CN219031013U - Lithium battery cell conveyor with turn to function - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a lithium battery cell conveying device with a steering function, which is characterized in that a rotary clamping tool is connected with a magnetic suspension bearing seat, a cam follower is arranged on a lower supporting plate of the rotary clamping tool, the cam follower is arranged in a sliding groove, the sliding groove comprises a steering section, the magnetic suspension bearing seat moves along a magnetic suspension track in the process of conveying a cell, when the lithium battery cell conveying device passes through the steering section, the movement track of the cam follower in the sliding groove deviates from the movement track of the magnetic suspension bearing seat, so that the lower supporting plate is driven by the cam follower to rotate so as to drive the upper supporting plate and the cell clamping seat to rotate, the steering of the cell in the conveying process can be realized, the rotation of a manipulator is not needed, the production beat can be effectively accelerated, and the production efficiency of lithium battery assembly is improved.

Description

Lithium battery cell conveyor with turn to function

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic production equipment of soft-package power batteries, in particular to a lithium battery cell conveying device with a steering function.

Background

Along with the gradual shortage of energy and the continuous improvement of environmental protection requirements, electric vehicles are increasingly valued as new energy vehicles, and along with the rapid development of electric vehicles, the requirements on power batteries of the electric vehicles are also increasingly greater, so that the requirements on automatic production equipment of lithium batteries are also increasingly higher. The battery cell is the most important component in the lithium battery PACK, and in the lithium battery assembly process, the battery cell can be conveyed to a designated station through a battery cell tool tray for grabbing and assembling. At present, most manufacturers adopt a mode of backflow of unidirectional carriers in the production and assembly of battery cells, for example, an utility model patent (publication number: CN 216302663U) discloses a magnetic suspension track conveying device which comprises a support seat, a ring-shaped magnetic suspension track and an annular track arranged below the magnetic suspension track; the magnetic suspension track and the annular track are both fixed on the supporting seat; the suspension block on the magnetic suspension track is connected with the annular track in a sliding way; and the cell jig for fixing the cell is fixed on the suspension block. The conveying device can realize multi-station arrangement of lithium batteries on the same conveying device, the lithium batteries do not need to be separated from the battery core jig for many times, and the production efficiency of the lithium batteries is improved.

However, this kind of conveyor also has certain defect, because in the lithium cell equipment in-process, the orientation of putting on conveyor when the electric core material loading is probably different with the required orientation when unloading equipment, and the mode that is commonly used at present in this case is rotatory through the manipulator, just so reduces the production beat of production line, reduces work efficiency, along with the management and control of each battery electric core manufacturer to the quality system is more perfect, the production requirement of battery electric core is higher and higher, and this kind of conveyor of single direction carrier backward flow mode can not satisfy customer's demand yet.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the utility model aims to develop a conveying device capable of realizing the steering of a lithium battery cell in the conveying process.

The utility model provides a lithium battery cell conveyor with turn to function, includes the frame, be equipped with annular magnetic suspension track in the frame, be equipped with the several magnetic suspension on the magnetic suspension track and bear the seat, the magnetic suspension bear the seat with the magnetic suspension track cooperatees, the magnetic suspension bears the seat and is connected with a rotatory centre gripping frock, rotatory centre gripping frock includes upper support plate, lower support plate and middle connecting block, middle connecting block with the magnetic suspension bears the seat and is connected, upper support plate, lower support plate are connected through the pivot, the pivot runs through middle connecting block, the pivot can be for middle connecting block is rotatory, be equipped with a cam follower in the lower support plate, upper support plate is connected with the electric core grip slipper, one side of magnetic suspension track be provided with the track board that the magnetic suspension track shape corresponds, be equipped with the spout on the track board, the cam follower is in the spout is internal slip, be equipped with at least one and turn to the section on the spout, the cam follower in turn to the section spout the motion track with the motion track that the magnetic suspension bears the seat deviates except turning to the section, the motion track that the cam follower is internal with the motion track that bear the spout.

Preferably, a supporting rail is further arranged below the magnetic suspension rail, a pulley is arranged at the bottom of the magnetic suspension bearing seat, and the pulley is in sliding connection with the supporting rail.

Preferably, the electric core clamping seat is provided with an elastic clamping mechanism, the elastic clamping mechanism comprises a clamping block, the clamping block is connected with the electric core clamping seat through a guide post, a spring is arranged between the clamping block and the electric core clamping seat, and the spring is sleeved on the guide post.

Preferably, the sliding groove of the steering section is a straight sliding groove.

Preferably, the track plate is formed by splicing a plurality of arc track plates and a plurality of straight track plates.

Preferably, the magnetic suspension bearing seat is provided with a U-shaped groove, and the magnetic suspension track passes through the U-shaped groove.

The technical scheme has the following beneficial effects: this lithium battery cell conveyor is connected rotatory centre gripping frock and magnetic suspension bearing seat, be provided with the cam follower in the lower backup pad of rotatory centre gripping frock, the cam follower sets up in the spout, including turning to the section in the spout, this kind of lithium battery cell conveyor is at the in-process of carrying the electric core, the magnetic suspension bearing seat removes along the magnetic suspension track, when turning to the section, because of the motion track of cam follower in the spout and the motion track deviation of magnetic suspension bearing seat, the drive of cam follower can take place to rotate and then drive backup pad and electric core grip slipper rotation down like this, thereby can realize the turning to of electric core in the transportation, just so need not to rotate through the manipulator, can effectively accelerate the production beat, improve the production efficiency of lithium battery equipment.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic overall structure of an embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a rotary clamping tool according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another angular rotation clamping tool according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a rotation structure of a battery cell according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Description of element numbers: 1. a frame; 2. a magnetic levitation track; 3. a track plate; 31. a chute; 32. a turning section; 4. rotating the clamping tool; 41. a lower support plate; 42. a middle connecting block; 43. an upper support plate; 44. a battery core clamping seat; 45. a spring; 46. a clamping block; 47. a guide post; 48. a cam follower; 5. a battery cell; 6. a magnetic suspension bearing seat; 61. a U-shaped groove; 62. and (3) a pulley.

Detailed Description

Further advantages and effects of the present utility model will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure of the present utility model, which is described by the following specific examples.

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the exemplary embodiments may be embodied in many forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the utility model. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the utility model may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, devices, steps, etc. In other instances, well-known aspects have not been shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the utility model.

As shown in fig. 1, the utility model discloses a lithium battery cell conveying device with a steering function, which comprises a frame 1, wherein an annular magnetic suspension rail 2 is arranged on the frame 1, a plurality of magnetic suspension bearing seats are arranged on the magnetic suspension rail 2, the magnetic suspension bearing seats 2 are matched with the magnetic suspension rail, and the number of the magnetic suspension bearing seats is set according to stations for processing lithium batteries; the magnetic suspension rail 2 pushes the magnetic suspension bearing seat to slide along the rail by the magnetic field acting force generated by power supply, so that the transportation of the battery cells is realized.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 is connected with a rotary clamping tool 4, the rotary clamping tool 4 comprises an upper support plate 43, a lower support plate 41 and a middle connecting block 42, the upper support plate 43 and the lower support plate 41 are connected through a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft penetrates through the middle connecting block 42, two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively connected with the upper support plate 43 and the lower support plate 41, and the rotating shaft can rotate relative to the middle connecting block 42. The upper support plate 43 is connected with a cell holder 44, and the cell holder 44 is used for holding the cell 5. The middle connecting block 42 is connected with the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6, and the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 can drive the rotary clamping tool 4 and the battery cell 5 to move together when moving on the magnetic suspension track 2.

One side of the magnetic suspension track 2 is provided with a track plate 3 corresponding to the shape of the magnetic suspension track 2, and the track plate 3 is formed by splicing a plurality of arc track plates and a plurality of straight track plates. The track plate 3 is provided with a chute 31, the lower support plate 41 of the rotary clamping tool 4 is provided with a cam follower 48, and the cam follower 48 is arranged in the chute 31 and can slide back and forth along the chute 31. The shape of the sliding groove 31 is the same as the shape of the track of the magnetic levitation bearing seat 6 moving along the magnetic levitation track 2, and the difference is that at least one turning section 32 is arranged on the sliding groove 31, the track of the sliding groove at the turning section 32 is deviated from the motion track of the magnetic levitation bearing seat 6 corresponding to the magnetic levitation track 2, that is, the motion track of the cam follower 48 in the sliding groove of the turning section 32 is deviated from the motion track of the magnetic levitation bearing seat 6, and the motion track of the cam follower 48 in the sliding groove is parallel to the motion track of the magnetic levitation bearing seat 6 except for the turning section.

As shown in fig. 4, with this structure, in a normal state, the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 drives the rotary clamping tool 4 to move along the magnetic suspension track 2, and the cam follower 48 slides in the chute, so that the movement track between the two is parallel, and therefore, the positional relationship between the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 and the cam follower 48 remains unchanged. When the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 drives the rotary clamping tool 4 to move to the steering section 32, the chute of the steering section 32 in the embodiment is a straight chute which is inclined outwards, and because the movement track of the cam follower 48 in the chute 31 is deviated from the movement track of the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6, the position of the cam follower 48 relative to the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 is deviated outwards, and the lower support plate 41 is driven to rotate so as to drive the upper support plate 43 and the battery core clamping seat 44 to rotate, so that the steering of the battery core 5 in the conveying process can be realized.

As a preferred embodiment, in order to make the magnetic levitation bearing seat 6 more stable in conveying on the magnetic levitation track 2, a supporting track may be further disposed below the magnetic levitation track 2, a pulley 62 is disposed at the bottom of the magnetic levitation bearing seat 6, the pulley 62 is slidably connected with the supporting track, and the pulley 62 may play a certain supporting role on the magnetic levitation bearing seat 6. The magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 is provided with a U-shaped groove 61, and the magnetic suspension track 2 passes through the U-shaped groove 61 and drives the magnetic suspension bearing seat 6 to move along the magnetic suspension track 2 through electromagnetic force.

As another embodiment of the present utility model, in order to facilitate the clamping of the battery cell 5, an elastic clamping mechanism may be disposed on the battery cell clamping seat 44, where the elastic clamping mechanism includes a clamping block 46, the clamping block 46 is connected with the battery cell clamping seat 44 through a guide post 47, a spring 45 is disposed between the clamping block 46 and the battery cell clamping seat 44, and the spring 45 is sleeved on the guide post 47.

This lithium battery cell conveyor is connected rotatory centre gripping frock and magnetic suspension bearing seat, be provided with the cam follower in the lower backup pad of rotatory centre gripping frock, the cam follower sets up in the spout, including turning to the section in the spout, this kind of lithium battery cell conveyor is at the in-process of carrying the electric core, the magnetic suspension bearing seat removes along the magnetic suspension track, when turning to the section, because of the motion track of cam follower in the spout and the motion track skew of magnetic suspension track, the drive of cam follower can take place to rotate and then drive backup pad and electric core grip slipper rotation down in the backup pad like this, thereby can realize the turning to of electric core in the transportation process, just so need not to rotate through the manipulator again, can effectively accelerate production beat, improve the production efficiency of lithium battery equipment.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the present utility model and its effectiveness, and are not intended to limit the utility model. Modifications and variations may be made to the above-described embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications and variations of the utility model be covered by the claims, which are within the ordinary skill of the art, be within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (6)

1. The utility model provides a lithium battery electricity core conveyor with turn to function, includes the frame, be equipped with annular magnetic suspension track in the frame, be equipped with the several magnetic suspension on the magnetic suspension track and bear the seat, the magnetic suspension bear the seat with the cooperation of magnetic suspension track, its characterized in that: the magnetic suspension bearing seat is connected with a rotary clamping tool, the rotary clamping tool comprises an upper supporting plate, a lower supporting plate and a middle connecting block, the middle connecting block is connected with the magnetic suspension bearing seat, the upper supporting plate and the lower supporting plate are connected through a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft penetrates through the middle connecting block, the rotating shaft can rotate relative to the middle connecting block, a cam follower is arranged on the lower supporting plate, the upper supporting plate is connected with a battery core clamping seat, a track plate corresponding to the shape of the magnetic suspension track is arranged on one side of the magnetic suspension track, a sliding groove is arranged on the track plate, the cam follower slides in the sliding groove, at least one turning section is arranged on the sliding groove, the movement track of the cam follower in the sliding groove of the turning section deviates from the movement track of the magnetic suspension bearing seat, and the movement track of the cam follower in the sliding groove is parallel to the movement track of the magnetic suspension bearing seat except the turning section.

2. The lithium battery cell conveying device with a steering function according to claim 1, wherein a supporting rail is further arranged below the magnetic suspension rail, a pulley is arranged at the bottom of the magnetic suspension bearing seat, and the pulley is in sliding connection with the supporting rail.

3. The lithium battery cell conveying device with steering function according to claim 1, wherein an elastic clamping mechanism is arranged on the cell clamping seat, the elastic clamping mechanism comprises a clamping block, the clamping block is connected with the cell clamping seat through a guide post, a spring is arranged between the clamping block and the cell clamping seat, and the spring is sleeved on the guide post.

4. The lithium battery cell conveyor with steering function according to claim 1, wherein the chute of the steering section is a straight chute.

5. The lithium battery cell conveying device with a steering function according to claim 1, wherein the track plate is formed by splicing a plurality of arc track plates and a plurality of straight track plates.

6. The lithium battery cell conveying device with a steering function according to claim 1, wherein a U-shaped groove is formed in the magnetic suspension bearing seat, and the magnetic suspension rail penetrates through the U-shaped groove.

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