CN220585298U - Battery disassembling and recycling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of battery recovery, in particular to battery disassembly and recovery equipment, which comprises the steps of firstly transversely cutting a battery shell, vertically cutting the battery shell to form a shell front part and a shell rear part, extracting and recovering the shell rear part of the battery shell, leaving the front part of the battery shell, electrode lugs and battery cells, cutting off the electrode lugs, recovering the electrode lugs and the shell front part of the battery shell, then cutting and recovering the side electrode lugs if the side electrode lugs are arranged on the battery cells, and then recovering the battery cells, and directly recovering the battery cells if the side electrode lugs are not arranged on the battery cells.

Description

Battery disassembling and recycling equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of battery recovery, and particularly relates to battery disassembly recovery equipment.

Background

With the continuous development of new energy automobile technology, electric vehicles are important representatives in new energy automobiles, and due to the characteristics of environmental protection and energy conservation, traditional fuel oil automobiles are replaced in a large area in recent years, but the attenuation degree of batteries of electric vehicles is gradually increased along with the increase of service life since the electric vehicles initially face markets, and when the attenuation degree reaches a certain degree, new batteries are required to be replaced, and for the replaced waste batteries, although the capacity loss is serious, the battery cells in the batteries have larger recycling value, so that how to recycle the waste batteries becomes a problem to be solved urgently.

Because the tightness of the trolley battery is very high, the manual disassembly and recovery mode is difficult and complicated in procedure, and the health hazard of gas, waste liquid, dust and the like generated in the recovery process to operators is large, and the electric shock risk exists when the battery is disassembled and recovered in an electrified way, so that the research and development of equipment capable of realizing the battery disassembly and recovery is necessary to replace the manual disassembly and recovery mode.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to overcome the defect that the existing battery is manually disassembled and recycled, and provides equipment capable of realizing automatic disassembly and recycling of the battery.

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a battery disassembles recovery plant, includes transversal cutting station, ring cutting station, shell station and the connecting rod manipulator that sets gradually, wherein:

the transverse cutting station is provided with a horizontal saw blade and a first base capable of moving along the Y direction, the first base is provided with a first position and a second position, the horizontal saw blade is arranged on one side close to the first position of the first base and is used for transversely cutting the side face of the battery shell, so that the shell of the battery is cut, and the shell and the battery core are separated;

the circular cutting station is provided with a first vertical saw blade and a second base capable of moving along the Y direction, the second base is provided with a first position and a second position, the first vertical saw blade is arranged on one side close to the first position of the second base and is used for cutting the battery shell around the battery to divide the battery shell into a shell front part and a shell rear part;

the shell drawing station is provided with a second vertical saw blade, a third base capable of moving along the Y direction, a first grabbing device used for fixing the front part of the shell and a second grabbing device used for pulling the rear part of the shell, the second grabbing device grabs the rear part of the battery shell and pulls the rear part of the battery shell out, so that the rear part of the shell is separated from the battery core, the third base is provided with a first position and a second position, and the second vertical saw blade is arranged on one side close to the first position of the third base and used for cutting off the tab, so that the battery core is separated from the tab;

the connecting rod manipulator comprises a connecting rod crossing the stations and a lifting gripper arranged between two adjacent stations, wherein the connecting rod is arranged on the upper side of the base at a first position, and can be controlled to translate and transfer batteries between bases of the adjacent stations at the first position through the gripper.

Further, the cross cutting station is also provided with a first feeding mechanism for driving the horizontal saw blade to move along the X direction and the Z direction.

Further, the circular cutting station is further provided with a second feeding mechanism for driving the first vertical saw blade to move along the X direction and the Z direction, and the second feeding mechanism can be controlled to drive the first vertical saw blade to cut the battery shell around the battery shell at the position corresponding to the cutting reference so as to divide the battery shell into a front shell part and a rear shell part which are positioned at two sides of the cutting reference.

Further, the shell drawing station is further provided with a third feeding mechanism for driving the second vertical saw blade to move along the X direction and the Z direction, and the third feeding mechanism can be controlled to drive the second vertical saw blade to vertically cut the position of the lug corresponding to the cutting reference.

Further, still include the electric core recovery station that is located behind the shell station of taking out, electric core recovery station is furnished with third vertical saw bit, can follow the fourth base of Y orientation removal and be used for snatching the third grabbing device of electric core, the fourth base has first position and second position, the one side of being close to fourth base first position is located to the vertical saw bit of third for vertical cutting off the side utmost point ear of battery.

Further, the shell drawing station is also provided with a fourth feeding mechanism for driving the third vertical saw blade to move along the X direction and the Z direction.

Further, the transverse cutting station, the circular cutting station, the shell drawing station and the bottom of the battery cell recycling station are respectively provided with recycling plates and collecting devices, each recycling plate is respectively provided with recycling grooves positioned on two opposite sides of the corresponding station base, and the recycling grooves are communicated with the collecting devices.

Further, the collecting device comprises recovery boxes arranged at the bottoms of the transverse cutting station, the annular cutting station and the shell drawing station respectively, wherein two recovery grooves of the recovery plates of the transverse cutting station are communicated with the corresponding recovery boxes, and one recovery groove of the recovery plates of the shell drawing station is communicated with the corresponding recovery box.

Further, the recycling bin is provided with a recycling cavity at the bottom and a collecting cavity at one end of the upper side of the recycling cavity, the collecting cavity is communicated with the recycling cavity and is separated by a filter screen, a cleaning opening is formed in the other end of the upper side of the recycling cavity, and the cleaning opening cover is provided with a cover plate capable of opening or closing the recycling cavity.

Further, the collecting device further comprises a first recovery cabinet located at one side of the shell drawing station close to the second grabbing device, a second recovery cabinet and a third recovery cabinet located at two sides of the battery cell recovery station respectively, a first conveying belt connected with the first recovery cabinet is arranged at one side of the shell drawing station located at the second grabbing device, the second grabbing device is used for transferring the rear part of the grabbed battery shell to the first conveying belt to be collected by the first recovery cabinet, a second conveying belt connected with the second recovery cabinet is arranged at the side of the fourth base located at the first position, and the third grabbing device is used for transferring the battery cell to the second conveying belt to be collected by the second recovery cabinet;

the other recovery tank bottom of the recovery board of the shell drawing station is connected with a third conveying belt communicated with the third recovery cabinet, the upper side of the recovery tank is connected with a guide groove corresponding to the lower side of the front part of the battery shell, the bottoms of the two recovery tanks of the recovery board of the battery core recovery station are respectively connected with a fourth conveying belt and a fifth conveying belt communicated with the third recovery cabinet, the third conveying belt is used for receiving the front parts of the cut tabs and the battery shell, and the fourth conveying belt and the fifth conveying belt are used for receiving the cut side tabs.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model realizes the automatic disassembly and recovery of the battery, thereby effectively accelerating the recovery efficiency of the battery, realizing the industrial production of the disassembly and recovery of the battery, promoting the development of the industry and rapidly and conveniently realizing the recovery of the battery.

Drawings

Fig. 1 and 2 are perspective views of a battery disassembly recycling apparatus;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of each station of the battery disassembly and recovery device;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a battery disassembling and recycling device when the organ cover is unfolded;

FIGS. 5 and 6 are schematic structural views of a cross-cutting station;

FIGS. 7 and 8 are schematic structural views of a ring cutting station;

FIGS. 9 and 10 are schematic structural views of a shell extracting station;

fig. 11 and 12 are schematic structural views of a cell recycling station;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the structure of the third recovery tank and the corresponding conveyor belt;

FIG. 14 is a schematic flow chart of a battery disassembly recovery process;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of the recovery tank.

Detailed Description

A preferred embodiment of the present utility model will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, 5 and 14, the embodiment provides a battery disassembly and recovery device, which comprises a battery shell A1, wherein a terminal A6 is arranged at the upper end of the battery shell A1, a battery core A4 and a tab A2 for connecting the battery core A4 and the terminal A6 are arranged inside the battery shell A1, the battery disassembly and recovery device comprises a frame 101, a feeding station 9, a transverse cutting station 1, a circular cutting station 2, a shell drawing station 3, a battery core recovery station 4 and a connecting rod manipulator 5 for connecting adjacent stations, the transverse cutting station 1, the circular cutting station 2, the shell drawing station 3 and the battery core recovery station 4 are all provided with a battery placing surface 100, the connecting rod manipulator 5 is used for transferring an object to be cut to the battery placing surface 100 of the next station in a horizontal placing posture, as shown in fig. 14, the horizontal placing posture means that the terminal A6 of the battery faces to the side, the transverse cutting of the battery shell A1, the vertical cutting of the battery shell A1 forms a front part a shell a11 and a rear shell a12, the battery core A2 is cut off the front part a battery shell A4, and the battery core A4 is directly left behind the battery core A4 when the front side of the battery shell A4 is cut, and the battery core A4 is recovered, and the battery core a side of the battery core is not cut 4 is directly after the front battery core A4 is cut, and the battery core A4 is recovered, and the battery core a side of the battery core is left after the front side of the battery shell A4 is cut, and the battery core A4 is directly left after the battery core A4 is cut, and the battery core A4 is recovered.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the loading station 9 comprises a loading conveyor 91 for transferring the batteries in succession onto the crosscutting station 1.

Referring to fig. 3, the connecting rod manipulator 5 includes a connecting rod 51 extending transversely across the feeding station 9, the transverse cutting station 1, the circular cutting station 2, the shell drawing station 3 and the battery cell recycling station 4, and a gripper 52 arranged on the connecting rod 51 and respectively positioned between adjacent stations, wherein the gripper 52 can lift up and down to grasp and put a to-be-cut object, and the connecting rod 51 can drive the corresponding gripper 52 to switch between the two adjacent stations.

Referring to fig. 5, 6 and 14, the cross cutting device 11 is configured on the cross cutting station 1, the cross cutting device 11 comprises a horizontal saw blade 111, a first feeding mechanism 112 for driving the horizontal saw blade 111 to move along the X direction and the Z direction, and a first base 113 capable of moving along the Y direction, the upper side of the first base 113 is provided with the battery placing surface 100 and an openable clamp for clamping objects to be cut, the first base 113 has a first position close to the lower side of the connecting rod manipulator 5 and a second position far away from the connecting rod manipulator 5, as shown in fig. 5, at the moment, the first base 113 is located at the second position, the opposite side is the first position of the first base 113, the horizontal saw blade 111 is parallel to the battery placing surface 100, and is engaged with the connecting rod manipulator 5 to receive the objects to be cut when the first base 113 moves to the first position, the first feeding mechanism 112 drives the horizontal saw blade 111 to move to a preset position, the horizontal saw blade 111 contacts with the side surface of the battery shell A1 in the process of moving the first base 113 to the second position to realize the cutting of one side surface of the battery shell A1, then the horizontal saw blade 111 is transferred to the opposite side of the battery shell A1, the first base 113 drives the battery to move from the second position to the first position, the other side surface of the battery shell A1 contacts with the horizontal saw blade 111 in the moving process to realize the cutting, meanwhile, side openings A01 are arranged on the two sides of the battery shell A1 for discharging electrolyte in the battery, the first base 113 only needs to make a round trip from the first position to the second position to realize the transverse cutting of the two sides of the battery shell A1, and is directly positioned at the first position after the cutting is completed, the connecting rod manipulator 5 is convenient to grasp the battery to transfer to the circular cutting station 2, and therefore high efficiency.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the ring cutting station 2 is provided with a ring cutting device 21, the ring cutting device 21 comprises a first vertical saw blade 211, a second feeding mechanism 212 driving the first vertical saw blade 211 to move along the X direction and the Z direction, and a second base 213 capable of moving along the Y direction, the upper side of the second base 213 is provided with the battery placing surface 100 and an openable clamp for clamping objects to be cut, the second base 213 has a first position close to the lower side of the connecting rod manipulator 5 and a second position far away from the connecting rod manipulator 5, as shown in fig. 7, at the moment, the second base 213 is located at the second position, the opposite side is the first position, the first vertical saw blade 211 is perpendicular to the battery placing surface 100, and is engaged with the connecting rod manipulator 5 to receive the battery when the second base 213 moves to the first position, the first vertical saw blade 211 is driven by the second feeding mechanism 212 to cut the cutting reference A3 of the battery case A1 corresponding to the tab A2 after the second base 213 moves to the second position, in actual operation, the cutting reference A3 adjusts its position according to the specification of the tab A2 of different batteries, specifically, when the second base 213 receives the battery transferred from the transverse cutting station 1 and moves to the second position, the second feeding mechanism 212 drives the first vertical saw blade 211 to cut a circle at the position of the battery case A1 corresponding to the cutting reference A3, thereby annularly cutting the battery case A1 into a case front portion a11 and a case rear portion a12, and forming a front opening a02 between the case front portion a11 and the case rear portion a12 for discharging the electrolyte in the battery. When the cutting is completed, the second base 213 drives the battery to return to the first position, and the connecting rod manipulator 5 transfers the battery to the shell drawing station 3.

Referring to fig. 9, 10 and 14, the shell drawing station 3 is provided with a cutting device 31, a first grabbing device 32 and a second grabbing device 33, the cutting device 31 comprises a second vertical saw blade 311, a third feeding mechanism 312 for driving the second vertical saw blade 311 to move along the X direction and the Z direction, and a third base 313 capable of moving along the Y direction, the upper side of the third base 313 is provided with the battery placing surface 100 and an openable clamp for clamping an object to be cut, the third base 313 has a first position close to the lower side of the connecting rod manipulator 5 and a second position far away from the connecting rod manipulator 5, the second vertical saw blade 311 is perpendicular to the battery placing surface 100, when the third base 313 moves to the first position, the first grabbing device 32 grabs the front part a11 of the battery shell A1, and when the third base 313 moves to the second position, the second grabbing device 33 grabs the rear part a12 of the battery shell and moves away from the second position, namely, the front part of the shell a12 is pulled back in the direction of the Y direction in the figure, and the arrow direction is recovered.

When the rear portion a12 of the battery case is taken out, the third feeding mechanism 312 drives the second vertical saw blade 311 to cut the position corresponding to the cutting reference A3 in the cutting direction perpendicular to the battery placement surface 100, thereby cutting off the position of the tab A2 corresponding to the cutting reference A3, separating the tab A2 from the battery cell A4, recovering the tab A2 connected with the front portion a11 of the case, transferring the remaining battery cell A4 from the third base 313 to the second position, and transferring the remaining battery cell A4 to the battery cell recovery station 4 by the link manipulator 5.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, the battery cell recycling station 4 is configured with a side tab cutting device 41, the side tab cutting device 41 includes a third vertical saw blade 411, a fourth feeding mechanism 412 driving the third vertical saw blade 411 to move along the X direction and the Z direction, and a fourth base 413 capable of moving along the Y direction, the upper side of the fourth base 413 is provided with the battery placing surface 100 and a clamp capable of being opened and closed for clamping an object to be cut, the fourth base 413 has a first position and a second position, the third vertical saw blade 411 is perpendicular to the battery placing surface 100, when the fourth base 413 moves to the first position, is engaged with the connecting rod manipulator 5 to receive the battery cell A4, if the battery cell A4 is provided with the side tab A5, the fourth feeding mechanism 412 drives the third vertical saw blade 411 to move to the preset position, the fourth base 413 drives the battery cell A4 to move from the first position to the second position, so that the third vertical saw blade 411 contacts the side tab A5 in the process of moving from the first position to the second position, and the battery cell A4 is cut off the side tab 5, and the battery cell A4 is recycled after the battery cell a is completely removed from the first position. If the battery cell A4 does not have the side tab A5, the battery cell A4 is directly recovered after being transferred from the casing station 3 to the fourth base 413, and the fourth base 413 only needs to make a round trip from the first position to the second position to realize the cutting of the side tab A5, and is directly located at the first position after the completion, so that the battery cell A4 is directly recovered, thereby having high efficiency.

It should be noted that, the first feeding mechanism 112, the second feeding mechanism 212, the third feeding mechanism 312, and the fourth feeding mechanism 412 are preferably existing screw slider feeding mechanisms, which are not the utility model, and thus are not described in detail.

The structure for realizing battery recycling will be described below.

Referring to fig. 3, the battery cell recycling device comprises a recycling system, wherein the recycling system comprises recycling plates 6 and collecting devices, the recycling plates 6 and the collecting devices are correspondingly arranged at the bottoms of the transverse cutting station 1, the circular cutting station 2, the shell drawing station 3 and the battery cell recycling station 4, the recycling plates 6 are respectively provided with recycling grooves 61 positioned at two opposite sides of a corresponding battery placing surface 100, and the recycling grooves 61 are communicated with the collecting devices.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the collecting device comprises a recovery box 71 respectively arranged at the bottoms of the transverse cutting station 1, the circular cutting station 2 and the shell drawing station 3, a first recovery cabinet 72 positioned at one side of the shell drawing station 3 close to the second grabbing device 33, a second recovery cabinet 73 and a third recovery cabinet 74 respectively positioned at two sides of the electric core recovery station 4.

Referring to fig. 3 and 9, the shell drawing station 3 is provided with a first conveyor belt 75 for connecting the second gripping device 33 with the first recovery cabinet 72, the second gripping device 33 is used for transferring the gripped rear portion a12 of the battery shell to the first conveyor belt 75, and the rear portion a12 of the battery shell is transferred to the first recovery cabinet 72 through the first conveyor belt 75 for collection.

Referring to fig. 3 and 11, a second conveyor belt 76 engaged with the second recovery cabinet 73 is disposed on a side portion of the fourth base 413 located at the first position, and a third grabbing device 77 is disposed on the second conveyor belt 76, and the third grabbing device 77 is used for grabbing the battery cell A4 located when the fourth base 413 is located at the first position, and transferring the battery cell A4 to the second conveyor belt 76 to be collected by the second recovery cabinet 73.

Referring to fig. 3 and 13, the two recovery grooves 61 of the recovery plate 6 of the transverse cutting station 1 and the circular cutting station 2 are respectively communicated with the corresponding recovery boxes 71, one recovery groove 61 of the recovery plate 6 of the shell drawing station 3 is communicated with the corresponding recovery box 71, the bottom of the other recovery groove 61 is connected with a third conveyer belt 70 communicated with the third recovery cabinet 74, the bottoms of the two recovery grooves 61 of the recovery plate 6 of the electric core recovery station 4 are respectively connected with a fourth conveyer belt 78 and a fifth conveyer belt 79 communicated with the third recovery cabinet 74, the third conveyer belt 70 is used for receiving the cut tab A2 and the front part a11 of the battery shell, and the fourth conveyer belt 78 and the fifth conveyer belt 79 are used for receiving the cut side tab A5.

In the utility model, the recovery box 71 is connected with the corresponding recovery groove 61 through a pipeline, and the lower side of the recovery groove 61 connected with the third conveyer belt 70, the fourth conveyer belt 78 and the fifth conveyer belt 79 is extended with a guide groove 65; the inner cavity of the recovery tank 61 is preferably formed to be narrowed inward from top to bottom.

Referring to fig. 15, the recovery tank 71 is configured with a recovery chamber 711 at the bottom and a collection chamber 712 at one end of the upper side of the recovery chamber 711, the collection chamber 712 is communicated with the recovery chamber 711 and is partitioned by a filter screen 713, the other end of the upper side of the recovery chamber 711 is provided with a cleaning opening 714, the cleaning opening 714 is covered with a cover plate 715 capable of opening or closing the recovery chamber 711, and the recovery tank 71 is used for collecting electrolyte discharged from a battery.

Referring to fig. 3, as a modified solution, more than two recovery boxes 71 corresponding to each station are respectively configured, and when the recovery boxes 71 are full, new recovery boxes 71 can be quickly replaced for recovery.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, as an improved solution, the recycling system further includes a dust cover 81, where the dust cover 81 is disposed on the frame 101 and is used to surround the transverse cutting station 1, the circular cutting station 2, the shell drawing station 3 and the cell recycling station 4, and the dust cover 81 is provided with a dust adsorbing device which is communicated with the dust adsorbing device and is not shown in the drawings, and is used to suck the dust generated by cutting from the dust cover 81, so as to prevent the dust from polluting the environment.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the first recovery cabinet 72, the second recovery cabinet 73 and the third recovery cabinet 74 are arranged outside the dust cover 81, the first conveyer belt 75, the second conveyer belt 76, the third conveyer belt 70, the fourth conveyer belt 78 and the fifth conveyer belt 79 extend out of the dust cover 81, and a first cover 82 which covers the first conveyer belt 75 and the second conveyer belt 76 is respectively arranged between the dust cover 81 and the first recovery cabinet 72 and between the dust cover 81 and the second recovery cabinet 73; the third conveyer belt 70, the fourth conveyer belt 78 and the fifth conveyer belt 79 are longitudinally arranged from bottom to top, and a second cover 83 surrounding the third conveyer belt 70, the fourth conveyer belt 78 and the fifth conveyer belt 79 is arranged between the dust cover 81 and the third recovery cabinet 74, so that dust can be further prevented from polluting the surrounding environment of the equipment.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 13, further, the third recovery cabinet 74 includes a frame 741, three recovery drawers 742 longitudinally arranged respectively corresponding to the third conveyor belt 70, the fourth conveyor belt 78 and the fifth conveyor belt 79, the third conveyor belt 70, the fourth conveyor belt 78 and the fifth conveyor belt 79 extend into the frame 741 in a stepped manner, and each recovery drawer 742 engages the corresponding conveyor belt and is operable to be drawn relative to the frame 741. The recovery drawer 742 is used for collecting the battery parts corresponding to the conveyor belt, and the recovery drawer 742 is pulled out from the frame 741 to clean the cut battery parts, so that the device is simple in structure and convenient and quick to clean the battery parts.

Referring to fig. 11, as a modification, opposite sides of the fourth base 413 are respectively provided with guide covers 612 corresponding to the recovery grooves 61 of the recovery plates 6 thereof, and the guide covers 612 are used for guiding the cut side tabs A5 to the recovery grooves 61 for recovery.

Referring to fig. 4, 6 and 8, as a modified solution, in the recovery plate 6 of each station, at least an organ cover 62 capable of being unfolded up and down and stored is disposed on the upper side of the recovery plate 6 of the cross cutting station 1 and the circular cutting station 2, the cross cutting device 11 and the circular cutting device 21 are respectively disposed on the inner sides of the corresponding organ covers 62, when cutting is performed, the organ covers 62 are unfolded up and unfolded to block dust from overflowing, and when the battery needs to be transferred after cutting is performed, the organ covers 62 are unfolded down and stored to avoid interference with the connecting rod manipulator 5.

Referring to fig. 6, specifically, the opposite sides of the recovery plate 6 corresponding to the stations are respectively provided with a driving rod 63 and a lifting mechanism 64 for moving the driving rod 63 up and down, and the organ cover 62 is connected with the driving rod 63, so that the organ cover 62 is unfolded when the driving rod 63 ascends, and the organ cover 62 descends to be folded and stored when the driving rod 63 descends.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, as a specific arrangement, the first gripping device 32 is disposed on two openable first clamping jaws 321 near the second position side of the third base 313, and the end of the first clamping jaw 321 has a hook portion 322 extending inward, where the hook portion 322 is used to snap into the front opening a02 to fix the front portion a11 of the battery case A1.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, as a specific arrangement, the second gripping device 33 is provided with a second support 331 movable in the Y direction, and an openable second gripper 332 provided on the second support 331, the second gripper 332 being configured to grip the rear case portion a12 of the battery case A1, and the second support 331 being configured to move toward the first conveyor belt 75 after the second gripper 332 grips the rear case portion a12 of the battery case A1, so as to transfer the rear case portion a12 of the battery case A1 to the first conveyor belt 75.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, as a specific arrangement, the third gripping device 77 is configured with a third support 771 that can move along the Y direction and can be lifted along the Z direction, and a third openable and closable gripping jaw 772 provided on the third support 771, where the third gripping device 77 is used to grip the cell A4, and the third support 771 moves toward the second conveyor 76 after the third gripping jaw 772 grips the cell A4, so as to transfer the cell A4 to the second conveyor 76.

Referring to fig. 1 to 14, the present embodiment further provides a recycling process using the above battery disassembly recycling apparatus, which includes the steps of:

horizontal cutting of the shell: placing the battery in a lying position on the battery placing face 100, cutting opposite sides of the battery case A1 in a cutting direction parallel to the battery placing face 100 to form side openings a01 on both sides of the battery case A1, and flowing part of the electrolyte into the recovery tank 61 through the side openings a01 so as to flow to the recovery tank 71 for collection;

and (3) circular cutting the shell: maintaining the battery in a lying posture, annularly cutting the battery case A1 on a cutting reference A3 corresponding to the tab A2 in a cutting direction perpendicular to the battery placement surface 100 to form a case front portion a11 and a case rear portion a12, so as to form a front opening a02 on the surface of the battery case A1, and flowing part of the electrolyte into the recovery tank 61 through the front opening a02 to flow to the recovery tank 71 for collection;

and (5) shell extraction: maintaining the battery in a horizontal posture, fixing the front part A11 of the battery case A1, extracting the rear part A12 of the battery case in a direction away from the front part A11 of the battery case, transferring to the first conveyor belt 75 for recycling, and obtaining a to-be-cut object with the front part A11 of the battery case, the tab A2 and the battery cell A4;

separating the electrode lugs: maintaining the object to be cut in a lying posture, cutting the cutting reference A3 in a cutting direction perpendicular to the battery placing surface 100 to cut off the tab A2, separating the tab A2 from the battery cell A4, and allowing the tab A2 and the front part A11 of the housing to flow to the third conveyor belt 70 through the corresponding recovery groove 61 for recovery;

when the cell A4 has the side tab A5, the following operations are performed:

maintaining the battery cell A4 in a lying posture, cutting off the side tab A5 in a cutting direction perpendicular to the battery placing face 100, and recycling the side tab A through the corresponding recycling groove 61 to the fourth conveying belt 78 or the fifth conveying belt 79, and then transferring the battery cell A4 to the second conveying belt 76 to realize recycling;

when the battery cell A4 does not have the side tab A5, the battery cell A4 is directly transferred to the second conveyor belt 76 to realize recovery of the battery cell A4.

Compared with the prior art, the battery disassembly and recovery device of the utility model firstly cuts the two side surfaces of the battery shell A1 through the transverse cutting device 11, on one hand, a side opening A01 is formed on the side surface of the battery and is used for discharging electrolyte, the electrolyte flows into the recovery tank 71 through the recovery groove 61 for recovery, on the other hand, the battery shell A1 can be opened for a certain angle after the side surface is cut, so that the tight state between the battery cell A4 and the inner wall of the battery shell A1 is released, and the battery can be pulled later; subsequently, the battery case A1 is cut around the battery case A1 on the cutting reference A3 of the corresponding tab A2 by the ring cutting device 21, thereby dividing the battery case A1 into a case front portion a11 located at the front side of the cutting reference A3 and a case rear portion a12 located at the rear side of the cutting reference A3, and forming a side opening a01 located between the case front portion a11 and the case rear portion a12, thereby further discharging the electrolyte, which flows to the recovery tank 71 through the recovery tank 61 to be recovered; then, the removal of the rear portion a12 of the battery case is achieved by fixing the front portion a11 of the case while pulling the rear portion a12 of the case to the rear side, and the position of the case tab A2 corresponding to the cutting reference A3 is vertically cut by the cutting means 31, thereby cutting off the tab A2 to separate the battery cell A4 and the tab A2 so as to recover the tab A2 and the front portion a11 of the battery case connected to the tab A2, then if the battery cell A4 has the side tab A5, the side tab A5 is cut off by the side tab cutting means 41 and recovered, and then the battery cell A4 is recovered, if the battery cell A4 does not have the side tab A5, the battery cell A4 is directly recovered, so that the efficiency of battery recovery can be effectively improved by the above arrangement, and the recovery difficulty is reduced, compared with the manual disassembly and recovery mode, and automatic battery disassembly and recovery are achieved.

Variations and modifications to the above would be obvious to persons skilled in the art to which the utility model pertains from the foregoing description and teachings. Therefore, the utility model is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and described above, but some modifications and changes of the utility model should be also included in the scope of the claims of the utility model. In addition, although specific terms are used in the present specification, these terms are for convenience of description only and do not limit the present utility model in any way.

Claims (10)

1. The battery disassembly and recovery device is characterized by comprising a transverse cutting station (1), an annular cutting station (2), a shell drawing station (3) and a connecting rod manipulator (5) which are sequentially arranged, wherein:

the transverse cutting station (1) is provided with a horizontal saw blade (111) and a first base (113) capable of moving along the Y direction, the first base (113) is provided with a first position and a second position, and the horizontal saw blade (111) is arranged on one side close to the first position of the first base (113) and is used for transversely cutting the side face of the battery shell (A1);

the circular cutting station (2) is provided with a first vertical saw blade (211) and a second base (213) capable of moving along the Y direction, the second base (213) is provided with a first position and a second position, the first vertical saw blade (211) is arranged on one side close to the first position of the second base (213) and is used for cutting a battery shell (A1) around a battery to cut the battery shell (A1) into a shell front part (A11) and a shell rear part (A12);

the shell drawing station (3) is provided with a second vertical saw blade (311), a third base (313) capable of moving along the Y direction, a first grabbing device (32) for fixing the front part (A11) of the shell and a second grabbing device (33) for pulling the rear part (A12) of the shell, the third base (313) is provided with a first position and a second position, and the second vertical saw blade (311) is arranged on one side close to the first position of the third base (313) and is used for vertically cutting a tab (A2);

the connecting rod manipulator (5) comprises a connecting rod (51) which is arranged transversely to the stations and a grabbing hand (52) which is arranged between two adjacent stations and can be lifted, the connecting rod (51) is arranged on the upper side of the base at the first position, the connecting rod (51) can be controlled to translate, and batteries are transferred between bases of the adjacent stations at the first position through the grabbing hand (52).

2. The battery disassembly and recycling apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the crosscutting station (1) is further provided with a first feeding mechanism (112) for driving the horizontal saw blade (111) to move in the X-direction and Z-direction.

3. The battery disassembly and recycling apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the ring cutting station (2) is further configured with a second feeding mechanism (212) for driving the first vertical saw blade (211) to move in the X-direction and the Z-direction, the second feeding mechanism (212) being operable to drive the first vertical saw blade (211) around the battery case (A1) to cut the position of the battery case (A1) corresponding to the cutting reference (A3) to divide the battery case (A1) into a case front portion (a 11) and a case rear portion (a 12) located on both sides of the cutting reference (A3).

4. The battery disassembly and recycling apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the casing-drawing station (3) is further configured with a third feeding mechanism (312) for driving the second vertical saw blade (311) to move along the X-direction and the Z-direction, and the third feeding mechanism (312) is operable to drive the second vertical saw blade (311) to vertically cut the position of the tab (A2) corresponding to the cutting reference (A3).

5. The battery disassembly and recycling apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a battery cell recycling station (4) located after the casing station (3), the battery cell recycling station (4) being configured with a third vertical saw blade (411), a fourth base (413) movable in the Y direction, and a third gripping device (77) for gripping the battery cell (A4), the fourth base (413) having a first position and a second position, the third vertical saw blade (411) being provided on a side close to the first position of the fourth base (413) for vertically cutting off a side tab of the battery cell.

6. The battery disassembly and recycling apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the casing station (3) is further provided with a fourth feeding mechanism (412) for driving the third vertical saw blade (411) to move in the X-direction and the Z-direction.

7. The battery disassembly and recovery device according to claim 5, wherein the transverse cutting station (1), the circular cutting station (2), the shell drawing station (3) and the battery cell recovery station (4) are respectively provided with recovery plates (6) and collecting devices at bottoms, each recovery plate (6) is respectively provided with recovery grooves (61) positioned at two opposite sides of a corresponding station base, and the recovery grooves (61) are communicated with the collecting devices.

8. The battery disassembly and recycling device according to claim 7, wherein the collecting device comprises recycling boxes (71) respectively arranged at the bottoms of the transverse cutting station (1), the circular cutting station (2) and the shell drawing station (3), wherein two recycling grooves (61) of the recycling plate (6) of the transverse cutting station (1) and the circular cutting station (2) are communicated with the corresponding recycling boxes (71), and one recycling groove (61) of the recycling plate (6) of the shell drawing station (3) is communicated with the corresponding recycling box (71).

9. The battery disassembly and recovery apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the recovery tank (71) is provided with a recovery chamber (711) at the bottom and a collection chamber (712) at one end of the upper side of the recovery chamber (711), the collection chamber (712) is communicated with the recovery chamber (711) and partitioned by a filter screen (713), the other end of the upper side of the recovery chamber (711) is provided with a cleaning port (714), and the cleaning port (714) is covered with a cover plate (715) capable of opening or closing the recovery chamber (711).

10. The battery disassembly and recycling apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the collecting device further comprises a first recycling bin (72) located at one side of the shell drawing station (3) close to the second grabbing device (33), a second recycling bin (73) and a third recycling bin (74) located at two sides of the battery cell recycling station (4), the shell drawing station (3) is provided with a first conveying belt (75) connected with the first recycling bin (72) at one side of the second grabbing device (33), the second grabbing device (33) is used for transferring the rear part (a 12) of the grabbed battery shell (A1) to the first conveying belt (75) to be collected by the first recycling bin (72), the side of the fourth base (413) located at the first position is provided with a second conveying belt (76) connected with the second recycling bin (73), and the third grabbing device (77) is used for transferring the battery cell (A4) to the second conveying belt (76) to be collected by the second recycling bin (73);

the bottom of the other recovery groove (61) of the recovery plate (6) of the shell drawing station (3) is connected with a third conveying belt (70) communicated with the third recovery cabinet (74), the upper side of the recovery groove (61) is connected with a guide groove (611) corresponding to the lower side of the front part (A11) of the battery shell (A1), the bottoms of the two recovery grooves (61) of the recovery plate (6) of the battery core recovery station (4) are respectively connected with a fourth conveying belt (78) and a fifth conveying belt (79) communicated with the third recovery cabinet (74), the third conveying belt (70) is used for receiving the cut-off tab (A2) and the front part (A11) of the battery shell (A1), and the fourth conveying belt (78) and the fifth conveying belt (79) are used for receiving the cut-off side tab (A5).