CN219603160U

CN219603160U - Turning device and battery manufacturing equipment

Info

Publication number: CN219603160U
Application number: CN202321331908.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李艳坤
Original assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-05-30
Filing date: 2023-05-30
Publication date: 2023-08-29
Anticipated expiration: 2033-05-30

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of battery manufacturing, and provides a turnover device and battery manufacturing equipment, wherein the turnover device comprises a fixing mechanism for fixing a product to be turned; the turnover mechanism is connected with the fixing mechanism and used for driving the fixing mechanism to turn over; the lifting mechanism comprises a bracket, a lifting driving piece, a lifting assembly and a balancing weight, wherein the lifting driving piece, the lifting assembly and the balancing weight are arranged on the bracket; the fixing mechanism comprises a connecting assembly and two longitudinal beams arranged on two sides of the connecting assembly, the connecting assembly is connected with the chain belt and the turnover mechanism, and the two longitudinal beams are used for jointly fixing products. The turnover device can turn over the battery and conveniently perform loading and unloading.

Description

Turning device and battery manufacturing equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of battery manufacturing, in particular to a turnover device and battery manufacturing equipment.

Background

Energy conservation and emission reduction are key to sustainable development of the automobile industry, and electric vehicles become an important component of sustainable development of the automobile industry due to the energy conservation and environmental protection advantages of the electric vehicles. For electric vehicles, battery technology is an important factor in the development of the electric vehicles.

Lithium batteries used in electric vehicles are generally referred to as power batteries. In some cases, the power battery needs to be disassembled, and in order to facilitate the disassembly, a turnover device is generally required to turn over the power battery, however, the conventional turnover device can only turn over the power battery, so that the problem of inconvenient loading and unloading exists.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the embodiment of the utility model provides a turnover device and battery manufacturing equipment, which can conveniently perform loading and unloading.

An embodiment of a first aspect of the present utility model provides a flipping device, including:

the fixing mechanism is used for fixing a product to be overturned;

the turnover mechanism is connected with the fixing mechanism and used for driving the fixing mechanism to turn over;

the lifting mechanism comprises a bracket, a lifting driving piece, a lifting assembly and a balancing weight, wherein the lifting driving piece, the lifting assembly and the balancing weight are arranged on the bracket;

the fixing mechanism comprises a connecting assembly and two longitudinal beams arranged on two sides of the connecting assembly, the connecting assembly is connected with the chain belt and the turnover mechanism, and the two longitudinal beams are used for jointly fixing products.

The turnover device provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprises a fixing mechanism, a turnover mechanism and a lifting mechanism, wherein the fixing mechanism is used for fixing a product, and the turnover mechanism is used for driving the fixing mechanism to turn over; the elevating system connects in fixed establishment, and wherein lift driving piece can drive first sprocket rotation to drive the chain belt rotation on the first sprocket and then drive the fixed establishment who connects in the chain belt and go up and down, the other end of chain belt is located to the balancing weight, can promote elevating system's stability, and the product is difficult for rocking, shake and dropping. Therefore, the turnover device can lift and turn over products, and the lifting products can conveniently carry out feeding and discharging, so that the convenience of using the turnover device is improved; compared with the existing turning device, the turning device provided by the embodiment of the utility model does not need to use a crane or a stacker to lift the product for loading and unloading, and effectively improves the loading and unloading convenience and the turning efficiency.

The turnover device can be used for lifting and turnover battery products, and the battery can be conveniently fed and discharged by arranging the lifting mechanism; the elevating system includes the balancing weight, and turning device can keep balance in order to stably lift battery product, reduces the probability that the product takes place to rock and shake.

In some embodiments, the lifting mechanism comprises two groups of lifting assemblies, the lifting mechanism further comprises a connecting rod, the two first chain wheels are respectively connected to two ends of the connecting rod, and the lifting driving piece is used for driving the connecting rod to rotate so as to drive the two first chain wheels to rotate.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, two sets of lifting unit connect in fixed establishment simultaneously, lifting unit's equilibrium is better, has further promoted lifting product's stability.

In some embodiments, the lifting assembly further comprises a second sprocket rotatably arranged on the bracket, the second sprocket and the first sprocket are arranged along a length direction perpendicular to the connecting rod, and the chain belt is further wound on the second sprocket.

Because the fixed establishment and balancing weight locate the both sides of support respectively, through setting up first sprocket and second sprocket, the chain belt can change the direction after bypassing first sprocket and second sprocket.

In some embodiments, the bracket is provided with a sprocket mounting seat, the sprocket mounting seat and the connecting rod are both arranged at the top of the bracket and are adjacently arranged, and the second sprocket is rotatably connected to the sprocket mounting seat.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, second sprocket and first sprocket all set up in the support top, and the second sprocket can rotate for the support.

In some embodiments, the securing mechanism is slidably coupled to the bracket along a height direction of the bracket.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, with fixed establishment sliding connection in the support, fixed establishment can be along the steady lift of support, is difficult for rocking.

In some embodiments, the support is provided with a sliding rail along the height direction, the fixing mechanism is provided with a sliding block, and the fixing mechanism is in sliding connection with the sliding rail through the sliding block.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, fixed knot constructs the cooperation realization of accessible slider and slide rail and the sliding connection of support, and fixed knot constructs the sliding connection structure with the support comparatively simple.

In some embodiments, the securing mechanism further comprises at least one support connected between two of the stringers and for supporting a product.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, fixed establishment can support the great product of weight, has further promoted tilting mechanism's stability.

In some embodiments, the stringers are provided with strap portions having through holes therein for threading the ropes.

Through setting up bandage portion, fixed establishment can be used to rope fixed product, avoids the product to drop in the upset in-process.

In some embodiments, the flip mechanism includes a flip drive coupled to the connection assembly and configured to drive rotation of the securing mechanism.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, tilting mechanism can be along with fixed establishment lift to can drive fixed establishment rotation, simple structure is practical.

In some embodiments, the connecting assembly comprises a mounting plate and a swivel plate, the mounting plate being connected to the chain belt, two of the stringers being connected to the swivel plate; the mounting plate is provided with a through hole, the overturning driving piece is connected to one side, deviating from the longitudinal beam, of the mounting plate, and the driving end of the overturning driving piece penetrates through the through hole to be connected with the rotating plate.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, upset driving piece can fix on the mounting panel and drive rotor plate and longeron rotation to drive the product upset, turning device's structure is retrencied and area is less.

In some embodiments, the flip drive includes a servo motor and an encoder mounted on the servo motor for detecting a rotation angle of the servo motor.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the encoder can detect servo motor's rotation angle to the motion deviation correction to servo motor lets servo motor work according to the instruction of lower computer strictly, makes the upset driving piece have higher motion precision.

In some embodiments, the flipping device further comprises a photosensor for detecting a rotation angle of the securing mechanism.

Through setting up photoelectric sensor, turning device can detect the rotation angle of fixed establishment and product to promote the upset precision.

In some embodiments, the turnover device further comprises a lower computer, the lower computer is used for outputting a control signal to the servo motor, and the encoder and the photoelectric sensor are electrically connected with the lower computer and can send a feedback signal to the lower computer.

By adopting the technical scheme, the turnover device can realize high-precision rotation angle control and has higher positioning precision.

An embodiment of the second aspect of the present utility model proposes a battery manufacturing apparatus comprising a flipping unit as in the first aspect.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the present utility model, and is intended to be implemented in accordance with the teachings of the present utility model in order that the same may be more clearly understood and to make the same and other objects, features and advantages of the present utility model more readily apparent.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are required to be used in the description of the embodiments or the conventional techniques will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a turnover device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the flipping unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the flipping unit of FIG. 1 at another angle;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion A of the flipping unit of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the flipping unit of FIG. 1 in another state;

fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a control mechanism in a flipping device according to an embodiment of the utility model.

The meaning of the labels in the figures is:

100. a turnover device;

10. a fixing mechanism; 11. a connection assembly; 111. a mounting plate; 101. a through hole; 102. a slide block; 112. a rotating plate; 12. a longitudinal beam; 121. a strap portion; 13. A support;

20. a turnover mechanism; 21. a flip drive; 211. a servo motor; 212. an encoder;

30. a lifting mechanism; 31. a bracket; 311. a slide rail; 312. a sprocket mounting base; 32. a lifting driving member; 33. a lifting assembly; 331. a first sprocket; 332. a chain belt; 333. a second sprocket; 34. balancing weight; 35. a connecting rod; 36. a bearing seat;

50. a control mechanism; 51. a photoelectric sensor; 52. a lower computer; 53. a data acquisition module; 54. and an upper computer.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the technical scheme of the present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for more clearly illustrating the technical aspects of the present utility model, and thus are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs; the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model; the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description of the utility model and the claims and the description of the drawings above are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion.

In the description of embodiments of the present utility model, the technical terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish between different objects and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, a particular order or a primary or secondary relationship. In the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the utility model. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and indicates that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

In the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, the term "plurality" means two or more (including two), and similarly, "plural sets" means two or more (including two), and "plural sheets" means two or more (including two).

In the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the technical terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present utility model and for simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present utility model.

In the description of the embodiments of the present utility model, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like should be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; or may be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present utility model will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific circumstances.

In some cases, the power cell needs to be disassembled, and for convenience of disassembly, a flipping device is generally required to flip the power cell. The traditional turning device can only turn over the power battery, and has the problem of inconvenient loading and unloading.

According to research, the existing turnover device is generally provided with a large installation platform, is large in size and weight and cannot move, and a crane or a stacker is required to be used for loading and unloading the product with a certain weight for a power battery, so that the turnover device is inconvenient to use.

In order to solve the problem of inconvenient feeding and discharging of the turnover device, the utility model designs the turnover device and the battery manufacturing equipment, wherein the turnover device comprises a fixing mechanism, a turnover mechanism and a lifting mechanism, and the turnover mechanism is connected with the fixing mechanism and is used for driving the fixing mechanism to turn over; the lifting mechanism comprises a support, a lifting driving piece, a lifting assembly and a balancing weight, wherein the lifting driving piece, the lifting assembly and the balancing weight are arranged on the support, the lifting assembly is connected with a first sprocket of the support in a rotating mode and a chain belt wound on the first sprocket, two ends of the chain belt are respectively connected with the balancing weight and the fixing mechanism, and the lifting driving piece is used for driving the first sprocket to rotate so as to drive the fixing mechanism to lift through the chain belt.

The turnover device provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprises the fixing mechanism, the turnover mechanism and the lifting mechanism, wherein the lifting mechanism can drive the fixing mechanism to lift, so that the products to be turned can be conveniently taken and placed, an independent crane or a stacker is not required to be used for cooperation operation, and the convenience of loading and unloading and the integral turnover efficiency are improved.

The turning device and the battery manufacturing equipment provided by the utility model are described in detail below in connection with the embodiments of the utility model.

Embodiments of the first aspect of the present utility model provide a flipping device for flipping a product. The utility model is described by taking the product to be turned over as a battery as an example, and it can be understood that the product to be turned over can be other products or workpieces.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the turning device 100 includes a fixing mechanism 10, a turning mechanism 20, and a lifting mechanism 30. The fixing mechanism 10 is used for fixing a product to be turned; the turnover mechanism 20 is connected to the fixing mechanism 10 and is used for driving the fixing mechanism 10 to turn over; the lifting mechanism 30 is connected to the fixing mechanism 10, the lifting mechanism 30 comprises a bracket 31, and a lifting driving member 32, a lifting assembly 33 and a balancing weight 34 which are arranged on the bracket 31, the lifting assembly 33 comprises a first chain wheel 331 rotatably connected to the bracket 31 and a chain belt 332 wound on the first chain wheel 331, two ends of the chain belt 332 are respectively connected with the balancing weight 34 and the fixing mechanism 10, and the lifting driving member 32 is used for driving the first chain wheel 331 to rotate so as to drive the fixing mechanism 10 to lift through the chain belt 332. The fixing mechanism 10 includes a connecting assembly 11 and two stringers 12 provided on both sides of the connecting assembly 11, the connecting assembly 11 is connected to the chain belt 332 and the turnover mechanism 20, and the two stringers 12 are used for jointly fixing a product. The fixing mechanism 10 is used for fixing a product to be turned over, and the fixing mechanism 10 can comprise a supporting platform, a supporting frame and other supporting structures, and can also comprise clamping mechanisms such as clamping jaws and the like, so long as the product to be turned over can be fixed.

The turnover mechanism 20 is used for driving the fixing mechanism 10 to turn over so as to drive the product on the fixing mechanism 10 to turn over, and the turnover angle of the turnover mechanism 20 can be 45 degrees, 90 degrees, 125 degrees, 180 degrees, 200 degrees, 270 degrees, 360 degrees, etc., or any other angle.

The lifting mechanism 30 is used for driving the fixing mechanism 10 to lift so as to drive the product on the fixing mechanism 10 to lift, and the lifting distance can be set according to the test requirement. The lifting mechanism 30 comprises a bracket 31, a lifting driving member 32, a lifting assembly 33 and a balancing weight 34, wherein the bracket 31 is used for providing a mounting foundation for the lifting driving member 32 and the lifting assembly 33, the lifting assembly 33 is connected to the fixing mechanism 10, and the lifting driving member 32 drives the fixing mechanism 10 to lift through the lifting assembly 33, namely, the height of the fixing mechanism 10 is raised or lowered in the vertical direction.

The lifting assembly 33 includes a first sprocket 331 and a chain belt 332, the first sprocket 331 is rotatably connected to the bracket 31, the chain belt 332 is wound on one side of the first sprocket 331, and the first sprocket 331 can rotate to drive the chain belt 332 to rotate. The fixing mechanism 10 and the balancing weight 34 are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the bracket 31 and respectively connected to two ends of the chain belt 332, and the first sprocket 331 rotates to drive the fixing mechanism 10 and the balancing weight 34 to move simultaneously. The weight 34 is a weight for maintaining balance, and the weight 34 is detachably connected to the chain belt 332, so that the weight of the weight 34 can be adjusted as needed.

The lifting driving piece 32 is in transmission connection with the first sprocket 331, and the lifting driving piece 32 is used for driving the first sprocket 331 to rotate so as to drive the chain belt 332 to move, and further drive the fixing mechanism 10 to lift. The elevation drive 32 may include a servo motor, but is not limited thereto. It will be appreciated that when the securing mechanism 10 is raised relative to the bracket 31, the weight 34 is lowered; when the fixing mechanism 10 is lowered relative to the bracket 31, the weight 34 is raised, and the weight 34 helps the flipping unit 100 to maintain balance.

The connecting assembly 11 is connected to the chain belt 332, so that the fixing mechanism 10 can be lifted and lowered by the lifting mechanism 30; the connection assembly 11 is connected to the tilting mechanism 20 so that the fixing mechanism 10 can be tilted by the tilting mechanism 20. The fixing mechanism 10 adopts a cantilever structure, the connection assembly 11 provides a mounting base for the two stringers 12, and the two stringers 12 may extend in a horizontal direction so as to stably fix the support product, but is not limited thereto. The spacing and dimensions of stringers 12 may be designed and adjusted depending on the size of the product to be inverted. Alternatively, the securing mechanism 10 is compatible with a 2.0 x 3.0 x 0.5 meter power cell pack.

The fixing mechanism 10 adopts a cantilever structure, has a simple structure and small occupied area, and reduces the occupied area of the turnover equipment.

As shown in fig. 5, during feeding, the fixing mechanism 10 can be positioned at a low position, so that a product to be turned over can be fixed on the fixing mechanism 10; then, the lifting mechanism 30 drives the fixing mechanism 10 to lift, so that the fixing mechanism 10 is positioned at a high position (as shown in fig. 1), and then the turnover mechanism 20 drives the fixing mechanism 10 and the product to turn over by a certain angle, so that the product can be disassembled, detected or otherwise operated; then, the lifting mechanism 30 can drive the fixing mechanism 10 to descend, so that the product can be conveniently discharged.

The turnover device 100 provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprises a fixing mechanism 10, a turnover mechanism 20 and a lifting mechanism 30, wherein the fixing mechanism 10 is used for fixing a product, and the turnover mechanism 20 is used for driving the fixing mechanism 10 to turn over; the lifting mechanism 30 is connected to the fixing mechanism 10, wherein the lifting driving member 32 can drive the first sprocket 331 to rotate, so as to drive the chain belt 332 on the first sprocket 331 to move and further drive the fixing mechanism 10 connected to the chain belt 332 to lift, and the balancing weight 34 is arranged at the other end of the chain belt 332, so that the stability of the lifting mechanism 30 can be improved, and the product is not easy to shake, shake and drop. Therefore, the turnover device 100 can lift and turn over products, and the lifting products can conveniently carry out loading and unloading, so that the convenience of using the turnover device 100 is improved; compared with the existing turning device 100, the turning device 100 provided by the embodiment of the utility model does not need to use a crane or a stacker to lift the product for loading and unloading, thereby effectively improving the loading and unloading convenience and the turning efficiency.

The turnover device 100 can be used for lifting and turnover battery products, and can conveniently load and unload the batteries by arranging the lifting mechanism 30; the lifting mechanism 30 includes a weight 34, and the turning device 100 can maintain balance to stably lift and lower the battery, thereby reducing the probability of shaking and shaking the battery.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the lifting mechanism 30 includes two sets of lifting assemblies 33, the lifting mechanism 30 further includes a connecting rod 35, two first sprockets 331 are respectively connected to two ends of the connecting rod 35, and the lifting driving member 32 is used for driving the connecting rod 35 to rotate so as to drive the two first sprockets 331 to rotate.

Specifically, the connecting rod 35 extends along the first direction X, the bracket 31 is provided with a bearing seat 36, and the connecting rod 35 is rotatably mounted on the bearing seat 36; the elevation driving member 32 includes a servo motor for driving the connecting rod 35 to rotate around its axial direction. The lift drive 32 may also include a speed reducer coupled to the servo motor.

It will be appreciated that the lift drive 32 also includes a transmission structure connected between the servo motor and the connecting rod 35, which may include a worm gear structure or a plurality of gears, etc.

The two first chain wheels 331 are respectively arranged at two ends of the connecting rod 35 along the first direction, and the two first chain wheels 331 can synchronously rotate along with the connecting rod 35; the two chain belts 332 are respectively wound on the corresponding first chain wheels 331, and the two connecting blocks are connected to fix the mechanism, and the balancing weights 34 are simultaneously connected with the two chain belts 332. Alternatively, each chain belt 332 may be connected to a respective one of the weights 34.

In use, the lifting driving member 32 drives the connecting rod 35 to rotate, and the two first sprockets 331 and the connecting rod 35 synchronously rotate to respectively drive the corresponding chain belts 332 to move, so that the two lifting assemblies 33 drive the product to lift together.

By adopting the above technical scheme, two sets of lifting assemblies 33 are simultaneously connected to the fixing mechanism 10, and the balance of the lifting mechanism 30 is good, so that the stability of lifting products is further improved.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the lifting assembly 33 further includes a second sprocket 333 rotatably disposed on the bracket 31, the second sprocket 333 and the first sprocket 331 are aligned in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the connecting rod 35, and the chain belt 332 is further wound around the second sprocket 333.

Specifically, the connecting rod 35 extends in the first direction X, that is, the length direction of the connecting rod 35 is the first direction X, the first sprocket 331 and the second sprocket 333 are aligned in the second direction Y perpendicular to the first direction X, and the chain belt 332 is simultaneously wound around the first sprocket 331 and the second sprocket 333, that is, the first sprocket 331, the second sprocket 333 and the chain belt 332 are simultaneously rotated.

Optionally, the diameter of the second sprocket 333 is smaller than the diameter of the first sprocket 331, and in other embodiments, the diameter of the second sprocket 333 may be larger than or equal to the diameter of the first sprocket 331.

Since the fixing mechanism 10 and the balancing weight 34 are respectively disposed at two sides of the bracket 31, the chain belt 332 can simultaneously bypass the first sprocket 331 and the second sprocket 333 by disposing the first sprocket 331 and the second sprocket 333, and two opposite sides of the bracket are respectively disposed at two ends of the chain belt 332.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the second sprocket 333 may be omitted.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, a sprocket mounting base 312 is provided on the bracket 31, the sprocket mounting base 312 and the connecting rod 35 are both provided on top of the bracket 31 and are adjacently disposed, and a second sprocket 333 is rotatably connected to the sprocket mounting base 312.

The sprocket mounting base 312 is used for mounting a second sprocket 333, and the second sprocket 333 is rotatably connected to the sprocket mounting base 312 through a connecting shaft.

By adopting the above technical scheme, the second sprocket 333 and the first sprocket 331 are both disposed at the top of the bracket 31, and the second sprocket 333 can rotate relative to the bracket 31.

In some embodiments, the securing mechanism 10 is slidably coupled to the bracket 31 along the height of the bracket 31.

The fixing mechanism 10 is connected to the bracket 31 and can slide along the bracket 31, and the bracket 31 plays a role in supporting and guiding the sliding of the fixing mechanism 10.

Since the lifting mechanism 30 can drive the fixing mechanism 10 to lift, the fixing mechanism 10 can be stably lifted along the bracket 31 by sliding the fixing mechanism 10 to the bracket 31, and is not easy to shake.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the bracket 31 is provided with a sliding rail 311 along the height direction thereof, the fixing mechanism 10 is provided with a sliding block 102, and the fixing mechanism 10 is slidably connected with the sliding rail 311 through the sliding block 102.

The slide rail 311 extends along the height direction of the bracket 31, i.e., along the third direction Z, and the fixing mechanism 10 can be lifted and lowered along the third direction Z.

Optionally, two sides of the bracket 31 are respectively provided with a sliding rail 311, two sides of the fixing mechanism 10 are respectively provided with a sliding block 102, and the sliding blocks 102 can slide along the sliding rails 311, so that the fixing mechanism 10 is in sliding connection with the sliding rails 311 through the sliding blocks 102. Further, a plurality of sliding blocks 102 may be disposed on each sliding rail 311, so as to enhance the connection stability between the fixing mechanism 10 and the bracket 31.

In other embodiments, the number of the sliding rails 311 may be one and disposed in the middle of the bracket 31, and the fixing mechanism 10 and the bracket 31 can be slidably connected, so the number and the position of the sliding rails 311 are not limited thereto.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, fixed knot constructs the cooperation realization of accessible slider 102 and slide rail 311 and the sliding connection of support 31, and fixed knot constructs 10 and the sliding connection structure of support 31 is comparatively simple.

In some embodiments, the securing mechanism 10 further comprises at least one support 13, the support 13 being connected between the two stringers 12 and being for supporting the product.

The support 13 may be rod-shaped or flat-plate-shaped. The number of the supporting pieces 13 may be plural, and when the supporting pieces 13 are plural, the plural supporting pieces 13 may be disposed in order along the extending direction of the side member 12.

Alternatively, the supporting member 13 is rod-shaped, and the plurality of supporting members 13 are arranged in parallel and at intervals. The supporting piece 13 can be integrally formed with the longitudinal beam 12, and can be separately arranged and fixedly connected with the longitudinal beam 12.

By providing the support 13, the fixing mechanism 10 can support a product with a large weight, and further the stability of the tilting mechanism 20 is improved.

As shown in fig. 1, the side member 12 is provided with a strap portion 121, and the strap portion 121 is provided with a through hole for threading a rope.

Specifically, each side member 12 may be provided with one or more strap portions 121, and when the number of strap portions 121 is plural, the plurality of strap portions 121 are disposed at intervals along the extending direction of the side member 12. The strap portion 121 is provided with a through hole for threading a rope, which can fix the product to the fixing mechanism 10.

Alternatively, the strap portion 121 includes a pair of extension bars connected to one side of the side member 12 and a cross bar connected between the two extension bars, the cross bar being spaced apart from the side surface of the side member 12 to form a through hole.

By providing the strap portion 121, the securing mechanism 10 can be used to secure a product with a rope, avoiding the product from falling during the flipping process.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the strap portion 121 may be omitted and the securing mechanism 10 may secure the product by other means, such as clamping the product by a clamping jaw, or securing the product by a suction member such as a magnetic chuck, vacuum chuck, or the like.

In some embodiments, the flip mechanism 20 includes a flip drive 21, the flip drive 21 being coupled to the connection assembly 11 and configured to drive the rotation of the securing mechanism 10.

The flip driving member 21 may include a servo motor capable of driving the fixing mechanism 10 to rotate at a predetermined angle. The flip driving member 21 is connected to the connection assembly 11 so that the flip driving member 21 can be lifted up and down with the fixing mechanism 10. The flip drive 21 may also include a speed reducer connected to the servo motor.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, tilting mechanism 20 can be along with fixed establishment 10 lift to can drive fixed establishment 10 rotation, simple structure is practical.

In other embodiments, the turnover mechanism 20 may be provided independently or lifted by another lifting device.

The connecting assembly 11 comprises a mounting plate 111 and a rotating plate 112, wherein the mounting plate 111 is connected to a chain belt 332, and the two longitudinal beams 12 are connected to the rotating plate 112; the mounting plate 111 is provided with a through hole 101, the overturning driving piece 21 is connected to one side of the mounting plate 111 away from the longitudinal beam 12, and the driving end of the overturning driving piece 21 penetrates through the through hole 101 to be connected with the rotating plate 112.

Specifically, the rotary plate 112 is provided adjacent to the mounting plate 111, the rotary plate 112 is rotatable relative to the mounting plate 111, the mounting plate 111 is provided with the slider 102, the mounting plate 111 is slidably connected to the bracket 31 via the slider 102, and the chain 332 is connected to the mounting plate 111.

The mounting plate 111 is provided with a through hole 101, and the driving end of the flip driving member 21 passes through the through hole 101 to be connected with the rotating plate 112. The driving end of the flip driving member 21 may be a rotating shaft connected to the servo motor.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, upset drive piece 21 can fix on mounting panel 111 and drive rotor plate 112 and longeron 12 rotation to drive the product upset, the structure of turning device 100 is retrencied and area is less.

Referring to fig. 6, in some embodiments, the flip driver 21 includes a servo motor 211 and an encoder 212 mounted on the servo motor 211, the encoder 212 being used to detect a rotation angle of the servo motor 211.

The flip driver 21 includes a servo motor 211 and an encoder 212 mounted on the servo motor 211, the encoder 212 being for detecting a rotation angle of the servo motor 211.

The encoder 212 is a sensor mounted on the servo motor 211 for measuring the rotation angle and rotation speed of the servo motor 211. The servo motor 211 is generally controlled by the lower computer 52, that is, the lower computer 52 is used for sending a control signal to the servo motor 211, and the servo motor 211 can rotate by a preset angle after receiving the control signal; the encoder 212 can detect the actual rotation angle of the servo motor 211.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, upset driver 21 includes servo motor 211 and encoder 212, and encoder 212 can detect servo motor 211's rotation angle to the motion deviation correction to servo motor 211 lets servo motor 211 work strictly according to the instruction of lower computer 52, makes upset driver 21 have higher motion accuracy.

In some embodiments, the flipping device 100 further comprises a photoelectric sensor 51, the photoelectric sensor 51 being configured to detect a rotation angle of the fixing mechanism 10.

Specifically, the flipping device 100 includes a control mechanism 50, the control mechanism 50 includes a photoelectric sensor 51, the photoelectric sensor 51 may be fixed on the stand 31, and the photoelectric sensor 51 may be capable of detecting a rotation angle of the fixing mechanism 10, so as to detect whether the product is rotated in place.

By providing the photoelectric sensor 51, the turning device 100 can detect the rotation angle of the fixing mechanism 10 and the product to improve the turning accuracy.

In some embodiments, the flipping device 100 further includes a lower computer 52, the lower computer 52 is configured to output a control signal to the servo motor 211, and the encoder 212 and the photoelectric sensor 51 are electrically connected to the lower computer 52 and are capable of sending a feedback signal to the lower computer 52.

The lower computer 52 is configured to output a control signal to the servo motor 211, so that the servo motor 211 is driven at a preset rotation angle. The encoder 212 and the photoelectric sensor 51 can both send feedback signals to the lower computer 52, that is, the encoder 212 can send rotation angle information of the servo motor 211 to the lower computer 52, and the photoelectric sensor 51 can send rotation angle information of the fixing mechanism 10 to the lower computer 52, so that the lower computer 52 can detect whether a product rotates in place. If the lower computer 52 determines that the product is rotating in place, the lower computer 52 can control the servo motor 211 to stop rotating; if the lower computer 52 determines that the rotation angle of the product has a deviation from the preset angle, the lower computer 52 can control the servo motor 211 to continue rotating until the product rotates in place, thereby realizing closed-loop management.

Optionally, the turning device 100 further includes a data acquisition module 53, where the data acquisition module 53 is electrically connected to the photoelectric sensor 51 and the lower computer 52, and is capable of acquiring a detection signal of the photoelectric sensor 51 and feeding back the detection signal to the lower computer 52.

The control principle of the turning device 100 is: the upper computer 54 sends the parameters to the lower computer 52; the lower computer 52 receives the parameters and sends a starting signal to the servo motor 211; the servo motor 211 is started to drive the fixing mechanism 10 to rotate; after the rotation is completed, the encoder 212 feeds back signals to the lower computer 52; the data acquisition module 53 performs rotation angle conversion on the data acquired by the photoelectric sensor 51 and transmits the rotated angle value to the lower computer 52; the lower computer 52 throws the rotation data up to the upper computer 54 for storage, and judges whether the rotation angle reaches a set value; after the lower computer 52 determines that the rotation reaches the set value, a stop signal is issued to the servo motor 211, and the current angle is maintained.

By adopting the technical scheme, the turnover device 100 can realize high-precision rotation angle control and has higher positioning precision.

The turning device 100 further includes an upper computer 54, where the upper computer 54 is communicatively connected to the lower computer 52. The upper computer 54 is a computer that can directly issue a control command, and the lower computer 52 is a computer that directly controls the equipment to acquire the equipment status, such as a PLC, a single-chip microcomputer, or the like. The upper computer 54 may include a man-machine interface to facilitate control operations.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in some embodiments, the turning device 100 includes a fixing mechanism 10, a turning mechanism 20 and a lifting mechanism 30, the lifting mechanism 30 includes a bracket 31, a lifting driving member 32 disposed on the bracket 31, a connecting rod 35, two sets of lifting assemblies 33 and a balancing weight 34, the lifting assemblies 33 include a first sprocket 331 rotatably connected to the bracket 31 and a chain belt 332 wound on the first sprocket 331, two ends of the chain belt 332 are respectively connected to the balancing weight 34 and the fixing mechanism 10, and the lifting driving member 32 is used for driving the connecting rod 35 and the first sprocket 331 to rotate so as to drive the fixing mechanism 10 to lift through the chain belt 332.

The flipping unit 100 may be used to flip the battery. When the fork-lift truck is used, a fork truck is manually operated to fork the battery on the pallet onto the fixing mechanism 10, and the battery and the tool are manually hung by the hooks respectively and are fixed by ropes; then, the elevating mechanism 30 is controlled to elevate the height of the battery, and then the tilting mechanism 20 is controlled to tilt the battery to a preset angle. Then, the lifting mechanism 30 is controlled to lower the height of the battery to be matched with the height of the transfer trolley so as to facilitate battery discharging, and the transfer trolley moves the battery to the disassembling position for disassembling.

An embodiment of the second aspect of the present utility model proposes a battery manufacturing apparatus comprising a flipping unit 100 as provided in the first aspect.

The battery manufacturing apparatus can utilize the turnover device 100 to turn over the battery, so as to facilitate the processes of disassembling, detecting, etc. the battery.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and are not limiting; although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, and are intended to be included in the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A flipping device, comprising:

the fixing mechanism is used for fixing a product to be overturned;

2. The turnover device of claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises two groups of lifting assemblies, the lifting mechanism further comprises a connecting rod, the two first chain wheels are respectively connected to two ends of the connecting rod, and the lifting driving piece is used for driving the connecting rod to rotate so as to drive the two first chain wheels to rotate.

3. The turning device of claim 2, wherein the lifting assembly further comprises a second sprocket rotatably mounted on the support, the second sprocket and the first sprocket being aligned in a direction perpendicular to the length of the connecting rod, and the chain belt further being wound around the second sprocket.

4. The turnover device of claim 3, wherein the bracket is provided with a sprocket mounting seat, the sprocket mounting seat and the connecting rod are both arranged at the top of the bracket and are adjacently arranged, and the second sprocket is rotatably connected to the sprocket mounting seat.

5. The flipping unit of claim 1, wherein the securing mechanism is slidably coupled to the stand in a height direction of the stand.

6. The turnover device of claim 5, wherein the support is provided with a sliding rail along its height direction, the fixing mechanism is provided with a sliding block, and the fixing mechanism is slidably connected with the sliding rail through the sliding block.

7. The upender of claim 1, wherein the securing mechanism further comprises at least one support member coupled between the two stringers and configured to support a product.

8. The turnover device of claim 1, wherein the longitudinal beam is provided with a strap portion having a through hole for passing a rope therethrough.

9. The flip device of claim 1 wherein the flip mechanism includes a flip drive coupled to the connection assembly and configured to drive rotation of the securing mechanism.

10. The turning device of claim 9 wherein said connection assembly comprises a mounting plate and a swivel plate, said mounting plate being connected to said chain belt, two of said stringers being connected to said swivel plate; the mounting plate is provided with a through hole, the overturning driving piece is connected to one side, deviating from the longitudinal beam, of the mounting plate, and the driving end of the overturning driving piece penetrates through the through hole to be connected with the rotating plate.

11. The flipping unit of claim 9, wherein the flipping driving means comprises a servo motor and an encoder mounted on the servo motor, the encoder for detecting a rotation angle of the servo motor.

12. The flipping unit of claim 11, further comprising a photosensor for detecting the rotation angle of the securing mechanism.

13. The flipping unit of claim 12, further comprising a lower computer for outputting control signals to the servo motor, wherein the encoder and the photosensor are both electrically connected to the lower computer and capable of sending feedback signals to the lower computer.

14. A battery manufacturing apparatus comprising the flipping unit of any one of claims 1 to 13.