device arranged adjacent to the assembly conveying line, wherein a first accessory is contained in the first accessory containing device;

the grabbing device grabs the first accessory at a first grabbing position; the gripping device is controllable to and from between the assembly station and the first part holding device to transport the gripped first part to the assembly station.

Furthermore, the first accessory containing device comprises at least two material containing baskets, and each material containing basket is controllable and is alternately positioned at the first grabbing position.

Further, each material containing basket is alternately positioned at the first grabbing position in a controlled mode of rotation.

Further, the gripping device comprises at least two manipulators.

Furthermore, a positioning detection device is arranged at the assembly station, and the positioning detection device is used for positioning and detecting the battery module positioned at the assembly station.

Furthermore, a manual detection station is arranged on the assembly conveying line at the downstream of the assembly station.

Further, the method also comprises the following steps:

the second accessory containing device is used for containing a second accessory;

a second accessory transport device for transporting the second accessory to a second gripping location;

the grasping device is configured to be controllable with a reciprocating motion between the first grasping position and the second grasping position.

Further, the gripping device has a linear motion parallel to the transport path to and fro between the first gripping location and the second gripping location.

Furthermore, a positioning device for adjusting the second accessory is arranged on the conveying path of the second accessory conveying device, so that the second accessory is conveyed to the second grabbing position in a direction perpendicular to the conveying path.

Further, the second accessory conveying device comprises a support rail arranged parallel to the conveying path and adjacent to the second accessory containing device, and a swing conveyor arranged on the support rail in a sliding mode; the oscillating conveyor is configured to convey the picked second part onto the placement device in an oscillating manner.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following advantage has:

(1) battery module equipment, neighbouring equipment transfer chain set up first accessory and hold the device to hold the first accessory in the device and snatch to the equipment station on the equipment transfer chain through grabbing device, carry out the assembly of all kinds of accessories to the battery module of equipment station department, can improve the efficiency of battery module assembly, and do benefit to and reduce manual operation's work load and intensity of labour in the assembly.

(2) Set up two at least flourishing baskets on first accessory holds the device to supply grabbing device to snatch the use in turn, carry out the replenishment of accessory to the flourishing basket of standby, can effectively promote the efficiency that first accessory held the device and supply with the accessory, reduce because of first accessory holds the equipment standby state that the device caused.

(3) Adopt the rotary motion that first accessory held the device to take turns and respectively hold charging basket to first grabbing position in turn, the actuating mechanism's of being convenient for configuration, and possess the efficient and take turns efficiency, the space of saving first accessory and holding the device occupies, is particularly useful for the less, multiple type of first accessory of size.

(4) Set up two at least manipulators for grabbing device and the region of removing the assembly, cooperation through each manipulator can be to the installation in step of multiple first accessory, does benefit to the promotion of assembly efficiency.

(5) Set up location detection device in the equipment station department of equipment transfer chain, detect the battery module that arrives the assembly position to confirm its condition of target in place and accessory assembly completion, can further promote the assembly efficiency of equipment, improve assembly quality's stability.

(6) Set up artifical detection station in equipment station low reaches, detect unusual battery module after the assembly and carry out artifical the verification, can effectively reject and handle the unusual battery module of assembly.

(7) Be equipped with the second accessory simultaneously for equipment and hold device and second accessory conveyor for reserve the great second accessory of size and supply with it to the second and grab the position, grab the assembly that is used for battery module to the equipment station for supply grabbing device, can realize the difference supply of different kinds and quantity accessory, adapt to the assembly demand of different specification battery modules, and do benefit to the promotion of assembly efficiency.

(8) The reciprocating motion of grabbing device at first position of grabbing and second position of grabbing adopts drive forms such as lead screw, straight stroke motor to realize linear motion, and the technique of not only being convenient for realizes, and the efficiency of motion is higher.

(9) The arrangement of the positioning device can adjust the position and the posture of the second accessory which is supplied to the position before the second grabbing position, so that the second accessory grabbed by the grabbing device from the second grabbing position can be accurately butted and installed with the battery module at the assembling station.

(10) The second accessory conveying device is provided with a supporting track and a swinging conveyor, so that the second accessory containing device can be arranged along the supporting track to prepare a large number of second accessories and meet the large-size requirement of the second accessories; pick up the second accessory through swing conveyor, move and move the back and swing and hand over second accessory to the transposition device, holistic arranging satisfies the supply with, deposit and the transportation requirement of second accessory, does benefit to the improvement of equipment overall assembly efficiency.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which form a part of the present disclosure, are provided to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof are provided to explain the present disclosure, wherein the related terms in the front, back, up, down, and the like are only used to represent relative positional relationships, and do not constitute an undue limitation of the present disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall configuration of a battery module assembling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

description of reference numerals:

1. assembling a conveying line; 10. assembling stations; 11. a manual detection station; 100. a positioning detection device;

2. a battery module;

3. a first accessory housing means; 30. a first fitting; 300. a material containing basket;

4. a gripping device; 40. a first grasping position; 400. a manipulator; 401. driving the beam in the X direction; 402. a Y-direction driving beam;

5. a second accessory housing means; 50. a second fitting;

6. a second accessory transport device; 60. a second grasping position; 600. a position adjusting device; 601. a support rail; 602. an oscillating conveyor.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, if terms indicating orientation or positional relationship such as "upper", "lower", "inner", "back", etc. appear, they are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the appearances of the terms first, second, etc. in this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same item, but are instead intended to cover the same item.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

The embodiment relates to a battery module assembling device which can effectively improve the assembling efficiency of a battery module and is beneficial to reducing the workload and labor intensity of manual operation in the assembling process; an exemplary overall configuration of the battery module assembling apparatus is shown in fig. 1, and mainly includes an assembly line 1 for transporting a battery module 2, a first accessory housing device 3, and the gripping device 4.

An assembly station 10 is provided on a transport path of the assembly line 1, and the battery module 2 traveling on the assembly line 1 stops when reaching the assembly station 10, so that various types of parts such as a bus bar, a module cover plate, and an attachment member are assembled.

The first accessory containing device 3 is arranged adjacent to the assembling conveying line 1, and a first accessory 30 is contained in the first accessory containing device 3; when the first fitting 30 is located at the first gripping location 40 on the first fitting holding device 3, the gripping device 4 grips the first fitting 30.

The gripping means 4 are controllable to and from between the assembly station 10 and the first fitting holding means 3 to transport the gripped first fitting 30 to the assembly station 10 for installation.

Based on the above design concept, in order to reduce the standby of the equipment caused by the first accessory containing device 3, at least two material containing baskets 300 are provided on the first accessory containing device 3, and each material containing basket 300 is controllably and alternately located at the first grabbing position 40 for the grabbing device 4 to grab the first accessory 30. Of course, the form of the basket 300 is not limited to the basket shape, and may be in the form of a hopper, a bus bar clip, or the like. At first accessory holds and sets up two at least flourishing baskets 300 on device 3 to supply grabbing device 4 to snatch the use in turn, carry out the replenishment of accessory to the flourishing basket 300 of standby, can effectively promote first accessory and hold the efficiency that device 3 supplied with the accessory.

Specifically, each basket 300 is alternately positioned at the first grasping position 40 in a controlled manner in a round-robin fashion; for example, the first accessory holding device 3 is in the form of a turntable, a plurality of material holding baskets 300 are uniformly distributed around the axis of the turntable at intervals, when the material holding basket 300 at the first catching position 40 is used, the material holding baskets 300 at other positions can supplement the first accessory 30, and when the first accessory 30 in the material holding basket 300 at the first catching position 40 is used up, the first accessory holding device 3 is rotated, and the material holding basket 300 at the next position enters a used state. Adopt the rotary motion that first accessory held device 3 to take turns and respectively hold basket 300 to first grabbing position 40 in turn, the actuating mechanism's of being convenient for configuration, and possess the efficient and take turns efficiency, the space of saving first accessory and holding device 3 occupies, is particularly useful for the less, multiple type of first accessory 30 of size.

It should be noted that the first accessories 30 may be various small-sized components such as bus bars and fastening bolts, and it is preferable that the first accessories have a small size and are conveniently arranged in a small space on the first accessory holding device 3 for use.

In addition, in order to improve the stability of the assembling quality, the positioning detection device 100 is provided at the assembling station 10, and the positioning detection device 100 is used to perform positioning detection of the battery module 2 located at the assembling station 10. For example, a position switch may be used to detect the in-position of the battery module 2, or a visual detection device (e.g., a CCD camera) may be used to check the in-position and assembly of the battery module 2. The positioning detection device 100 is arranged at the assembly station 10 of the assembly conveying line 1, and detects the battery module 2 reaching the assembly position to confirm the in-place condition and the condition of complete assembly of accessories, so that the assembly efficiency of the equipment can be further improved.

When the assembly quality is detected using the visual inspection apparatus, the battery module 2, which is detected to be abnormal after assembly, needs to be manually verified. In this embodiment, a manual inspection station 11 is provided on the assembly line 1 downstream of the assembly station 10. The abnormal battery module 2 of assembly can be stopped and stop in artifical detection station 11 department, lets pass after the personnel of examining are handled. The battery module 2, which is normally assembled, can pass straight through the manual inspection station 11 in the direction indicated by X in the drawing. With the configuration, the battery module 2 with abnormal assembly can be effectively removed and processed, and the assembly quality is ensured.

As also shown in fig. 1, the grasping apparatus 4 of the present embodiment includes at least two robot arms 400. Preferably, two X-direction driving beams 401 are arranged side by side along the traveling direction of the assembly line 1, i.e., the direction indicated by X in the figure, and two Y-direction driving beams 402 are arranged along the direction indicated by Y in the figure, and the X-direction driving beams 401 and the Y-direction driving beams 402 are arranged in a rectangular shape. The two robots 400 are provided on an X-direction drive beam 401 on the side of the assembly line 1 where the first component holding device 3 is located. The X-direction drive beam 401 carrying the gripper 4 is configured to be movable in the Y-direction drive beam 402, while the gripper 4 carrying the two robots 400 is movable in the X-direction on the X-direction drive beam 401. The driving mode of the movement can be realized by adopting the existing mature technology, such as a movable nut driven by a lead screw matched with a motor, a straight stroke motor and the like. At least two mechanical arms 400 are arranged in the area for grabbing and moving assembly of the grabbing device 4, and the multiple first accessories 30 can be synchronously installed through cooperation of the mechanical arms 400, so that the assembly efficiency is improved.

In addition, in order to meet the assembly requirements of the battery modules 2 of different specifications, in the battery module assembling apparatus of the present embodiment, a second accessory containing device 5 and a second accessory conveying device 6 are further provided. The second accessory holding device 5 is used for holding a second accessory 50, and the second accessory conveying device 6 is used for conveying the second accessory 50 to the second grabbing position 60; at the same time, the gripping device 4 is configured in a controllable manner to be able to reciprocate between the first gripping position 40 and the second gripping position 60. The apparatus is simultaneously equipped with a second component holder 5 and a second component conveyor 6 for holding a second component 50 of larger dimensions, such as a battery module cover plate with integrated busbars, and supplying it to a second gripping location 60 for the gripping device 4 to grip into the assembly station 10 for the assembly of the battery module 2. With this arrangement, separate supply of different kinds and numbers of fittings can be realized, and improvement of assembling efficiency is facilitated.

As described above, the gripping device 4 is provided on the X-direction drive beam 401 on the side of the first component housing device 3, and reciprocates between the first gripping position 40 and the second gripping position 60 with a linear motion parallel to the conveying path of the battery module 2. The reciprocating motion of the gripping device 4 at the first gripping position 40 and the second gripping position 60 adopts the driving modes of a screw rod, a straight stroke motor and the like to realize linear motion, so that the technical realization is convenient, and the motion efficiency is higher.

With regard to the specific configuration of the second component containing device 5 and the second component conveying device 6, it is preferable that, on the conveying path of the second component conveying device 6, a positioning device 600 for adjusting the second component 50 is provided to convey the second component 50 to the second gripping location 60 in a direction (Y direction) perpendicular to the conveying path. The positioning device 600 is configured to adjust the position and posture of the second component 50 before being supplied to the second gripping location 60, so as to ensure that the second component 50 gripped by the gripping device 4 from the second gripping location 60 can be accurately mounted in a butt joint manner with the battery module 2 at the assembling station 10.

With regard to the specific configuration of the second accessory conveying device 6, it is preferable that, in the present embodiment, the second accessory conveying device 6 includes a support rail 601 and a swing conveyor 602. Wherein the support rail 601 is parallel to the transport path, and is disposed along the direction indicated by X in the figure; and the support rail 601 is adjacent to the second accessory housing means 5. The swing conveyor 602 is slidably disposed on the support rail 601 and is configured to convey the picked-up second accessory 50 to the positioning device 600 in a swing manner. The swing conveyor 602 travels on the support rail 601 by driving rollers or gears with a motor, for example, in the form of a roller ramp, or a rack and pinion. Meanwhile, a swinging arm capable of swinging is arranged on the swinging conveyor 602, and a clamping device such as a mechanical arm is additionally arranged at the tail end of the swinging arm. When the swing arm of the swing conveyor 602 is located above the second accessory containing device 5, after the clamping device clamps the second accessory 50 on the second accessory containing device 5, the swing conveyor 602 moves along the negative X direction and is close to the positioning device 600, and then the swing arm swings to a position directly above the positioning device 600 to place the second accessory 50 on the positioning device 600. The supporting track 601 and the swing conveyor 602 are arranged in the second accessory conveying device 6, so that the second accessory containing device 5 can be arranged along the supporting track 601 to store a large number of second accessories 50 and meet the large-size requirement of the second accessories 50; the swing conveyor 602 is used for picking up the second accessory 50, and after the second accessory 50 is moved to the position adjusting device 600, the second accessory 50 is swung and handed over, so that the overall arrangement meets the supply, storage and transportation requirements of the second accessory 50, and the overall assembly efficiency of the equipment is improved.

This embodiment battery module equipment, neighbouring equipment transfer chain 1 sets up first accessory and holds device 3 to hold the first accessory 30 in the device 3 and snatch the equipment station 10 to equipment transfer chain 1 through grabbing device 4, carry out the assembly of all kinds of accessories to the battery module 2 of equipment station 10 department, can improve the efficiency of the assembly of battery module 2, and do benefit to and reduce manual operation's work load and intensity of labour in the assembly.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A battery module assembling apparatus, characterized by comprising:

an assembly conveyor line (1) for conveying the battery modules (2); an assembly station (10) is arranged on the conveying path of the assembly conveying line (1) to form a stop of the battery module (2) at the assembly station (10) in the conveying process;

a first accessory containing device (3) arranged adjacent to the assembly conveying line (1), wherein a first accessory (30) is contained in the first accessory containing device (3);

a gripping device (4) for gripping the first fitting part (30) at a first gripping location (40); the gripping means (4) are controllable to and from between the assembly station (10) and the first accessory-containing means (3) to transport the gripped first accessory (30) to the assembly station (10).

2. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the first accessory containing device (3) comprises at least two material containing baskets (300), and each material containing basket (300) is controllable and is alternately positioned at the first grabbing position (40).

3. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: the material containing baskets (300) are alternately positioned at the first grabbing position (40) in a controlled mode of rotation.

4. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the gripping device (4) comprises at least two manipulators (400).

5. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: and a positioning detection device (100) is arranged at the assembly station (10), and the positioning detection device (100) is used for positioning detection of the battery module (2) positioned at the assembly station (10).

6. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: and a manual detection station (11) is arranged on the assembly conveying line (1) at the downstream of the assembly station (10).

7. The battery module assembling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:

a second accessory holding means (5) for holding a second accessory (50);

a second accessory transport device (6) for transporting the second accessory (50) to a second gripping location (60);

the gripping device (4) is configured to be controllable with a reciprocating movement between the first gripping location (40) and the second gripping location (60).

8. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: the gripping device (4) has a linear movement parallel to the transport path to and fro between the first gripping location (40) and the second gripping location (60).

9. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: on the conveying path of the second accessory conveying device (6), a positioning device (600) for adjusting the second accessory (50) is arranged so as to convey the second accessory (50) to the second gripping position (60) in a direction perpendicular to the conveying path.

10. The battery module assembling apparatus according to claim 9, wherein: the second accessory conveyor (6) comprises a support track (601) arranged parallel to the transport path and adjacent to the second accessory containing device (5), a swing conveyor (602) slidingly arranged on the support track (601); the oscillating conveyor (602) is configured to convey the picked second accessory (50) onto the positioning device (600) in an oscillating manner.