CN218193693U - Lithium battery pole piece slitting machine - Google Patents

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CN218193693U
CN218193693U CN202222558636.0U CN202222558636U CN218193693U CN 218193693 U CN218193693 U CN 218193693U CN 202222558636 U CN202222558636 U CN 202222558636U CN 218193693 U CN218193693 U CN 218193693U
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The utility model discloses a lithium battery pole piece slitting machine, wherein a slitting roller is rotatably arranged between the right parts of a pair of working supporting plates; a plurality of circular cutters which are uniformly distributed in the front and back are arranged on the slitting roller; the lithium battery pole piece horizontally passes through the space between the pair of first conveying rollers and the pair of second conveying rollers from right to left; the cutting roller is positioned between the first conveying roller and the second conveying roller on the upper side; the adjacent pole pieces are separated up and down and penetrate through the pair of third conveying rollers and the pair of fourth conveying rollers on the corresponding sides, and finally are wound on the winding rollers on the corresponding sides; the pole pieces between the pair of third conveying rollers and the pair of fourth conveying rollers are horizontally arranged in a strip manner; an edge grinding unit is arranged between the pair of second conveying rollers and the pair of third conveying rollers; the edge polishing unit is used for polishing two edges of the pole piece strips; a cleaning device is arranged between the pair of third conveying rollers and the pair of fourth conveying rollers; the cleaning device is used for cleaning the polished scraps; utility model advantage: simple structure makes things convenient for the both sides of pole piece branch strip to polish.

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Lithium battery pole piece slitting machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a lithium-ion battery pole piece divides technical field of strip, concretely relates to lithium-ion battery pole piece divides strip machine.
Background
The lithium battery is formed by processing and combining metal lithium and manganese dioxide, the metal lithium is used as a pole piece of a negative pole, and in order to ensure that the size of the pole piece is the same, a cutting knife of a slitting machine is used for sectioning a lithium metal plate; in the prior art, when a slitting machine cuts and segments a metal lithium plate, the metal lithium plate is driven to advance through a winding device, burrs are generated on two sides of the lithium bar during cutting, the lithium bar is directly processed into a pole piece, and the pole piece is installed on a plated negative electrode of a battery, so that the leakage phenomenon of the battery is easily caused, the voltage of the battery is low, and the use of the battery is influenced; meanwhile, the gaps between adjacent strips are limited, so that the grinding is inconvenient.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses a purpose divides strip machine to current pole piece and polishes inconvenient technical problem, provides a lithium-ion battery pole piece divides strip machine.
The utility model provides an above-mentioned technical problem's technical scheme as follows: a lithium battery pole piece slitting machine comprises a pair of working supporting plates and a polishing and cleaning unit which are distributed in the front and back direction; a slitting roller is rotatably arranged between the right parts of the pair of working supporting plates; a plurality of circular cutters which are uniformly distributed in the front and the back are arranged on the slitting roller; a conveying unit is arranged between the pair of working supporting plates; the conveying unit comprises a pair of first conveying rollers distributed up and down, a pair of second conveying rollers distributed up and down, two pairs of third conveying rollers distributed up and down, two pairs of fourth conveying rollers distributed up and down and a pair of winding rollers distributed up and down; the first conveying roller, the second conveying roller, the third conveying roller, the fourth conveying roller and the winding roller are distributed from right to left and are rotationally arranged between the pair of working supporting plates; the upper pair of third conveying rollers, the upper pair of fourth conveying rollers and the upper wind-up roller are positioned on the upper sides of the first conveying roller and the pair of second conveying rollers; the lower pair of third conveying rollers, the lower pair of fourth conveying rollers and the lower wind-up roller are positioned at the lower sides of the first conveying roller and the pair of second conveying rollers; the lithium battery pole piece horizontally penetrates between the pair of first conveying rollers and the pair of second conveying rollers from right to left; the cutting roller is positioned between the first conveying roller and the second conveying roller on the upper side; the adjacent pole pieces are separated up and down and penetrate through the pair of third conveying rollers and the pair of fourth conveying rollers on the corresponding sides, and finally are wound on the winding rollers on the corresponding sides; the pole pieces between the pair of third conveying rollers and the pair of fourth conveying rollers are horizontally arranged in a strip manner; the grinding and cleaning unit comprises a pair of edge grinding units and a pair of cleaning devices; the edge grinding unit is arranged between the pair of second conveying rollers and the pair of third conveying rollers; the edge grinding unit is used for grinding two edges of the divided strips of the pole piece; the cleaning device is arranged between the pair of third conveying rollers and the pair of fourth conveying rollers; the cleaning device is used for cleaning the waste scraps after polishing.
Preferably, the edge grinding unit includes a grinding support plate disposed between the pair of work support plates; the grinding support plate is arranged in parallel with the pole piece strips on the corresponding side; a plurality of groups of polishing units along the length direction of the polishing support plate are fixed on the end surface of the polishing support plate close to the pole piece strips; the polishing unit comprises a plurality of pairs of rectangular frame-shaped polishing seats which are distributed in the front and back direction; the pair of polishing seats are positioned at the front end and the rear end of the pole piece strips on the corresponding sides, and polishing inlet grooves for the pole piece strips to pass through are formed on the end surfaces of the polishing seats close to the pole piece strips; a polishing support block is detachably fixed on the side wall of the interior of the polishing seat far away from the pole piece strips; and the end surface of the polishing supporting block close to the pole piece strips is fixedly provided with a polishing sheet.
As the optimization of the technical scheme, a plurality of pairs of connecting bolts vertically penetrate through the grinding supporting plate; the connecting bolt vertically penetrates through and is in threaded connection with the polishing seat; and a connecting threaded hole matched with the connecting bolt is formed on the polishing supporting block.
Preferably, the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the grinding supporting block are respectively provided with a rectangular groove-shaped moving guide groove with a left opening and a right opening; the upper side wall and the lower side wall of the polishing seat are respectively provided with a movable guide block matched with the movable guide groove; the connecting bolt vertically passes through the moving guide block on the corresponding side and the connecting threaded hole is formed on the bottom surface of the moving guide groove on the corresponding side.
Preferably, the cleaning device comprises a pair of cleaning support plates which are fixed between the pair of working support plates and distributed up and down; the pair of cleaning support plates are respectively positioned on the upper side and the lower side of the pole piece strips; a dust suction nozzle is arranged on the end surface of the cleaning support plate close to the pole piece strips; the dust suction nozzle is connected with an external dust suction device.
As the optimization of the technical scheme, the wind-up roll comprises a plurality of cylindrical connecting columns which are distributed in the front-back direction and a wind-up roll body which is fixed between the adjacent connecting columns; the winding roller bodies of the pair of winding rollers are arranged in a vertically staggered mode.
Preferably, the left ends of the end surfaces, which are close to each other, of the pair of working support plates are rotatably provided with a rotary connecting seat; a connecting hole for inserting the connecting column is formed in the end face, away from the working supporting plate, of the rotary connecting seat; a connecting bolt is radially screwed on the outer cylindrical surface of the rotary connecting seat; the inner side end of the connecting bolt abuts against the connecting column; the rotary connecting seat is driven by a servo motor.
The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that: simple structure makes things convenient for the both sides of pole piece branch strip to polish.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cross section of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a cross section of the edge grinding unit of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the connection between the wind-up roll 25 and the pair of working support plates 10 according to the present invention;
in the figure, 10, the work support plate; 11. a rotating connecting seat; 12. a connecting bolt; 13. a slitting roller; 131. a circular ring cutter; 20. a transfer unit; 21. a first transfer roller; 22. a second transfer roller; 23. A third transfer roller; 24. a fourth transfer roller; 25. a wind-up roll; 251. a wind-up roll body; 252. connecting columns; 30. a polishing and cleaning unit; 31. polishing the supporting plate; 32. a polishing unit; 321. polishing the base; 3210. polishing and feeding into the groove; 3211. moving the guide block; 322. polishing the supporting block; 3220. a moving guide groove; 32201. connecting the threaded hole; 323. grinding the sheets; 324. a connecting bolt; 40. pole pieces of lithium batteries; 41. And (5) dividing the pole piece into strips.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a lithium battery pole piece slitting machine comprises a pair of working support plates 10 and a grinding and cleaning unit 30 which are distributed in front and back; a slitting roller 13 is rotatably arranged between the right parts of the pair of work supporting plates 10; a plurality of circular cutters 131 which are uniformly distributed front and back are arranged on the slitting roller 13; a transfer unit 20 is provided between the pair of work support plates 10; the conveying unit 20 comprises a pair of first conveying rollers 21 distributed up and down, a pair of second conveying rollers 22 distributed up and down, two pairs of third conveying rollers 23 distributed up and down, two pairs of fourth conveying rollers 24 distributed up and down and a pair of take-up rollers 25 distributed up and down; a first transfer roller 21, a second transfer roller 22, a third transfer roller 23, a fourth transfer roller 24 and a wind-up roller 25 are distributed from right to left and rotatably disposed between a pair of work support plates 10; the upper pair of third conveyance rollers 23, the upper pair of fourth conveyance rollers 24, and the upper wind-up roller 25 are positioned above the first conveyance roller 21 and the pair of second conveyance rollers 22; a pair of third conveyance rollers 23 on the lower side, a pair of fourth conveyance rollers 24 on the lower side, and a take-up roller 25 on the lower side are positioned on the lower sides of the first conveyance roller 21 and the pair of second conveyance rollers 22; the lithium battery pole piece 40 horizontally passes through the space between the pair of first conveying rollers 21 and the pair of second conveying rollers 22 from right to left; the dividing roller 13 is positioned between the first conveying roller 21 and the second conveying roller 22 on the upper side; the adjacent pole piece strips 41 are separated up and down and pass through the pair of third conveying rollers 23, the pair of fourth conveying rollers 24 of the corresponding sides and are finally wound on the winding rollers 25 of the corresponding sides; the pole piece strips 41 between the pair of third conveying rollers 23 and the pair of fourth conveying rollers 24 are horizontally arranged; the grinding and cleaning unit 30 includes a pair of edge grinding units and a pair of cleaning devices; the edge grinding unit is disposed between the pair of second conveyance rollers 22 and the pair of third conveyance rollers 23; the edge grinding unit is used for grinding two sides of the pole piece strips 41; the cleaning device is provided between the pair of third conveyance rollers 23 and the pair of fourth conveyance rollers 24; the cleaning device is used for cleaning the waste scraps after polishing.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the edge grinding unit includes a grinding support plate 31 disposed between a pair of work support plates 10; the grinding support plate 31 is arranged in parallel with the pole piece strips 41 on the corresponding side; a plurality of groups of polishing units 32 along the length direction of the polishing support plate 31 are fixed on the end surface of the polishing support plate 31 close to the pole piece strips 41; the polishing unit 32 includes a plurality of pairs of rectangular frame-shaped polishing bases 321 distributed in a front-back direction; a pair of grinding seats 321 are positioned at the front and rear ends of the pole piece strips 41 on the corresponding sides, and grinding grooves 3210 for the pole piece strips 41 to penetrate are formed on the end surfaces of the grinding seats 321 close to the pole piece strips 41; a polishing support block 322 is detachably fixed on the side wall of the polishing seat 321 far away from the pole piece strip 41; and a grinding piece 323 is fixed on the end surface of the grinding support block 322 close to the pole piece strip 41.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a plurality of pairs of connecting bolts 324 vertically pass through the grinding support plate 31; the connecting bolt 324 vertically penetrates through and is screwed on the grinding seat 321; a connection threaded hole 32201 matched with the connection bolt 324 is formed on the grinding support block 322.
As shown in fig. 2, the upper and lower end surfaces of the grinding support block 322 are respectively formed with a moving guide groove 3220 in the shape of a rectangular groove with left and right openings; the upper and lower side walls of the polishing seat 321 are respectively formed with a movable guide block 3211 matched with the movable guide groove 3220; the coupling bolt 324 vertically passes through the moving guide 3211 of the corresponding side and a coupling screw hole 32201 is formed on the bottom surface of the moving guide 3220 of the corresponding side.
As shown in fig. 1, the cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning support plate 33 fixed between a pair of work support plates 10 and distributed up and down; the pair of cleaning support plates 33 are respectively positioned on the upper side and the lower side of the pole piece strips 41; a dust suction nozzle 34 is arranged on the end surface of the cleaning support plate 33 close to the pole piece parting strip 41; the suction nozzle 34 is connected to an external suction device.
As shown in fig. 3, the wind-up roll 25 includes a plurality of cylindrical connecting posts 252 distributed in tandem and a wind-up roll body 251 fixed between adjacent connecting posts 252; the wind-up roller bodies 251 of the pair of wind-up rollers 25 are staggered vertically.
As shown in fig. 3, the left ends of the end surfaces of the pair of work support plates 10 close to each other are rotatably provided with a rotary connecting seat 11; a connecting hole for inserting the connecting column 252 is formed on the end surface of the rotary connecting seat 11 far away from the working support plate 10; a connecting bolt 12 is radially screwed on the outer cylindrical surface of the rotary connecting seat 11; the inner end of the connecting bolt 12 abuts the connecting post 252.
The working principle of the lithium battery pole piece slitting machine is as follows:
the lithium battery pole piece 40 passes through the pair of first conveying rollers 21 from right to left and is conveyed leftwards by the pair of first conveying rollers 21, the slitting roller 13 is rotated to enable the circular cutting knife 131 on the slitting roller to cut the lithium battery pole piece 40, then the cut polished pole piece strips 41 pass through the pair of second conveying rollers 22, the adjacent polished pole piece strips 41 are separated up and down, then sequentially pass through the pair of third conveying rollers 23 and the pair of fourth conveying rollers 24 on the corresponding sides, and are wound on the winding roller 25; the polishing pieces 323 in the polishing seats 321 on the two sides of the polishing pole piece sub-strips 41 polish the two sides of the polishing pole piece sub-strips 41 in the process, and then the dust suction nozzle 34 connected with an external dust suction device sucks away waste scraps after polishing, so that the gaps between the polishing pole piece sub-strips 41 on the same side are large, and the polishing of the two sides of the pole piece sub-strips is facilitated.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, changes may be made in the detailed description and the application scope according to the idea of the present invention, and the description should not be construed as limiting the invention.

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1. The utility model provides a lithium battery pole piece divides strip machine which characterized in that: comprises a pair of working support plates (10) and a grinding and cleaning unit (30) which are distributed in the front and back direction; a slitting roller (13) is rotatably arranged between the right parts of the pair of working support plates (10); a plurality of circular cutters (131) which are uniformly distributed front and back are arranged on the slitting roller (13); a conveying unit (20) is arranged between the pair of working support plates (10); the conveying unit (20) comprises a pair of first conveying rollers (21) which are distributed up and down, a pair of second conveying rollers (22) which are distributed up and down, two pairs of third conveying rollers (23) which are distributed up and down, two pairs of fourth conveying rollers (24) which are distributed up and down and a pair of take-up rollers (25) which are distributed up and down; a first conveying roller (21), a second conveying roller (22), a third conveying roller (23), a fourth conveying roller (24) and a wind-up roller (25) are distributed from right to left and are rotatably arranged between a pair of working support plates (10); a pair of third conveying rollers (23) at the upper side, a pair of fourth conveying rollers (24) at the upper side and a winding roller (25) at the upper side are positioned at the upper sides of the first conveying roller (21) and the pair of second conveying rollers (22); a pair of third conveying rollers (23) on the lower side, a pair of fourth conveying rollers (24) on the lower side, and a winding roller (25) on the lower side are positioned on the lower sides of the first conveying roller (21) and the pair of second conveying rollers (22); the lithium battery pole piece (40) horizontally passes through the space between the pair of first conveying rollers (21) and the pair of second conveying rollers (22) from right to left; the cutting roller (13) is positioned between the first conveying roller (21) and the second conveying roller (22) on the upper side; the adjacent pole piece strips (41) are separated up and down and pass through a pair of third conveying rollers (23) and a pair of fourth conveying rollers (24) on the corresponding sides and are finally wound on winding rollers (25) on the corresponding sides; the pole piece strips (41) between the pair of third conveying rollers (23) and the pair of fourth conveying rollers (24) are horizontally arranged; the polishing and cleaning unit (30) comprises a pair of edge polishing units and a pair of cleaning devices; the edge grinding unit is arranged between the pair of second conveying rollers (22) and the pair of third conveying rollers (23); the edge grinding unit is used for grinding two sides of the pole piece strips (41); the cleaning device is arranged between the pair of third conveying rollers (23) and the pair of fourth conveying rollers (24); the cleaning device is used for cleaning waste scraps generated after polishing.
2. The lithium battery pole piece slitting machine according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the edge grinding unit comprises a grinding support plate (31) arranged between a pair of working support plates (10); the grinding support plate (31) is arranged in parallel with the pole piece strips (41) on the corresponding side; a plurality of groups of polishing units (32) along the length direction of the polishing support plate (31) are fixed on the end surface of the polishing support plate (31) close to the pole piece strips (41); the polishing unit (32) comprises a plurality of pairs of rectangular frame-shaped polishing seats (321) which are distributed in the front and back direction; a pair of polishing seats (321) are positioned at the front end and the rear end of the pole piece parting (41) at the corresponding sides, and polishing grooves (3210) for the pole piece parting (41) to penetrate are formed on the end surfaces of the polishing seats (321) close to the pole piece parting (41); a polishing supporting block (322) is detachably fixed on the side wall of the interior of the polishing seat (321) far away from the pole piece strip (41); and a polishing plate (323) is fixed on the end surface of the polishing support block (322) close to the pole piece parting strip (41).
3. The lithium battery pole piece slitting machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: a plurality of pairs of connecting bolts (324) vertically penetrate through the grinding support plate (31); the connecting bolt (324) vertically penetrates through and is screwed on the grinding seat (321); and a connecting threaded hole (32201) matched with the connecting bolt (324) is formed in the grinding supporting block (322).
4. The lithium battery pole piece slitting machine according to claim 3, is characterized in that: the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the polishing supporting block (322) are respectively provided with a rectangular groove-shaped moving guide groove (3220) with a left opening and a right opening; the upper and lower side walls of the polishing seat (321) are respectively provided with a movable guide block (3211) matched with the movable guide groove (3220); the connecting bolt (324) vertically passes through the moving guide block (3211) of the corresponding side and a connecting threaded hole (32201) is formed on the bottom surface of the moving guide groove (3220) of the corresponding side.
5. The lithium battery pole piece slitting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cleaning device comprises cleaning support plates (33) which are fixed between a pair of working support plates (10) and distributed up and down; a pair of cleaning support plates (33) are respectively positioned at the upper side and the lower side of the pole piece strip (41); a dust suction nozzle (34) is arranged on the end surface of the cleaning support plate (33) close to the pole piece strips (41); the dust suction nozzle (34) is connected with an external dust suction device.
6. The lithium battery pole piece slitting machine according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the winding roller (25) comprises a plurality of cylindrical connecting columns (252) which are distributed in the front-back direction and a winding roller body (251) fixed between the adjacent connecting columns (252); the winding roller bodies (251) of the pair of winding rollers (25) are arranged in a vertically staggered manner.
7. The lithium battery pole piece slitting machine according to claim 6, is characterized in that: the left ends of the end surfaces, close to each other, of the pair of working support plates (10) are rotatably provided with rotary connecting seats (11); a connecting hole for inserting the connecting column (252) is formed on the end surface of the rotary connecting seat (11) far away from the working supporting plate (10); a connecting bolt (12) is radially screwed on the outer cylindrical surface of the rotary connecting seat (11); the inner end of the connecting bolt (12) abuts against the connecting column (252).
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