CN219816895U - Edge coating device, edge coating system and battery piece production system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a coating device, a coating system and a battery piece production system, wherein the coating device comprises: place platform and mechanism of borduring, place the platform and be used for supporting the battery piece, the mechanism of borduring includes guide and rubber coating wheel, and the guide encloses to establish in the periphery of placing the platform, and rubber coating wheel is around placing the periphery of platform movably setting on the guide, and the wheel face of rubber coating wheel is used for with placing the side contact of the battery piece on the platform. Therefore, when the battery piece needs to be covered, the battery piece can be directly placed on the placing table, and then the rubber coating wheel moves along the periphery of the placing table along with the sliding block on the guide piece, so that the wheel surface of the rubber coating wheel is contacted with the side surface of the battery piece, and finally the covering operation is completed. In the process, the battery piece is kept motionless, so that the space required by edge wrapping is relatively smaller, the battery piece is prevented from colliding with other objects, the damage probability is reduced, and the loss of the battery piece is reduced.

Description

Edge coating device, edge coating system and battery piece production system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of solar cells, in particular to an edge coating device, an edge coating system and a cell production system.

Background

In the preparation process of the solar cell, the insulating glue is required to be coated on the edge of the cell to form a glue layer, the insulating glue plays an insulating role in the electroplating process, and the situation that the front side and the back side of the cell are electrically connected to cause short circuit due to the fact that metals such as copper, tin and the like are electroplated on the side face of the cell in electroplating is avoided.

At present, a common encapsulation mode is to adsorb a battery piece by using a mechanical arm and carry the battery piece to the vicinity of an encapsulation wheel, and then drive the battery piece to rotate around the encapsulation wheel by using the mechanical arm so as to enable the side surface of the battery piece to be in contact with the edge of the encapsulation wheel for encapsulation treatment. However, in the whole encapsulation treatment process, the movement track of the battery piece is complex, the required movement space is large, and the battery piece is easy to collide with other surrounding objects in the contact process of the encapsulation wheel, so that the battery piece is easy to damage, and the loss of the battery piece is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, it is necessary to provide a coating device, a coating system and a battery piece production system for coating the battery, which can effectively avoid collision between the battery piece and other objects in the process of coating the battery, and reduce the breakage rate of the battery piece.

An edge coating device comprising: place platform and mechanism of borduring, place the platform and be used for supporting the battery piece, the mechanism of borduring includes guide and rubber coating wheel, the guide encloses to be established place the periphery of platform, the rubber coating wheel is around place the periphery of platform movably set up on the guide, the tread of rubber coating wheel be used for with place bench the side contact of battery piece.

In the above-mentioned coating device that bordures, because the guide encloses to establish in the periphery of placing the platform, and the rubber coating wheel is around placing the periphery of placing the platform movably setting on the guide, consequently, when needs carry out the bordure to the battery piece, can directly place the battery piece on placing the platform, make the rubber coating wheel follow the slider on the guide and remove along the periphery of placing the platform afterwards, and then can make the wheel face of rubber coating wheel and the side contact of battery piece, accomplish the operation of borduring finally. In the process, the battery piece is kept motionless, so that the space required by edge wrapping is relatively smaller, the battery piece is prevented from colliding with other objects, the damage probability is reduced, and the loss of the battery piece is reduced.

The technical scheme is further described as follows:

in one embodiment, the edge covering mechanism further comprises a sliding seat and a driving piece, the guiding piece is a guide rail, the guide rail is arranged on the periphery of the placing table in a surrounding mode and forms an annular structure, the sliding seat is arranged on the guide rail and is in driving connection with the driving piece, the driving piece is used for driving the sliding seat to move along the guide rail, and the glue coating wheel is rotatably arranged on the sliding seat.

In one embodiment, the sliding seat and the glue coating wheel are provided with a plurality of sliding seats and are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, the sliding seats are movably arranged on the guide rail, the driving parts are provided with a plurality of driving parts, the number of the driving parts is the same as that of the sliding seats, each driving part is connected with one sliding seat in a driving manner, and the sliding paths of the sliding seats are jointly enclosed to form the annular structure.

In one embodiment, a plurality of initial stations are formed on the guide rail at intervals, the number of the initial stations is the same as that of the sliding seats, each initial station is correspondingly provided with one sliding seat, and each sliding seat sequentially switches positions among the initial stations on the guide rail.

In one embodiment, the edge covering mechanism further includes a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors is provided with a sensor at each of the start stations, each of the plurality of sensors is electrically connected with one of the driving members, and the sensor is used for sensing the sliding seat entering the corresponding start station and driving the corresponding driving member to act.

In one embodiment, the edge coating device further comprises a fixing mechanism, wherein the fixing mechanism is arranged on the placing table and is used for fixing the battery piece on the placing table.

The utility model also provides a hemming coating system, comprising: the transfer mechanism is used for transferring the battery piece to the placing table or removing the battery piece from the placing table.

In one embodiment, the coating system for wrapping edges further comprises a buffer table and a transport table, the transfer mechanism comprises a hanging rail and a mechanical arm, the placement table is arranged between the buffer table and the transport table along the guiding direction of the hanging rail, the buffer table is configured to buffer a plurality of battery pieces to be wrapped edges, the transport table is configured to buffer a plurality of battery pieces to be wrapped edges, the mechanical arm is used for taking the battery pieces, and the mechanical arm is movably arranged on the hanging rail to reciprocate between the buffer table and the placement table and between the placement table and the transport table.

In one embodiment, the mechanical arm includes a first work arm movably disposed on the hanger rail and reciprocating between the buffer stage and the placement stage, and a second work arm movably disposed on the hanger rail and reciprocating between the placement stage and the transport stage.

The utility model also provides a battery piece production system which comprises the edge covering coating system.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model.

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is apparent 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 for a person skilled in the art.

Moreover, the figures are not drawn to a 1:1 scale, and the relative sizes of various elements are merely exemplary in the figures, and are not necessarily drawn to true scale. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an edge coating device according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an edge coating system according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Reference numerals illustrate:

10. a hemming coating system; 110. a coating device; 111. a placement table; 112. an edge covering mechanism; 1121. a guide member; 1122. a rubber coating wheel; 1123. a driving member; 1124. a sensor; 120. a transfer mechanism; 121. a hanger rail; 122. a mechanical arm; 1221. a first work arm; 1222. a second work arm; 130. a cache table; 140. a transport table; 20. and a battery piece.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the utility model will be readily understood, a more particular description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present utility model. The present utility model may be embodied in many other forms than described herein and similarly modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the utility model, whereby the utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In the preparation process of the solar cell, the insulating glue is required to be coated on the edge of the cell to form a glue layer, the insulating glue plays an insulating role in the electroplating process, and the situation that the front side and the back side of the cell are electrically connected to cause short circuit due to the fact that metals such as copper, tin and the like are electroplated on the side face of the cell in electroplating is avoided. In contrast, the utility model provides a coating device for coating the side surface of a battery piece with insulating glue.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the utility model provides a hemming coating device 110, which includes: a placement table 111 and a taping mechanism 112. The placement table 111 is used to support the battery cells 20. The taping mechanism 112 includes a guide 1121 and an taping wheel 1122. The guide 1121 is provided around the outer periphery of the placement stage 111. The taping wheel 1122 is movably provided on the guide 1121 around the periphery of the placement table 111, and the tread of the taping wheel 1122 is used to contact the side face of the battery cell 20 on the placement table 111.

In the above-described taping coating apparatus 110, since the guide 1121 is provided around the periphery of the placement table 111, and the taping wheel 1122 is provided on the guide 1121 so as to be movable around the periphery of the placement table 111, when it is necessary to taping the battery piece 20, the battery piece 20 can be directly placed on the placement table 111, and then the taping wheel 1122 is moved along the periphery of the placement table 111 along with the slider on the guide 1121, so that the wheel face of the taping wheel 1122 is brought into contact with the side face of the battery piece 20, and the taping operation is finally completed. In this process, the battery piece 20 is kept still, so that the space required by the edge wrapping is relatively small, the collision between the battery piece 20 and other objects is avoided, the damage probability is reduced, and the loss of the battery piece 20 is reduced.

Note that, the wrapping in this embodiment means that the side surface of the battery piece 20 is coated with the insulating glue, so as to form a ring of insulating glue ring. Correspondingly, the tread of the encapsulation wheel 1122 in this embodiment is coated with an insulating paste, which can be applied to the side surfaces of the battery cells 20 when it is in contact with the side surfaces of the battery cells 20.

Referring to fig. 1, in one embodiment, the edge covering mechanism 112 further includes a slider (not shown) and a driving member 1123. The guide 1121 is a guide rail that is provided around the outer periphery of the placement stage 111 and forms a ring-shaped structure. The slide is disposed on the rail and is in driving connection with a driving member 1123, and the driving member 1123 is used for driving the slide to move along the rail. The encapsulation wheel 1122 is rotatably disposed on the carriage. In this way, the driving member 1123 drives the slide to drive the wrapping wheel 1122 to move on the guide rail around the periphery of the placement table 111, so that the wrapping wheel 1122 can rotate around its own axis and simultaneously rotate around the battery piece 20 placed on the placement table 111 for wrapping.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the wrapping wheel 1122 is rotatably disposed on the sliding base around its central axis, and the central axis of the wrapping wheel 1122 is perpendicular to the plane of the placement table 111.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the driving member 1123 is a motor.

In order to improve the hemming efficiency, in an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, a plurality of sliders and the wrapping wheels 1122 are provided and are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence. Each slide seat is movably arranged on the guide rail. The driving members 1123 are provided in plurality, and the number of the driving members 1123 is the same as the number of the sliders, and one slider is drivingly connected to each driving member 1123. And the sliding paths of the sliding seats are jointly enclosed to form an annular structure.

In one embodiment, both the carriage and the encapsulation wheel 1122 are provided. The two sliding seats can be arranged at intervals, and the two sliding seats move on the guide rail along the same steering direction. Alternatively, the two carriages are arranged in close proximity and move on the rail in opposite directions.

Alternatively, in another embodiment, the driving member 1123 is provided with one, and the driving member 1123 is drivingly connected to a plurality of carriages.

In one embodiment, the guide rail is formed with a plurality of start stations at intervals. And the number of the initial stations is the same as that of the sliding seats, and each initial station is correspondingly provided with one sliding seat. And each sliding seat sequentially switches positions between the starting stations on the guide rail.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, in one embodiment, the taping mechanism 112 further includes a sensor 1124. The sensor 1124 is provided in plurality. Each start station is provided with a sensor 1124, and each sensor 1124 is electrically connected to a driving member 1123. The sensor 1124 is used to sense the slide entering the corresponding start station and to actuate the corresponding drive 1123. Thus, when the sensors 1124 at each initial station sense that there are sliding bases, each driving member 1123 drives the corresponding sliding base to move on the guide rail, so as to rapidly glue a round of side surface of the battery piece 20, and complete the edge wrapping operation.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, since the battery plate 20 has a generally rectangular structure, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, four carriages, the wrapping wheel 1122, the start station, and the sensor 1124 are provided. Each carriage is provided with a respective encapsulation wheel 1122. The four initial stations are arranged on the guide rail at intervals. Each start station is provided with a corresponding slide and sensor 1124. When the edge wrapping operation is performed, the four sliding seats simultaneously slide on the guide rail in the clockwise or anticlockwise direction, so that each sliding seat can move from one corresponding starting station to the adjacent other starting station.

Further, in the present embodiment, the hemming mechanism 112 further includes a controller. The controller is electrically connected to each of the drivers 1123 and each of the sensors 1124. The sensor 1124 feeds back the detected signal to the controller, which in turn controls the start and stop of each of the drivers 1123.

In one embodiment, the edge coating apparatus 110 further includes a securing mechanism. The fixing mechanism is provided on the placement table 111. The fixing mechanism is used to fix the battery piece 20 on the placement table 111.

In an embodiment, the fixing mechanism is a fastening structure, and the battery piece 20 is fixed on the placement table 111 through the fastening structure.

Alternatively, in another embodiment, the securing mechanism may be a suction cup structure. In this way, the battery piece 20 can be fixed to the placement table 111 by suction.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present utility model further provides an edge covering coating system 10, including: transfer mechanism 120 and edge coating apparatus 110 as described above. The transfer mechanism 120 is used to transfer the battery piece 20 onto the placement stage 111 or to remove the battery piece 20 from the placement stage 111. In other words, the transferring mechanism 120 is configured to transfer the battery piece 20 to be hemmed onto the placing table 111, and after the battery piece 20 is hemmed by the hemming mechanism 112, the transferring mechanism 120 transfers the hemmed battery piece 20, so that the hemming coating device 110 can perform the hemming operation on the next battery piece 20 to be hemmed.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the edge coating system 10 further includes a buffer station 130 and a transport station 140. The transfer mechanism 120 includes a hanger rail 121 and a robot arm 122. The placement stage 111 is disposed between the buffer stage 130 and the transport stage 140 along the guiding direction of the hanger rail 121. The buffer stage 130 is configured to buffer a plurality of battery pieces 20 to be hemmed, and the transport stage 140 is configured to buffer a plurality of hemmed battery pieces 20. The robot arm 122 is used for taking the battery piece 20, and the robot arm 122 is movably disposed on the hanger rail 121 to reciprocate between the buffer stage 130 and the placement stage 111 and between the placement stage 111 and the transport stage 140.

In order to avoid damage to the battery piece 20 when the mechanical arm 122 takes the battery piece 20, specifically, in this embodiment, the mechanical arm 122 adsorbs the battery piece 20 through a structure such as a suction cup.

In order to increase the transfer efficiency of the robotic arm 122 to the battery plate 20 and increase the operating efficiency of the bead coating system 10, please continue to refer to fig. 1 and 2, in one embodiment, the robotic arm 122 includes a first work arm 1221 and a second work arm 1222. The first work arm 1221 is movably provided on the hanger rail 121 and reciprocates between the buffer stage 130 and the placement stage 111. The second work arm 1222 is movably provided on the hanger rail 121 and reciprocates between the placing table 111 and the transporting table 140. In other words, the first working arm 1221 is used to transfer the battery piece 20 to be hemmed on the buffer stage 130 to the placement stage 111 for hemming, and the second working arm 1222 is used to transfer the battery piece 20 hemmed on the placement stage 111 to the transport stage 140. The first work arm 1221 cooperates with the second work arm 1222 to improve the transfer efficiency of the battery slice 20.

It should be noted that the first work arm 1221 and the second work arm 1222 may be movable on one hanger rail 121, or alternatively, the first work arm 1221 and the second work arm 1222 may be movable on different hanger rails 121.

An embodiment of the present utility model also provides a battery sheet production system including the edging coating system 10 as described above.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that, if such terms as "center", "circumferential", etc., are used, these terms refer to an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, only for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, if any, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the terms "plurality" and "a plurality" if any, mean at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly. For example, the two parts can be fixedly connected, detachably connected or integrated; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly, through intermediaries, or both, may be in communication with each other or in interaction with each other, unless expressly defined otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present utility model, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the meaning of a first feature being "on" or "off" a second feature, and the like, is that the first and second features are either in direct contact or in indirect contact through an intervening medium.

It will be understood that if an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. If an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein, if any, are for descriptive purposes only and do not represent a unique embodiment.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the utility model, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the claims. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, which are all within the scope of the utility model. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present utility model is to be determined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. An edge coating device, comprising: place platform (111) and mechanism (112) bordure, place platform (111) are used for supporting battery piece (20), mechanism (112) include guide (1121) and rubber coating wheel (1122) bordure, guide (1121) enclose and establish place the periphery of platform (111), rubber coating wheel (1122) are around place the periphery of platform (111) movably set up on guide (1121), the tread of rubber coating wheel (1122) be used for with place on the platform (111) the side contact of battery piece (20).

2. The edge coating device according to claim 1, wherein the edge coating mechanism (112) further comprises a sliding seat and a driving member (1123), the guiding member (1121) is a guide rail, the guide rail is enclosed on the periphery of the placement table (111) and forms an annular structure, the sliding seat is arranged on the guide rail and is in driving connection with the driving member (1123), the driving member (1123) is used for driving the sliding seat to move along the guide rail, and the encapsulation wheel (1122) is rotatably arranged on the sliding seat.

3. The edge coating device according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of sliding seats and the encapsulation wheels (1122) are respectively provided and are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence, each sliding seat is movably arranged on the guide rail, a plurality of driving pieces (1123) are provided, the number of the driving pieces (1123) is the same as that of the sliding seats, each driving piece (1123) is in driving connection with one sliding seat, and the sliding paths of the sliding seats are jointly enclosed to form the annular structure.

4. A hemming coating device according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of start stations are formed on the guide rail at intervals, the number of the start stations is the same as the number of the sliding seats, each start station is provided with one sliding seat correspondingly, and each sliding seat sequentially switches positions between the start stations on the guide rail.

5. The edge coating device according to claim 4, wherein the edge coating mechanism (112) further comprises a plurality of sensors (1124), each of the start stations is provided with the sensor (1124), each of the sensors (1124) is electrically connected with one of the driving members (1123), and the sensor (1124) is used for sensing the sliding seat entering the corresponding start station and driving the corresponding driving member (1123) to act.

6. The edge coating device according to any one of claims 1-5, further comprising a fixing mechanism provided on the placement table (111) for fixing the battery sheet (20) on the placement table (111).

7. An edge coating system, comprising: a transfer mechanism (120) and the edge covering coating device according to any one of claims 1-6, the transfer mechanism (120) being used for transferring the battery piece (20) onto the placement table (111) or removing the battery piece (20) from the placement table (111).

8. The taping coating system according to claim 7, further comprising a buffer table (130) and a transport table (140), the transfer mechanism (120) comprises a hanger rail (121) and a robot arm (122), the placement table (111) is disposed between the buffer table (130) and the transport table (140) along a guiding direction of the hanger rail (121), the buffer table (130) is configured to buffer a plurality of battery pieces (20) to be taping, the transport table (140) is configured to buffer a plurality of taping battery pieces (20), the robot arm (122) is used for taking the battery pieces (20), and the robot arm (122) is movably disposed on the hanger rail (121) to reciprocate between the buffer table (130) and the placement table (111) and between the placement table (111) and the transport table (140).

9. The edge covering coating system according to claim 8, wherein the robotic arm (122) comprises a first working arm (1221) and a second working arm (1222), the first working arm (1221) being movably arranged on the hanger rail (121) and reciprocally moving between the buffer stage (130) and the placement stage (111), the second working arm (1222) being movably arranged on the hanger rail (121) and reciprocally moving between the placement stage (111) and the transport stage (140).

10. A battery sheet production system comprising the edging coating system according to any one of claims 7-9.