CN220115867U - Carry buffer memory and have its electric core conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a conveying buffer device and a battery cell conveying device with the same, wherein the conveying buffer device comprises: a base; the rotating piece is rotatably arranged on the base, and the rotating axis of the rotating piece extends along the transverse direction; the rotary driving piece is arranged between the base and the rotating piece to drive the rotating piece to rotate; the plurality of pick-up pieces are arranged on the rotating piece at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotating piece; wherein each pick-up member has a pick-up position opposite the workpiece and a cache position offset from the workpiece. The technical scheme of the utility model effectively solves the problem that the buffer area of the battery cells stacked on the conveyor belt in the related technology influences the subsequent battery cell conveying.

Description

Carry buffer memory and have its electric core conveyor

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery cell conveying, in particular to a conveying buffer device and a battery cell conveying device with the same.

Background

In the lamination process of the battery cell, the pole piece, the diaphragm or the lamination unit formed by the pole piece and the diaphragm is generally required to be conveyed to a designated position by a conveyor belt, and then is grabbed from the conveyor belt by a mechanical arm and transferred to a lamination table for stacking. The manipulator needs to move to the upper part of the conveyor belt and then descend to the conveyor belt to take materials, so that the whole material taking process needs longer time.

In the related art, the conveyor belt is provided with a buffer area, that is, the battery cells can be stacked in the buffer area for the manipulator to clamp, but due to the fact that the battery cells are stacked in the buffer area, the conveying of the subsequent battery cells can be affected, that is, the battery cells cannot continue to be conveyed by the conveyor belt.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model mainly aims to provide a conveying buffer device and a battery cell conveying device with the same, so as to solve the problem that the battery cells in the related art are accumulated in a buffer area on a conveyor belt, and further influence the subsequent battery cell conveying.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present utility model, there is provided a transport buffer apparatus comprising: a base; the rotating piece is rotatably arranged on the base, and the rotating axis of the rotating piece extends along the transverse direction; the rotary driving piece is arranged between the base and the rotating piece to drive the rotating piece to rotate; the plurality of pick-up pieces are arranged on the rotating piece at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotating piece; wherein each pick-up member has a pick-up position opposite the workpiece and a cache position offset from the workpiece.

Further, the conveying buffer device further comprises a pneumatic driving piece, and the pneumatic driving piece is in driving fit with each pick-up piece so that each pick-up piece can adsorb or clamp a workpiece.

Further, pick up the piece and include the sucking disc, pneumatic drive spare is the air pump, and the air pump cooperates with the sucking disc in order to realize adsorbing the work piece.

Further, the base comprises a base body and a lifting table which is arranged on the base body in a lifting manner, and the rotary driving piece is arranged on the lifting table.

Further, the conveying buffer device further comprises a connecting pipe, the rotating piece comprises a rotating part and a fixing part, the rotating part is sleeved outside the fixing part and can rotate relative to the fixing part, a first air hole is formed in the side wall of the rotating part, a second air hole is formed in the fixing part, the first air hole is communicated with the second air hole, the plurality of pick-up pieces are communicated with the first air hole through the connecting pipe, and the pneumatic driving piece is communicated with the second air hole.

Further, the first air holes are arranged at intervals along the circumferential side wall of the rotating member, the second air holes are arranged at intervals along the circumferential side wall of the fixing portion, the first air holes and the second air holes are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the first air holes and the picking members are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

Further, the conveying buffer device further comprises a rotating frame, the rotating frame is arranged on the rotating piece, and the pick-up piece is arranged on the rotating frame.

Further, the rotating member comprises a first rotating disc and a second rotating disc which are arranged at intervals, the plurality of pick-up members are located between the first rotating disc and the second rotating disc, the fixing portion is located at one side, far away from the second rotating disc, of the first rotating disc, and the rotary driving member is arranged at one side, far away from the first rotating disc, of the second rotating disc.

According to another aspect of the utility model, there is provided a cell conveying device, including a conveying buffer device, where the conveying buffer device is the conveying buffer device.

Further, the cell conveying device includes a conveyor belt for conveying the workpiece, and the pick-up member is capable of picking up the workpiece from the conveyor belt.

Further, the cell conveying device further comprises a first detection piece, a second detection piece and a controller, wherein the first detection piece is arranged at the downstream of the conveyor belt, the second detection piece is arranged at the upstream of the conveyor belt, the controller is connected with the second detection piece and the rotary driving piece, the second detection piece is started according to the detection signal of the first detection piece, and the controller controls the rotary driving piece according to the detection signal of the second detection piece.

By applying the technical scheme of the utility model, the rotary driving piece is arranged on the base, and the rotary driving piece is in driving connection with the rotating piece so that the rotating piece can rotate. The plurality of pick-up members are disposed on the rotating member at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotating member. Specifically, each pick-up has a pick-up position opposite the workpiece and a buffer position offset from the workpiece. Through the arrangement, the pick-up pieces can pick up the workpieces, namely, each pick-up piece can pick up the workpieces, so that the workpieces can be buffered. Specifically, after one picking-up piece picks up the workpiece, the rotating piece rotates to enable the one picking-up piece which picks up the workpiece to be in a picking-up position corresponding to the workpiece, so that the workpiece can be picked up at the picking-up position, and after the workpiece is picked up, the rotating piece rotates again to enable the workpiece to reach a caching position staggered with the workpiece, and therefore the buffering effect is guaranteed. Therefore, the technical scheme of the utility model effectively solves the problem that the buffer area of the battery cells stacked on the conveyor belt in the related technology influences the subsequent battery cell conveying.

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 the drawings:

fig. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a transport buffer according to the utility model;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the transport buffer assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a part of the structure of the transport buffer apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a rotating member of the conveying and buffering device of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 shows a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a cell transfer device according to the utility model.

Wherein the above figures include the following reference numerals:

10. a base; 11. a base; 12. a lifting table; 20. a rotating member; 21. a rotating part; 211. a first air hole; 22. a fixing part; 221. a second air hole; 30. a rotary driving member; 40. a pick-up; 51. a connecting pipe; 60. a rotating frame; 61. a first rotating disc; 62. a second rotating disc; 70. a conveyor belt; 81. a first detecting member; 82. and a second detecting member.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the utility model, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of exemplary embodiments according to the present utility model. As used herein, the singular is also intended to include the plural unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and furthermore, it is to be understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" when used in this specification are taken to specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.

The relative arrangement of the components and steps, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present utility model unless it is specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective parts shown in the drawings are not drawn in actual scale for convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but should be considered part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values should be construed as merely illustrative, and not a limitation. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further discussion thereof is necessary in subsequent figures.

In the related art, the buffer mechanism cooperates with the transmission mechanism, no position detection exists, the position of the material on the transmission mechanism cannot be determined, and when the material is fed and moves side by side, the buffer mechanism is lifted to cause material clamping, so that the material or the mechanism is damaged. And the material slides into the buffer memory mechanism, and the material slides into the in-process of buffer memory mechanism and is easy to be influenced by the blocking force, so that the sliding-in position is inaccurate. The automatic material feeding device can only buffer and feed materials, cannot be used for buffer and release, and cannot flexibly balance and control the automatic material supply of the next station. Meanwhile, the contact of the support of the buffer plane mechanism is hard contact, if the materials do not keep a certain distance, the lifting buffer mechanism has a certain risk of scratching or crushing the materials, and the lifting buffer mechanism is not preferable to products with high safety requirements in the battery industry.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problem, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the transport buffer device includes: a base 10, a rotating member 20, a rotary driving member 30, and a plurality of pickup members 40. The rotation member 20 is rotatably provided on the base 10, and a rotation axis of the rotation member 20 extends in a lateral direction. The rotation driving member 30 is disposed between the base 10 and the rotation member 20 to drive the rotation member 20 to rotate. A plurality of picking members 40 are disposed on the rotating member 20 at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotating member 20. Wherein each pick-up member 40 has a pick-up position opposite the workpiece and a buffer position offset from the workpiece.

By applying the technical scheme of the embodiment, the rotary driving member 30 is disposed on the base 10, and the rotary driving member 30 is in driving connection with the rotating member 20, so that the rotating member 20 can rotate. A plurality of picking members 40 are disposed on the rotating member 20 at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotating member 20. Specifically, each pick-up 40 has a pick-up position opposite the workpiece and a buffer position offset from the workpiece. With the above arrangement, the pickup pieces 40 can pick up the work, that is, each pickup piece 40 can pick up the work, so that the cushioning of the work can be achieved. Specifically, after one of the pickup pieces 40 picks up a workpiece, the rotating piece 20 rotates to bring one of the pickup pieces 40 picking up the workpiece to a pickup position corresponding to the workpiece, thereby enabling it to pick up the workpiece at the pickup position, and after picking up the workpiece, the rotating piece 20 rotates again to bring it to a buffer position dislocated from the workpiece, thereby ensuring the buffering effect. Therefore, the technical scheme of the embodiment effectively solves the problem that the buffer area of the battery cells stacked on the conveyor belt in the related technology influences the subsequent battery cell conveying.

Specifically, the pickup position refers to a position of the pickup 40 corresponding to the workpiece, and the cache position refers to a position of the pickup 40 dislocating with the workpiece. The picking member 40 is movable between a picking position and a storage position by rotation of the rotatable member 20.

The workpiece is an electrical core, and the rotating member 20 is an air slip ring. The plurality of picking members 40 are disposed circumferentially of the rotating member 20 so as to buffer a plurality of workpieces, thereby effectively saving space relative to buffering material on a conveyor.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the conveying buffer device further includes a pneumatic driving member that is in driving engagement with each of the pickup members 40 so that each of the pickup members 40 can adsorb or clamp the workpiece. The pneumatic drive is operative to cooperate with the picking member 40 and drive the picking member 40 to attract or grip a workpiece.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the pick-up member 40 includes a suction cup, and the pneumatic driving member is an air pump which cooperates with the suction cup to effect suction of the workpiece. The sucker has a simple structure and can effectively adsorb workpieces. The air pump can bleed to the sucking disc, and then makes the sucking disc can realize adsorbing the work piece. And the sucker is in flexible contact with the battery cell, so that the risk of scratching and damaging the battery cell is avoided.

In an embodiment not shown in the figures, the pick-up member 40 comprises a clamping hand, which is driven open or closed by a pneumatic drive member, thereby effecting clamping of the workpiece.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the base 10 includes a base 11 and a lift table 12 liftably provided on the base 11, and a rotation driving member 30 is provided on the lift table 12. The above arrangement can enable the plurality of pick-up members 40 to avoid the workpiece, thereby avoiding interference between the pick-up members 40 and the workpiece.

Specifically, the lifting platform 12 is initially in the lifting position, at this time, a larger interval is formed between the pickup member 40 and the workpiece, and when the lifting platform 12 moves down, the pickup member 40 contacts with the workpiece, so that the workpiece is attracted under the action of the pneumatic driving member.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the conveying buffer device further includes a connection pipe 51, the rotating member 20 includes a rotating portion 21 and a fixing portion 22, the rotating portion 21 is sleeved outside the fixing portion 22 and can rotate relative to the fixing portion 22, a first air hole 211 is provided on a side wall of the rotating portion 21, a second air hole 221 is provided on the fixing portion 22, the first air hole 211 is communicated with the second air hole 221, the plurality of pickup members 40 are communicated with the first air hole 211 through the connection pipe 51, and the pneumatic driving member is communicated with the second air hole 221. The above arrangement can prevent the connection pipe 51 from being wound.

Specifically, an overgas space, i.e., gas can flow between the rotating portion 21 and the fixed portion 22, is provided between the rotating portion 21 and the fixed portion 22.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, a plurality of first air holes 211 are provided at intervals along the circumferential side wall of the rotating member 20, a plurality of second air holes 221 are provided at intervals along the circumferential side wall of the fixed portion 22, a plurality of first air holes 211 and a plurality of second air holes 221 are provided in one-to-one correspondence, and a plurality of first air holes 211 and a plurality of pickup members 40 are provided in one-to-one correspondence. The above arrangement enables individual control of each pick-up member 40.

The above-mentioned one-to-one correspondence is that the number of the first air holes 211 is 16, and the second air holes 221 are 16, for example.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the conveyance buffering device further includes a rotating frame 60, the rotating frame 60 is provided on the rotating member 20, and the pickup member 40 is provided on the rotating frame 60. The rotating frame 60 can effectively fix the pick-up member 40 and drive the pick-up member 40 to rotate.

Specifically, the rotation of the rotating member 20 can drive the rotating frame 60 to rotate, and the rotation of the rotating frame 60 can drive the pick-up member 40 to rotate.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the rotating member 20 includes a first rotating disc 61 and a second rotating disc 62 arranged at intervals, the plurality of pickup members 40 are located between the first rotating disc 61 and the second rotating disc 62, the fixed portion 22 is located on a side of the first rotating disc 61 away from the second rotating disc 62, and the rotary driving member 30 is located on a side of the second rotating disc 62 away from the first rotating disc 61. The first rotating disc 61 and the second rotating disc 62 are simple in structure, and the fixing of the pickup 40 can be effectively achieved. Specifically, a plurality of connecting rods are provided between the first rotating disc 61 and the second rotating disc 62, and the plurality of connecting rods can effectively improve the positional stability of the first rotating disc 61 and the second rotating disc 62, and can make the positions of the plurality of pickup pieces 40 more stable.

The first rotating plate 61 is provided with a plurality of first lightening holes, and the second rotating plate 62 is provided with a plurality of second lightening holes. The above-described arrangement of the first lightening holes and the second lightening holes can effectively reduce the weight of the first rotating disk 61 and the second rotating disk 62, which can make the overall weight of the transportation buffer device lighter.

According to another aspect of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 5, there is provided a cell conveying device, where the cell conveying device of this embodiment includes a conveying buffer device, and the conveying buffer device is the conveying buffer device. The battery cell conveying device can avoid battery cells from being accumulated on the conveyor belt, so that the buffering effect is better, and therefore, the battery cell conveying device with the conveying buffering device also has the advantages.

As shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the cell conveying device includes a conveyor belt 70, the conveyor belt 70 is used to convey the workpiece, and the pickup 40 is capable of picking up the workpiece from the conveyor belt 70. The conveyor belt 70 is provided to effectively convey the work.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the conveyor belt 70 is located below the rotating member 20.

As shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the cell conveying device further includes a first detecting member 81, a second detecting member 82, and a controller, the first detecting member 81 is disposed downstream of the conveyor belt 70, the second detecting member 82 is disposed upstream of the conveyor belt 70, the controller is connected to the second detecting member 82 and the rotary driving member 30, the second detecting member 82 is activated according to the detection signal of the first detecting member 81, and the controller controls the rotary driving member 30 according to the detection signal of the second detecting member 82. The first detecting member 81 and the second detecting member 82 can effectively detect the workpiece on the conveyor belt 70, and the controller controls the lifting and lowering of the lifting table 12, the rotation driving member 30 and the pneumatic driving member according to the detection signals of the first detecting member 81 and the second detecting member 82, thereby realizing the workpiece adsorption.

Specifically, the battery cell conveying device further comprises a discharging and shaping mechanism and an encoder. The ejection of compact plastic mechanism sets up in the one side that first detection piece 81 kept away from second detection piece 82. The encoder is used for recording the position of the battery cell. As shown in fig. 5, the working procedure of the cell conveying device of this embodiment is as follows:

the battery core moves horizontally on the conveyor belt 70 from one side of the second detecting piece 82 to one side of the discharging and shaping mechanism, when the battery core meets the first detecting piece 81, the encoder starts to record the position of the battery core and transmits the position to the controller, when the second detecting piece 82 detects that the conveyor belt 70 has materials for a long time, the conveying buffer device starts to operate, and when the battery core just moves below the picking piece 40, the controller controls the lifting table 12 to descend to drive the picking piece 40 to move downwards, and after the battery core on the conveyor belt 70 is sucked, the lifting table 12 ascends. The controller controls the rotation driving member 30 to rotate, and then drives the rotating member 20 to rotate, so that the pick-up member 40 of the adsorption cell rotates by a certain angle. At this time, the pickup element 40 located right above the conveyor 70 and having the smallest vertical distance from the conveyor 70 does not adsorb the battery cells, i.e. a buffer position is left, when the redundant battery cells pass through the conveying buffer device, the pickup element 40 sequentially sucks the battery cells on the conveyor 70 and rotates to be located at the buffer position, and stops when the conveying buffer device stores full materials. The transport buffer can place buffered cells on the conveyor 70 when the number of cells on the conveyor 70 is normal.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the number of pickup pieces 40 is 16, and the angle of each rotation of the rotating member 20 is 22.5 °.

Of course, the picking members 40 may be arranged in other numbers such that the angle of each rotation is 360 deg. and the number of picking members 40.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the azimuth or positional relationships indicated by the azimuth terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal", and "top, bottom", etc., are generally based on the azimuth or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present utility model and simplify the description, and these azimuth terms do not indicate and imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific azimuth or be constructed and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the present utility model; the orientation word "inner and outer" refers to inner and outer relative to the contour of the respective component itself.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "upper surface at … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial location relative to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "above" or "over" other devices or structures would then be oriented "below" or "beneath" the other devices or structures. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" may include both orientations of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

In addition, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to define the components, and are only for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meaning unless otherwise stated, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present utility model.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the present utility model, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present utility model by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should be included in the protection scope of the present utility model.

Claims (11)

1. A transport caching apparatus, comprising:

a base (10);

a rotation member (20) rotatably provided on the base (10), a rotation axis of the rotation member (20) extending in a lateral direction;

a rotation driving member (30) disposed between the base (10) and the rotation member (20) to drive the rotation member (20) to rotate;

a plurality of pick-up members (40) disposed on the rotating member (20) at intervals along the circumferential direction of the rotating member (20);

wherein each of the pick-up members (40) has a pick-up position opposite to the work piece and a cache position offset from the work piece.

2. The conveyor buffer according to claim 1, further comprising a pneumatic drive member in driving engagement with each of the pick-up members (40) to enable each of the pick-up members (40) to adsorb or grip the workpiece.

3. The transport buffer according to claim 2, wherein the pick-up (40) comprises a suction cup and the pneumatic drive is an air pump cooperating with the suction cup to effect suction of the workpiece.

4. The transport buffer according to claim 1, characterized in that the base (10) comprises a base body (11) and a lifting table (12) which is arranged on the base body (11) in a liftable manner, and the rotary drive (30) is arranged on the lifting table (12).

5. The conveying and buffering device according to claim 2, further comprising a connecting pipe (51), wherein the rotating member (20) comprises a rotating portion (21) and a fixing portion (22), the rotating portion (21) is sleeved outside the fixing portion (22) and can rotate relative to the fixing portion (22), a first air hole (211) is formed in the side wall of the rotating portion (21), a second air hole (221) is formed in the fixing portion (22), the first air hole (211) is communicated with the second air hole (221), a plurality of pick-up members (40) are communicated with the first air hole (211) through the connecting pipe (51), and the pneumatic driving member is communicated with the second air hole (221).

6. The conveying and buffering device according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of first air holes (211) are arranged at intervals along the circumferential side wall of the rotating member (20), a plurality of second air holes (221) are arranged at intervals along the circumferential side wall of the fixing portion (22), the plurality of first air holes (211) and the plurality of second air holes (221) are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the plurality of first air holes (211) and the plurality of picking members (40) are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

7. The transport buffering device according to claim 5, further comprising a rotating frame (60), the rotating frame (60) being arranged on the rotating member (20), the pick-up member (40) being arranged on the rotating frame (60).

8. The conveying and buffering device according to claim 7, wherein the rotating member (20) comprises a first rotating disc (61) and a second rotating disc (62) which are arranged at intervals, a plurality of pick-up members (40) are located between the first rotating disc (61) and the second rotating disc (62), the fixing portion (22) is located on one side of the first rotating disc (61) away from the second rotating disc (62), and the rotary driving member (30) is located on one side of the second rotating disc (62) away from the first rotating disc (61).

9. A cell delivery device comprising a delivery buffer device, wherein the delivery buffer device is the delivery buffer device of any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The cell conveyor according to claim 9, characterized in that the cell conveyor comprises a conveyor belt (70), the conveyor belt (70) being adapted to convey work pieces, the pick-up element (40) being adapted to pick up the work pieces from the conveyor belt (70).

11. The cell conveying device according to claim 10, further comprising a first detecting member (81), a second detecting member (82), and a controller, wherein the first detecting member (81) is disposed downstream of the conveyor belt (70), the second detecting member (82) is disposed upstream of the conveyor belt (70), the controller is connected to the second detecting member (82) and the rotation driving member (30), the second detecting member (82) is activated according to a detection signal of the first detecting member (81), and the controller controls the rotation driving member (30) according to a detection signal of the second detecting member (82).