CN219859414U

CN219859414U - Explosion-proof piece material loading module

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Publication number: CN219859414U
Application number: CN202320884625.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高群
Original assignee: Jiaxing Yunda Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiaxing Yunda Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-04-19
Filing date: 2023-04-19
Publication date: 2023-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-19

Abstract

The utility model discloses an explosion-proof sheet feeding module, which comprises: a mobile module; the material preparation carrier is used for loading the explosion-proof sheet, is arranged on the movable module and can move between a material preparation station and a material taking station under the driving action of the movable module; the material sucking and discharging device is arranged at the material taking station and is used for sucking the explosion-proof sheet and placing the explosion-proof sheet at a preset position on the surface of the battery cover plate reaching the material discharging station; and the transmission device is used for continuously transmitting the battery cover plate to the discharging station and conveying the discharged battery cover plate to the welding station. According to the scheme of the embodiment, the machine replaces manual operation, the actions of sucking and discharging the explosion-proof piece are automatically completed, and the production efficiency is greatly improved; each sucking and discharging action is programmed and standard consistent, and the yield and quality of finished products can be ensured.

Description

Explosion-proof piece material loading module

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery processing, in particular to an explosion-proof sheet feeding module.

Background

The battery cover plate is a part for packaging and releasing pressure at the top of the lithium battery, and a plurality of processing steps such as feeding, welding and detecting are needed in the processing process, and a plurality of processing machine tables are arranged according to the requirements.

In the production process of the battery cover plate, one of them is to place a bursting disc on the battery cover plate and then weld. At present, the welding process of the explosion-proof sheet mostly depends on manual feeding and discharging, so that the production efficiency is extremely low; and the consistency of the manual operation products is poor, and the yield cannot be ensured.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical aim can be achieved by adopting the following technical characteristics, and other technical effects are brought.

The utility model provides an explosion-proof sheet feeding module, which comprises:

a mobile module;

the material preparation carrier is used for loading the explosion-proof sheet, is arranged on the movable module and can move between a material preparation station and a material taking station under the driving action of the movable module;

the material sucking and discharging device is arranged at the material taking station and is used for sucking the explosion-proof sheet and placing the explosion-proof sheet at a preset position on the surface of the battery cover plate reaching the material discharging station;

and the transmission device is used for continuously transmitting the battery cover plate to the discharging station and conveying the discharged battery cover plate to the welding station.

According to the scheme of the embodiment, the machine replaces manual operation, the actions of sucking and discharging the explosion-proof piece are automatically completed, and the production efficiency is greatly improved; each sucking and discharging action is programmed and standard consistent, and the yield and quality of finished products can be ensured.

In addition, the explosion-proof sheet feeding module provided by the utility model can also have the following technical characteristics:

in one example of the present utility model, the stock carrier includes:

the carrier body is internally provided with a plurality of die cavities in parallel along the length direction of the linear guide rail, and the bottom of the die cavity is provided with a bottom sealing plate capable of moving up and down;

the jacking cylinders are arranged below the die cavities, the tops of the jacking cylinders are connected with the bottom sealing plate through jacking blocks, and the jacking cylinders are used for jacking the bottom sealing plate to drive the top explosion-proof piece in the die cavity to be lifted to the height of the material taking station when the die cavity is driven by the moving die set to reach the material taking station.

In an example of the present utility model, the carrier body has a hollow structure at a position corresponding to the cavity.

In one example of the present utility model, the material preparation carrier further includes a standby carrier, a standby mold cavity is disposed in the standby carrier, and the standby carrier is slidably disposed on the linear rail, and is configured to move to the material taking station when the carrier body supplements the explosion proof sheet, so that the material sucking and discharging device sucks the explosion proof sheet in the standby mold cavity.

In one example of the present utility model, the stock carrier further includes a laser displacement sensor disposed above the material taking station for emitting and receiving laser light to a preset position in the mold cavity reaching the material taking station, and calculating a time T from emission to reception; the jacking cylinder is connected with the laser displacement sensor and used for controlling the jacking cylinder to be closed when the time fed back by the laser displacement sensor is equal to a preset value.

In one example of the present utility model, the explosion-proof sheet feeding module further includes:

the lower visual mechanism is arranged between the material taking station and the material discharging station and is used for shooting the lower surface of the explosion-proof sheet to form a first image when the explosion-proof sheet is sucked and moves to the upper side of the lower visual mechanism;

the upper visual mechanism is arranged above the discharging station and is used for shooting the upper surface of the battery cover plate to form a second image when the battery cover plate moves to the discharging station;

the sucking and discharging device is in communication connection with the lower visual mechanism and the upper visual mechanism and is configured to adjust a moving path based on a comparison difference value of the first image and the second image and pre-stored standard image data so as to place the explosion-proof sheet on a battery cover plate of a discharging station.

In one example of the present utility model, the upper vision mechanism includes a camera and a vision bracket for fixing the camera, the vision bracket straddling both sides of the transmission device perpendicular to the transmission direction.

In one example of the present utility model, in order to increase the capacity of the apparatus, at least two of the moving module, the material preparing carrier and the material sucking and discharging device are respectively provided, and are arranged side by side on one side of the conveying device.

In one example of the present utility model, the mobile module includes:

the two ends of the linear guide rail in the length direction are respectively arranged at the material preparation station and the material taking station;

the sliding bracket is slidably arranged on the linear guide rail and is connected with the material preparation carrier;

and the power cylinder is used for driving the sliding support to drive the material preparation carrier to move along the length direction of the linear guide rail.

In one example of the utility model, the suction and discharge device comprises a robot arm, and a negative pressure suction head is arranged at the tail end of the robot arm.

Preferred embodiments for carrying out the present utility model will be described in more detail below with reference to the attached drawings so that the features and advantages of the present utility model can be easily understood.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodiments of the present utility model, the following description will briefly explain the drawings of the embodiments of the present utility model. Wherein the showings are for the purpose of illustrating some embodiments of the utility model only and not for the purpose of limiting the same.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a rupture disc loading module according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the upper vision mechanism of FIG. 1 with the upper vision mechanism removed;

FIG. 3 is another angular perspective view of the upper vision mechanism of FIG. 1 with the upper vision mechanism removed;

reference numerals:

1. a battery cover plate;

221. a mobile module; 2211. a linear guide rail; 2212. a power cylinder;

222. preparing a material carrier; 2221. a carrier body; 2221a, hollow structure; 2222. a mold cavity; 2223. a jacking cylinder; 2223a, plug; 2224. a jacking block; 2225. a standby carrier; 2226. a linear rail; 2227. a laser displacement sensor;

223. a sucking and discharging device; 2231. a robotic arm; 2232. a negative pressure suction head;

224. a transmission device;

225. a lower vision mechanism;

226. an upper vision mechanism; 2261. a camera; 2262. a visual support.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the technical solutions of the present utility model more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of specific embodiments of the present utility model. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like parts. It should be noted that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts, based on the described embodiments of the present utility model fall within the protection scope of the present utility model.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein should be given the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs. The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and in the claims, are not used for any order, quantity, or importance, but are used for distinguishing between different elements. Likewise, the terms "a" or "an" and the like do not necessarily denote a limitation of quantity. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that elements or items preceding the word are included in the element or item listed after the word and equivalents thereof, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "connected," and the like, are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, which may also be changed when the absolute position of the object to be described is changed.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, an explosion-proof sheet feeding module according to the present utility model includes:

a moving module 221;

the material preparation carrier 222 is used for loading an explosion-proof sheet, and the material preparation carrier 222 is arranged on the movable module 221 and can move between a material preparation station and a material taking station under the driving action of the movable module 221;

suction and discharge device

223, which is arranged at the material taking station and is used for sucking the explosion-proof sheet and placing the explosion-proof sheet at a preset position on the surface of the battery cover plate 1 reaching the material placing station;

and the conveying device 224 is used for continuously conveying the battery cover plates 1 to the discharging station and conveying the discharged battery cover plates 1 to the welding station.

Specific working principle: the preparation carrier 222 loads the explosion-proof sheet at the preparation station; the moving module 221 drives the material preparation carrier 222 to move to the material taking station; suction and discharge device

223 sucking the explosion-proof sheet and placing the explosion-proof sheet at a preset position on the surface of the battery cover plate 1 reaching the discharging station; finally, the conveying device 224 conveys the discharged battery cover plate 1 to a welding station for firmly welding the explosion-proof piece and the battery cover plate 1.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the embodiment shown, the stock carrier 222 includes:

a carrier body 2221, wherein a plurality of mold cavities 2222 are arranged in the carrier body 2221 in parallel along the length direction of the linear guide rail 2211, and a bottom sealing plate capable of moving up and down is arranged at the bottom of the mold cavities 2222;

the jacking cylinder 2223 is disposed below each die cavity 2222, and the top of the jacking cylinder 2223 is connected with the bottom sealing plate through a jacking block 2224, so as to jack up the bottom sealing plate to drive the top explosion-proof piece in the die cavity 2222 to rise to the height of the material taking station when the die cavity 2222 is driven by the moving module 221 to reach the material taking station.

In the embodiment, a plurality of die cavities 2222 are arranged, and a plurality of explosion-proof sheets are arranged in each die cavity 2222 from top to bottom, so that the material preparation time is saved; the explosion-proof sheets stacked up and down in the mold cavity 2222 can be sequentially sucked by the sucking and discharging device 223 (such as the negative pressure sucking head 2232 at the tail end of the robot arm 2231) and placed on the battery cover plate 1, when the multiple layers of explosion-proof sheets stacked up and down in one mold cavity 2222 are used up, the moving module 221 drives the carrier body 2221 to move along the length direction of the linear guide rail 2211 so that the next mold cavity 2222 reaches the material taking station to continue taking materials.

The setting of jack-up jar 2223 makes robot arm 2231 all be in same height at every turn when absorbing, need not be taken the back down remove in order to absorb the explosion proof piece of next floor at the one deck explosion proof piece, and mechanism action procedure is simple, be difficult for makeing mistakes, and work efficiency is also higher.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the carrier body 2221 has a hollow structure 2221a at a position corresponding to the cavity 2222. The number of the taken explosion-proof pieces in the film cavity and the number of the rest explosion-proof pieces can be seen through the hollow structure 2221a, so that an operator can conveniently know the number of the explosion-proof pieces in real time and supplement the explosion-proof pieces to the die cavity 2222 in time.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in the illustrated embodiment, the stock carrier 222 further includes a standby carrier 2225, a standby mold cavity 2222 is disposed in the standby carrier 2225, and the standby carrier 2225 is slidably disposed on the linear rail 2226, so as to move to the material taking station when the carrier body 2221 supplements the anti-explosion sheet, so that the material sucking and discharging device 223 sucks the anti-explosion sheet in the standby mold cavity 2222. The setting of reserve die cavity 2222 can be for carrier body 2221 normal supplementary explosion proof piece strives for time to do not need to shut down and supply explosion proof piece, make the material loading of explosion proof piece can last 24 hours incessantly going on, guaranteed invariable production rhythm and high efficiency, also can not influence holistic production rhythm and production efficiency of battery product because of shutting down.

In this embodiment, a lifting cylinder 2223 may be disposed below the spare mold cavity 2222, and a top head 2223a at the top of the lifting cylinder 2223 is connected to a bottom sealing plate at the bottom of the spare mold cavity 2222 through a lifting block 2224, so as to lift the bottom sealing plate when the mold cavity 2222 is driven by the moving module 221 to reach the material taking station, so that the top explosion-proof sheet in the spare mold cavity 2222 is lifted to the height where the material taking station is located.

As shown in fig. 2, in the embodiment shown, the stock carrier 222 further includes a laser displacement sensor 2227 disposed above the material taking station, for emitting and receiving laser light to a preset position in the mold cavity 2222 reaching the material taking station, and calculating a time T from emission to reception; the jacking cylinder 2223 is connected to the laser displacement sensor 2227, and is used for controlling to close the jacking cylinder 2223 when the time fed back by the laser displacement sensor 2227 is equal to a preset value.

In this embodiment, when the uppermost explosion-proof sheet does not rise to the height of the material taking station, the time T from the laser emission to the laser reception is longer, and as the explosion-proof sheet rises, the time T is shorter and shorter, so that a preset value can be designed to be a time value when the explosion-proof sheet just rises to the height of the material taking station, and at this time, the control closing of the lifting cylinder 2223 can ensure that the uppermost explosion-proof sheet just reaches the height of the material taking station, so as to avoid that the robot arm 2231 cannot accurately absorb the explosion-proof sheet or that the distance between the explosion-proof sheet and the uppermost explosion-proof sheet is too close to crush the explosion-proof sheet.

The battery cover plate 1 is used as an important part of a lithium battery, and has very high requirements on machining precision, so that the requirement on the precision of taking and placing the explosion-proof piece is very high, and the single-side error is not more than 0.02mm, so that higher discharging precision is required. Thus, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the rupture disc loading module further comprises:

the lower visual mechanism 225 is arranged between the material taking station and the material discharging station and is used for shooting the lower surface of the explosion-proof sheet to form a first image when the explosion-proof sheet is sucked and moves to the material discharging station to the position above the lower visual mechanism 225;

the upper visual mechanism 226 is arranged above the discharging station and is used for shooting the upper surface of the battery cover plate 1 to form a second image when the battery cover plate 1 moves to the discharging station;

the sucking and discharging device 223 is communicatively connected with the lower vision mechanism 225 and the upper vision mechanism 226, and is configured to adjust a moving path based on the comparison difference between the first image and the second image and the pre-stored standard image data so as to place the explosion-proof sheet on the battery cover plate 1 of the discharging station.

Specifically, standard image data can be pre-stored in the suction and discharge device 223, and if the photographed image is consistent with the pre-stored standard image data, the moving path of the suction and discharge device 223 is kept unchanged;

when the photographed first image, second image and pre-stored standard image data have differences, the moving path can be adjusted and changed based on the differences, so that each explosion-proof piece can be accurately placed at a preset position on the battery cover plate 1 in the processing process, and the placement accuracy on the battery cover plate 1 is improved.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the upper vision mechanism 226 includes a camera 2261 and a vision support 2262 for fixing the camera 2261, and the vision support 2262 is disposed across the two sides of the conveying device 224 perpendicular to the conveying direction. The visual support 2262 can stabilize the installation of the camera 2261 and prevent the shake of the camera 2261, thereby ensuring the accuracy of photographed images and the placement accuracy of the explosion-proof sheet.

The capacity requirement of the battery cover plate 1 is further improved to 1500 sheets/h at present. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 3, in order to increase the capacity of the apparatus, at least two moving modules 221, the material preparation carriers 222 and the material sucking and discharging devices 223 are respectively disposed, and are disposed side by side on one side of the conveying device 224. Two modules and two groups of robots work simultaneously. The robots, the movable modules 221 and the material preparation carriers 222 are matched, so that the assembling efficiency of taking and placing the explosion-proof sheets is improved, and the overall productivity is improved.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the mobile module 221 includes:

the two ends of the linear guide rail 2211 in the length direction are respectively arranged at the material preparation station and the material taking station;

the sliding support is slidably arranged on the linear guide rail 2211 and is connected with the material preparation carrier 222;

the power cylinder 2212 is configured to drive the sliding bracket to drive the stock carrier 222 to move along the length direction of the linear guide 2211.

When the power cylinder 2212 is started, the sliding support may be driven to drive the stock carrier 222 to move along the length direction of the linear guide 2211, so as to move the stock carrier 222 to the material taking station. The power cylinder 2212 has high driving stability, and can accurately control the moving distance of the sliding support, so that moving deviation is avoided.

The exemplary implementation of the clip positioning mechanism 100 according to the present utility model has been described in detail hereinabove with reference to the preferred embodiments, however, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and adaptations can be made to the specific embodiments described above and that various combinations of the technical features and structures according to the present utility model can be made without departing from the scope of the utility model, which is defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. Explosion-proof piece material loading module, its characterized in that includes:

a mobile module;

2. The rupture disc loading module of claim 1, wherein the stock carrier comprises:

3. The rupture disc loading module of claim 2, wherein the carrier body has a hollowed-out structure at a location corresponding to the cavity.

4. The rupture disc loading module of claim 2, wherein the stock carrier further comprises a backup carrier having a backup die cavity therein, and the backup carrier is slidably disposed on the linear rail for movement to the take-out station for the suction and discharge device to suck the rupture disc in the backup die cavity when the carrier body supplements the rupture disc.

5. The rupture disc loading module of claim 2, wherein the stock carrier further comprises a laser displacement sensor disposed above the take-out station for emitting and receiving laser light to a predetermined location in the mold cavity that reaches the take-out station and calculating a time T from emission to reception;

the jacking cylinder is connected with the laser displacement sensor and used for controlling the jacking cylinder to be closed when the time fed back by the laser displacement sensor is equal to a preset value.

6. The rupture disc loading module of claim 1, wherein the rupture disc loading module further comprises:

7. The rupture disc loading module of claim 6, wherein the upper vision mechanism includes a camera and a vision bracket for securing the camera, the vision bracket straddling two sides of the transfer device perpendicular to the transfer direction.

8. The rupture disc loading module of claim 1, wherein the moving module, the stock carrier and the suction and discharge device are respectively provided with at least two parts, and are arranged on one side of the transmission device side by side.

9. The rupture disc loading module of claim 1, wherein the mobile module comprises:

10. The rupture disc loading module of claim 1, wherein the suction and discharge device comprises a robotic arm having a negative pressure suction head at a distal end thereof.