CN216971225U - Electricity core loading attachment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery cell feeding device, which comprises: the feeding mechanism comprises a first conveyor, and the first conveyor is arranged along a first direction; the transmission mechanism comprises a second conveyor, a lifting assembly, a transmission assembly and a positioning component, the second conveyor is arranged along a second direction, the lifting assembly is arranged between the first conveyor and the positioning component, the lifting assembly is used for lifting the battery cell, and the transmission assembly is used for driving the battery cell to roll to the second conveyor along the positioning component; and the transferring mechanism comprises a first rotating mechanical arm and a second rotating mechanical arm, the first rotating mechanical arm is in butt joint with the second conveyor to receive the battery core, and the second rotating mechanical arm is in butt joint with the first rotating mechanical arm to take out the battery core from the first rotating mechanical arm and send the battery core out of the battery core feeding device. The automatic feeding of electric core can be realized to electric core loading attachment, replaces the manual work to put in electric core, reduces intensity of labour, improves the production efficiency of battery.

Description

Electricity core loading attachment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery production equipment, in particular to a battery cell feeding device.

Background

In the current battery production process, need encapsulate electric core in the battery case to protect electric core, but current electric core material loading process needs a large amount of manual work to participate in, continues to put in electric core to the conveyer belt through the manual work, but workman's intensity of labour is big, and is inefficient moreover, can not satisfy large batch large-scale production.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving, at least in part, one of the technical problems in the related art. Therefore, the battery cell feeding device provided by the utility model can replace manual battery cell feeding, reduce the labor intensity and improve the production efficiency of batteries.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a cell loading apparatus, including: the feeding mechanism comprises a first conveyor, and the first conveyor is arranged along a first direction; the conveying mechanism comprises a second conveyor, a lifting assembly, a conveying assembly and a positioning component, wherein the second conveyor is arranged along a second direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, one end of the positioning component is in butt joint with the discharge end of the first conveyor, the other end of the positioning component is in butt joint with the second conveyor, the lifting assembly is arranged between the first conveyor and the positioning component, the conveying assembly is arranged above the positioning component, the lifting assembly is used for lifting a battery cell so that the battery cell can pass through the positioning component, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the battery cell to roll to the second conveyor along the positioning component; and the transferring mechanism comprises a first rotary mechanical arm and a second rotary mechanical arm, the first rotary mechanical arm is in butt joint with the second conveyor to receive the battery cell, and the second rotary mechanical arm is in butt joint with the first rotary mechanical arm to take out the battery cell from the first rotary mechanical arm and send the battery cell out of the battery cell feeding device.

The battery cell feeding device provided by the embodiment of the utility model at least has the following beneficial effects: the electric core is conveyed to the lifting assembly through the first conveyor, automatic feeding of the electric core is achieved, the electric core is driven to move along the first direction through the first conveyor, so that the electric core moves from the discharge end of the first conveyor to the lifting assembly, the electric core is positioned at the lifting assembly through the positioning component, the lifting assembly drives the electric core to rise, so that the electric core is abutted to the transmission assembly, the electric core is driven to roll to the second conveyor along the positioning component through the transmission assembly, the second conveyor drives the electric core to move along the second direction, so that the electric core can be received by the first rotary mechanical arm, the electric core is taken out from the second conveyor through the first rotary mechanical arm, and the electric core is driven to take out from the first rotary mechanical arm and is sent out of the electric core feeding device through the second rotary mechanical arm. Through feed mechanism, transport mechanism and move and carry the cooperation of mechanism, realize the automatic feeding of electric core, can replace the manual work to put in electric core, reduce intensity of labour, improve the production efficiency of battery.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the lifting assembly includes a first driving member and a movable block, the movable block is mounted at a movable end of the first driving member, and the first driving member drives the movable block to move in a vertical direction so as to lift the battery cell.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, an upper side of the movable block is disposed obliquely so as to abut the battery cell against the positioning member.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the lifting assembly further comprises a detection component, the detection component is arranged on the movable block, and the detection component is used for detecting the position of the movable block.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, a transfer component is arranged at one end of the second conveyor, which is far away from the first rotary mechanical arm, and the transfer component includes a seventh driving element, an ejector block and a chute, the ejector block is arranged at one side of the second conveyor, the chute is arranged at the other side of the second conveyor, and the seventh driving element drives the ejector block to move along the horizontal direction, so as to drive the unqualified battery core to move towards the chute.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the conveying assembly includes a second driving element and a limiting plate, the second driving element drives the limiting plate to move along the first direction, and the limiting plate drives the battery cores to move along the positioning component to the second conveyor.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the conveying assembly further includes a third driving member and a pushing plate, the third driving member drives the pushing plate to move along the first direction, and the pushing plate is configured to send the battery cores to the lifting assembly one by one.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the positioning component comprises a positioning part and a guiding part, the positioning part is located at the discharge end of the first conveyor to position the battery cell at the lifting assembly, and the guiding part is used for guiding the battery cell to move to the second conveyor.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the first rotary mechanical arm includes a fourth driver and a receiving member, the receiving member includes a plurality of receiving barrels for receiving the battery cells, and the fourth driver drives the receiving member to rotate in a vertical plane, so that the receiving barrels are abutted with the second rotary mechanical arm, and the second rotary mechanical arm can take out the battery cells from the receiving barrels.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the second rotary mechanical arm includes a fifth driving element, a sixth driving element and a clamping component, the fifth driving element drives the sixth driving element and the clamping component to rotate in a horizontal plane, the sixth driving element drives the clamping component to move in a vertical direction, and the clamping component is used for clamping the battery cell.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cell loading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of a hidden waste chute of a cell loading device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at A;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second conveyor and a transfer mechanism of the cell loading apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a partial enlarged view of FIG. 4 at B;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a first rotary mechanical arm of the cell loading device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a second rotary mechanical arm of the cell loading device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

a feeding mechanism 100, a discharging end 111, a first conveyor 110;

the conveying mechanism 200, the second conveyor 210, the transfer member 211, the seventh driving member 212, the top block 213, the chute 214, the lifting assembly 220, the first driving member 221, the movable block 222, the conveying assembly 230, the second driving member 231, the limiting plate 232, the third driving member 233, the push plate 234, the positioning member 240, the positioning portion 241, and the guide portion 242;

a transfer mechanism 300, a first rotary arm 310, a fourth driver 311, a storage member 312, a storage barrel 313, a second rotary arm 320, a fifth driver 321, a sixth driver 322, and a gripping member 323.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the meaning of a plurality of means is one or more, the meaning of a plurality of means is two or more, and larger, smaller, larger, etc. are understood as excluding the number, and larger, smaller, inner, etc. are understood as including the number. If there is a description of first and second for the purpose of distinguishing technical features only, this is not to be understood as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specifically limited, terms such as set, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention by combining the specific contents of the technical solutions.

It can be understood that, referring to fig. 1 to 4, the cell loading device of the present invention includes: the feeding mechanism 100 comprises a first conveyor 110, wherein the first conveyor 110 is arranged along a first direction; the conveying mechanism 200 comprises a second conveyor 210, a lifting assembly 220, a conveying assembly 230 and a positioning component 240, wherein the second conveyor 210 is arranged along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other, one end of the positioning component 240 is butted with the discharge end 111 of the first conveyor 110, the other end of the positioning component 240 is butted with the second conveyor 210, the lifting assembly 220 is arranged between the first conveyor 110 and the positioning component 240, the conveying assembly 230 is arranged above the positioning component 240, the lifting assembly 220 is used for lifting the battery cell so that the battery cell can pass through the positioning component 240, and the conveying assembly 230 is used for driving the battery cell to roll to the second conveyor 210 along the positioning component 240; the transferring mechanism 300 includes a first rotary mechanical arm 310 and a second rotary mechanical arm 320, the first rotary mechanical arm 310 is in butt joint with the second conveyor 210 to receive the battery cell, and the second rotary mechanical arm 320 is in butt joint with the first rotary mechanical arm 310 to take out the battery cell from the first rotary mechanical arm 310 and send the battery cell out of the battery cell loading device.

The battery core is conveyed to the lifting assembly 220 through the first conveyor 110, automatic feeding of the battery core is achieved, the battery core is driven by the first conveyor 110 to move along a first direction, so that the battery core moves from the first conveyor 110 to the lifting assembly 220, the battery core is positioned at the lifting assembly through the positioning component 240, the lifting assembly 220 drives the battery core to rise, so that the battery core is abutted to the transmission component 230, the transmission component 230 drives the battery core to roll along the positioning component 240 to the second conveyor 210, the second conveyor 210 drives the battery core to move along a second direction, so that the battery core can be received by the first rotary mechanical arm 310, the battery core is taken out from the second conveyor 210 through the first rotary mechanical arm 310, and the second rotary mechanical arm 320 drives the battery core to be taken out from the first rotary mechanical arm 310 and send out of the battery core loading device. Through the cooperation of the feeding mechanism 100, the transmission mechanism 200 and the transfer mechanism 300, the automatic feeding of the battery core can be realized, the manual operation of putting in the battery core is replaced, the labor intensity is reduced, and the production efficiency of the battery is improved.

With reference to fig. 2 and 3, it can be understood that the lifting assembly 220 includes a first driving member 221 and a movable block 222, the movable block 222 is disposed at a movable end of the first driving member 221, and the first driving member 221 drives the movable block 222 to move in a vertical direction, so as to raise the battery cell. The first driving member 221 drives the movable block 222 to move in the vertical direction, so that the battery cell is lifted by the movable block 222, and the battery cell is clamped between the movable block 222 and the transmission assembly 230. It should be noted that, the width of the movable block 222 matches the diameter of the battery cell, so that it is possible to avoid lifting up multiple battery cells at the same time, and prevent multiple battery cells from flowing into the second conveyor 210 at the same time. The first driving member 221 may be a linear cylinder or a linear sliding table module.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the upper side surface of the movable block 222 is disposed obliquely so as to abut the battery cell against the positioning member 240. After the battery cell is output from the discharge end 111 of the first conveyor 110, the battery cell moves towards the lifting assembly 220, and due to the inclined arrangement of the upper side surface of the movable block 222, the battery cell can roll towards the positioning component 240, and the battery cell is abutted against the positioning component 240, so that the battery cell can be stabilized at the lifting assembly 220. Meanwhile, the upper side surface of the movable block 222 inclines towards the second conveyor 210, so that the battery cell can be prevented from rolling towards the first conveyor 110, the battery cell can move smoothly, and the conveying efficiency of the battery cell is improved.

It will be appreciated that, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the lifting assembly 220 further comprises a detecting member (not shown in the drawings) disposed on the movable block 222, the detecting member being used for detecting the position of the movable block 222. The detection part is provided on the movable block 222 to detect the position of the movable block 222, thereby detecting the moving distance of the movable block 222. It should be noted that, in order to improve the production quality of the battery and prevent the battery core with an unqualified diameter from flowing into the production line, the diameter of the battery core can be detected by detecting the movement distance of the movable block 222, because the diameter of the battery core with qualified diameter can float within a tolerance range, the movement distance of the first driving piece 221 driving the movable block 222 can be kept within a certain range, therefore, the range of the moving distance of the movable block 222 is preset, and by detecting the moving distance of the movable block 222, when the moving distance of the movable block 222 is greater than or less than a range of the preset moving distance of the movable block 222, the diameter of the battery cell is determined to be unqualified, when the movement distance of the movable block 222 falls into the range of the movement distance of the preset movable block 222, the diameter of the battery cell is determined to be qualified, thereby can distinguish the unqualified electric core of diameter, avoid unqualified electric core to flow into in the production.

It can be understood that, referring to fig. 4 and 5, a transfer component 211 is disposed at an end of the second conveyor 210 away from the first rotary mechanical arm 310, the transfer component 211 includes a seventh driving component 212, a top block 213 and a chute 214, the top block 213 is disposed at one side of the second conveyor 210, the chute 214 is disposed at the other side of the second conveyor 210, and the seventh driving component 212 drives the top block 213 to move along the horizontal direction so as to drive the unqualified cell to move towards the chute 214. When the detection component detects that the diameter of the battery cell is unqualified, the second conveyor 210 drives the battery cell to move towards the direction close to the chute 214, when the battery cell moves to the working range of the seventh driving component 212, the seventh driving component 212 drives the ejector block 213 to move along the horizontal direction, so that the battery cell on the second conveyor 210 is driven to the chute 214, the unqualified battery cell is collected through the chute 214, and the unqualified battery cell is prevented from flowing into a production line. It should be noted that the seventh driving element 212 may be a linear cylinder or an electric push rod.

As can be appreciated, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the conveying assembly 230 includes a second driving element 231 and a limiting plate 232, the second driving element 231 drives the limiting plate 232 to move along the first direction, and the limiting plate 232 drives the battery cell to move along the positioning component 240 to the second conveyor 210. Lifting unit 220 drive electricity core risees until electricity core and limiting plate 232 butt, then second driving piece 231 drive limiting plate 232 moves along first direction to drive electricity core rolls to second conveyer 210 along locating part 240, avoids electric core to pile up at discharge end 111. It should be noted that the second driving element 231 may be a linear cylinder or a linear sliding table module.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the conveying assembly 230 further includes a third driving member 233 and a pushing plate 234, the third driving member 233 drives the pushing plate 234 to move along the first direction, and the pushing plate 234 is used for feeding the electric cores to the lifting assembly 220 one by one. Third driving piece 233 drives push pedal 234 and follows the first direction motion to make electric core can follow discharge end 111 and move to lifting unit 220, make and in time to see off discharge end 111's electric core, can avoid a plurality of electric cores to gush lifting unit 220 simultaneously, make electric core carry one by one, the convenience is processed electric core. It should be noted that the third driving element 233 can be a linear cylinder or a linear slide module.

It should be noted that, a through hole is provided on the pushing plate 234, and the limiting plate 232 can extend into or separate from the through hole, so that the movement of the pushing plate 234 and the limiting plate 232 does not interfere with each other. In addition, when the lifting assembly 220 drives the battery cells to rise, the third driving member 233 drives the pushing plate 231 to move in the first direction, so as to block the battery cells by the pushing plate 234, and prevent the battery cells from returning to the output end 111 of the first conveyor 110.

It will be appreciated that, with reference to fig. 2 and 3, the positioning component 240 is provided with a positioning portion 241 and a guiding portion 242, the positioning portion 241 being located at the discharge end 111 of the first conveyor 110 to position the cell at the lifting assembly 220, and the guiding portion 242 being used to guide the cell to move to the second conveyor 210. Location portion 241 is arranged at discharge end 111 of first conveyer 110, and the electric core is followed discharge end 111 output back, rolls to lifting unit 220, until electric core and location portion 241 butt to make electric core location and stabilize in lifting unit 220 department, so that lifting unit 220 drive electric core risees. The guide portion 242 is in butt joint with the second conveyor 210, so that the battery cell can move towards the second conveyor 210 along the guide portion 242, and the battery cell can smoothly move to the second conveyor 210.

Wherein, for improving the smoothness degree that electric core moved to second conveyer 210, guide part 242 sets up towards the slope of the side of second conveyer 210 for electric core can smoothly roll to second conveyer 210 when moving along guide part 242, has reduced the difference in height between guide part 242 and the second conveyer 210, makes on electric core can steadily shift to second conveyer 210, prevents the electric core spring, avoids putting of electric core direction to reverse, improves the conveying efficiency of electric core.

It is understood that, referring to fig. 4 and 6, the first rotary mechanical arm 310 includes a fourth driving component 311 and a receiving component 312, the receiving component 312 includes a plurality of receiving barrels 313 for receiving the battery cells, the receiving barrels 313 are abutted with the second conveyor 210 to receive the battery cells sent by the second conveyor 210, and the fourth driving component 311 drives the receiving component 312 to rotate in a vertical plane to make the receiving barrels 313 abutted with the second rotary mechanical arm 320 so that the second rotary mechanical arm 320 can take out the battery cells from the receiving barrels 313. The storage part 312 is driven by the fourth driving part 311 to rotate, so that the storage barrel 313 can be abutted with the second conveyor 210, the battery cell conveyed from the second conveyor 210 can be received by the storage barrel 313, and after the battery cell enters the storage barrel 313, the storage part 312 is driven by the fourth driving part 311 to rotate, so that the second rotary mechanical arm 320 can be abutted with the storage barrel 313, so that the second rotary mechanical arm 320 can take out the battery cell from the storage barrel 313. The fourth driving element 311 may be an electric motor or an air motor.

It should be noted that the fourth driver 311 drives the storage member 312 to rotate by an angle of 90 degrees, so that the battery cell can be stabilized in the storage barrel 313, the battery cell is prevented from falling from the storage barrel 313, the storage barrel 313 can receive the battery cell from the second conveyor 210, and the storage barrel 313 can be abutted against the second rotary mechanical arm 320 after the fourth driver 311 drives the storage member 312 to rotate.

It can be understood that, referring to fig. 4 and 7, the second rotary mechanical arm 320 includes a fifth driving element 321, a sixth driving element 322, and a clamping member 323, where the fifth driving element 321 drives the sixth driving element 322 and the clamping member 323 to rotate in a horizontal plane, the sixth driving element 322 drives the clamping member to move in a vertical direction, and the clamping member 323 is used for clamping the battery cell. The fifth driving element 321 drives the sixth driving element 322 and the clamping element 323 to rotate in the horizontal plane, the sixth driving element 322 drives the clamping element 323 to move in the vertical direction, the fifth driving element 321 drives the clamping element 323 to be in butt joint with the first rotary mechanical arm 310, the sixth driving element 322 drives the clamping element 323 to move in the direction close to the first rotary mechanical arm 310, the clamping element 323 clamps the battery cell from the first rotary mechanical arm 310, then the sixth driving element 322 drives the clamping element 323 to move in the direction away from the first rotary mechanical arm 310 so as to draw the battery cell out of the first rotary mechanical arm 310, the fifth driving element 321 drives the clamping element 323 to rotate in the horizontal plane so as to output the battery cell in the clamping element 323, and the above process is repeated, so that the battery cell can be continuously transported from the first rotary mechanical arm 310, an artificial battery cell is replaced by throwing, and the loading efficiency of the battery cell is improved.

It should be noted that the running speeds of the first rotary mechanical arm 310 and the second rotary mechanical arm 320 are the same, so that the second rotary mechanical arm 320 can transfer the battery cell in the first rotary mechanical arm 310 in time, the battery cell is prevented from being accumulated on the first rotary mechanical arm 310, and the battery cell conveying efficiency is improved. The fifth driving element 321 may be a motor, a driving motor, and the sixth driving element 322 may be a linear cylinder or a linear sliding table module.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. Electric core loading attachment, its characterized in that includes:

the feeding mechanism comprises a first conveyor, and the first conveyor is arranged along a first direction;

the conveying mechanism comprises a second conveyor, a lifting assembly, a conveying assembly and a positioning component, wherein the second conveyor is arranged along a second direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, one end of the positioning component is in butt joint with the discharge end of the first conveyor, the other end of the positioning component is in butt joint with the second conveyor, the lifting assembly is arranged between the first conveyor and the positioning component, the conveying assembly is arranged above the positioning component, the lifting assembly is used for lifting a battery cell so that the battery cell can pass through the positioning component, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the battery cell to roll to the second conveyor along the positioning component;

and the transferring mechanism comprises a first rotary mechanical arm and a second rotary mechanical arm, the first rotary mechanical arm is in butt joint with the second conveyor to receive the battery cell, and the second rotary mechanical arm is in butt joint with the first rotary mechanical arm to take out the battery cell from the first rotary mechanical arm and send the battery cell out of the battery cell feeding device.

2. The cell loading device according to claim 1, wherein the lifting assembly includes a first driving member and a movable block, the movable block is mounted at a movable end of the first driving member, and the first driving member drives the movable block to move in a vertical direction, so as to lift the cell.

3. The cell loading device according to claim 2, wherein an upper side surface of the movable block is disposed obliquely so as to abut the cell against the positioning member.

4. The battery cell loading device according to claim 2, wherein the lifting assembly further comprises a detection component, the detection component is disposed on the movable block, and the detection component is configured to detect a position of the movable block.

5. The battery cell loading device according to claim 4, wherein a transfer component is disposed at an end of the second conveyor, which is away from the first rotary mechanical arm, and the transfer component includes a seventh driving member, a top block and a chute, the top block is disposed at one side of the second conveyor, the chute is disposed at the other side of the second conveyor, and the seventh driving member drives the top block to move in a horizontal direction, so as to drive the unqualified battery cell to move toward the chute.

6. The cell loading device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission assembly includes a second driving element and a limiting plate, the second driving element drives the limiting plate to move along the first direction, and the limiting plate drives the cell to move along the positioning component to the second conveyor.

7. The cell loading device according to claim 6, wherein the transport assembly further includes a third driving member and a pushing plate, the third driving member drives the pushing plate to move along the first direction, and the pushing plate is configured to send the cells to the lifting assembly one by one.

8. The cell loading device according to claim 1, wherein the positioning component includes a positioning portion and a guiding portion, the positioning portion is located at a discharge end of the first conveyor to position the cell at the lifting assembly, and the guiding portion is used for guiding the cell to move to the second conveyor.

9. The cell loading device according to claim 1, wherein the first rotary mechanical arm comprises a fourth driving member and a receiving member, the receiving member comprises a plurality of receiving barrels for receiving the cells, and the fourth driving member drives the receiving member to rotate in a vertical plane, so that the receiving barrels are in butt joint with the second rotary mechanical arm, so that the second rotary mechanical arm can take the cells out of the receiving barrels.

10. The cell loading device according to claim 1, wherein the second rotary mechanical arm includes a fifth driving member, a sixth driving member, and a clamping member, the fifth driving member drives the sixth driving member and the clamping member to rotate in a horizontal plane, the sixth driving member drives the clamping member to move in a vertical direction, and the clamping member is configured to clamp the cell.

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