CN217376411U

CN217376411U - Equipment is shot to outward appearance of lithium cell

Info

Publication number: CN217376411U
Application number: CN202220306146.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张俊峰; 谢朝明
Original assignee: Guangzhou Supersonic Automation Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Supersonic Artificial Intelligence Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-02-15
Filing date: 2022-02-15
Publication date: 2022-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 2032-02-15

Abstract

The utility model discloses an appearance shooting device of a lithium battery, which comprises a frame, a picking structure, a transfer device, a limiting structure and a CCD camera; the frame is provided with a detection station and a material arrival station which are used for placing external lithium batteries respectively; the picking structure is used for picking the external lithium battery in the material station; the transfer device is used for driving the picking structure to move so as to transfer the external lithium battery picked by the picking structure to the detection station; the limiting structure is used for limiting the movement stroke of the picking structure; the CCD camera is used for acquiring an appearance image of an external lithium battery in the detection station. The utility model discloses set up limit structure, inject the motion stroke that picks up the structure, so, transfer the outside lithium cell in-process that picks up the structure and pick up, need not the stroke of transferring of the outside lithium cell of artificial control, reduce workman intensity of labour.

Description

Equipment is shot to outward appearance of lithium cell

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a shoot equipment, especially relate to an equipment is shot to outward appearance of lithium cell.

Background

At present, the lithium cell outward appearance is often detected to the mode that adopts visual detection, specifically, adopts the CCD camera to acquire the lithium cell outward appearance and in order to carry out the outward appearance and detect, however, the in-process of transferring the lithium cell of previous process to the detection range of CCD camera during production, needs the travel of transferring of artificial control lithium cell, leads to workman intensity of labour big.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the not enough of prior art, the utility model aims to provide an equipment is shot to outward appearance of lithium cell, it need not to carry out the operation of focusing of CCD camera, can accomplish two detections that wait to detect the side of lithium cell, the simplified operation.

The purpose of the utility model is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:

an appearance photographing apparatus of a lithium battery, comprising:

the device comprises a rack, a detection device and a feeding device, wherein the rack is provided with a detection station and a material arrival station which are used for placing an external lithium battery respectively;

the picking structure is used for picking the external lithium battery in the material receiving station;

the transfer device is used for driving the picking structure to move so as to transfer the external lithium battery picked by the picking structure to the detection station;

the limiting structure is used for limiting the movement stroke of the picking structure;

and the CCD camera is used for acquiring an appearance image of the external lithium battery in the detection station.

Further, the limiting structure comprises a first detector and a controller, wherein the first detector is used for detecting the picking structure and sending a first signal to the controller when the picking structure drives the external lithium battery to reach the detection station; the controller is used for controlling the operation of the transfer device according to the first signal.

Further, the limiting structure further comprises a second detector, the second detector is used for sending a second signal to the controller when the picking structure is detected, and the controller is further used for controlling the transfer device to operate according to the second signal; the picking structure can pick up the external lithium battery in the material station when being at the position detected by the second detector.

Further, the CCD camera is disposed toward the horizontal direction.

Further, the detection station is positioned above the material feeding station; the transfer device is used for driving the picking structure to lift.

Further, the pickup structure includes a suction cup for sucking an external lithium battery.

Furthermore, the device also comprises a buffering elastic structure, and the transfer device is in transmission connection with the sucker through the buffering elastic structure.

Further, the pick-up device comprises a horizontal driving device, and the horizontal driving device is used for driving the pick-up structure to horizontally move relative to the CCD camera.

Further, the rotating device is used for driving the picking structure to rotate so as to adjust the surface, facing the CCD camera, of the external lithium battery picked by the picking structure.

Furthermore, the external lithium battery is provided with a first surface to be detected and a second surface to be detected, wherein the distances between the first surface to be detected and the axis passing through the center of the external lithium battery are the same; the rotating device is used for driving the picking structure to rotate around the center of the external lithium battery so as to adjust the external lithium battery from the first surface to be detected to the CCD camera to enable the second surface to be detected to face the CCD camera.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that:

the utility model discloses set up limit structure, inject the motion stroke that picks up the structure, so, transfer the outside lithium cell in-process that picks up the structure and pick up, need not the stroke of transferring of the outside lithium cell of artificial control, reduce workman intensity of labour.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an appearance photographing device of a lithium battery according to the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional lithium battery;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional lithium battery (with a different view angle from fig. 2).

In the figure: 10. a CCD camera; 20. a pick-up structure; 30. a transfer device; 40. a rotating device; 50. a limiting structure; 51. a first detector; 52. a second detector; 60. buffering elasticity; 70. a horizontal driving device; 80. a lithium battery; 81. a first surface to be detected; 82. a second surface to be detected; 90. detecting a station; 100. and (5) feeding to a material station.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, the utility model discloses an appearance shooting device for a lithium battery, which comprises a frame, a picking structure 20, a moving device, a limiting structure 50 and a CCD camera 10; the frame is provided with a detection station 90 and a material arrival station 100 which are respectively used for placing an external lithium battery 80; the picking structure 20 is used for picking the external lithium battery 80 in the material station 100; the transfer device 30 is used for driving the picking structure 20 to move so as to transfer the external lithium battery 80 picked by the picking structure 20 to the detection station 90; the limiting structure 50 is used for limiting the movement stroke of the picking structure 20; the CCD camera 10 is used to acquire an appearance image of the external lithium battery 80 in the inspection station 90; therefore, the limiting structure 50 limits the stroke of the picking structure 20, so that the transfer stroke of the external lithium battery 80 does not need to be controlled manually in the process of transferring the external lithium battery 80 picked by the picking structure 20, and the labor intensity of workers is reduced.

In other embodiments, the limiting structure 50 includes a limiting block, which abuts against the picking structure 20 to prevent the picking structure 20 from moving continuously, but the transfer device 30 continues to operate at this time, which wastes resources.

In this embodiment, the limiting structure 50 includes a first detector 51 and a controller, where the first detector 51 is configured to detect the pickup structure 20 when the pickup structure 20 drives the external lithium battery 80 to reach the detection station 90 and send a first signal to the controller; the controller is used for controlling the operation of the transferring device 30 according to the first signal; in this way, the controller stops the movement of the transfer device 30 upon receiving the first signal, thus achieving the limitation of the movement stroke of the pick-up structure 20; at this time, the transfer device 30 stops operating, thereby saving energy and protecting the transfer device 30.

The limiting structure 50 of the embodiment further includes a second detector 52, the second detector 52 is configured to send a second signal to the controller when detecting the pickup structure 20, and the controller is further configured to control the operation of the transfer device 30 according to the second signal; the picking structure 20 is capable of picking up the external lithium battery 80 in the material station 100 when in the position detected by the second detector 52, and it is understood that when the second detector 52 detects the picking structure 20, the picking structure 20 is in the position to reach the position capable of picking up the external lithium battery 80 on the material station 100; in this way, the controller stops the movement of the transfer device 30 upon receiving the second signal, thus achieving the limitation of the movement stroke of the pick-up structure 20.

It is worth mentioning that the first detector 51 and the second detector 52 may be commercially available fiber optic sensors.

In other embodiments, the limiting structure 50 may also adopt a structure in which the limiting block and the detector are combined, for example, the limiting structure 50 includes two detectors and two limiting blocks at the same time, or the limiting structure 50 includes a limiting block and a detector corresponding to the detection station 90 and the material arrival station 100, respectively.

The CCD camera 10 of the present embodiment is disposed in a horizontal direction for photographing the side appearance of the lithium battery 80.

In this embodiment, the detection station 90 is located above the material arrival station 100, and the transfer device 30 is used for driving the picking structure 20 to ascend and descend; at this moment, can make outside lithium cell 80 unsettled when outside lithium cell 80 rises to detection station 90, and avoid external parts to cause the sheltering from to outside lithium cell 80 side, ensure that outside lithium cell 80 side outward appearance obtains the accuracy.

The above-mentioned transfer device 30 may be a commercially available air cylinder, but may be of other structure, such as a structure in which a rotary motor is engaged with a screw rod.

The pickup structure 20 of the embodiment includes a suction cup for sucking the external lithium battery 80, and at this time, when the transfer device 30 drives the pickup structure 20 to descend, the suction cup can be pressed against the external lithium battery 80, so as to ensure the reliability of the suction; meanwhile, the sucker can be prevented from being excessively pressed down under the action of the limiting structure 50.

The present embodiment further includes a buffer elastic structure 60, and the transfer device 30 is in transmission connection with the suction cup through the buffer elastic structure 60, so as to buffer the pressure on the external lithium battery 80 when adsorbing the external lithium battery 80.

In order to prevent the external lithium battery 80 from shifting horizontally relative to the CCD camera 10, the present embodiment further includes a horizontal driving device 70, and the horizontal driving device 70 is used for driving the picking-up structure 20 to move horizontally relative to the CCD camera 10.

The horizontal driving device 70 of the present embodiment may be a commercially available air cylinder, but may also be configured in other ways, such as a structure in which a rotary motor is engaged with a screw rod.

The horizontal driving device 70 may be used to drive the transfer device 30 and the pick-up structure 20 to synchronously move horizontally, or the transfer device 30 may be used to drive the horizontal driving device 70 and the pick-up structure 20 to synchronously lift.

The embodiment further includes a rotating device 40, where the rotating device 40 is used to drive the pickup structure 20 to rotate so as to adjust the face of the external lithium battery 80 picked up by the pickup structure 20 and facing the CCD camera 10; thus, appearance detection of a plurality of surfaces of the external lithium battery 80 can be realized.

The rotating device 40 of the present embodiment may employ, but is not limited to, a motor, a rotating hollow platform, and the like.

Referring to fig. 2 to 3, the external lithium battery 80 has a first surface to be detected 81 and a second surface to be detected 82, which are respectively at the same distance from the axis passing through the center of the external lithium battery 80; referring to fig. 1, the rotating device 40 is configured to drive the pickup structure 20 to rotate around the center of the external lithium battery 80 to adjust the external lithium battery 80 from the first surface 81 to be detected to face the CCD camera 10 to the second surface 82 to be detected to face the CCD camera 10, so that when the first surface 81 to be detected and the second surface 82 to be detected are switched to face the CCD camera 10, the distances between the first surface 81 to be detected before switching and the second surface 82 to be detected after switching and the CCD camera 10 are respectively different, and thus, the focusing operation of the CCD camera 10 is not required, and the efficiency is improved.

It should be noted that, the rotation axis of the picking structure 20 can be coincident with the axis passing through the center of the external lithium battery 80, so that when the rotating device 40 drives the picking structure 20 to rotate, the picking structure 20 can be driven to rotate around the center of the external lithium battery 80

The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention cannot be limited thereby, and any insubstantial changes and substitutions made by those skilled in the art based on the present invention are all within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An appearance photographing device of a lithium battery, comprising:

the device comprises a rack, a detection station (90) and a material arrival station (100), wherein the detection station and the material arrival station are respectively used for placing an external lithium battery (80);

a pick-up structure (20) for picking up the external lithium battery (80) in the material station (100);

the transfer device (30) is used for driving the picking structure (20) to move so as to transfer the external lithium battery (80) picked by the picking structure (20) to the detection station (90);

a limit structure (50) for limiting the movement stroke of the pick-up structure (20);

and the CCD camera (10) is used for acquiring an appearance image of the external lithium battery (80) in the detection station (90).

2. The appearance photographing device of the lithium battery as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position limiting structure (50) comprises a first detector (51) and a controller, the first detector (51) is configured to detect the picking structure (20) and send a first signal to the controller when the picking structure (20) drives the external lithium battery (80) to the detection station (90); the controller is used for controlling the operation of the transfer device (30) according to the first signal.

3. The appearance photographing apparatus for lithium batteries according to claim 2, wherein the position limiting structure (50) further comprises a second detector (52), the second detector (52) is configured to send a second signal to the controller when detecting the pickup structure (20), and the controller is further configured to control the moving device (30) to operate according to the second signal; the pick-up structure (20) is capable of picking up an external lithium battery (80) within the infeed station (100) when in a position detected by the second detector (52).

4. The appearance photographing device of a lithium battery as claimed in claim 1, wherein the CCD camera (10) is disposed in a horizontal direction.

5. The lithium battery appearance photographing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the detection station (90) is located above the material arriving station (100); the transfer device (30) is used for driving the picking structure (20) to lift.

6. Appearance photographing device for lithium batteries according to claim 5, characterized in that the pick-up structure (20) comprises a suction cup for sucking up an external lithium battery (80).

7. The appearance photographing apparatus for a lithium battery according to claim 6, further comprising a buffer elastic (60) structure, wherein the transfer device (30) is in driving connection with the suction cup through the buffer elastic (60) structure.

8. The appearance photographing device of the lithium battery as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a horizontal driving means (70), wherein the horizontal driving means (70) is used for driving the pickup structure (20) to move horizontally relative to the CCD camera (10).

9. The appearance photographing device of the lithium battery as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a rotating device (40), wherein the rotating device (40) is used for driving the pickup structure (20) to rotate so as to adjust the face of the external lithium battery (80) picked up by the pickup structure (20) to face the CCD camera (10).

10. The appearance photographing apparatus for a lithium battery as claimed in claim 9, wherein the external lithium battery (80) has a first surface to be detected (81) and a second surface to be detected (82) which are respectively at the same distance from an axis passing through the center of the external lithium battery (80); the rotating device (40) is used for driving the picking structure (20) to rotate around the center of the external lithium battery (80) so as to adjust the external lithium battery (80) from the first surface to be detected (81) to the CCD camera (10) to enable the second surface to be detected (82) to face the CCD camera (10).